Technical Resume
Contact Information
| Name | Daniel Quinn |
| Location | Vancouver British Columbia, Canada |
| Phone | 778.238.6876 |
Objective
To be able to look myself in the mirror and know that the work I'm doing is important and helpful to people.
Experience
November 2006 - September 2007 (Software Developer)
Riptown Media
Riptown is the IT component to the larger Bodog entertainment empire. I wrote PHP software for their Battle of the Bands project as well as for the main Bodog Music site. We worked in an Agile programming environment on a one-week iteration cycle.
Accomplishments
- Rebuilt a high-traffic website by refactoring mountains of legacy code slowly over time.
- Developed a comprehensive multi-lingual MVC framework
July 2006 - October 2006 (Systems Analyst)
Primus Telecommunications
Primus Canada is a large telecommunications corporation struggling to siphon market share from the established giants. It's primary business is long distance phone service, a functionality managed through VoIP technology.
Accomplishments
- Maintained a series of 150+ servers including regular password changes, software upgrades and emergency diagnostics.
- Custom scripting (Perl/Bash) for a variety of server-related tasks including password changes and monitoring.
January 2004 - July 2006 (Network Admin & Web Development)
Rydium Online Advertising
Rydium is a media representation company with approximately 300 websites in its network, selling targeted advertising to fortune 500 companies across our network of various vertical markets.
Accomplishments
- FreeBSD and Linux Administration of both an office LAN as well as a remote server cluster.
- Custom firewall development and maintenance.
- Cisco switch administration.
- QoS network management.
- Split DNS administration for approximately 60 domains on two different networks.
- Mail hosting of 15+ domains and administration including spam blocking and greylisting.
- Webserver maintenance for 10+ custom projects.
- Project management and task delegation.
- Managed a cluster of Unix machines in a remote facility hosting a variety of services including HTTP, DNS, SMTP and MySQL.
- Designed a complete security schema for our network and built an advanced router for load balancing with Linux Virtual Server.
- Near-mastery of Object-Oriented programming (PHP).
- Advanced database design theory and complex queries in MySQL.
- Reverse-engineered a large-scale and complex ad-serving solution while working around poorly-written legacy code.
- Built on and repaired hundreds of lines of legacy code.
November 2002 - October 2003 (Web Programming: Development Team Lead)
Trytel Internet
Trytel Internet is both a small ISP as well as a web development shop in Ottawa. Dealing with a variety of clients, we designed and built on-line products for large corporations like Merkley Supply and the Canadian Wood Council.
Accomplishments
- Extensive experience with PHP and MySQL in a team environment.
- Client communication and management.
- Built a complete development environment using a Apache, MySQL, PHP and Gentoo Linux.
- Construction of a multi-lingual content management system.
- Built on and repaired hundreds of lines of legacy code.
Please see the past projects page for examples of my work at Trytel Internet
April 2001 - September 2002 (Db & Systems Admin, Web Programming & Design)
Netgenetix Media Inc.
Netgenetix is a small web development shop that specialises in large numbers of simple sites rather than larger, monolithic projects. They're currently based in Vancouver, BC.
Accomplishments
- Advanced knowledge of server software development in a Linux environment.
- Built the company's only development environment using a Linux server solution
- Built the company's entire intranet using Perl and MySQL
Please see the past projects page for examples of my work at Netgenetix Media Inc.
February 2000 - March 2001 (Programming and Graphic Design)
Moshpit Entertainment
Moshpit was a game development and service provider that pioneered the on-line gaming industry by creating a system that would allow gamers to wager real money on their own performance in an array of available games.
Accomplishments
- Helped to design (both visually and in Perl/JavaScript/HTML) a massive community website.
Please see the past projects page for examples of my work at Moshpit Entertainment
November 1999 - February 2000 (Programming and Graphic Design)
eConquest.com
eConquest was a small web development company based in Vancouver. Their technologies were primarily Microsoft-based and their client list included a variety of small and large companies.
Accomplishments
- Helped to design (both visually and in Perl/HTML) a number of small sites for various clients using Perl and ASP
Please see the past projects page for examples of my work at eConquest.com
Education
2001 - 2001
Kwantlen Community College
Russia from Lenin to Gorbachev. One course to learn more about something less technical.
1998 - 1999
Vancouver Film School
Certificate of new media design.
1997 - 1998
Simon Fraser University
Attended courses in world religions, African history, macroeconomics, and political science.
Skillsets
Platforms
System Administration
Media
Software Development
Additional but Notable
| Exceptional Nerf dart accuracy |
| Real social skills |
Things Worth Noting
- I work in Linux on the desktop. Given the number of tasks I must perform to do my job, Windows is simply not capable of meeting my needs.
- I work best in fast paced environments with seven things to do, all of them with deadlines in 20 minutes.
- I'm a social person and this should be seen as a strength. I believe that interaction with other people is the best way to tackle a problem -- much more constructive than doing it your own way when it could have been done better.
- I learn fast and have often picked up very complex concepts in short periods of time. Want to setup something that no one at the company has ever done before? Give me 24hours to figure it out and I'll be your expert.
- My volunteer work is very important to me. I need my employer to support me in these endeavours.
References
- Corey Reid, Product Development Manager, Riptown Media
- Marc Thomas, COO, Rydium Online Advertising
- Dan Nedoborski, Vice President, Trytel Internet
- Leigh Byblow, Vice President, Netgenetix Media
- Steve White, President, Moshpit Entertainment