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Michael Kimsal
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Michael Kimsal Resumé/CV
Last updated: 02/03/2012
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Michael Kimsal
40 Glen Oaks, Youngsville, NC 27596
abqetu@r.postjobfree.com
UPDATED: January 27, 2012
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Senior-level IT consultant with 16 years in the industry with experience in
the areas of:
* reducing business operation costs through use of web technologies
* social media technologies, integration and adoption
* open source technologies (licensing, adoption, integration, customization)
* project management
* developer mentoring
Dedicated leader with a passion for streamlining business operations through
automating business processes and implementing best of breed new technologies.
UNPROFESSIONAL PROFILE ;)
I'm the guy who
* is a seasoned PHPer, but loves newer tech like Groovy/Grails and more...
* gets things done that you didn't think would get done
* tackles new problems daily
* you wish you'd had on board for your last project that never quite worked
like you needed it to
* you were looking for earlier, before you settled for your last guy
* comes up with a new approach to a problem that you hadn't thought of before,
but that your users love
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
* Languages/technology
PHP, Java, Groovy, Grails, Rails, Lucene, Drupal, Wordpress, SOLR, Erlang, JasperReports, Perl, XML, XSLT, XSLFO, SQL, shell scripting (bash), UML, JSP, ASP, ColdFusion, C#, .NET platform, AJAX, Flash / Flex, Red5 / Flash Media Server, Tomcat, Pentaho Business Intelligence
* Methodologies
OOP (Object Oriented Programming) OOA (Object Oriented Analysis and Design),
elements of Extreme Programming and Agile development, test driven development
* RDBMS
MySQL, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, sqlite (yes, it counts)
* Operating Systems
iOS/OSX, Linux (RedHat, Fedora, Mandrake, Kubuntu, Gentoo), Solaris, Windows NT,
Windows 7,2000/XP
* Services / Tools
gant, unit testing (phpunit/junit/etc), intellij, zendstudio/eclipse, netbeans
* Certification
Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MichaelKimsal.com - Raleigh, NC
2008 - current
Self, Consultant, RabbleRouser
Organizer - indieconf - yearly conference for independent web professionals
Publisher - JSMag.com - monthly PDF publication for JavaScript professionals
Publisher - GroovyMag.com - monthly PDF publication for Groovy developers
M33Integrated - third party delivery logistics management system (Grails)
NCVPS - registration system for North Carolina Virtual Public Schools (Grails)
elinguafolio.org - student portfolios project - NC Dept Public Instruction (Grails)
NewTeacherCenter.org - survey management and reporting (PHP/Drupal)
Certified PHP Instructor for Zend, Inc (PHP)
ZFKit - starter kit for Zend Framework Projects
https://github.com/mgkimsal/zfkit
GrailsKit - starter kit for Grails projects
https://github.com/mgkimsal/grailskit
Open Source Risk Management - Durham, NC
2007 - 2008
Auditor
Responsibilities include:
* Using commercial and custom tools to scan software for known open source components
* Develop remediation steps for license compliance issues
Projects include dealing with:
* large multinational consumer electronics company (US)
* cell phone development company (China)
* legal products software firm (UK)
* open source business intelligence reporting company
BBH Media - Raleigh, NC
2005 - 2007
Senior Software Developer
Technologies: mod_perl php apache xml mysql mssql nt linux java ajax solr ant
* Migrated relational data to SOLR for improved search functionality.
* Initiated process to standardize AJAX development on Yahoo UI toolkit
(involved leading a team to review existing systems, define requirements,
identify integration points and impact of adoption, and propose adoption
guidelines)
* Worked closely with operations team to maintain and extend functionality of
ticket tracking and CRM tools.
* Identified stakeholders and managed communication between multiple developers
and external stakeholders for multiple projects.
* Improved and optimized code execution through refactoring, code analysis and
database optimization
* Kept daily development blog to increase communication between east coast and
west coast department structure.
* Introduced standard build process for PHP and Perl code using Ant/Java -
this reduced push time and associated push problems.
* Introduced testing tools - selenium and simpletest - to development process.
* Mentored others in web development best practices.
Conduit IT - State College, PA
2004 - 2005
Senior Software Developer/Architect
Technologies: php apache xml mssql mysql nt linux oracle
Project Management/Technical Leadership
Managed teams of 2-4 developers, insuring that projects were completed on
regular basis.
* Worked with business development to ensure that features required by new and
* existing customers would be supported in new platform.
* Provided direct one on one guidance to developers implementing project
* designs.
* Worked with QA team to develop comprehensive testing strategies, to test
* both functional sets of code (unit test) and front end interfaces (web
* tests)
* Mentored junior and mid-level developers, performing code review sessions
* and worked on identifying areas of skill improvement.
Technical Experience: PHP, MySQL, XML, XSLT, Ant, RenderX, XSLFO
* Introduced standard build process procedures using Ant. This reduced
* migration time by 40% and reduced associated error rate by 50%.
* Introduced standard testing platform (simpletest) to allow for common unit
* testing strategy to be deployed.
* Developed next generation object-oriented application platform for new
* product development efforts. Application configuration was migrated
* from database to standard XML configuration files.
* Developed real-time on-demand PDF catalog generation system using
* RenderX/XSLFO, PHP and MySQL.
QuickenLoans - Livonia, MI
2004
Software Developer
Technologies: php apache xml java mysql mssql nt linux
Developed banking software systems. Researched and implemented two identity
verification systems (VerID and CashEdge) using SOAP. Worked with
pre-existing banking package (from Open Solutions) to integrate company's
security and identification processes into banking software.
Tap Internet - Ypsilanti, MI
1999-2003
Founder
Technologies: php mod_perl asp apache xml java mysql pgsql mssql nt solaris
linux oracle
Managed web development consultancy of five people. Implemented dozens of
projects, including ty-retailers.com, ipofinancial.com, wilkinsonluggage.com
and dl.tccd.edu. Contributed LogiCreate application framework and LogiCampus
classroom management system projects to open source community. Started first
hands on PHP classes ? developed 5 days of instruction material and presented
to 100s of students from around the US. Companies served included Eli Lily,
Earthlink, Gannett, Wayne State University, University of Georgia and more.
Largest ecommerce site managed $40,000,000+ per day in orders.
Fry Multimedia - Ann Arbor, MI
1998 - 1999
Software Developer
Technologies: perl asp apache xml mssql nt solaris
Software Engineer developing web based applications for trade show
registrations (Reed Exhibition company) and auto clubs (AAAMich.com, AAA clubs
in Wisconsin, Illinois and New Jersey).
Field Technology Partners - Novi, MI
1995-1997
Software Developer
Technologies: os2 mssql nt mssql lotus notes
Developed client/server applications for sales force automation projects using
Windows, OS/2 and Lotus Notes.
EDUCATION
BA Philosophy, Oakland University, Michigan 1995
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member, Mensa 2007-present
Member Raleigh area user groups (Java, PHP) 2006-present
Founded Raleigh area MySQL user group 2006-present
Toastmasters, Raleigh 2006-present
Published articles at onlamp.com and phpmag.net 2005-2006
Host of webdevradio.com podcast site 2005-present
Toastmasters officer, QuickenLoans club 2004
Various presentations to Ann Arbor Computer Society and
Washtenaw Linux User Group 2001-2003
Started and managed Southeast Michigan PHP User Group 2001-2003
General background
I have extensive experience with all levels of web app development in a variety of languages,
from early days of basic form processing through creating large scale MVC systems to handle
millions of visitors. I've additionally taught PHP at various levels, and am comfortable
presenting technical ideas to different levels of audiences.
I've dealt with classroom applications (logicampus), ecommerce apps, CMS apps,
custom business logic utilities, catalog management apps, pay-for content and
membership sites, and more. If the project will be delivered over the web,
I've likely dealt with and solved the majority of the technical and
architectural issues involved in the completion of that type of project.
Recently, I've been digging in to Groovy, Grails and JasperReports technologies.
The most recent version of this resume is available at http://michaelkimsal.com/resume
Michael Kimsal's blog is available at http://michaelkimsal.com/blog
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