Greg Barnett
Ruby on Rails/PHP Developer

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Me in a nutshell:

An above average, versatile, self-directed, opinionated Ruby on Rails/PHP application developer; with some Systems Administration skills.

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Position Desired:

I am looking to join a company that has a useful product or service, and lots of interesting problems to solve. Ideally, this company will be using either Ruby on Rails or PHP with an open-source framework for their web development.

My recent work has involved mostly back end processes, However, I would like to shake the rust off of my front end skills and do more UI development, preferably using jQuery.

The company should be in King or Pierce County; either located within an hours drive from Northeast Tacoma, or allow some telecommuting.

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Experience:

Senior Software Engineer, Ubermind
February 2011 and continuing

• Ruby on Rails
• Services for mobile apps

Rails Developer (Contract at Ubermind), GPB Technology Services
October 2010 to January 2011

• Ruby on Rails
• Services for mobile apps

Rails/LAMP Developer, LuxuryRealEstate.com
February 2006 to August 2010

• Ruby on Rails (primarily back end processes)
• Import of real estate listing data for multiple sites from a multitude of sources.
• Administrative / Reporting UI for back end processes.
• Automated sitemap generation; following sitemaps.org protocol
• Built sites using proprietary PHP Framework.
• Code Refactoring
• Feature and Performance Enhancement
• Bug / Security Fixes
• Systems Administration
• Version Control implementation (subversion)

Photographer/Sole Proprietor, Grand View Photography
April 2005 to July 2007

• Wedding, Event, Lifestyle, Commercial and other on-location photography
• Fine art photography
• Retouching/Photoshop

Web Developer, Crown College
September 2002 to March 2005

• Built and maintained web sites, web applications, web services with PHP and Python
• Maintained legacy Microsoft Access database application
• Report generation and data analysis. Includes preparing data for DOE, IRS, ACCSCT and other assorted government agencies.
• Implemented version control, and later upgraded version control system from cvs to subversion
• Implemented coding standards
• Miscellaneous event photography
• Systems administration (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Subversion, CVS, DNS, etc.)
• Contributed code to an open-source course management project.

Web Developer, Loudeye Technologies
June 2000 to April 2001

• Participated in all phases of the redesign of the Loudeye corporate site. Performed all programming and document markup for the redesign.
• Created a custom content management system.
• Implemented version control and code standards for the web team.
• Created web applications using PHP as needed.
• Developed scripts in Python.
• Created, maintained and updated various websites.
• Linux system administration (CVS, Samba, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• Created and optimized images using Macromedia Fireworks, based on prototypes provided by a graphics designer.

Consultant / Contractor, GPB Technology Services
April 2000 to December 2000

• Developed a Microsoft Access application for a major telecommunications firm to help them track the skill level, training needs and administrative information of their customer service representatives.
• Developed a Microsoft Access application for a small chain of automotive repair shops to prepare marketing materials.

Developer/Administrator, Autocenter.net
January 2000 to March 2000

• Web Development (PHP)
• Linux Administration
• Networking

Network Administrator, Greg's Japanese Auto
May 1998 to January 2000

• Developed applications using Microsoft Access.
• Maintained and created spreadsheets in Excel.
• Network/Server Administration and Tech Support for 6 heterogeneous (Linux, Windows, DOS) LANs.
• Was twice recognized by the Automotive Service Association for having an outstanding site.
• Recommended and approved purchases, negotiated with vendors.
• Created and maintained documentation.

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Personal Projects:

Sites

RailsConsens.us

Public alpha, launched June 2010.

ScriboVita.com

Currently in private alpha.

Open Source

named_lock

Rails plugin that allows use of MySQL's named locks by active record.

external_database

Rails plugin that allows you to split your models among multiple databases, using just one connection

snapshotter

Rails plugin that takes snapshots of your models, for use in OLAP/Reporting systems.

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Skills:

Programming	Ruby on Rails SQL PHP
Linux Administration	Apache MySQL EC2