Matt [Danger]

Matt [Danger] West – PHP Developer

Rochester, New York, USA
matt.danger.west at gmail dot com

The latest version of this document can be found at: http://www.mattdanger.net/resume

Objective

To take over the world by utilizing my skills and background as a web developer.

Actually, I really want to write the world’s best web application software at a growing firm where my energy, creativity, and experience will be appreciated and rewarded.

Education

D’Youville College, B.S., Information Technology
D’Youville College, M.S., International Business

Skills

• 10+ years developing for the Internet
• 6 years experience developing with PHP, Perl, MySQL, JavaScript, XML, and CSS
• 3 years experience with Geeklog, Wordpress, and Expression Engine CM systems
• 2 years experience with Drupal and jQuery in high load environments
• Knowledge of CVS, Mercurial, and Subversion
• Knowledge of security, performance, scalability, and SEO requirements
• Working knowledge of CakePHP and Ruby on Rails frameworks
• Working knowledge of Scriptaculous, Prototype, and Dojo JavaScript frameworks

Relevant Experience

Developer, Our Hometown, Inc. (March 2009 – Current)

• Developed a set of advertisement modules for Drupal, a CMS written in PHP.
• Perform development, maintenance and support on over 200 Drupal production sites.
• Manage several production CentOS 5.5 LAMP servers

Student Developer, Google Inc. – Google Summer of Code program (May – August 2008)

• Developed a web-based migration and plugin installer for Geeklog, a CMS written in PHP.

Student Developer, Google Inc. – Google Summer of Code program (May – August 2007)

• Developed a web-based installer for Geeklog, a CMS written in PHP.

Distance Learning Dept., D’Youville College, (2006 – 2009)

• Deployed Blackboard distance learning software running on Red Hat AS.
• Developed nightly and weekly data backup system.
• Implemented security policies that restricted remote access from only specific subnets and specific hosts using iptables and shared SSH keys.
• Perform regular maintenance, including hardware and software upgrades.

Academic Computing Dept., D’Youville College (2004 – 2009)

• Maintain a mixed lab and classroom of 150 Windows XP and Mac OS X workstations.
• Implemented Mac OS X maintenance policies using Apple’s ASR utility to restore hard drive images and a group of shell scripts to perform nightly tasks (Using launchd & crond).
• Implemented Windows maintenance policies using Symantec Ghost.
• Implemented a centralized file server for office backups and software storage.
• Deployed an internal wiki which was used to store all documentation how maintaining lab computers.

Freelance Developer (2004 – Current)

• Visit http://mattdanger.net/work-portfolio/ to view my portfolio.

Awards

• D’Youville College International Business Department – Best Research Presentation
• D’Youville College Information Technology Department – Outstanding Achievement