Resume

Petar Strinic

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Work Experience

4/2009 – 4/2011 SchoolCenter/TH(i)NQ Ed (based in) Carbondale, IL

Senior Developer/Architect

  • Architecture

    • Designed application architecture, based on language agnostic SOA principles

    • Designed next generation UI architecture using AJAX/HTML/CSS directly with web services

    • Implemented dependency managements, automated build and unit testing technologies

  • Development

    • Developed a new student centered learning platform with web and mobile clients

    • Developed a Java SIF Agent which connects to school Zone Information Systems and receives student and school data

    • Developed a Java web application which exposes data gathered via SIF Agent, via RESTful web services, utilizing JPA, Jersey, etc

    • Maintained and upgraded iOS client application

  • Product Development

    • Evaluated technologies and products and presenting findings to executives

    • Requirements gathering, scope negotiation, project estimating and planning using AGILE methodologies

10/2006 – 4/2009 IntraISP/Clearwire/Amdocs Creve Coeur, MO

Senior/Lead Developer

  • Involved in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle including:

    • Requirements gathering and scope negotiation

    • Project estimating and planning

    • Software design and application architecture

    • Development and code reviews (PHP and MySQL)

    • Support and bug fixes

  • Lead teams of 3 to 10+ developers through delivery of two major software projects and a number of point releases, including:

    • Entirely new Trouble Ticketing application, developed from scratch using onshore development resources.

    • A major release of the Clearwire Back Office Support System, allowing for over the air broadband activations.

    • Numerous enhancements to the Trouble Ticketing application.

    • Development and enhancements to in-house tools.

6/2005 – 10/2006 Heilio, Inc. (based in) Chicago, IL

Lead Development Engineer

  • Website design, programming and implementation using PHP and MySQL.

  • Developed, maintained and enhanced sites and web applications, including

o www.chicago.com

o www.chicago.org

o www.illinois.com

o www.extremenetworking.org

o www.chicagocomic.com

o www.dttusa.com

o www.heilio.com

o And more…

3/2003 – 6/2005 DTT Surveillance Los Angeles, CA

Technical Director

  • Developed systems and procedures for improvement of various internal systems, including creation of intranet site, network mapping, service ticket tracking, inventory control, quality control and assurance

  • Lead a team of PHP programmers in creating in-house tools to improve inter-departmental communications, increase productivity and efficiency

  • Responsible for product research, development, integration and maintenance

  • Oversaw staff of 25 technicians in IT and Service Departments

  • Involved in every step of the hiring process in the IT and Service Departments

  • Managed multi domain local area network with VPN and Terminal Services support across a multi network, mixed platform infrastructure

  • Supported customers with digital video surveillance and computer product related issues

  • Sourced and acquired video surveillance and computer products

  • Built and maintained vendor relationships

  • Developed product manuals, marketing materials and literature

6/2001 – 3/2003 The Right Way Computer Learning Center Gardena,CA

Head of Computer Repair and Hardware Department

  • Taught classes and advanced private tutoring. Subjects include: Computer Basics, Internet, Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Windows 98, Fundamentals and Advanced Computer Repair, A+ Certification Preparation

  • Developed and refined curriculum for Computer Repair and other courses

  • Developed new class courseware and reviewed existing proprietary and 3rd party courseware

  • Designed and implemented new network topology, servers, routers, switches and clients

  • Supported students and office staff regarding software and hardware issues

9/2000 – 6/2001 Automotive Quality Solutions Hermosa Beach,CA

IT Director

  • Designed and implemented new network topology, new servers, routers, switches and clients

  • Installed and administered NT member server, NT Small Business Server (Primary Domain Controller), MS Exchange w/OWA, MS Proxy, MS Internet Information Server, MS SQL Server

  • Installed client machines from scratch and from self created Ghost images, including Windows 98/2000, MS Office 2000/XP and a variety of other applications

  • Designed, programmed and maintained a custom MS Access (font end) / MS SQL Server (back end) database at the core of the company’s daily operations

  • Supported an office of 12 users regarding software and hardware issues

  • Re-designed existing company web site to incorporate new division, as well as designing new features, including streaming audio

Skills

PRIMARY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Java, PHP, SQL, Javascript/AJAX, X/HTML, CSS

SECONDARY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

C/C#/C++/Objective-C, Python, etc.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

English, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian