Software Engineer Web Developer

Blake Fischer

**** ** **** ** *** ***-***, Gainesville, FL 32606 ************@*****.*** 386-***-****

Summary

An intelligent and organized individual with strong computer skills and deep moral character. Able to recognize needs, identify solutions, and implement changes.

Self-motivated.

Objective

To use my computer skills to build your organization’s revenues and profits.

Technical Skills

Ruby (Rails), JavaScript (ExtJS, Sencha Touch, jQuery, d3, crossfilter, etc.), PHP, Perl, HTML, CSS (SASS), MySQL, Apache, Linux, AWS, Sphinx, Redis, Memcached, UX Design, Photoshop

Education

B.S., Finance (2012)

University of Florida

Work History

Technical Trainer, Sencha (August 2012 – Present)

JS/HTML/CSS, Ext JS, Sencha Touch, Generic Stack

Teaching on-site and open classes covering Sencha technologies (Ext JS, Sencha Touch, and Sencha Architect) to developers in the US and abroad. Developing official course materials. Conception and development of marketing system used within Sencha forum.

Founder, Medlium (Present)

Rails, JS/HTML/CSS, MySQL, Redis, AWS, UX, etc.

Development of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) used by physicians; #2 ranked EHR on iPad and iPhone. Only mobile-first EHR on the market.

Senior Software Engineer, Institute for Child Health Policy

(Feb 2012 – Aug 2012) Rails, JS/HTML/CSS, d3, crossfilter, UX, etc.

Development and technical vision of organization’s web apps. Lead dev of official reporting software for Texas Medicaid program. Aggregated 100k’s of claims for ~10MM patients into report portal for MCO’s.

CTO, Weebin (Aug 2009 – Feb 2012)

Rails, PHP, JS/HTML/CSS, Apache, MySQL

Mined data from U.S. universities. Engineered fault-tolerant systems reconciling together numerous big data sources.

CBRN Defense Specialist, U.S. Marine Corps

(Active: Aug 2007 – Aug 2009; Reserves: Aug 2009 – Sep 2011)

Gave weekly classes on survival measures taken in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) attack. Provided assistance to commander on CBRN-related issues. Maintained semi-annual training of Marines. Trained and maintained a team of CBRN first responders.

Web Developer, ZGraph (Jun 2007 - Aug 2007)

PHP, ColdFusion, WordPress, JS/HTML/CSS

Development of front-end and back-end code.

Software Engineer, TurboCompliance (2007)

PHP, JS/HTML/CSS

Worked on software used by financial institutions to ensure compliance with SEC audit requirements.

Software Engineer, SocialPlatform (2006)

PHP, Zend, JS/HTML/CSS

Development of social networking engine.

Web Developer, Lyrehc Business Solutions (Feb 2006 - Sep 2006)

Perl, PHP, JS/HTML/CSS

Designed and developed websites. Development of asset-tracking software.

Work Samples

Medlium – https://medlium.com

A complete electronic health record (EHR) written in Sencha Touch and RoR, available across all major platforms (Desktop, iPhone, iPad, Android). I handle the UI design, backend, and frontend software development.

More info available on request.

Tuxemo – http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13894106/Tuxemo.pdf

Walgreens needed a tablet-optimized application to assist with a new position in their stores, so they put on a public competition. I was runner-up among ~25 other companies/teams.

I geocoded every physician in the U.S. and every clinical trial worldwide then cached them into tens of millions of JSON structures corresponding to map tiles. Generating tiles at level 20 for the entire world would be impractical. Instead, the pre-caching method I developed started at the highest level (4 tiles) and cascaded down to lower tiles until it reached 30 physicians or less. So it would naturally drill down further into the populous areas, while minimizing rural areas. Many other optimizations were made to perfect the UX. Most of my time was focused on honing the UI down to the simplest, most consistent design possible.

Weebin.com

A book rental site with a competitive edge: it mined the course material records of about 2 million sections from ~270 U.S. universities. I used this data in conjunction with the Maxmind database to create a breakthrough in marketing and user experience, driving ~700 unique visitors/day at a CPC of <$0.001 (Avg CPC in 2010 was $1.24). The main challenge was developing a system which could reconcile together the various data sources (e.g., gov. course info, class schedules, materials, book covers) with differing structures while maintaining data integrity and avoiding duplicates. A lot of work was done to eliminate the friction of getting people to use it (e.g., sign up comes afterwards). Many unseen personalizations and optimizations are made using the user's geolocation.

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