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Daniel L. Gibby

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I am well experienced in all aspects of web development and design. I provide comprehensive solutions and analysis of need for small businesses, organizations and individuals. I give free estimates and analysis for those interested in my services.

Skills


MID-SENIOR PROGRAMMER / ANALYST
Team-oriented developer. Sun Microsystems Java 2 Certified Programmer. Extensive experience with JSP, object models, Sun JDK. Moderate experience with Servlets, EJBs, JRun, WebLogic, and J2EE, C++, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro. Object-Oriented Analysis + Design, data modeling, database design, and coding of numerous code branches/packages to cleanly separate business logic from presentation for robust and scale-able systems. Ability to determine needs analysis from management and clients.

WEB DEVELOPMENT (Internet/Intranet/Extranet)
3 years experience in development and design of professional websites and customer need based collaborative web solutions with JSP, Perl, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, CGI, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL Server 7, mSQL, MySQL, e-commerce, Graphic Design, Flash.

NETWORK DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION
Design, installation and maintenance of network, database, web, email and application servers. Linux/UNIX, NetWare 3/4/5, Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/XP, Sybase, MS SQLServer7, IIS, Apache, GNU, WebLogic, JRun, RAID. A+ trained, experience building/repairing/administering Servers and PCs.

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER AND INNOVATOR
Motivated to expand knowledge of technologies and methodologies. Able to learn new programming languages quickly- i.e. self-taught JSP, Perl, CSS, PHP. Gained competency with GNU products with no formal training. Saved company $10000+/month in potential telecom costs by IP wireless connectivity.

FLUENT PORTUGUESE (2+ years experience)
Taught abstract and concrete concepts to improve life of residents of central Brazil.


Education


Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Computer Science Major, May 2000
Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
3.95 Major GPA, 3.78 Cumulative GPA

Associate of Science with Honors, Computer Science, December 1998

Diploma with High Honors - Layton High School, June 1994


Experience


eDirect Publishing, LLC January 2002 - Present
Technical Director. Programmer of Java, JSP, Perl, HTML, JavaScript, CSS Linux-based web environment. Analysis/Design for main application www.resumerabbit.com, expanding business to business support for co-branding, and private labeling. Graphic & Layout manipulation, design and development for customization of web services to promote expanded customer base. Experience using Linux Thinware client, Virtual Network Connectivity and Gnu Public License software.

Bluestep, Inc. (formerly Myassociation, Inc.) July 2000 - July 2001
Mid-level web developer, Java, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS programmer in full life cycle, 3-tier J2EE environment. Contributed largely to the design and development of scalable and dynamic web applications using EJBs, Servlets and Java-based custom XML tag-libraries. Designed flexible product features based on customer need. Many of my implementations reduced development time, increased productivity, and allowed rapid customization by developers, support personnel, and customers. Also used SQL in Oracle 8i for queries, edited/debugged stored procedures for migration from MS SQL 7 Server.

Focus Services & Xcelerate Technologies September 1998 - July 2000
Programmer for fast growing telemarketing firm. Designed, coded and deployed dynamic client-server statistics application to enable Managers, Support Personnel and Executives quick access to call-logs statistics via complex database report logic. Webmaster, entrepreneur of business websites designed and developed with Perl, HTML and SQL with MySQL/Sybase on Linux platform. Network Administrator and designer of multiple 100+ computers NetWare/Windows LAN. Provided flexibility and ingenuity as a team player. Consulted with clients to determine need and design customer-minded technology.

Illuminique, LLC. June 2000 - Present
Sole Internet Designer & Developer for business websites. Designed complete system and programmed database back-end to GUI front-end of UtahRentConnect.com, a self-sustaining e-commerce site that requires little or no updates or management. Programmed with Perl, HTML, JavaScript and designed the mSQL database. Integrated with Merchant Account Service Provider to complete e-commerce and transaction tracking system. Also set up web and email hosting service through UNIX shell account.

Mission.net (Volunteer Work) November 2001-Present
Web Development/Analysis/Design. Contributor to volunteer team of online developers of collaborative web application. Self taught PHP and postgreSQL to stay on top of technologies. Converted phpPolls web application from MySQL to postgreSQL for online survey module. Answers online posted questions and perform user need analysis and design for web application.


Certifications and Memberships


Sun Microsystems - Sun Java 2 Platform Certified Programmer                                         February 2001

Microsoft Certified Professional - Windows NT Server 4.0 December 1999

Association for Computing Machinery, Member January 2000 - Present
Phi Kappa Phi - National Honor Society for top college students, Inducted January 2000
Golden Key National Honor Society, Inducted June 1999


Examples of work


See my Design & Development Page

References

John Sperry Chief Technology Officer, BlueStep, Inc.
Brad Clark Program Manager, BlueStep, Inc.
Kurt Williams Director of User Experience, BlueStep, Inc.
John Porter President and CEO, Focus Services, Inc.