Resume of PHP Web Developer

Title
PHP Web Developer

Primary Skills
PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Location
India- (will consider relocating)

Posted
Oct-26-07


Zend Certified PHP Professional [ZCE ID: ZEND001260]

Interested Position: Full-time (or) Contract
Current Location: India
Preferred Location: Open to relocation (Europe/Canada/Asia-Pacific)

Objective:
To provide quality solution for business needs.

Profile:

* In to web-based application development from 2001
* Have been involved in a structured 1.0 product development at a major Internet Organization in the field of web technology.
* Electrical and Computer Engineering background
* Enjoys working in a creative and fun-loving environment that values people
* Have been exposed to some of the best practices in web development
* Four years of work experience in various sized Organizations in the United States
* Have gained some experience in hiring candidates for the LAMP stack (in India)

Interests:
Design Patterns, Performance Tuning/Optimization and Web Caching Techniques

Education:
Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, OSU, Stillwater, OK, USA
Bachelor of Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, MKU, Tamil Nadu, India

Technologies:
Scripting Languages: PHP (4 and 5), Perl, JavaScript, Flash Action-script, Director Lingo-script
Languages: C, C++
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
Web Server: Apache
PHP Template Engine: XTemplate, Yahoo! Rosetta, Smarty, Zend Framework
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux flavours
Editors: Notepad++, Vi (improved), Zend Studio
Version-control: CVS and Subversion
Protocols: HTTP, LDAP, SOAP, XML-RPC

Places of Work:
Feb 2007 -- till date
GlobalRoads Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA (Onsite/Offshore Developer)
Opson Inc., San Jose, California, USA (Offshore Developer/Contractor)
Feb 2006 -- Nov 2006:
Omniti Computer Consulting, Columbia, Maryland, USA (Senior Developer)
Jun 2005 -- Jan 2006:
CIGNEX Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, CA (Consultant - Senior Developer)
Oct 2004 -- Apr 2005:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (Consultant - Developer)
May 2004 -- Aug 2004:
CPAPUSA, Stow, OH (Contract Developer)
Oct 2002 -- Apr 2004:
School of Journalism and Broadcasting and Oklahoma 4H, OSU, Stillwater, OK (Developer/Web-Administrator)
Jan 2002 -- Aug 2002:
Engineering Media Lab, Norman, OK (Engineering Research Assistant)

Summary of job responsibilities:
* A good understanding of PHP 5 and SOAP. Experience implementing slick Web 2.0 technology like AJAX (Script.aculo.us and Prototype JS) and advanced DOM manipulation with JavaScript.
* Have been involved in product development for a startup organization, GlobalRoads Inc. Duties included the design of the product front-end architecture, optimal use of web technology (presentation layer) and involvement in offshore team building process.
* Lead developer of Postal Engine 2? at Omniti. Postal Engine 2 is a web based product that can be customized per Client's need to create and schedule bulk mailings to millions of subscribers. The application eventually talks to a proprietary Mail Transport Agent that sends out the mailings.
* Experience writing stored procedures in PLPGSQL and PLPERLU for PostgresQL database.
* Documented and written functional Specs based on RFP from Client.
* Extensive customization of SugarCRM? PHP framework for a Client
* Good experience in Model-View-Controller based frameworks and Internationalization issues
* Was one of the primary PHP developers for Yahoo! s' Social Networking and Blogging product -- Yahoo 360.
* Component based design experience with an ability to identify objects and write classes. Have a good experience writing PHP 4 Classes
* Strong emphasis on following PEAR coding standards as well as adherence to PHPdoc commenting style
* Developed code in a version-controlled environment using either CVS or Subversion
* Interpreted User-Experience designs to business-logic
* Good experience in iterative design cycle to ensure quality and minor attention to details
* Built E-commerce applications for Clients and connected to reliable third-party gateways using PHP CURL functionality as well as PHP' s Verisign Payflow Pro library.
* At Alltel Communication, used PHP LDAP library to bind to the Exchange Server to authenticate employee' s credential as well as provide access privileges to employee' s request based on a real-time look-up on their status. This included security in to consideration.
* Used PEAR DB abstraction class to connect to databases. This was considered in mind to make the application database-type independent (scalable).
* Setup and configured SSL certificate for Apache Web Server on LINUX as well as Windows Platform
* Carefully considered the security issues concerned with REQUEST variables as well as MySQL query injection.
* Good experience using PHP SESSIONS and COOKIES.
* Used PHP' s Mcrypt library to encrypt COOKIE data as well as GET variables.
* Played around with GOOGLE' s Web APIs using PHP' s NuSOAP library to create a customized search results interface
* Administered Apache HTTP Server as well as MySQL Database Server
* Setup cron-jobs with CLI scripts either in PHP or Perl to perform database backup as well as automated-mailing list operations
* Early in my web career, I have worked as Flash Action-scripting and 3-D modeling person for Engineering Media Labs in some of the training projects for Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City and Hitachi Corporation, USA.


Engineering Design Experience:
* Designed 32-bit pipelined MIPS processor with advanced 2-bit branch predictor using Verilog Hardware Description Language.
* Designed Reservation Station for Super-scalar processors that handle multiple-instructions/clock period using Verilog Hardware Description Language.
* Designed PIC16F876 micro-controller based interactive battery charging system for Cordless phones.
* Simulated Cache operation in C language.

Hobbies and Activities:
Anthropology, Abstract/Street/Conceptual Photography, Foosball, Table-tennis (ping-pong), Badminton, Assistance to non-profit organizations, Movies and Music.

Other Details:
* Valid Indian Passport holder (Indian Citizen)
* Former US non-immigrant specialized work visa holder (H-1B)
* Fluent in US English
* Requires work permit

References:
Available upon request

Certifications
PHP Zend Certified Engineer


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