Hello,<br>
I noticed someone suggested posting your resume to this list a couple
weeks ago so I thought I'd follow that advice. I've pasted a
rich-text version below but if you're unable to view it, you can see an
HTML version at: <a href="http://resumes.hotjobs.com/brian__phillips/perlengineer">http://resumes.hotjobs.com/brian__phillips/perlengineer</a><br>
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Let me know if any of you know of any perl opportunities I might be a
good fit for. I prefer a permanent position to contract but would
be interested in hearing about any jobs out there that might not be
featured on the standard job web sites.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Brian<br>
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Brian Phillips
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15629 Cornell Trail<br>Rosemount, MN 55068<br>Home: (651) 423-3963<br><a href="mailto:brian@thephillips.info">brian@thephillips.info</a><br>
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become a valuable member of a software development team by using my
skills at writing efficient, maintainable and reusable code.<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<tbody><tr><td><font face="arial" size="2"><b>FanBuzz, Inc</b></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
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July 2002 - Present </font></td><td valign="top" width="33%"><font face="arial" size="2">
<i>Senior Software Engineer</i>
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Minnetonka, MN</font></td></tr></tbody></table>
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programming experience at FanBuzz has been primarily perl, utilizing
HTML::Mason as a templating language and MySQL as a DB backend. I
started as a storefront engineer working with small functionality
tweaks and bug fixes. Since then, I have gradually become the primary
engineer in charge of large-scale application development and design,
working with both our storefront and backoffice teams. This includes a
promotion to senior software engineer in the Fall of 2004. Some of my
major accomplishments are listed below.
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Greatly broadened FanBuzz's customer base by integrating with
<a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> as a Platinum-level merchant. The system I designed and
developed managed bi-directional data feeds including product and
inventory information as well as orders shipments and refunds via their
SOAP API with minimal human intervention.
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Helped design and implement abstracted data import and export system to
manage integration with vendors and clients. This system separates the
transport of data from the generation or processing of that data to
enable easy error recovery at any stage of the process. We use this
system in our integration with Commerce Hub, <a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, Commission
Junction, NBC/Universal and others.
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Provided online shoppers with the option of paying by check by
integrating with CheckFree using their SOAP API. This reduces our fraud
risk and decreases handling costs of processing mailed checks.
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Improved customer experience by developing full-featured product search
engine technology. This search engine's technology includes
word-stemming, spelling correction, fuzzy-logic matching and various
limiters based on product classification, price ranges and boolean
operators.
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Developed perl API to ZebraCard ID card printers to allow our warehouse
management system to automatically print membership cards on demand for
specific orders as components of a regular merchandise pick.
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Integrated our customer address and catalog request functionality with
USPS's address standardization web API. Standardized addresses help in
negotiating lower shipping rates and make cleaning and de-duping of
catalog lists a much simpler matter.
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Built interface with Borderfree to allow Canadian customers to see
accurate exchange rates, taxes and duties at the time of purchase as
well as streamlining getting packages through customs.<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<tr><td><font face="arial" size="2"><b>Northwestern College</b></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
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December 1997 - June 2002</font></td><td valign="top" width="33%"><font face="arial" size="2">
<i>Web Team Lead</i>
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Roseville, MN</font></td></tr></tbody></table>
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time at Northwestern College started small as a work-study position and
grew into a Web Team Lead position by the time I left. I utilized many
different technologies ranging from CGI Perl scripts to PHP to Java
Servlets, JSPs and the Velocity templating engine with MySQL and
Informix on the backend.
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Greatly expanded Northwestern's web presence by designing and
implementing multiple web applications from the ground up including an
in-house project tracking system, online ticketing solution and
alumni/student career networking application.
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Designed and coded large-scale web applications including a secure
online credit card donation, content management system and event
registration system.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="15"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>·</b></font></td><td><font face="Arial" size="2"> Utilized Java, XML, XSLT and CSS in structuring an Enterprise Portal based on Novell's Portal Services infrastructure.
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<tr><td><font face="Arial"><b>Education</b></font><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><font face="arial" size="2"><b>Northwestern College</b></font></td>
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May 2000</font></td><td width="33%"><font face="arial" size="2">
<i>Bachelor of Science</i>
<br>Broadcasting
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Roseville, MN</font></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2">Maintained 3.90 GPA; Completed 4 year degree in 3 years
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