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John W. Lude
13108 Fredericktown Amity Road
Fredericktown, OH 43019
(419) 571-9593

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb 2022 – Jun 2023
Fernish, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Ruby on Rails Lead Backend Developer

Exclusively telecommute. Worked in team of 10 developers using hybrid Scrum/Kanban workflow. Added features to a e-commerce site which sells and rents furniture.

• Owned architecture / reliability / performance of API backend servicing React-based website and React-native operations application; server / performance monitoring with Sentry, AWS CloudWatch and NewRelic
• Supervised integration with multiple APIs & services including Twilio, PostGrid, Bill.com, OpenSearch (AWS version of ElasticSearch), Internal.io and Google Sign In
• AWS-based hosting: CloudFormation, ECR, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudFront, RDS, S3, CodeBuild
• GitHub version control with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline producing docker containers
• Event-driven system based on PostGreSQL change data capture. RoR automated testing using MiniTest
• Quip for documentation; Jira for ticket management; Slack for communications
• Code reviews and mentoring of junior developers
• Continuously on call for critical asks/issues; regular on-call shifts for high-priority asks/issues.

May 2019 – Jan 2022
CoverMyMeds, Inc., Columbus, OH
Ruby on Rails Developer

Hybrid telecommute/on-site. Worked in team of 60 RoR developers using Kanban workflow. Added features to a web-based SaaS which streamlines the “prior authorization” process of getting patients medications.

• PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases, as well as ElasticSearch
• GitHub version control with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline producing dockerized microservices
• Event-driven system powered by Sidekiq, Cross microservice communication via GraphQL
• Confluence for documentation; Jira for ticket management; Slack for communications
• 100% code coverage using Rspec for unit and feature tests
• Multiple reviews for each deploy: peer/code, risk management and engineering management
• Collaborated in integration of Salesforce Marketing Cloud API for SMS and Email communications
• Collaborated in integration of React to front-end of software

May 2018 - Dec 2019
Franklin University, Columbus, OH
Contracted PHP Developer

Hybrid telecommute/on-site. Worked as a part-time contractor to augment PHP unit testing and data visualizations.

• Integrated PHPUnit testing into existing code-base to create an automated unit/integration testing framework for custom learning management program utilized by university.
• Implemented force-directed graphing libraries (VisJS, Chart.js, etc.) to provide visualizations to data
• Utilized custom PHP framework built by department head using SQL Server database
• Bamboo CI/CD to install artifacts to servers.

October 2015 – April 2019
Optanix, Inc., Syracuse, NY
PHP / Perl / Java Developer

Exclusively telecommute. Worked on team of 70 engineers and developers, supporting and adding features to the “Optanix Platform”, an enterprise-class network monitoring tool (SaaS). This software provides real-time network status to large, in some cases global, computer and telecommunications networks.

• Created Perl modules to manage polling of enterprise-class network equipment
• Core software originally Yii / Zend PHP. Migrated to Ruby on Rails and Spring Java framework.
• Event-driven system powered by RabbitMQ
• Vanilla JavaScript plus visualizations utilizing VisJS.
• Subversion, then Git vcs; Confluence for documentation; Jira for ticket management; Slack for comms
• Jenkins-based CI/CD generated *.deb packages to install dockerized microservices on AWS cloud.
• SCRUM workflow process. Certified as ScrumMaster

October 2013 – October 2015
Skreened.com, Columbus, OH
Engineering Manager, Lead Developer

Hired and led team of 5 developers to overhaul high-volume, retail, e-commerce t-shirt site.

• Overhauled Git setup, testing, process, backup, database layout/replication, and code structure.
• Converted fully-procedural code into object-oriented using CodeIgniter PHP framework.
• Supervised documentation of existing code. Implemented switch from in-house to 3rd-party fulfillment.
• Oversaw implementation of various APIs for printing, Amazon, Ebay, Google, Facebook, and shipping.
• Formalized ticket management using Asana and modified SCRUM process.
• Performed reviews, promotions and terminations as appropriate for development staff.
• Testing platform for JavaScript front end mocked out in Ruby on Rails.

April 2013 – October 2013
CenturyLink via TekSystems, Columbus, OH
PHP Developer

2-man team updating internal, company-wide PHP / Oracle program used by hundreds of staff.

• Employed PHPlot to build an automated visual reporting tool for senior management
• Used TCPDF to enable life PDF generation of pages
• Implemented Subversion version control

Jan 1995 – Apr 2013
Freelance Consultant / US Web Coders, Inc., Florida, Ohio
Developer / Owner / Contractor

• Developed client base of 600 businesses and residences solely through word-of-mouth referrals.
• Software / web / graphic design, system integration, repair, upgrades, training, and networking on Windows 95 through Windows 7, and Macintosh OS 7.1 - X (10), and Linux, as well as various servers.

Notable Web/PHP/MySQL Design:

• lgyak.com - (offline) an email/sms groupware system written solely in PHP
• usakoi.com - ecommerce store with custom cms
• goscoutinc.com – online photo library for location scouting company
• newtampa.org – (offline) chamber of commerce; membership site with automatic recurring billing (PayPal)
• onlinejobs.com & hcarejobs.com – jobs websites. Custom cms
• universalgadgets.com & purfectcattoys.com – ecommerce stores integrated with PayPal.
• byownermls.com – an online multiple listing service for “by owner” properties
• foreclosure website prototype – including Custom cms, affiliate system, and screen scrapers
• kissthisguy.com – misheard music lyrics site overhaul

Notable Software design:

• web-based project management software – in use for 5 years to date
• FileMaker & web-based medical billing software - in use for 11 years
• FileMaker - based talent agency management software – in use for 17 years to date
• FileMaker - based production company management software – in use for 18 years to date

Phone Apps native development:

• Simple audio entertainment app, including Decibel metering and video play (prototype)
• GPS-enabled multiplayer game (prototype)
• LaserTag style Game (prototype)
• iNautical / iCaptain – nautical mapping software. 20,000 downloads with over 1000 in-app sales in first 90 days

July 03 - Aug 06
Vanishing Species Wildlife, Inc., Davie, FL Webmaster / Property Manager

• All graphic design, print design, merchandising as well as webmaster using LAMP
• High-Risk Management Experience

EDUCATION

1993-1995
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Marine Biology Major

CERTIFICATIONS

BrainBench Certified PHP 4 & 5 Master - Top 2% of test-takers, May 2008
ScrumAlliance ScrumMaster – November 2017 – November 2019

RELEVANT SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Adobe Acrobat Illustrator InDesign Photoshop Dreamweaver Fireworks Flash Productivity iLife Microsoft Office Open Office Desktop Database Access FileMaker Pro Operating Systems Linux: [x]buntu, Raspberry Pi, Debian, Fedora, RedHat MacOS: 6.x - 10(x) Windows: 3.11 – 10 IDEs Eclipse JetBrains NetBeans Xcode

Programming C/C++/Objective-C Cocoa Touch Java / Spring JavaScript Perl PHP 4+ Ruby / Rails Web AJAX / JSON / XML Apache / IIS APIs consume/create CPanel/WHM/Plesk cURL DNS FTP HTML 4/5, CSS Imaging: GD / ImageMagick JavaScript/Jquery Linux, Cron, Bash Web Database Cassandra ElasticSearch / OpenSearch MariaDB / MySQL Oracle PostGres SQLite SQL Server

Version Control Git Mercurial Subversion JavaScript Frameworks Bootstrap JQuery React Vue PHP Frameworks CakePHP CodeIgniter Laravel Yii SmartyPHP Zend PHP-based CMSes Drupal Joomla OpenX / OpenAds OSCommerce PrestaShop WordPress ZenCart

NON-COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

• Heavy equipment including "bobcat" front-end loaders, back-hoe and farm equipment.
• Standard car mechanics and maintenance
• SCUBA - NAUI - Open Water I
• Construction including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, screen installation
• Pianist, Guitarist, Drummer and Entertainer. Comfortable in public-speaking.

Updated 6/15/2023