Project Manager Engineer

Ronald SteelmanSoftware Engineer, II at SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.

Location

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Industry

Computer Software

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Ronald Steelman

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Ronald Steelman's Overview

Current

Founding Member at Solavei

Software Engineer, II at SoftLayer Technologies, Inc

.

Owner at Quadrabyte

Past

Senior Software Engineer/Project Manager for Orchestrate at FireScope

PHP Engineer at Acronym Media

PHP & MySQL Web Developer at Old Hat Creative

Service Counter Op at Geek Squad

Manager at Movie City & Tanning Salon

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Education

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Community College

Talihina High School

Connections

177 connections

Websites

Personal Website

Company Website

Ronald Steelman's Summary

Application Developer, Database Administrator, and Project Manager in a wide variety of

business applications. Particularly interested team leading or project management in the

area of web application development using Apache, PHP/Ruby, and MySQL. Always interested

in custom projects, as well as close interaction with the preloaded Content Management

Systems and previously developed applications.

Specialties

* Proficient in PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, CSS, Photoshop CS4 Web Layout Slicing, LAMP Stack,

SVN, Scrum, SQL

* Familiar with Ruby on Rails, Java, CodeIgniter PHP Framework, Linux Server

Administration, SEO, SEM, Search Engine Optimization, PPC, Web Analytics, Oracle XE

Ronald Steelman's Experience

Founding Member

Solavei

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Services industry

July 2012Present (3 months) Dallas, TX

Solavei was founded by leading mobile, media, political, and technology executives from

some of the most respected U.S. companies (including AT&T, T-Mobile, JP Morgan, Microsoft,

and others). E-Mail: *********************@*****.*** for an invite!

Software Engineer, II

SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.

Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry

April 2012 Present (6 months) Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Owner

Quadrabyte

Public Company; Myself Only; Computer Software industry

October 2009 Present (3 years)

* Custom built servers and desktop computers

* Installed CentOS Server and administered software RAID

* Work with clients to develop and complete Project Scopes

* Utilize PHP & MySQL to develop web-based applications and web sites for clients

Senior Software Engineer/Project Manager for Orchestrate

FireScope

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

December 2010 April 2012 (1 year 5 months) Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Utilized PHP & MySQL to develop on demand web-based Enterprise level Change Management

Data Base (CMDB) software for a global market

Worked with large companies and enterprises to deploy and support software (Ericsson,

Millennium Hotels, Liverpool Direct, Tribal DB, and others)

Utilized API s, SOAP and XML for integration with third-party software

Lead in a team-driven environment to realize and achieve project goals and Statements

of Work

Utilized knowledge of ITIL to implement service management standards within the CMDB

software

Acted as primary point of contact for clients utilizing FireScopes CMDB software

PHP Engineer

Acronym Media

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

June 2010 September 2010 (4 months)

* Developed full scale web based programs in PHP & MySQL to pull analytic information

from various sources and upload to Omniture, Yahoo Web Analytics and Google Analytics.

* Worked with large companies, such as SAP, to develop project scopes and ensure that

each requirement for the project was met.

PHP & MySQL Web Developer

Old Hat Creative

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Sports industry

August 2009 June 2010 (11 months) Norman, Oklahoma

- Developed new systems to enhance business flow within the office, including setting up

a dedicated web server, E-Mail server and managing customer domains

- Assisted in developing new systems to enhance customer experience and generate business

revenue by helping to marry the customer to the business long-term

- Developed web based applications and portals for a variety of clients using (X)HTML,

CSS, PHP & MySQL

- Exercised skills in Photoshop CS4, including Slicing, Image Resizing and other

miscellaneous tasks

Service Counter Op

Geek Squad

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BBY; Information Technology and Services industry

October 2007 April 2009 (1 year 7 months)

- Developed strategic systems for brand sales

- Strategic Consulting, including business plan, home & personal use and technology

deployment

- Advised consumers on product to meet their individual needs

- Advised new and existing businesses on technology to help propel their business

forward, assist in their business needs and meet any unique needs they might have

- Generated new installation & training deals to assist personal and business users in

setting up their technology to meet their needs and provide training on each unique setup

- Provided computer hardware and software diagnostic and repair

- Assisted in developing strategic business plans to improve company turn around, ensure

faster repair times and aid in overall customer satisfaction

- Provided in-home and in-office setup and technology training, as well as diagnostics

and repairs

- Utilized tools necessary for my job (including STAR, STAR/Phoneix, POS and Green

Screen)

- Handled all items for outsourced repairs (shipping, receiving, validity of completed

job and customer interaction)

- Developed strategic business models to enhance the repair process and provide a

positive experience between the customer, the store and the service center

- Exercised customer service skills, including product return, minor customer/manager

duties and processing product replacement

Manager

Movie City & Tanning Salon

May 2005 August 2007 (2 years 4 months)

- Worked in a retail/rental environment

- Assisted in product inventory (in-stock, on order, new orders and loss prevention)

- Handled nightly drawers and miscellaneous accounting

- Assisted in late fee collection and handled process for product not returned (stolen

product)

Ronald Steelman's Skills & Expertise

PHP

MySQL

CSS

Web Analytics

SQL

ORM

OOP

PHP Frameworks

SOA

Ronald Steelman's

Education

University of Oklahoma

BA/MS, Computer Science

20102015 (expected)

Oklahoma City Community College

Associates, Computer Science

20102012

Talihina High School

H.S.D

2002 2006

Ronald Steelman's Additional Information

Websites:

Personal Website

Company Website

Interests:

PHP programming, new technology, computer programming, organizational development,

professional networking, political debating, current event debating

Groups and Associations:

Best Buy Alumni Network

Geek Squad Alumni

LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group

SkillStorm

Software Development Jobs

Sports Marketing

The I.T. Guys-Crew

Honors and Awards:

Certified in FireScope Orchestrate, 2011

Who's Who In America, Multiple Years

High School Honors Roll, Multiple Years

1st Place Keyboarding, 2005

1st Place HTML Design, 2005

Outstanding Geometry Achievement, 2006

Outstanding Attorney Mock-Trial, Multiple Years

Outstanding Performance NFL (National Forensic League), 2006

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