Developer Engineer
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*rd James Rodenkirch
Product Development Manager at Red Cedar Solutions Group
Location
Green Bay, Wisconsin Area
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Overview
Current
Product Development Manager at Red Cedar Solutions Group
Owner at Active Binary
Past
Senior Web Developer / Technical Lead at Red Cedar Solutions Group
Programmer 3 / Team Lead at Rogers Software Development
Internet Applications Developer at WS Packaging Group
Internet Applications Developer at Independent Printing
Web Developer at Delta Dental of WI
Web Developer at EZ-Net Inc
Web Developer at GreenBayNet Inc
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Education
NWTC
Lakeland College
Recommendations
2 people have recommended James
Connections
81 connections
Websites
Personal Website
Personal Website
Public Profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrodenkirch
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Summary
A results-driven, articulate and analytical Senior Web Application Engineer with twelve
years of experience in various areas of systems analysis and software development. Strong
in design and integration problem solving skills. Expert in PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript
and CSS. Designs, develops and supports enterprise level web based applications. Strong
written and verbal communication skills.
Experienced in:
Engineering all aspects of web applications from database to services to user
interfaces
Analysis and design of databases and user interfaces
Managing requirements
Mentoring and leading teams of developers
Implementing software development life cycle policies and procedures
Managing and supporting multiple projects
Highly adaptable in quickly changing technical environments with very strong
organizational and analytical skills
Specialties
Open source web application development with the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack,
Linux server administration, MySQL administration
Experience
Product Development ManagerRed Cedar Solutions Group
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
November 2011 Present (7 months)
Owner
Active Binary
Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry
2001Present (11 years)
Senior Web Developer / Technical LeadRed Cedar Solutions Group
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
March 2009 November 2011 (2 years 9 months)
Led team of developers on multiple projects dealing with offender risk assessment and
case management
Setup and supported virtualized development environment including automating project
setup with native package installers (deb)
Implemented and oversaw development workflow and procedures including code review,
release management, project management, and ticketing tools
Recommended and implemented application architecture including frameworks, ORMs, SCM,
server platform and release deployment
Worked with clients to determine requirements and project timelines as well as setup
testing and production environments on local networks
Technologies: PHP 5, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL, Sql Server 2008, Git, SVN, Bash,
Deb Packaging, Komodo
James has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:
2nd Matt Apperson, Software Engineer, Red Cedar Solutions Group
Programmer 3 / Team Lead
Rogers Software Development
April 2008 January 2009 (10 months)
Led team of developers on multiple projects
Recommended and implemented new ORM layer (Doctrine) to the main product
Acted as SVN lead. Merged multiple repositories and led efforts for branch
restructuring and management
Coded and maintained multiple server scripts for sending and receiving data from third
parties via FTP
Led efforts to localize development and segregate development environments from
production
Led efforts to centralize project work into companies project management system (Trac)
Technologies: PHP 5, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 3, MySQL 4, Eclipse, PDT
Internet Applications Developer
WS Packaging Group
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Printing industry
September 2007April 2008 (8 months)
Maintained customer portal site in Mason/Perl
Developed intranet in Ruby on Rails
Supported server scripts written in Perl and Ruby
Developed applications with Perl, JavaScript, Ajax
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Perl/Mason, HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, CSS, MySQL,
MSSQL, Eclipse, Komodo, TextMate
Internet Applications DeveloperIndependent Printing
February 2007August 2007 (7 months)
Integrated third party shopping cart with legacy ordering system using XML and XSLT
Maintained division e-commerce site in C# .Net
Support company fulfillment system written in Prolifics Panther
Provide end user support and training for company's web based applications
Technologies: C#, .Net, Panther, HTML, XHTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, Oracle, MSSQL,
Visual Studio
Web Developer
Delta Dental of WI
Nonprofit; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry
June 2005February 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Implemented multi-developer source code control system (SVN), code promote system and
SOP's
Published web usability and coding standards
Acted as technical lead and architect for a three person web team
Developed and supported authenticated portals for multiple types of users
Designed and developed a custom templating framework and CMS
Interfaced the website with DB2 running on an IBM iSeries
Designed and submitted recommendations of a PHP based MVC framework to ease long term
development
Provided direction with emerging technologies and strategies to keep applications
current
Assisted with server setup and performance adjustments
Technologies: PHP 5, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 4, DB2, Eclipse, PDT, Komodo
James has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:
3rd Aaron Saray, Web Developer, Delta Dental of WI
Web DeveloperEZ-Net IncApril 2002June 2005 (3 years 3 months)
Designed, developed, and coded web pages for clients
Maintained the company web sites and intranets
Planned, designed, and created production schedules and site content for all client
sites
Designed and coded dynamic web based applications
Integrated custom billing website into companies business software
Developed custom web based email system
Developed Geo coded weather information system
Developed image upload and manipulation systems
Technologies: PHP 4, PHP 5, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 4, MSSQL, Dreamweaver
Web DeveloperGreenBayNet IncSeptember 1999April 2002 (2 years 8 months)
Planned, designed, and created production schedules and site content for all client
sites
Designed, developed, and coded Web pages for clients and maintained all company web
sites
Provided technical support for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Internet
connection related issues
Technologies: PHP 4, Perl, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 3, Dreamweaver, Flash
Education
NWTC
Micro Computer Programming20052006
Lakeland College
Business Management
2012
Recommendations For James
Senior Web Developer / Technical Lead
Red Cedar Solutions Group
While working at RCSG I had the distinct pleasure of working with James. It is my
assessment that James is an extremely well organized, and experienced developer. I hope to
one day have the chance to work with James, I learned a lot from him, and feel he is/would
be an extremely valuable member to any development team. May 13, 2011
2nd Matt Apperson, Software Engineer, Red Cedar Solutions Group
worked indirectly for James at Red Cedar Solutions Group
Web Developer
Delta Dental of WI
James has a high level of expertise in web development technologies, specifically the
LAMP stack, a great ability to develop new technologies to leverage existing business
systems and exceptional team working skills. It was a pleasure to work with James; I look
forward to more opportunities to engage in business ventures with him. September 1, 2007
3rd Aaron Saray, Web Developer, Delta Dental of WI
worked directly with James at Delta Dental of WI
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Interests:
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Birthday:
August 21
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