Paul Vudmaska

Phone: 210-287-3468
Email : paul@vudmaska.com

Web Application Developer specializing in Ruby on Rails (4 years experience) and other complimentary open source software.

Seeking a challenging position where my programming experience and problem solving skills will immediately benefit your …

• Online presence
  • Make your front end appealing with my skills in Photoshop, CSS and HTML
• Process efficiencies
  • Condense processes with online forms
• Website effectiveness
  • Use analytics to KNOW what is happening
• Bottom line
  • Get better returns by being more efficient and attracting new customers

Skills / Tools 12 years experience

Server-side

  Deployment

• Slicehost Ubuntu
  • Nginx
  • Passenger
  • Many Gems, Plugins
  • Capistrano, Terminal, SSH, SSH Keys

   Development

• Ruby on Rails / Plugins / Gems
  • Acts_as
  • authenticted
  • list
  • versioned
  • state_machine
  • tree
  • attachment
  • taggable_on_steroids
  • calender_date_select
  • calender_helper
  • responds_to_parent
  • exception_notification
  • jrails
  • haml
  • liquid
  • active_merchant
  • will_paginate
  • recaptcha
  • rmagick

• Mysql
• PHP, ASP
• Apache, Mongrel, Passenger, Nginx
• Ruby
• Git, SVN, SSH
• Deployment environments
• Linux, Solaris, Slicehost Ubuntu
• Develop on a Mac

Client-side / Browser / Misc

• HTML, CSS, Javascript
• JavaScript, DHTML
• Xml, JSON
• AJAX
• iPhone, iUI
• Native iPhone Apps with Titanium
• Prototype, Scriptactulous, jQuery
• Photoshop

Testing

• Cucumber
• RSpec
• Agile / Scrum

Education
UTSA, San Antonio, Texas
May 1997
Bachelor of Business Administration
Information Systems

Current Experience

Integrated Internet Jan 2004 – Present

http://integrated-internet.com/

CM:Essence
A designer oriented Ruby on Rails content management system running many of Integrated Internet’s smaller websites.

http://integrated-internet.com/custom-programming/services/content-management-systems

Thunderdata Ticket Systems / Sept 2008 – Mar 2009

Developed (migrating a PHP system) ticket system for small ticket offices.
Was mainly responsible for the payment system and reporting.

• ActiveMerchant along with many of the plugins above
  • The most interesting aspect was making ActiveMerchant work with multiple accounts.

Makes Scents / Dec 2007 – Feb 2009

http://makes-scents.com

Full e-commerce installation using Ruby on Rails.

Had a Yahoo! store which became cumbersome and expensive. Site was redeveloped and redesigned to meet specific client needs.

• Simple customer relationship management
• Invoice management
• Unlike Yahoo, new site revolves around the customer and owner needs

Proprietary Tools

• RapidSSL
• Paypal Webpayments Pro Gateway
• Solaris – Joyent Accelerator
• Google
• Applications (email/calendar/docs etc)
• Adwords
• Analytics
• RoR plugins used:
• ActiveMerchant
• HAML
• Will Paginate
• ActsAs …
  • Authenticated
  • StateMachine
  • TaggableOnSteroids
  • List

Results:

• Less cost
• Better support
• Better able to change
• More options
• See references below

F11 / Dec 2006 – July 2007
http://f11.com

Social networking community revolving around Youtube and Google soccer videos and developed with Ruby on Rails

SBC
Oct 2005 / July 2006

Developed high profile HR application using DHTML, Xml, Xsl and XmlHttp. System has handled more than 1 million transactions since implementation in November, 2005.

Implemented interface to Genesys Statistic Server via SOAP – extracted stats for reader boards.

MyMedRx.com
Jan 2002 – July 2005

Designed, developed, implemented and supported website with the purpose is gathering and maintaining electronic medical records for patients and doctors. Duties include the development of more than 30 forms(database and UI) , client administration and electronic commerce for accepting payment. I also served and administered the site with Microsoft Windows 2000 server.

USAA
April 1999 – February 2003

In a team centered environment of as many as 10, I attained the title of technical lead – establishing standards, templates (with Javascript both the client and server) and processes for team development. Managed the process of interfacing forms with backend business processes that use large Oracle databases. Lead a team that investigated (by re-implementing some none critical, small systems) migration of intranet applications to Webspere, Java and J2EE environment. Gathered requirements and documented processes for applications that were ideal candidates for migration.

References

Submitted upon request.