Senior Full-Stack Web Application and Front end Developer: Accomplished Web app professional with advanced design and programming skills backed by 20+ years of success in Web team development.
Past experience on all the major platforms including: Ruby on Rails, Python/Django. Now branching out into Node.js, Dart, Angular and Meteor. Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle. Client-side: Backbone/Marionette
Last year helped build a sophisticated, robust Web application that will mostly serve the music industry (B2B). Track record of success creating innovative, groundbreaking Web-based products as co-founder and co-inventor of a company and technologies that evolved into the Rhapsody Digital Music Service.
Technical Proficiencies:
* Platforms: Mac OS X, Linux (Ubuntu/Debian), Windows (7, Vista, XP)
* Programming: Ruby, Rails, Python, Django, JavaScript, Backbone.JS, Backbone.Marionette, Compass, CSS, HAML, HTML, ASP.NET in C#, Java Servlets & JSP, jQuery & AJAX, JSON, JSON-LD, PHP, RESTful Web Services, SASS, SQL, XML, ColdFusion
* Tools: RubyMine, PyCharm, Vim, Pivotal Tracker, Sentry, Adobe (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop), bug-tracking systems, MS Office Suite, MS Visual Studio (2005, 2008, 2010), Komodo Edit & Notepad++, SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, Skybound Stylizer, Telerik’s RADControls Suite & Sitefinity CMS, version-control systems (Git, SVN, etc.)
* Web Servers: Apache, IIS 7, learning Node.js
Specialties: Application architecture, Coding, CSS, Database Queries and Stored Procedures, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Front-End Development, HTML / XHTML, Internet, JavaScript, Programming, Python / Django, Scripting, Server / Client Side Architecture, SDLC, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Software Engineering, Testing, Tool Customization and Enhancement, User Experience Development, User Interface Development (UI) Design, Web Applications Development, Web Design, Web Development, Web Server Administration
Senior Web Applications Engineer @ Senior Web Applications Developer for a short-term project developing a Django-based RESTful API. From October 2014 to November 2014 (2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Web Developer @ Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Backbone/Marionette, HAML, SASS, Compass From May 2013 to February 2014 (10 months) Independent Contractor @ ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript From April 2013 to May 2013 (2 months) Senior Web Developer @ Primarily developed backend PHP-based web services integrations (XML, RESTful SOA) with Amazon and eBay merchant APIs. Also did some Python / Django development for internal tools that utilized HTML4, CSS3, JavaScript, Dojo, jQuery, AJAX, etc.
Key Achievement:
Automated the interactions between the company’s cloud-based ERP system (NetSuite) and both Amazon and eBay’s fulfillment and shipping APIs – updating data in both directions. From August 2011 to January 2012 (6 months) Web Developer (Python / Django) @ Learned and leveraged Python and Django Web development tools to build new components for Web directory and Internet-based knowledge exchange site receiving up to 14.1M global visitors monthly. Collaborated with team programmers to devise solutions to unique software engineering challenges; developed and debugged Web apps and programmed against internal APIs, utilizing standard, open-source libraries when possible to minimize costs.
Key Achievements:
** Played instrumental role in team’s successful development and launch of Mahalo4 system.
** Championed introduction of microformats into site’s output streams to enhance findability and improve richness of search engine results pages. From September 2010 to March 2011 (7 months) Senior Systems Engineer @ Delivered custom Web solutions for respected international holding company with five worldwide public relations consultancies. Modified T-SQL stored procedures and XML schema, developed financial reports in Epicor / Crystal Reports, and adapted tools to meet unique user needs.
Key Achievement:
** Worked effectively with teams both in-house and in the UK to implement Web-based customizations of Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, streamlining finance and operations management for corporate clients. From January 2008 to August 2008 (8 months) Senior Programmer/Analyst - ASP.NET Web Applications in C# @ Drew upon skills with C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, Macromedia (Adobe) products and other industry-leading Web development tools to create intranet and extranet applications for one of the largest public health organizations in the nation. Managed junior developers and maintained group’s public Website (www.phi.org).
Key Achievement:
** Developed Web-based tool in ASP.NET that improved timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting, and created full-feature, online time-entry application utilized daily by 600 employees worldwide. From February 2006 to October 2007 (1 year 9 months) Technology Consultant @ Provided diverse technology consulting services to customers in start-up enterprise and scientific R&D groups.
Key Achievements:
** Performed signal detection and estimation as part of DSP efforts for Georgia Tech’s "Dog on a Chip" project, making valuable contributions to development of cutting-edge electronic tool for narcotics detection.
** Designed, built and hosted / maintained Websites that generated traffic for customer business, including Pharmacy Access Partnership. From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) Senior Software Engineer / Web Application Developer @ Continued driving advancements in Web development and media streaming for popular music portal before its acquisition by Real Networks in 2003. Designed and built Web-based intranet tools that generated significant improvements in internal communication and productivity.
Key Achievements:
** Primary IA designer, developer and maintainer of dynamic (Java / JSP) corporate Website (www.listen.com);
-- Coordinated cross-department efforts to keep site content updated and accurate.
-- Implemented advanced SEO strategies that captured top rankings on key search engines, leading directly to higher visitor counts and increased revenue.
** Designed and implemented Java Servlet / JSP solutions that seamlessly linked front-end Website interfaces within Rhapsody Digital Music Service to back-end database transactions and business processes. From April 2001 to January 2003 (1 year 10 months) Co-Founder and Webmaster @ Pushed the envelope for streaming technology as primary partner in groundbreaking Internet radio company before and after its acquisition by Listen.com in 2001; provided 15,000+ registered users with easy-to-use tools and fresh content as Chief Designer / Lead Developer of TuneTo.com's dynamic, ColdFusion-based Website.
Key Achievement:
** Co-invented patented technologies that enable legal streaming of encrypted, copyrighted music that serve as core of RealOne Rhapsody’s current music subscription service (www.real.com/rhapsody). From September 1999 to April 2001 (1 year 8 months) Audio DSP Engineer @ Developed audio algorithms in digital signal processing. From 1997 to 1999 (2 years)
Dave Lampton is skilled in: Web Applications, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Web Development, AngularJS, Meteor, jQuery, Stylus, Axis, Gulp, Bower, Web Components, Polymer