FRANK HINCHEY, Open-Source Developer Arlington Heights, IL
EMAIL: ************@*****.***
SUMMARY
I am a web developer with 10+ years of industry experience in web
development. I have an extensive set of programming skills (see technical
skills below). Currently I have been most focused on open-source
development in a Linux environment, but am also comfortable working in
Windows. Looking for good project that push the limit of modern development
practices and methodologies.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
LANGUAGES - PHP (4 yrs), JQuery (2 yr), JSON (2 yrs), C# (4 yrs), VB.net (5
yrs), HTML (12yrs), JavaScript (9yrs), CSS (11 yrs), ColdFusion (2 yrs),
AJAX (5 yrs), SQL (11 yrs), Stored Procs (4 yrs), XML (6 yrs), VB 6 (7
yrs), Perl (2 yrs)
DATABASES - SQL Server 2005/2008, MySQL, Access
PROGRAMS - NetBeans w/ xDebug, EclipsePHP, VS 2008/2005, SVN, GIT, VSS,
CVS, Visio, XAMPP, VirtualBox
PLATFORMS - Drupal 6.17, Wordpress, Joomla, DotNetNuke, OSCommerce,
Harvest, Active Collab, Basecamp, Google API
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ARS - Apr 2010 - Current Chicago, IL Open-Source Developer
Worked in a Mac/Linux environment building rich experience sites for large
retail clients. Included development of Drupal CMS driven sites, for which
I wrote custom modules utilizing the FormsAPI, User Access, Taxonomy, JSON
feeds and others. On the front-end used jQuery and CSS to build interactive
product centered micro-sites. Also supported other sites in Joomla,
Expression Engine and Wordpress. For source control used SVN and GIT,
including Linux bash scripting for automating common tasks.
SYCLO Oct 2009 - Mar 2010 Chicago, IL Drupal Developer
Lead on full life-cycle project to migration of enterprise application from
mixed Windows/Linux environment to LAMP environment using Drupal 6,
including requirement gathering, project planning in agile style,
documentation and management of team of 3 developers. Also involved
customer Drupal module development for importing data and interfacing with
multiple data sources / services.
IMAGINATION PUBLISHING Aug 2009 - Sept 2009 Chicago, IL Consultant
Built registration application for large financial client with
PHP/JQuery/MySQL/Flash. Included validating forms with JQuery, storing data
in MySQL and confirmation emails.
DREAM MARKETING June 2009 - Sept 2009 Chicago, IL Consultant
Full life-cycle.Net application development for marketing and training
applications using C# / SQL Server. Also build store locator by zip-code
application in PHP. Worked in an agile environment using OOP and SOA
design.
TOUCH QUEST Chicago, IL Consultant May 2009 - June 2009
Built web application in C# for touch screens using the Google API for
plotting routes from a convention center to addresses of nearby hotels.
Included mapping/directions business layer wrapper for Google API, UI
formatting and documentation.
WORK COMP EDI Arlington Heights, IL Consultant Feb 2009 - May 2009
Lead on conversion project (VB6 to .Net C#) of applications used to convert
medical claims to 837 EDI specification for automated transmission from
hospitals to insurance companies.
IMS Westmont, IL Consultant Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
Lead on upgrade of consumer website written in VB.net using Visual Studio
2005, C#, Ajax, Flash, and streaming FLV's.
GLENTURE GROUP Northbrook, IL Consultant Dec 2008
Assisted team for fast-paced completion of custom auditing tool for large
corporate client. Used C#, LINQ, OOP.
KEYLIMETIE Downers Grove, IL Consultant July 2008 - Nov 2008
Lead for upgrades to existing consumer application C# for Automotive Club
Groups, mid-west division of AAA. Included building new classes referencing
Microsoft Enterprise Libraries, redesign of the consumer quote application,
consuming web services for address verification and retrieving real-time
insurance quotes.
VERITAS Buffalo Grove, IL Consultant April 2008 - June 2008
Gathered requirements and built work-flow diagrams in Visio for existing
B2B print-on-demand web portal. Assisted in recruiting, interviewing and
hiring consultants for completion of project.
SMITH BUCKLIN Chicago, IL Consultant Mar 2008 - April 2008
Helped with completion of DNN framework supporting clients in the
association management industry. Included writing CSS skins for changing
standard layout and elements per client requirements.
REGNOW Chicago, IL Consultant Oct 2007 - Feb 2008
Responsible for developing transactional order management tools for
software vendors. Made changes to existing customer order work-flow to
interface with 3rd party fraud detection technology.
FUJITSU CONSULTING Schaumburg, IL Consultant Nov 2006 - Oct 2007
Created .Net web service to send and receive payment authorization requests
for the purpose of increase transactional integrity during ordering
process. Performed security audit on ColdFusion applications fixing XSS
vulnerabilities and improper error handling
AMERICAN ACCESS Oak Brook, IL Consultant Oct 2005 - Oct 2006
Lead for ColdFusion project to automate key underwriting processes for
increased productivity and accuracy. Lead for project to electronically
send financial responsibility data (SR22) to the Illinois Secretrary of
State's office.
INFRA-STRATEGY Chicago, IL Consultant April 2005 - Oct 2005
Full life-cycle VB.net web development in for multiple sites servicing the
law industry. Lead developer for invoicing system to automate client
billing and lead dispute resolution.
COAMS Chicago, IL Consultant Jan 2005 - Mar 2005
Lead on project to convert site from classic ASP to .Net for co-branded
marketing campaigns between auto makers and dealers.
GRANT THORNTON Oak Brook, IL Consultant Sept 2004 - Dec 2004
Lead on redesign of Grant Thornton's international public website written
in classic ASP. Worked with outside design vendor to create re-usable
templates for branded design across entire organization.
EDISON'S ATTIC Chicago, IL Consultant Mar 2004 - Sept 2004
Assisted in installation and trouble-shooting for software product BigTime,
a QuickBooks add-on. Involved speaking directly with customers to identify
problems real-time and find solutions and then document issues and fixes
for user manuals to improve customer experience
AFFTRACK Oak Park, IL Developer Mar 2001 - Mar 2004
Lead developer for start-up providing automated collection and reporting of
affiliate marketing data across multiple affiliate networks. Would have to
daily monitor the collection routines to ensure accuracy of results and
update Perl-based parsing commands to fix found issues.
WEBHIRE Chicago, IL Consultant Nov 2000 - April 2001
Responsible for maintenance of Java and XML-based application allowing
companies to post jobs requirements to multiple Internet job boards through
one interface.
XCEED Chicago, IL Developer Jan 1999 - Sept 2000
Website development for broad range of corporate clients (classic ASP/SQL)
Improved telephone IVR scripts for better routing of customers through
phone-based ordering and help system.
EDUCATION
NOTRE DAME, Engineering
OHIO UNIVERSITY, Video Production