Recruiters: Thanks for all the messages, but I am not what you'd call a front end developer. Please don't email me about these roles. Over 11 years of web development. Experienced in working on a wide variety of web based projects. Proficient with PHP, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, Laravel, HTML/HTML5, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Linux, Git, and a command line environment. Experienced with setting up and managing servers. Usually CentOS or Ubuntu Server on Rackspace Cloud Servers. Quick learner; continuously learning how to be a better developer and familiarizing self latest technology, languages, and best practices.

Senior Web Application Developer / Team Lead @ Spark Hire is the world’s fastest growing video interviewing platform. We deliver robust and affordable online video interviewing solutions for employers and staffing firms. I am the Lead Developer in a group of about 9 developers. I joined in 2012 before the site officially launched and helped it grow and scale to hundreds of thousands of videos and users. My responsibilities include architecture, design, development, training and project lead roles across our web and mobile projects. * Created our public RESTful API that powers our mobile apps and third party applications * Worked with partners to assist them integrating with our API * Set up queuing process and workers to process and store thousands of videos a day * Transitioned from an in-house legacy framework to Laravel without stopping for a major rewrite * Led the redesign of our web app as well as our public site * Created our billing systems * Created an admin portal to allow sales and support to assist users * Improved email delivery and reduced bounce rate * Coached junior developers, continuous training on git and development best practices * Scaled everything to continue to work quickly and affordably as the company grew rapidly From November 2012 to Present (3 years) Greater Chicago AreaFounder / Lead Developer @ My personal project. CodeRobot is a service that allows developers to collaborate in real time, edit the same code at the same time, and commit their changes all while communicating via chat. Great for mentoring developers, helping troubleshoot, or short pair programming sessions. From May 2011 to Present (4 years 6 months) Senior Web Application Developer @ Lightswitch is a Lightbank startup in Chicago. I lead a small team of developers working on a variety of projects. I work on many kinds of projects such as mobile web apps, native apps, web applications, RESTful APIs, etc. I also set up and maintain the servers behind all of it. From May 2012 to October 2012 (6 months) Chicago, ILSenior Web Application Developer @ Developed many websites from scratch, including microsites, corporate websites, and large social networking sites as well as maintaining websites created by previous employees and other companies. Spearheaded the development of company coding standards and implemented code reviews to improve code quality. Trained co-workers on web standards, MVC design, and latest technologies. Set up and managed the source control server, wiki, bug tracker, Jenkins based build and deployment process, and many other internal tools used to keep track of projects and speed up development. Managed a few outsourced developers on longer projects, setting their deadlines and prioritizing their task lists. Mentored new developers to get them up to speed quickly, and help them learn new technologies to make them more productive. From September 2006 to May 2012 (5 years 9 months) Greater Chicago AreaDeveloper @ Built several custom content management systems. Planned, designed, and built several medium sized websites targeting the Columbus Ohio area. From 2002 to 2006 (4 years) Columbus, Ohio Area

Columbus State Community College From 2002 to 2005 CIS, Application and Web Programming @ DeVry University From 2001 to 2003 Dan Previte is skilled in: PHP, CSS, Git, jQuery, MySQL, Apache, Backbone.js, CodeIgniter, PHPUnit, Web Applications, Web Development, Ubuntu, Linux, Jenkins, Memcached, Ant, Websockets, Laravel, SASS, Puppet, vagrant, Nginx, REST, LAMP, HTML 5