AXEL BROWN
Round Rock, TX 78665 Ph: 512-377-9260
AWARD WINNING SOFTWARE GUNSLINGER
Design & Development • Team Leadership • Evangelism
Extensive Domestic and International experience in producing high quality software properties. Proven team builder with a double decade spanning track record of successful design, development, and leadership.
| • Excellent problem solving ability | • Strong communication
skills |
| • Fiercely self motivated | • Programming language agnostic |
Fluent in many programming languages including Java (JSP, Servlets, Struts); JavaScript/ECMAScript; C/C++; Perl; PHP; HTML/dHTML/xHTML; XML; VXML; SQL; TCL; Python; Shell Script; Assembly Language (Z80, 6502, 65816, 6800, 80x86, R3000)
Highly proficient with the industry standard JS libraries (mootools, jQuery) and various CMS frameworks (Joomla/Mambo, Drupal)
Accomplished in use of most top softwares including Emacs, Eclipse, gVim, Apache, Tomcat, Sendmail , Qmail, MS SQL Server, MySQL, IIS, Team Manager/MS Project, CVS, Subversion, Source Safe, FireFox, IE, Visual Studio, MS Word, MS Excel
Full working knowledge of common Operating Systems including MS Windows 95/98/NT/XP/Vista; MS-DOS; UNIX (Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris); Palm OS; PowerTV; TiVO
Technical understanding of major communication protocols (TCP/IP; FTP; HTTP; IRC; SMTP; POP3)
Hardware level knowledge of IBM PC Compatibles; Palm PDAs; Super Nintendo Entertainment System; Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive; Sony PlayStation; Commodore 64/128; Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+3; Amstrad 464/664/6128; Atari ST; Commodore Amiga
| Skill Name |
Skill Level |
Last Used/Experience |
| Assembler (Z80, 6502, 65816, 68000, 80x86, R3000) |
Expert |
+4 years ago / 19 years |
| C/C++ |
Expert |
Currently used / 11 years |
| HTML |
Expert |
Currently used / 9 years |
| Java (JSP, Servlets, Struts) |
Expert |
Currently used / 6 years |
| Linux |
Expert |
Currently used / 6 years |
| Perl |
Expert |
Currently used / 9 years |
| PHP |
Expert |
Currently used / 4 years |
| Python |
Intermediate |
Currently used / 2 years |
| SQL |
Intermediate |
Currently used / 3 years |
| TCL |
Intermediate |
6 months ago / 7 years |
| TCP/IP; FTP; HTTP; IRC; SMTP; POP3 |
Intermediate |
Currently used / 6 years |
| Visual Basic |
Intermediate |
2 years ago / 2 years |
| XSL; XSD; RNC |
Intermediate |
Currently used / 2 years |
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HISTORY-------------------------------
Independent Contractor
Jul 1998 – Present
CyberHippo
Originally started with the intent of providing easy LAMP based web presence for "Mom and Pop" businesses in the Austin area, but has grown beyond. Mostly now focused on developing Joomla/Mambo based solutions.
Examples of work that are still live and publicly accessible: www.defensivedrivingtexas.com
, www.gpsgolfguru.com
, www.remanresource.com
, www.speaking-workshops.com
, www.newerahd.com
, www.mneiman.com ,
www.mambowebsite.com ,
www.hauntedtexas.com ,
www.domain-for-sale.us,
www.good-holistic-medicine.com
, www.paganthings.com ,
www.hideouttheater.com ,
www.play-online-poker.com
, www.sonomabirding.org ,
www.cyberhippo.com ,
www.prideclass.com
- Designed and developed a system to manage both free and premium downloadable content for use with golf GPS devices. Provided full administration interface for user account management, finance reporting, content generation/validation, and asset management. [PHP,Javascript]
- Created custom PHP extensions to provide direct interaction with proprietary data objects and their subsequent encryption/decryption. [C++,PHP]
- Provided a web services layer (via XMLRPC) to allow data access for resellers [PHP]
- Designed and developed system to provide online multi-language "classroom". All data was stored in a MySQL database, with content pages containing a mixture of text and audio tracks combined with video clips. Students had to be presented with questions regarding both course content and personal identification throughout the course. Admin backend was a custom Joomla component making heavy use of AJAX. [PHP, JavaScript, Flash]
- Developed custom components and module for Mambo/Joomla, including Event Calendaring and Page Split Testing for SEO/PPC [PHP, JavaScript]
- Customized instances of PHPShop, Virtuemart and OSCommerce, including ticket and phone sales components [PHP]
- Custom content creation [Perl, PHP, JavaScript, Java]
- Experienced in the voodoo of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Developed suite of CGI scripts to allow customer sites to use IBill for billing purposes. [Perl, HTML]
- Developed streaming solution to allow customer sites to provide video data / live chat. [Java]
- Applications for virtual hosting of clients' web pages and email. [C, HTML, Perl, SQL]
- Setup and maintenance of intranet and internet access.
- Firewall and proxy server configuration and maintenance.
- DNS and Email configuration and maintenance.
Senior Software Janitor
Jan 2004 - Nov 2007
Catalis, Inc.
Catalis was a unique opportunity to develop software that was designed by the very people who would eventually be the end users.
- Developed web applications and GUI components to deliver Electronic Medical Record data to various types of personnel in a clinic scenario. Architecture was Struts based backend using JSP and AJAX (DWR) for content display. [Java, JSP, JavaScript, XML]
- Developed digital ink based input systems providing Doctors and Nurses with handwriting recognition capabilities when product was run on a Tablet PC. This required creation of a custom ActiveX control running within a custom build of Mozilla FireFox. [VB, JavaScript]
- Designed and developed validation and database import utilities for use with medical content created via Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. I created an Excel plugin that used an ActiveX HTTP Transport object to transfer the data via SOAP to and from a remote validation server. The validation server had a PHP frontend handling the SOAP calls handing off the received data to a Perl process that converted the CSV data into XML and validated against XSD/RNC files. Any errors found were immediately highlighted on the source spreadsheet. [VB, PHP, Perl, XML]
Manager, Internet Operations
Nov 1998 - Nov 2003
Motive Communications
Over a five year period I worked on almost every component of the Motive System, developing both frontend/UI client and backend server systems. Acted in many roles, ranging from developer to development manager.
- Developed all server webapps, web based UI and proprietary Content Delivery solution that run Motive's Content Portal. [Java, JavaScript, HTML, ASP, FreeMarker, SQL]
- As part of an R&D team within Motive I was tasked with incorporating the Motive System on a wide range of wired and wireless non-PC devices (PDAs, Scientific Atlanta Cable Settop boxes) [C, JSP, HTML]
- Lead developer of a project to allow the Motive System to be accessed over the phone for situations when online support is not possible. [Java, JSP, VXML]
- Lead developer of content for the Motive System for diagnosis and repair of remote PCs.[JavaScript]
Technical Director
Mar 1997 – Jun 1998
Top Dog Software
Managed all programming teams within the company. Set coding standards, approved milestone submissions.
- Lead developer for several large scale projects [C and Assembler].
- Set up and maintenance of TCP/IP based intranet and external internet access.
- DNS configuration and maintenance
- Email administration.
- User account management.
- Administration of Windows NT based version control system for all projects.
- Evaluated and recommended purchase of development environments.
- Evaluated and recommended purchase of all computer hardware.
Lead Developer
Oct 1992 - Dec 1996
Origin Systems/Electronic Arts
Lead several teams of developers to successful completion of computer games (Wing Commander series, Ultima series) on various platforms. Created and supported utilities required for cross platform development.
Producer
May 1991 – Jun 1992
Dreamweavers
As a Producer I managed several teams of developers, artists and musicians.
Project Leader
Feb 1988 – Apr 1991
Imagitec Design
Lead several teams of developers to successful completion of computer games on various platforms.
Software Engineer
Choice Software
Feb 1986 – Jan 1988
Developed computer games both as a member of a team and as an individual.