Thomas M.

## BIO The League of Magnificent Scoundrels Tacoma, WA Freelancer Sept. 2005-Present Providing website hosting, design, and development services as well as information technology consultation and PC maintenance. * * *The Whube Project Internet, IRC Core Developer June 2010-Present Core developer for the Whube bug tracker (link in portfolio below), an open source web application for bug management. The goal for Whube is to provide a simple and easy to use platform for tracking bugs, following the KISS principle. * * *The Chrysalis Group LLC Anchorage, AK 99516 IT Department Web Developer Sept 2010-Oct 2010 Contracted to redesign website front-ends utilizing AJAX and refactor back-ends, converting from basic PHP to a fully object-oriented, custom framework. Provided SEO (search engine optimization) and optimized client databases. Reduced the amount of database connections per visitor and greatly increased website scalability. * * *Martin, Kroker, Starkweather & Associates LLP Tacoma, WA 98407 Partner Web developer Dec 2009-June 2010 Created and utilized Open Source software to build a platform to better maintain and provide services to managed clients. Transcribed notes and wrote documentation, provided project management. Set up and performed maintenance on Debian-based Linux server. ## Area of Expertise Languages: PHP, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML Platforms: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Nginx Databases: MySQL, CouchDB Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Debian, FreeBSD Web applications using AJAX on LAMP/LEMP architectures Project management and technical project leadership Database schema design, programming, and administration Production level architecture and API design