
Senior Web Applications Developer (Consultant) at The Development Executive Group
Philippines

Senior Web Applications Developer (Consultant) at The Development Executive Group
Philippines
I am interested in developing projects that employ the latest technologies used worldwide and in facing new challenges that these fresh ideas may bring. I am keen on mastering my expertise on my selected aspects of web development using the latest and widely used opensource technologies.
Web Development, Social Networking Sites, Intranet applications, Management Information Systems, Standalone Application Dev't
(Privately Held; International Trade and Development industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
- Designing & developing new components for the new community sites, w/c would include among others MVC, writing unit/functional test scripts
- Improving existing components for community sites, covering activities such as optimizing existing web pages & database queries, rewriting models, views, & controllers to better use Rails, writing tests for existing functionality, redesigning the architecture to be more maintainable, adding new features to improve performance
- Managing the “sprints” of Product Development Team to include, among others, conducting daily scrums to coordinate w/ & assign backlogs to team members, developing product backlogs each sprint, conducting post-sprint debriefs, & reviewing code to help team members improve programming skills
- Conducting training sessions on Ruby & Rails to improve developer skills, including doing preparatory research, creating training materials & assisting developers and sys-ads in implementation & deployment
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
(Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)
CONSULTANCY:
- Developed deeper understanding of project management
- Learned Design and Development of software/program appropriate to its requirements
TRAINING:
- Conducted training sessions to DepEd personnel, regional directors, coordinators, planning officers, encoders, etc. across 25 divisions nationwide and acquired experience as a public speaker (in CFSS Project)
(Computer Software industry)
August 2008 — September 2008 (2 months)
The service I rendered was more on coaching and mentoring the technical team (from designer to developer to infra team) to equip them with the best practices and best tools to utilize for the success of their current and upcoming projects
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2007 — February 2008 (10 months)
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gather and design specifications for task requirements
- Designate programming tasks to developers
- Monitor project time tables and milestones
- Inspect and Deploy completed programming tasks
- Test deployed programming tasks
- Create documentation of current system
- Regulate MIS tasks
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Project:
Research and Development Management Information Systems and
Administrative Library Management
- A redevelopment of an existing system built from Oracle, Oracle Reports and with a little bit of PHP to Ruby on Rails with PostgresQL
- Works with records from way back 1930s to current
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
March 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 2 months)
MANAGERIAL:
- Lead & mentor other employees, assist in the development and implementation of structured methods such as Change Control, Configuration Management, Release Management, Tests and Quality Management
- Perform software development, including validation and testing of source codes against standards; conduct staff reviews
- Translates user requirements into software specifications for customizations
- Implements use of suitable open source technologies to aid development & project mgt
- Undertake customizations of existing open source projects in PHP/XML
- Provide end-user training and support for projects developed
- Contribute & update software documentation for projects
- Provided assessment of developers and properly delegate tasks
- Responsible for hiring developers
PROGRAMMING:
- Debugs, develops tasks unsolvable by developers
- Does MIS tasks
(Computer Software industry)
September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)
SYSTEMS DESIGN:
- Implements suitable systems framework for development of an existing project
- Audits/Inspects developed codes against imposed standards
PROGRAMMING:
- Assigned as the Head of the Development Team
- Develops difficult modules and provides support for the junior developers
- Monitors development of the frameworked and traditional version of the software
- Provides semi-weekly training on development principles, and assesses developers on their strengths and weaknesses
- Learned the application of Symfony Framework for PHP powered development
MANAGERIAL:
- Supervises/Assists junior programmers in development
- Assists Project Management Team in decision making and strategy selection
- Provides help in monitoring aspect
(Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
June 2004 — May 2005 (1 year )
CONSULTANCY:
- Developed deeper understanding of project management
- Learned Design and Development of software/program appropriate to its requirements
- Acquired competence in design and development of a computerized records system (permanent student record and academic record) in the UPIS CRS Project
PROGRAMMING:
- Enhanced Python programming skills
MANAGERIAL:
- Managed three (3) encoders for data warehousing module
- Supervised and trained a school clerk for using the program for report card generation, grading sheet upload/generation, etc.
(Privately Held; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
October 2004 — December 2004 (3 months)
TEACHING/PUBLIC SPEAKING:
- Gained teaching skills and improved speech (as a substitute teacher)
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Successfully increased percentage of passing students up to 83%
- Gained more invites as a speaker/teacher for Higher Mathematics
(Government Administration industry)
April 2002 — March 2004 (2 years )
PROGRAMMING:
- Knowledge in PHP was reinforced through development of an Intranet application
- Acquired learning on database design & administration in SAP DB
- Learned Python and Python COM programming
- Enhanced ability to develop programs in Linux and/or Windows environment
MANAGERIAL:
- Handled group of encoders from testing of module in development to deployment of module for production level
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Deployed the project’s first intranet site and intranet-based encoding system powered by python and sap db
(Computer Software industry)
November 2000 — April 2001 (6 months)
PROGRAMMING:
- Member of a Three-Man Development Team tasked to translate an existing accounting software written in Visual Basic/MS Access into C++/PostgresSQL in Linux
- Gained knowledge in the application of PostgresSQL for an accounting software
- Learned Macromedia Flash programming for a project with Ballard & Tighe
- Experienced programming in HTML, JavaScript and PHP
MANAGERIAL:
- Manager of a project with Ballard & Tighe Publishing for five months
- Handled on-the-job-trainees and graphic artists
BS Computer Science , Computer , June 1997 — November 2003
- Gametel's People's Choice Awardee, April 2006
- Gametel's Employee of the month, April 2006
- Gametel's People's Choice Awardee, May 2006