Resume

Technical Skills

PHP, Javascript, jQuery, MVC, AJAX, JSON, Smarty Template Engine, HTML/CSS, XML, SVN, Apache, Linux, Memcached, Facebook Platform, E-Commerce

Open Source Contributions

smarty-lint: http://github.com/jonursenbach/smarty-lint
VanillaMVC: http://code.google.com/p/vanilla-mvc
Medieval Battles: http://github.com/jonursenbach/medievalbattles

Professional Experience

Engineer, gdgt
August 2009 – Present | San Francisco, CA

Senior Web Developer, Decorati, Inc.
June 2008 – Present | San Francisco, CA

• Created a PayPal-based billing system to handle industry-specific online purchases.
• Scaled our MVC framework to handle a rapid increase in traffic.
• Completely rebuild the product, and category, system to alleviate legacy issues and accommodate new business needs.
• Release manager
• Mentoring of new developers

Web Developer, Deniro Marketing, LLC.
October 2006 – June 2008 | Stockton, CA

• Created an image storage engine, codename Hashbrowns, to replace the existing installation of MogileFS. Hashbrowns effectively handled growing traffic needs, saving Deniro a remarkable amount in server costs.
• Lead architect behind the creation of a complete billing system that handled millions of dollars in yearly transactions. It replaced an existing, flawed version that was causing problems daily, eating up valuable developer time and money. It also contained a pluggable architecture that allowed for the easy creation, and support, of new billing processors, a business necessity.
• Lead architect behind a customer service portal for managing customer billing data. This enabled CSRs, in the office and call centers, to easily issue refunds, handle chargebacks & fraudulent purchasers as well as audit charges.
• Scaled the affiliate iFrame server requirements down 75%  in conjunction with heavy SQL optimizations and intelligent use of Memcached for caching query results.

Lead Architect & Co-Founder, Decoy Media
May 2006 – July 2008 | Fresno, CA

• Creator of the browser-based MMORPG, Medieval Battles.
• Served as project manager, including writing game and feature specs, iterative discussions with cofounder, and development execution.
• Served as community manager, including collecting and responding to feedback and collecting user experiences for improved game design & development.

Freelance Webmaster, Expo Marketing & Services, Inc.
April 2006 – April 2007 | Fresno, CA

• Developed multiple PHP & MySQL-driven websites.
• Maintained website content on a weekly basis. Worked in conjunction with the design & marketing teams to ensure brand integrity.

Production Assistant, WebCity Press
June 2005 – May 2006 | Fresno, CA

• Created frames for weekly television shows in the Fresno, Oklahoma and Houston real estate markets.
• Created and maintained websites and advertisements for WebCity Press clients.
• Conducted research for both internal and client projects.