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Alexander Missa

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Skype: alecksmart
Email: rationalplanet@gmail.com

General Qualifications

  • PHP of versions 3/4/5, PHP OOP, MySQL
  • Almost 10 years of freelancing experience, references available
  • PHP-based projects consulting
  • PHP 4 (Master) certified specialist (Brainbench)
  • Higher education (MA) in English/Germanic linguistics
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Writing documentation, creating technical assignments

Brief Technical Overview

  • Browser-based interfaces with AJAX, cross-browser
  • MySQL database design, stored procedures, query optimization
  • PHP-based frameworks: cakephp, Zend, symfony and more
  • Javascript frameworks: dojo, jquery, prototype and more
  • PHP/MySQL, e-commerce systems, CRM, CMS, web-based interfaces, intranet solutions and a lot more
  • Hardware: IBM PC and compatibles, dial-up, ISDN, xDSL
  • Operating Systems: Linux (RedHat/Fedora), MS DOS, MS Windows 3/9x/2000/NT/XP
  • Web Servers: Apache, IIS, lighthttpd, ngnx
  • CVS, Subversion, Mercurial
  • Programming Languages: PHP, Perl, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, XML
  • Familiar with: Perl, JAVA, C, UML, IDL, XSL
  • RDBMS: MySQL, Postgres, Oracle 8/9
  • Technologies: ANSI SQL, AJAX, JSON, SOAP, Web 2.0, XML-RPC and lots more

Latest Projects

Sample Projects Screenshots

Printing Company Project

Printing Company Project

Insurance Company Workflow Application With Form Builder

Insurance Company Workflow Application With Form Builder

Educational Courses admin interface

Educational Courses admin interface

Ordering and Invoicing System for a Cleaning Company

Ordering and Invoicing System for a Cleaning Company

Warehousing Solution for a Fumigation Company

Warehousing Solution for a Fumigation Company

Media Manager for FLV-player-enabled Web Sites

Media Manager for FLV-player-enabled Web Sites

Ordering and Invoicing System for a Fruit Trading Company

Ordering and Invoicing System for a Fruit Trading Company

Printing Company Admin Interface (Visual Template Builder)

Printing Company Admin Interface (Visual Template Builder)

Insurance Company Workflow Application With Form Builder

Insurance Company Workflow Application With Form Builder

All projects screenshots are dated around 2002-2004;
current projects still have NDAs in power.

Professional Experience

  • October 2004 ~ Present
    Self-employed
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    PHP/Perl/MYSQL/AJAX Web Software Developer
    Freelancing, php / mysql / xml / javascript / wml programming and software development, e-commerce solutions, web interfaces.
    http://liquidcatering.com.au , http://www.goodbartrade.com.au , http://www.shmservices.com , http://www.bestusajobs.com , http://www.ugri.at , http://www.mooroolbark.org.au , http://www.photoskeywest.com , http://flvhosting.com , http://videospark.com , http://www.citymaxx.nl , http://die16.com, http://www.rationalplanet.com, http://www.prodopedia.com, http://www.kapitalizator.com  (more examples available)
  • September 2003 ~ October 2004
    Successnow GmbH
    Erfurt, Germany
    Director on Software Development, CEO
    Freelancing, php / mysql / xml / javascript / wml programming and software development, e-commerce solutions, web interfaces.
    Internet and intranet solutions, network marketing, workflow, online shops, warehousing, content management, mass mailing, webmin applications and user interfaces. Project management and programming outsourcing management.
  • August ~ September 2002
    Gentics Edv. GmbH
    Vienna, Austria
    Applications Developer, Programmer
    Content management systems programmer, web developer. http://www.gentics.com
  • February 1998 ~ August 2002
    ChimTech-Ukraine
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    Applications Developer, ProgrammerProgrammer, LAN Administrator
    Setup and support of software and LAN. Write accounting and marketing programs. Create several web sites. Teach company personnel computer literacy. Letters of recommendation available.
  • June 2000 ~ 2002 (Part-time)
    Global Consulting, Boston, USA
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    Recruiting Manager (on-site in Ukraine)

    http://bestusajobs.com/
    Interviewing, resume handling. Matching candidates for openings list. Reviewing applications. Candidates instruction and preparation for interviews with employers.
  • June 2000 ~ September 2001 (Part-time)
    Viva Group
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    Web Software Development Project Leader

    http://ddtstudio.de, http://mart.cv.ua
    Viva Group is a Ukrainian educational and software company maintaining a school of web design and programming and a web design studio. Design dynamic web sites; maintain MySQL application for the school of web design technologies; Java, PHP, HTML/DHTML/CSS/JavaScript, MySQL, and some others. Projects at http://www.vivag.com , http://mart.cv.ua , http://www.ddtstudio.de. Since October 2000, teach students at the school of web design (PHP4), work out educational policy of the school and the schedule of studies.
  • 1997-1998
    Department of Foreign Languages for Sciences Students,
    Chernivtsi State University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    Assistant Professor
    Teaching English in student groups, advisory, tutoring, extra-curricula work.
  • June 1993 -November 1995
    External Group
    Chernivtsi Regional Branch of Prominvestbank of Ukraine,
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    Senior Interpreter

    Maintain correspondent accounts with foreign banks; perform accountant duties. Effect all types of money transfers to/from abroad, cash checks in foreign currency. Perform everyday interpreting services. Several business trips to Bank Depozytowo-Kredytowy (Lublin, Poland).
  • September 1992 – May 1993
    Department of Foreign Languages

    Free Ukrainian Institute of Management and Business,
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine

    Visiting Assistant Professor, Advisor
    Teach English and Business Spoken English in student groups. Practical English classes with students.

Detailed Skills Overview

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
5+ years experience currently used
PHP + +
(D)HTML, CSS + +
SQL + +
JavaScript + +
XML + +
Unix shell +
WML/WAP
Java
Perl
IDL
FRAMWEWORKS, LIBRARIES
5+ years experience currently used
cakephp +
PEAR + +
symfony +
Zend framework +
dojo +
jquery +
prototype +
DATABASES
5+ years experience currently used
Database design + +
MySQL + +
Oracle
sqlite
ODBC
Postgres
OPERATING SYSTEMS
5+ years experience currently used
Linux + +
Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/Vista/7 + +
MS DOS +
SERVERS, PROTOCOLS, LAN
5+ years experience currently used
Apache + +
MySQL + +
ngnx, lighthttpd
IIS
WEB DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
5+ years experience currently used
Content management systems + +
e-Commerce solutions + +
Web-based interfaces with AJAX + +
Web-based groupware + +
CRM + +
DESKTOPS, OFFICE SUITS, MISC.
5+ years experience currently used
Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, etc. + +
Zend IDE, Suit + +
CVS, Subversion, Mercurial, Trac + +
Imagemagick + +
MS Office, OpenOffice + +
Macromedia Dreamweaver, NetObjects, etc. +
Wordpress, PHPNuke, Drupal, Typo 3, Yoomla + a lot more + +

Selected Commercial and Open Source Projects

Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2004-present, consultant, system architect, project manager, developer, coder
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, WML, SQL, Apache, IIS, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, Win32, Linux, OOP, WAP, RSS, JPGraph, misc. php and javascript frameworks Various internet/intranet, e-commerce, medical, b2b, middleware, groupware solutions, import/export interfaces, CMS.
http://liquidcatering.com.au, http://www.goodbartrade.com.au, http://www.shmservices.com, http://www.bestusajobs.com, http://www.ugri.at, http://www.mooroolbark.org.au, http://www.photoskeywest.com, http://flvhosting.com, http://videospark.com/, http://www.citymaxx.nl, http://die16.com, (more examples available on request)
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2002 -2004, SEO, project leader, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, Win32, Linux, OOP 2joy.com
Internet and intranet solutions for MLM, network marketing, workflow, online shops, warehousing, content management, mass mailing, webmin applications and user interfaces. Project management and programming outsourcing management.
http://www.2joy.com, http://www.bigjoysell.de, http://www.successnow.de
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2002, 2 weeks, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Win32, Linux, OOP FlashWebSite
Online administration tool to dynamically manage, customize and configure flash movies online.

http://www.superchargedsoftware.com

Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2002, 2 weeks, team: 2, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Win32, Linux, OOP PHP Code Sweeper
Optimizes php scripts by removing ends of lines and other unnecessary white space. HTML, Javascript code, as well as string variables of all types (including heredoc syntax) remain intact. The gain of its work on a php script is that scripts run a little faster, and there is a certain degree of unreadability for other programmers. Written in PHP.
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2001-2004, project not maintained any more, team: 4, project leader, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Win32, Linux, OOP WebSite-123 (CM, CONTENT MANAGER, formerly – Quickwebcreator)
A proprietary application for building e-commerce sites. Features: MySQL-based dynamic pages; customizable setup via web interface; web-based html editor for dynamic pages; web-based theme builder; php parser for db-stored code; forms and php code generator; presets manager; images file manager; random home page editor; optional blocks manager; plugin links manager; goods/services catalog manager; yellow pages plugin; shopping cart; paypal integration; banner manager plugin; billing manager plugin; mailing list manager; extended site search system.
WebSite-123/CM Yellow Pages Plugin – A yahoo-like business directory with fully featured user logging integration. Submit, manage and update directory tree. Edit links. Detect last and top visited submissions. Clicks counter.
WebSite-123/CM Mailer and Subscriptions Plugin – Mail users, different group of users, create target user groups. View and manage mailing log. Resend former messages. Create and manage mailing lists groups.
WebSite-123/CM News Plugin – Submit, edit, manage and update site news. Edit news html online.
WebSite-123/CM Downloads Plugin – Create, submit, manage and update downloads threads. Maintain versions control. Automatically detect latest versions. Manage downloads permissions according to user groups.
WebSite-123/CM Calendar Plugin – Create, submit, manage and update events and personal notes. Personal notes are visible only for logged in users. Automatically detect and display site news and downloads submissions (if the corresponding plugins are present in WS123/CM)
WebSite-123/CM Online Shop Plugin – Online application for selling and advertising goods and services on line. Creates a tree-like flexible structure of series of shops, departments, goods categories and goods. Online create, add, update and edit all levels of shop entities. Online order registration and management. Marketing module, demand /proposition control module, goods promotion module.
WebSite-123/CM Themes Builder Plugin – Create WS123 themes online within a minute. Manage CSS properties. Add persistent Javascript. Manage colors, logos, images, site layout properties and site look and feel.
http://www.superchargedsoftware.com, http://4myhits.com, http://www.shockwavedesign.com, http://fatpipehosting.com, http://hostingtool.com, many others.
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2001-2002, project not maintained any more, team: 4, project leader, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Win32, Linux, OOP WEB INTEGRATOR LITE (Web Portal Engine)
A fully featured web portal and e-commerce web site generation engine. Features: CORE ENGINE: web portal generation engine; basis for any type of e-commerce applications; OOP programmer friendly application; possibility to have any DB or n-tier on backend; possibility for fast plugins development; possibility for fast themes development; possibility for fast multilingual support development; unified system of user access; unified system of user rights administration; unified search with possibility to develop custom search features; configurable installation; MySQL support. CORPORATE PLUGIN: fast creation and updating of corporate pages; management of corporate information: products and services, projects history, personnel, vacancies and more; DOX PLUGIN: submit, update and manage documentation tree hierarchy; create multiple documents threads; full control and flexible removal, update and editing of your documentary system; user-friendly DOX editor. NEWS PLUGIN: submit and manage portal news. (Can be still found on the web on the sites like that.)
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2001, 6 months team: 8, leading developer/analyst
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, ASP, XML, SQL, Apache, IIS, MySQL, Oracle, ODBC, HTML, CSS, Javascript, VBScript, Win32, CORBA, OOP “INTERCILLIUM INC.” (Canada – Israel). Medical diary on the WEB, Internet project with multi-tier cross-platform architecture on IBM Netfinity 5000 Servers. Responsibilities: a) project structure and architecture design; b) PHP programming; c) Javascript, DHTML, HTML.
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2001-2004, project not maintained any more, team: 2-5, project leader, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Win32, Linux, OOP DJ: Document Juggler – A set of PHP-scripts to create dynamic MySQL-based help, reference or documentation pages on any topics. (Features: submit, update and manage documentation tree hierarchy; create multiple documents threads; full control and flexible removal, update and editing of your documentary system; adding pictures and html to your dynamic help pages.) Idea, application design and support. (Can be still found on the web on the sites like that.)
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2001-2004, project not maintained any more, team: 2-5, project leader, developer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
PHP, SQL, Apache, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Win32, Linux, OOP EC: Education Center – Education Center is a set of PHP-scripts to administer a corporate education and examination system via Internet/intranet. (Features: submit, update and manage courses and examinations; manage user access to EC system; view and manage education resources; show students’ personal progress and different types of exam taking ratings.) Idea, application design and support. (Can be still found on the web on the sites like that.)
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2001, 4 month, team: 4, programmer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
Java 2, JFC Swing, Borland Jbuilder, OOP, UML Client and user interface for sorting and data representation of different document types stored in MySQL database. Created cross-platform windowed application for use by company accountants for storing reports and by programmers for documentation storage.
Year, Duration, Team, Role:
2000, 3 month, team: 4, programmer
Programming Languages, Technologies Name, Description, URL
Java 2, RMI, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Linux, OOP, UML Web-based system of data collection from remote weather sensors and its representation on a web-page. System created with using 3-Level architecture and RMI technology. Applet connected to RMI server, which requested data from weather server with sensors. Classes diagram in UML (Rational Rose). Developed classes specifications. Developed controllers driver as native Java functions. Created the applet as user interface. General management of documenting.

Education and Courses

  • 1987 – 1993
    BS, MA
    Chernivtsi State University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    Faculty of Romance-Germanic Philology (English & Literature)
  • Aug. – Dec. 1991
    Lock Haven University
    Lock Haven, PA, USA
    English and Literature, exchange student
  • Feb. – Jun. 2000
    JAVA Courses
    Chernivtsi, Ukraine
    OOP, UML, JAVA, JavaScript, HTML, TCP/IP, SQL, CORBA, RMI

References

Upon request

Spoken Languages

  • English (fluent)
  • German (written, poor spoken)
  • Russian and Ukrainian (native)

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