Jeff Todnem

Designed a digital boutique in Laravel on top of Ubuntu Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) with services separated via Docker containers. Featured full auth implementation, role based access controls (RBAC), and the use of PHP traits, repositories and facades where possible. Included a custom OO HTML view generator, full life-cycle form field validation, asynchronous create, read, update, delete and search functionality, and a fully responsive design that easily accommodated large data sets. Developed an open-source, enterprise mailing service for SendGrid and Amazon SES - a fully-encapsulated micro-service API and client app using Spring Boot, Vue.js, and JWT Rebuilt Smashtech.com production website – complete conversion from Wordpress, PHP and MySQL to Node, Express, Mongoose, MongoDB and PUG/Jade front-end templates Developed a proprietary framework and multi-site content management system using PHP, MySQL, Bootstrap, and the Recurly API to track customer conversions and payments – includes a fully-responsive UI and extensibility support for third-party plugins and themes Created an end-to-end gunsmithing e-commerce web site using Wordpress, WooCommerce, and customized plugins to enhance customer conversion rate Migrated Vagrant and Puppet code for virtual testing and production (AWS) environments from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 – enhanced the security and performance of all hosted applications Deployed and maintained a Git repository server in AWS EC2 for all project version control Developed and released the open source AMPLE Scaffolder database application to assist PHP and MySQL developers in their day-to-day testing and database development efforts

Extracted numerous domain properties from an antiquated proprietary multi-site framework – Each site was fully refreshed and modernized using Node, React, Gatsby and AWS Amplify Migrated primary online business assets from legacy Code Igniter framework to Laravel framework – Improved site performance and reduced development maintenance times. Responsible for maintenance and growth of proprietary Content Management System - Allowed site administrators to easily access and manage primary site content and customer data Created a highly-customized online label designer using pure vanilla Javascript – Supported custom design templates, on-the-fly thumbnail generation, barcode generation, and more Managed various code repositories via Git and Bitbucket – Provided software version control and automated build deployments using Bitbucket pipelines

Key Developer - Modernized Intuit's Tax Knowledge Engine (TKE) software, converting antiquated UCSD Pascal operations to an XML-compliant format - Provided customers with enhanced calculation explanations, improved product work flow, and a modernized back-end infrastructure to support future growth and capabilities. Team Player - Provided direct assistance to external development teams, coordinating cross-platform testing and feedback sessions to ensure bug fixes and feature enhancements were properly prioritized and implemented in a timely manner. Team Leader - Assisted on-boarding developers with environment-specific installation and configuration questions, optimizing data modeling and mapping layers, implementing practical testing procedures, and generally reinforcing local best practices to maintain a stable and consistent development space. Co-developer and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for an internal proprietary C# framework used to accelerate multi-directional translation of streams from a variety of technology stacks (C++, Java, UCSD Pascal and custom internal languages) - Directly contributed to the successful migration of more than 97 percent of Intuit’s internal federal tax forms to a modern code base on three separate major platforms. Persistent advocate and champion for internal process improvement - Forefront alpha tester and team spokesperson for several groundbreaking efforts to improve developer tooling, ultimately reducing process and engineering costs per calendar month.

Developed a multi-region, web-based API using the Laravel framework, OAuth2, and PostgreSQL - provided worldwide access to critical data used for time-sensitive market analysis Successfully migrated all localized company data to Amazon Web Services (AWS) – vastly increased our customer base while reducing server and data maintenance overhead. Utilized Vagrant and Puppet configuration management scripts to ensure local, testing and production (AWS) environments remained consistent for developers and services alike Used Git and Gitolite to ensure code base availability and consistency across all projects

Front Line Engineer – Provided round-the-clock customer support for critical mission software and hardware systems within a highly dynamic Redhat Enterprise environment Developed rapid-fire solutions during unexpected software, hardware or network failures Created in-house software packages and monitoring utilities using a combination of PHP, JavaScript, Ruby and Perl to generate system status reports and analytical metrics Provided a direct line of support for MySQL installation, configuration and maintenance

Configured and maintained IT infrastructure for 700+ users - managed domain accounts, network and system security, data integrity and availability, SAN systems, hardware and software procurement, and virtual development environments for full-phase testing Integrated support for 700+ thin clients using Citrix XenApp for application delivery Lead App Developer – Managed project development cycles and continuously improved development and coding standards in support of ASP, Coldfusion, PHP, Javascript, VBScript and PERL applications as well as Prototype, jQuery and CodeIgniter frameworks Wrote and maintained custom ASP and VBScripts for file system and application server maintenance, file and web migrations, data availability and other custom requirements Established robust PHP and MySQL server environments within VMWare virtual spaces - enhanced application performance, reduced development time and cost of maintenance

Project Lead for Web Modernization effort – responsible for migrating all supported Windows NT4 web servers with Internet Information Services 4.0 to Windows 2000/2003 Provided system administration for several thousand users on the following Windows platforms: NT4 Workstation / Server, 2000 Professional / Server, XP and 2003 Server Migrated all standard application servers from NT4 Terminal Server and Citrix 1.8 to Windows 2000 and Citrix Metaframe XP – increased system availability by 35 percent Developed multiple web applications using Microsoft ASP and SQL server technologies to assist the external service provider (ESP) in meeting Service Level Agreements Built and maintained multiple Microsoft SQL servers in support of internal application development – responsible for database backups, updates and overall data integrity Conducted quarterly performance evaluations, arranged for training, and ensured that individual development plans were effectively implemented for junior developers

Provided system administration for 400+ Windows, Linux and Solaris clients Performed front-end web design and back-end Java programming to interface with web servers, web application servers and back-end databases (Sybase and Access).