Douglas J. Meyer
Software EngineerSummary of Qualifications
My life-long interest in how things work has given me a wide variety of
skills. Web-based applications, Object oriented programming and Linux
systems are what I would consider my focus; but I am always interested
in opportunities where I can challenge myself and learn something new.
Education / Conferences
- College May 2008
- Illinois Institute of Technology - Bachelors of Science in Computer Science
- Conference Oct 2008
- An Event Apart - web design conference
Work Experience
- Centro - Software Engineer May 2006-Present
- Environment
- When I started, the technology team consisted of four developers that worked closely with one another. Since then, the team has grown to 17 members, while keeping the close team atmosphere.
- Involvement
- I have been active in developing code for all of the systems, deploying the primary application to all environments (production, staging, integration, ...), analyzing customers' requests for features, creating automated tests for the application. I've also been involved in interviewing candidates and presenting new ideas and concepts to the team.
- Technical Skills
- Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, Postgres, Linux
- Practices
- Test Driven Development, Agile Methodology(Extreme Programming)
Technical Skills
- Languages
- Ruby, JavaScript, PHP, Python, C++
- Web Technology
- Ruby on Rails, CSS, Prototype, AJAX, HTML, XML
- Databases
- MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Development Practices
- Agile Methodology, Test driven development, Pair programming
- Other Skills
- Linux/Unix
Career Standing
I've been employed full-time at Centro since 2006. But, I'm interested
in picking up some projects to make my free time more productive.
Experience / Accomplishments
- Final Project - Designed and implemented a single-cycle processor that ran a subset of the MIPS instruction set to be simulated and tested on Max+plus II.
- Developed a web-based application for students, using PHP and MySQL
- Computer Chair for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity - Maintained a linux server used for webpage, mail, subnet, database, and file sharing.
- Developed a PHP based content management system that accessed a MySQL database and parsed XML for the content. It also makes use of JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX.
- Lead the redesign and development of Woodstock Assembly of God's website. It is written in PHP, backed by a PostgreSQL database, and it is my first project using jQuery for the JavaScript.