Richard Lynch

Rasmussen College Senior Application Developer

March 2010-January 2013
Backend development of rapid-fire launch Marketing microsites using Drupal/Drush
Production management of business processes and documentation to successfully launch synchronous products
Merged diverse vendor deliverables into comprehensible system
Integrated application features for Nagios Operations Monitoring improvements
Oversaw final testing and launch of main website
Kaltura API video mutli-media catalog projects
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, n-tier architecture, Drupal/Drush, Symfony, Kaltura API

Viveli Facebook Application developer

March 2009-October 2009
Developed several Facebook applications and application management systems
Million user-base online applications
Built PvP MMO RPG "fight" game
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Memcached, Redis, Facebook Platform API, Facebook Connect API

Uncommon Ground CTO [part-time]

July 1998-November 2008
Managed 4-6 person team of live audio professionals for FOH and split-channel live recording sound system
Created web presence from scratch to 1,000,000 hits per month
Business analysis to identify crucial content for SEO
Instituted real-time duplication for on-site sales of live concert audio CDs
Streamlined Bookings process immeasurably from paper tedium to Internet speed
Architected live audio recording library with n-tier architecture on shoe-string budget
Implemented social-networking features to increase visitor time on site
Replace manual paper calendar hours-long process with instant online PDF
PHP, PostgreSQL, libPDF, user-contributed content, n-tier architecture, streaming mp3, RSS

Peak 6 virtual stock trading with social networking components [contract]

July 2008-March 2009
Led social networking development 3-person team
Re-architected problematic sections of existing PHP application
Architected RSS feed systems
Optimized problematic sections of existing PHP application
Implemented disk and RAM caches for external web services
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, WAMP, Facebook APIs, OpenSocial API, MySpace API, Glam API, and Google Gadgets APIs, RSS, REST, XML

Where Ive Been performance metrics analysis and web-scraping [contract]

May 2008-July 2008
Developed administrative reporting front-end for heavy-traffic Facebook application
Utilized FusionCharts for concise summaries of traffic analysis
Implemented Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS/EC2) scrape of competitor site for busines analysis
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, FusionCharts, Amazon AWS/EC2, Facebook APIs

Sagacity, Inc converted seven years of flat-file HTML and a year's backlog of email messages to a dynamic interactive site in a high-traffic distributed application environment

September 2006-May 2008
cURL scraped existing high-risk static flat-file HTML content into MySQL database
Automated email influx with PHP/IMAP to MySQL database
Oversaw high traffic digital content distribution network implementation
Implemented interactive site elements including complaint comments and ratings
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, content distribution network, IMAP, curl

National Systems improved ordering system for point-of-sale systems utilized by major restaurant chains [contract]

August 2006-November 2006
Architected SMS text messaging quick order system for repeat customers
Architected Google Maps mash-up for franchisee delivery map administration
Debugged coupon algorithm
PHP, Mumps, SMS text messaging, Google Maps API

Info.com expanded meta search engine content areas in high-traffic site [contract]

September 2005-August 2006
Implemented entertainment section of meta search engine
Architected CAPTCHA breaking OCR system to scrape crucial business information
Brought long-tail music catalog of over 3 million titles into meta search engine
Architected asynchronous SOAP/REST/RPC calls to optimize web service consumption of meta search engine
PHP, high traffic distributed servers, SOAP, REST, RPC, OCR, curl, XML

JG Global Technologies worked on web-based medical claims application

July 2003-August 2005
Architected FDF medical insurance forms to bridge digital and paper trail requirements compliant with Federal HIPAA regulations
Debugged Federal HIPAA compliant database issues
Architected dynamic PHP/Flash human-form input for medical diagnosis reporting of insurance codes
Architected dynamic GD charts for statistical analysis of business data
PHP, FDF Toolkit, GD, Ming/Flash

Independent Contractor on a multitude of websites

June 2001-July 2003
Architected client-editable websites for countless music entertainment clients
Customized every major PHP shopping cart, forum, and CMS for a variety of clients
Analyzed and debugged broken website features caused by upgrades, server migration, and user error
Optimized Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists online magazine PostgreSQL search queries by a factor of 60
PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, every major PHP shopping cart/forum/CMS

Zend as Customer Support Director

May 2000-June 2001
Implemented trouble ticket system for customer support in PHP & MySQL
Provided final tier support for enterprise customers
Presented Zend Engine talk at PHP Conference in Montreal
Answered technical queries at OSCON, PHP Conference, and LinuxWorld conferences
PHP, MySQL, phplib, Zend Cache, Zend IDE

Ignition State Implemented Job Applicant screening system

July 1999-May 2000
Implemented web version of paper-based Job Applicant Screening System
Worked with client to clarify screening process
ASP, SQL Server

Cognitive Arts as Senior Software Engineer built a number of customer software desktop applications

June 1995-June 1999
Implemented custom software desktop applications for a variety of clients
Utilized various Artificial Intelligence techniques
Implemented computer video player technology for rich user experience of educational material
Lisp, C++ and JavaScript

Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University as Lead Analyst implemented various Artificial Intelligence projects for research and corporate use

April 1990-June 1995
Implemented custom software desktop applications for a variety of clients
Utilized various Artificial Intelligence techniques
Implemented computer video player technology for rich user experience of educational material
Lisp and C++

Holy Trinity High School taught computer science

September 1985-June 1989
Taught computer science to all levels of high school students
Re-vamped Computer Chemistry Lab course
Authored Radioactive Computer lab experiment simulation which could not be enacted in actual class for safety reasons
Introduced Pascal and Logo courses to augment curriculum
TRS-80 BASIC, Pascal, Logo

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