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David Deller

iOS, Mac & Web Developer

Boston Metro West Area

*****.****@*******-****.***

Web:

horizon-nigh.org

Technologies

Languages & frameworks

Objective-C & Cocoa - Current use. Favorite platform to develop for.

Ruby on Rails - Current use. Favorite language & framework to program in.

CoffeeScript - I consider this JavaScript done right and use it whenever I can.

jQuery, Ext JS - Moderate familiarity; used for several projects.PHP - Experienced; used constantly for years. No desire to use for any current or future

projects as I greatly prefer Ruby on Rails.

Symfony (PHP framework) - Wrote, deployed and maintained several web apps.

Grab bag: C, C++, Java, x86 assembly - Used in school for a few projects - nothing major.

Software

Git - Proficient; I understand its underlying data structure, and can usually help you

fix things when you're stuck.

Xcode, Coda, Mac OS X - Development tools of choice.

Linux, FreeBSD, Apache, PostgreSQL - Used for occasional server administration as needed.Experience

Confidential Boston AreaiOS & Web DeveloperJanuary 2012 - Present

Web applications with Ruby on Rails

iPhone & iPad apps with Objective-C & Cocoa

Independent Contracting

Web Development December 2011 - January 2012PHP & JavaScript (jQuery) development

Corporate Reimbursement Services Newton, MA crsinc.com

Software DeveloperJune 2010October 2011

Helped build a new mobile version (for iPhone and Android) of an existing desktop web app

in PHP.

Implemented new features in existing system, such as custom batch data processing and new

user interfaces.

Code maintenance and operational support.

Terry Precision Bicycles Macedon, NY / Burlington, VT terrybicycles.com

Lead Software DeveloperSeptember 2007June 2010

Maintained the company's existing PHP web app, which was used for all aspects of a direct-

mail retail business, including order fulfillment, purchasing, shipping, reporting &

analysis, as well as the customer-facing web site

Rewrote unmaintainable parts using Symfony framework, to make use of Model-View-

Controller pattern and object-relational models.

Collected use cases and iterated design prototypes with staff members to find out exactly

what they needed for new functionality.

Added fun stuff like AJAX, podcasts, and social networking integration to the web site,

to modernize and improve the customer experience.

Introduced and instructed staff on proper software engineering procedures such as QA

review, versioning, milestoning, bug triaging.

Started out working under my initial mentor, then switched to leading a two-person team,

then took over as the sole developer.

Personal Projects

I have made an iPhone app and a Mac app in my spare time. For details, please see my web

site at horizon-nigh.org.

I also have varied open-source work available on GitHub.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the State University of New York, College at

Brockport (completed 2007).

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