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Technical Program Manager

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OverviewWeb development with experience developing highly trafficked and scalable sites running on LAMP stacks. Fluent in PHP, Python, Go (Golang) as well as mySQL. Worked on highly-scalable Web sites for companies such as CNET Networks and Yahoo with a strong focus on performance. Considerable experience integrating third party REST APIs and OAuth authentication systems. Additionally, built and maintained content management systems (CMS) while at CNET, Yahoo, and Thismoment. Managed engineering teams at both CNET and Thismoment.As a side project, co-founded the popular iOS gaming destination Slide To Play. In this role, served as both lead software engineer and in a sysadmin capacity; was responsible for tasks such as setting up and maintaining infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Debian-based EC2 Web instances, and an RDS mySQL database.SpecialtiesPHP, SQL, Memcached, Zend Framework, Smarty Template Engine, Amazon AWS (EC2, ELB/Auto-scaling, RDS, S3/CloudFront, Route 53, SES, SQS), Apache, Linux (Debian, CentOS, Red Hat), Unit Testing, HTTP, REST APIs, OAuth 1, OAuth 2, 3rd Party API Integrations (Including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Flickr), noSQL, Scalability, Performance, SecurityOther TechnologiesPython, Java, Shell Scripting, Javascript, jQuery