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Charles ‘Kyle’ Spraggs E-mail: kyle.spraggs at gmail dot com

SUMMARY

Over seven years of professional and personal experience in web-development utilizing LAMP environments. Skills are complemented by excellent knowledge of a variety of programming languages, operating systems, databases and applications. Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Languages/Technologies	C/C++, CGI, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, JS, SQL, DQL, XML, CSS, Ruby
Operating Systems	Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows
Database	SQLite, MySQL, Mongo
Other	Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP) environments, IIS, Subversion, Git, Trac, VMWare, VNC, VirtualBox, object-oriented / procedural programming, Zend Framework 1/2, Doctrine/Doctrine 2 ORM, jQuery, Vagrant, Twig/Smarty, Puppet

WORK HISTORY

ZAM Network – St. Louis, MO

2011-present

• Converted all SVN projects to Git.
• Design, develop, test, maintain and optimize secure and scalable multi-tier web applications with high volumes of traffic and high availability.
• SCRUM Master .

Environment: LAMP

McAllister Software Systems – Columbia, MO

08/2009-2011

• Design, develop, & maintain a CMS system for veterinarians.
• Design, develop, & maintain a socket server for synchronization of client data.
• Provide support & setup for clients.

Environment: LAMP

Cardinal Scale MFG Company – Webb City, MO

11/2007-2009

• Responsible for the design and development of software for new systems utilizing a range of microcontrollers from various manufacturers.
• Primarily wrote code in C/C++ with emphasis on code size and speed.
• Analyzed, developed, and tested enhancements and bug-fixes to current products.
• Provided top-tier support and expertise to customers
• Implemented a project management system from the ground up which uses Trac (Apache + mod_python) and Subversion (mod_dav_svn).

Environment: Windows Vista/XP/95/98/2000, Linux, Apache, PHP, SQLite, IIS, JavaScript, HTML, Bash, Subversion, Trac, C/C++, CGI

Themis Group – Raleigh, North Carolina

06/2006-09/2006

• Responsible for upgrading legacy sites into the new framework which included database restructuring and normalization.
• Developed the administrative backend for managing database entries via the web interface.
• Required to manage project load with little supervision.

Environment: LAMP

PROJECTS

PHP / MySQL

• The majority of my code is open-source and freely available on GitHub (http://www.github.com/spiffyjr).
• Doctrine project contributor
  • Author and maintainer of DoctrineModule, DoctrineORMModule, and DoctrineMongoODMModule which are integration modules with Zend Framework 2.
• Zend Framework 2 Contributor
  • Submitted multiple patches to current components.
  • Refactored Zend\OAuth for version 2.0.
  • ZF 2 Modules:
    • SpiffyConfig
    • SpiffyNavigation (Zend\Navigation replacement for ZF 3.0)
    • SpiffyTest
    • ZfcTwig
    • ZfcUser
    • ZfcRbac
    • … many more
• phpRaider – MMORPG event management and organization system.
  • The world’s first event management system for MMORPG’s.
  • Built entirely from scratch with no framework support.
  • Completely customizable interface utilizing the SMARTY templating engine.
  • Uses MySQL for data storage.
  • AJAX for real time updates of certain features
  • Compatible with several browsers including IE, FireFox, Safari, and Opera.
  • http://www.phpraider.com currently has over 20,000 registered users.
• phpRecap – Log parsing and statistic collection utility.
  • Converts ASCII log output to HTML for viewing via browser.
  • Uses MySQL for data storage.
• Experience with Zend Framework which utilizes object-oriented programming and the MVC architectural pattern.

C / C++

• Knowledge of a broad range of microcontrollers including AVR, ST, Microchip, and Freescale.
• Experience with implementation of several protocols including UART, I²C, and SPI.
• Experience with both procedural and object-oriented programming.

EDUCATION

B.S Computer Engineering University of Missouri – Rolla

2002-2007