Hector Virgen, ZCE CSM

Development Skills

Agile

Certified Scrum Master

PHP 5.2.x / 5.3.x

Zend Certified Engineer - PHP 5 Certified on May 6th, 2009.

Object-Oriented PHP5 techniques including property and method scope, abstract classes and interfaces, class constants and exception handling.

Experience with design patterns, including the singleton, factory, and strategy patterns that are common in PHP5.

Experience with SPL for implementations of Iterator, Countable, Serializable, Exception and others.

Zend Framework

Licensed Zend Framework contributor.

Experience with implementations of over 25 Zend Framework components including Zend_Application, Zend_Controller (for MVC), Zend_DB, Zend_Cache, Zend_Auth and Zend_Form.

Currently developing with latest version (1.10.1)

Single-module and multiple-module applications built from scratch (with or without Zend_Tool) including highly-customized bootstrap for maximum performance.

Active participant of the Zend Framework Mailing List and #zftalk.

MySQL 5

Relational database design using INNODB relationships and foreign keys.

Can hand-code SQL for complex select queries, including proper usage of joins, unions, and subqueries.

Can troubleshoot slow queries and indexing problems.

JavaScript

Progressive Enhancement methodologies built upon each browser's own abilities.

jQuery 1.3.2 - including AJAX, DOM manipulation, and developing custom object-oriented plugins.

jQueryUI 1.7.2 for user interface enhancements.

Prototype Framework 1.6 for AJAX, DOM manipulation, and cross-browser compatibility.

Scriptaculous for user-interface effects and animations.

Object-Oriented library-based code for reusablity.

Audio Production

Multi-track wave editing / mastering with Sony ACID, including multi-band compression, leveling, and stereo-phasing analysis.

Music composition / sequencing with FL-Studio 8, including two original releases on international record label Black Tiger Recordings.

Experience with various audio formats such as MPEG Layer 3 (MP3), Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), and Windows Media Audio (WMA).

Video Production

Non-linear video editing with Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere.

Special effects (green screen, filters, text animations) with Adobe After Effects.

Experience with video compression codecs such as Motion JPEG, MPEG1+2, DiVX, XVid, and Windows Media Video (WMV)

Graphic Design

Layered graphic design including vector and raster layers.

Experience with web formats such as GIFs with transparency, alpha-blended PNGs, and JPEG for portability.

Experience with desktop icon graphics, with support for 16-color 16x16 icons to multiple-color alpha-blended 256x256 icons.

XHTML/HTML

Able to hand-code XHTML1 Strict

XHTML1 Transitional

HTML4 Transitional

CSS

CSS1, CSS2 and CSS3

Version Control

Git - local branching/merging and remote repositories.

SVN - proper usage of tags, branches, and merging.

Professional Experience

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Online

Senior Web Developer

May 2010 - Present

Developed and maintained guest-centric web experiences including:

• Disney Parks
  • Developed backend for guest authentication/registration using Object-Oriented PHP and RESTful Web Services.
  • Increased unit test code coverage from 10% to 65%.
  • Performed code reviews for off-shore developers.
• Aulani Resort and Spa
  • Wrote client adapters for integration with Disney's propietary guest management system.
  • Improved code by introducing Zend Framework best practices and principles including proper use of Zend_Application.
  • Improved integration with Disney's proprietary Content Management System by adding support for new object types to support CMS-driven forms.
• Disney Parks Blog
  • Improved guest authentication/registration compatibility with DisneyParks.com parent site.
  • Integrated code drops from vendors.

Developed and taught a 3-day comprehensive Zend Framework training course.

Guest speaker at ZendCon 2010 with a topic "Building Reusable Bootstrap Resource Plugins with Zend Framework".

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Next Generation Applications Developer

October 2008 - May 2010

Developed next generation web applications in object-oriented PHP5 for teachers, faculty and staff to assess student progress.

Introduced Zend Framework as a component library into existing website, improving development time with Zend_Form, Zend_Session, and Zend_Loader_Autoloader.

Developed several jQuery plugins for non-intrusive UI enhancements including collapsable trees, user-friendly multi-select boxes, image resizers, and multi-value autocomplete.

Developed a Data Mapper solution to assist with domain modeling.

Developed loosely-coupled framework code including components for pagination, table data gateways, and action controllers.

Introduced unit-testing with PHPUnit at both the framework and application levels.

Real Estate Electronic Publishing Co.

Senior PHP/MySQL Developer

December 2005 - November 2008

Lead Developer for RealTown.com, a social publishing network with 100,000+ members.

Refactored the majority of the website as a multiple-module Zend Framework application, including:

• Groups - Public and private group access, searching, logging, caching.
• Personal Profiles - Applet-based profiles allow for maximum customizability, includes advanced searching capabilities.
• RSS/ATOM Feed Reader - AJAX-enhanced while still compatible with non-JS browsers.
• News Articles - Including management interface.
• Content Search - Searchable index of over 100,000 documents.

Developed SingleSignOn (SAML 1.0) for transparent secure authentication between business-partner websites.

Juvio Corporation

Technical Support

November 2004 - December 2005

Provided PC/Mac technical support for subscribers.

Regularly topped the monthly technical support leader boards in both number of tickets resolved and customer satisfaction.

Institute for Disablities Research and Training

Graphic Designer

February 2004 - October 2005

Developed graphic icons and box art for Windows software.

Grossmont Hospital

Imaging Assistant

December 2001 - July 2004

Assisted X-Ray technologists with film development.

Rutter Media

Video Editor

September 2000 - November 2001

Produced local television commercials using non-linear video-editing software.

Shot and edited footage using a Canon XL1 digital video camera.

Developed a solution to digitally transfer completed commercials to the cable headend using FTP, eliminating the need to ship Jazz disks and wait for delivery and manual copying.

Personal

Activities and Personal Interests

Music

• Violin
• Electronic music composition
• DJing (vinyl, CD, MP3)

Art

• Drawing, sketching and painting.

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