Jeff Minard


Resume

Project Skills

  • Lead and participate in Agile development patterns like Scrum and Kanban
  • Design and implement scalable LAMP architecture
  • Architect database designs and optimize applications with MySQL
  • Manage and integrate with 3rd party API systems (REST, Soap, etc)
  • Coordinate outsourcing and act as project manager

Experience

Lead Architect Credit Karma Inc. 2010-present

Implement new features in PHP (as well as frontend html+js), consult on feature planning, scale web services, optimize architecture, interface with external partners, and a myriad of other tasks at this successful web finances start up.

Web Producer Digital Illusions CE AB 2007-2010

A jack-of-all-trades employee responsible for successful design, implementation, and delivery of the Battlefield Heroes website experience.

Senior Technical Producer CNET Networks, Help.com 2005-2007

I transformed Help.com from a static unmaintained website into a thriving community website of over 25,000 members. I handled programming, development, user evangelism, server administration and design for the majority of project. As of 2011-07, the site continues to run under my code base and now sports more than 500,000 users and as many topics.

Web Master Youth Outlook! Magazine 2004-2005

I played a key role in the development and expansion of a highly dynamic and rapidly growing web site by producing video, audio, and other multimedia applications which were deployed in conjunction with weekly story updates.

Web Development Intern PBHS Web Design Summer 2002

While interning at this company, my responsibilities included Flash work, HTML editing, content creation, programming, systems administration, and search engine optimization.

Web Developer/Customer Support Internet Magic 2000-2002

Beginning as Technical Support, I advanced to the position of Web Developer in 6 short months. My responsibilities included programming, design, layout, content creation, and project management for client and company.

Technical Support AccessPort ISP Summer 1996

My main role at this Santa Rosa ISP was Phone Technical Support. Along with trouble-shooting for customers over the phone, I was responsible for some of the computer and network maintenance around the office.

Personal Projects

SteamAlerts 20011-Present

Tired of missing out on good deals at Steam, I created a website which queries steam for prices on a regular basis and emails users when a game they want drops below a price they set.

BF2S 2005-2014

The leading Battlefield 2 stat tracking website, I built this entire experience myself using PHP, MySQL, and a few other pieces of tech. I also built the physical server myself, performed the linux setup and maintenance and took part in leading the community forums. While I started BF2S as a hobby project, it grew to a 10 million page views per month site. The project was retired at the very end of 2013.

Technical Skills

  • PHP (OOP, MVC)
  • HTML
  • CSS/SASS
  • JavaScript
  • MySQL/Clustering/Sharding
  • Application Security
  • Photoshop
  • MS Office
  • Linux/Windows/OSX

Education

2002-2005
B.S. in Multimedia & Web Design
The Art Institute of California - San Francisco

2001-2002
Certification
Santa Rosa Junior College

  • Web Development Career Certification
  • HTML Certification
  • Dreamweaver Certification
  • Photoshop Certification