Arthur Ketcham

Boulder, Colorado

(970) 948-7410

talent@arthurkdot.com

Objective

Results-oriented web development contractor offering PHP, Ruby, or LAMP server administration expertise. Highly experienced in all aspects of website and application development, deployment, and management.

Technical Skills

Web Development: Object Oriented PHP, CakePHP and Ruby on Rails MVC Frameworks. XHTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, XML, REST, Typo3 CMS. MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and schema architecture.

Technology Administration: LAMP, Python, Perl, Ruby scripting, Regular Expressions, C, C++, Java Development. Capistrano deployment to multi-node high traffic environments. ERP Project Management architecture.

Developer Tools: Advanced Linux knowledge and passion. Git, Subversion, and CVS (usage and server administration). Authorship of internal developer tools using PHP, Ruby, Bash and Python.

Employment History

Kaskadia Software Studios – Boulder, Colorado
Co-founder, Director of US Operations, Software Engineer: March 2009 – Present

• Business development, marketing, client interaction
• Management of projects, proposals, contracts, and invoices
• Strategy and product development

Realtime Worlds – Boulder, Colorado
CakePHP Web Developer, Deployment and Release Engineer: September 2009 – August 2010

• Developer for APB.com and RealtimeWorlds.com, which handled millions of visitors.
• Authored software suite to facilitate role-based deployment and tracking.
• Served as interface between developers, producers, and operations personnel in diverse settings.

Electronic Systems Consultants – Aspen, Colorado
Home Automation Systems Programmer, Lead Web Developer: August 2007 – September 2009

• Lead developer in numerous AMX home automation projects.
• Created framework for the AMX Netlinx language, greatly improving feature suite and time-to-market.
• Maintained in-house suite of ERP and project management applications.
• Refactoring complex software to greatly improve speed, usability, and add PDF reporting capability.
• Authorship of developer tools, authentication system, administration of and migration to Subversion.
• Improvements to Java web-based home automation system and deployment process.

Web Services, Walla Walla University – College Place, Washington
Associate Webmaster, Web Developer: June 2004 – July 2007

• Web application development with PHP and Ruby on Rails for wwc.edu and wallawalla.edu.
• Extensive LAMP server administration in development and production environments.
• Developed and maintained numerous campus and department websites.
• Directed Typo3 CMS deployment, maintenance, and template production.

Moscow English Language Center – Moscow, Russia
English as a Foreign Language Teacher: September 2005 – June 2006

• Instructed classroom and off-site English immersion classes for adult and teenage students.
• Guided adult students in professional writing and career advancement workshops.
• Adapted to foreign environments, learning language in immersion setting.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – Walla Walla University: September 2002 – June 2007

• Worked as assistant to university Webmaster, Typo3 CMS specialist.
• Developed campus-wide classified ads application which is widely used by WWU staff and students.
• Worked as graphics lab assistant, assisting teaching of Flash, web design, and desktop publishing.
• Taught English in Moscow, Russia for one year as part of a university partnership program.

University of California Irvine: Summer 2003

• Programs, seminars, and classes in Computer Science and Mathematics Departments

Achievements and Activities

• Open Source Advocacy: Participation in campus and Meetup based Linux user groups, educating and assisting new users about Linux and Open Source. Providing open source solutions to small businesses, contributions to the Typo3 CMS and CakePHP Framework extensions.
  
• Klassica classified ads platform: Developed a web-based classified ads system, primarily for use within academic or corporate campuses. (klassica.wallawalla.edu)
• Interests: Mountaineering, Travel, Ecology, Business Networking, Small Business, Russian, Philosophy, Learning, Nature and Science Books and Literature, Skiing and Snowboarding.

References

Available upon Request.