Chris Khoo's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

I have developed web applications for over 10 years, with my experience ranging from business process guidance systems (SupportPoint), property management systems (CBRE), investment & treasury systems (Suncorp), education systems (Queensland Government) and a global online newsroom (www.theglobalmail.org).

I have developed web applications for over 10 years, with my experience ranging from business process guidance systems (SupportPoint), property management systems (CBRE), investment & treasury systems (Suncorp), education systems (Queensland Government) and a global online newsroom (www.theglobalmail.org).

I develop frontends primarily in HTML 5, CSS 3, Javascript & jQuery, with a preference to Twitter Bootstrap, CoffeeScript, less.js & backbone.js. Much of my production code has been coupled with end to end (E2E) tests backed by Sauce Labs (Selenium WebDriver) or phantomjs. I have developed REST APIs and are familiar with many web APIs such as Facebook (Open Graph), SoundCloud, Twitter, Vimeo & YouTube.

I have developed backends in C# (ASP.NET MVC 4), Python (django), PHP or nodejs (express) that interface with persistent datastores such as MySQL, PostgreSQL & SQL Server, and in-memory datastores such as memcached & redis. I have also been performing a fair amount of devops work recently, implementing release management solutions using Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Atlassian Bamboo/Stash, Jenkins, monit, puppet, fabric & capistrano.

I'm highly disciplined in my approach to software development, utilising SCRUM principles to apply techniques like continuous delivery, sprint/product backlogs, iteration planning, standups, retrospectives, TDD, etc. into my workflow. I have generally used Atlassian JIRA & GreenHopper to achieve these best practices.

I have done a fair amount of UX work in the past, mocking up prototypes in Balsamiq Mockups to review with clients, and translating feedback into a Photoshop design and subsequently HTML & CSS. I'm familiar with the idiosyncrasies between popular web browsers such as IE 7+, Chrome, Firefox, iOS, Android, etc., and can develop websites to be compatible across all of them.

All in all, it gives me great satisfaction to build software that helps people become happier and more successful in their day-to-day life.Full Stack Engineer @ From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Frontend Engineer @ - Working on /browse From May 2013 to January 2015 (1 year 9 months) Senior Frontend Engineer @ - Evangelised and setup custom workflows for issue tracking (Atlassian JIRA), SCRUM project management (GreenHopper), continuous delivery for an enterprise SOA architecture (Bamboo), source control + code review processes through pull requests (Stash) & package management (NuGet & Maven) systems to modernize processes & improve productivity

- Presented briefings & training sessions to management, development & QA teams on agile processes, REST API design and web-based technologies such as CoffeeScript & node-webkit

- Performed investigative work into porting a desktop application to a web application, WYSIWYG editors & bidirectional transformations to define a solid foundation for SupportPoint, the company's flagship product

- Tools & technologies used include ActiveMQ, Apache NMS, ASP.NET MVC 4, Bamboo, C#, CoffeeScript, git, GreenHopper, IIS, JIRA, maven, Mule ESB, node-webkit, nodejs, NuGet, Stash, SupportPoint, SVN, Visual Studio 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 & XSD From February 2013 to May 2013 (4 months) Senior Frontend Developer @ - Redeveloped frontend of The Global Mail website @ www.theglobalmail.org using HTML 5, Javascript, CSS & django (Python web framework)

- Developed extensive unit testing & integration testing scripts with WebDriver & Sauce Labs which are integrated into the Bamboo continuous integration system

- Sped up slow sections of code primarily by caching with memcached

- Website is tested to be fully functional with IE 7+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari & iOS devices

- Followed SCRUM & lean software development methodologies to deliver a successful relaunch resulting in a very happy client

- Tools & technologies used include AddThis, Amazon EC2, Atlassian Bamboo, Atlassian JIRA, Bitbucket, CSS 3, CoffeeScript, Debian Squeeze, django, Fabric (Python), Facebook open graph, Google Analytics, HTML 5, Imagemagick, Javascript, jQuery, less.js, memcached, Mercurial, New Relic, nginx, nodejs, PostgreSQL, Python, redis, sass / compass, Sauce Labs, Selenium WebDriver, sendgrid, Sphinx Search Server, SoundCloud API, Twitter Bootstrap, Twitter JSON API, Vimeo API, WebFont Loader (Typekit) & Youtube API From June 2012 to January 2013 (8 months) PHP Developer @ - Championed productivity improvements within the team by introducing and reinforcing concepts like TDD, continuous integration, continuous deployment & local mirrors

- Provided technical advice to senior management, account managers, designers and content producers regularly on project and maintenance work within the department

- Maintained hundreds of web forms and course search systems across Queensland TAFE & state school sites

- Maintained a strong focus on accessibility (WCAG standard)

- Completed the rollout of a state-wide course search system to additional TAFEs in Queensland

- Developed automated test cases (functionality and performance testing) to assist in the move of mission critical servers across data centres

- Updated a complex signup form and email management system that integrates with Vision 6 to provide a centralised HR function to people interested in teaching at TAFEs

- Developed reports to help many outdoor educational centres in Queensland track the programs they offer, the schools that visit them and staffing costs From July 2011 to June 2012 (1 year) Web Developer @ - Consulted with and developed websites for clients

- Skills used include PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript, CSS, Photoshop, vBulletin, WordPress & Google Analytics From June 2010 to January 2012 (1 year 8 months) Web Developer @ - PHP development

- Complex website template skinning

- Salesforce migration From March 2011 to August 2011 (6 months) Business Broker @ From September 2009 to June 2010 (10 months) Application Developer @ - Enhanced and maintained commercial real estate property management & accounting system (Intuit MRI).

- Developed ad-hoc .NET 2 & 3.5 applications for automation & data retrieval from MRI database. From January 2007 to November 2008 (1 year 11 months) Analyst/Programmer @ - Provided support & development services for Suncorp's investment teams

- Tools used were SQL Server, VB 6.0, Centura, VBA, DTS, CA SOLVE, PVCS & Pervasive SQL From February 2006 to December 2006 (11 months) Web Developer @ - Provided web development services to clients, primarily to build public facing websites

- Primarily used HTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL & CVS From November 2004 to September 2005 (11 months) Bachelor of Information Technology & Business Management (BInfTech BBusMan), Business Economics @ The University of Queensland From 2000 to 2008 National University of Singapore From 2003 to 2003