Yuriy Drozdov

Programming Languages

• PHP 5
• including Object Oriented Programming in PHP
• PHP 4
• Ruby on Rails
• JavaScript(Object Oriented Javascript)
• C/C++

Databases

• MySQL
• SQLite

Technologies

• Semantic HTML/XHTML/HTML5(Cross Browser Development/Browser Quirks)
• CSS 2.1/CSS 3
• XML
• JSON
• AJAX
• SOAP
• COMET
• CVS/SVN/Git

Frameworks and Libraries

• CodeIgniter
• Zend Framework
• ADOdb
• Doctrine
• Smarty
• PEAR
• PHPUnit
• jQuery
• Prototype
• Protovis
• Cufon
• NodeJS
• YUI Library

APIs

• Comodo
• Verisign
• Paypal API
• Google Maps API

Tools

• Eclipse
• Aptana
• Pivotal Tracker
• Mantis Bug Tracker
• Zend Studio

Other

• Linux administration
• Hosting management using cPanel and Plesk platforms
• Regular expressions
• Drupal
• Wordpress

• Senior Web Developer at Ciklum / DLMA

  April 2008 - February 2010 (1 year 11 months)

  I worked on a haalmeeruitdeweg project - the traffic jams identification service for the drivers. My main responsibilities were:

  • process requirement documentation
  • agile software development with using of the object oriented programming language PHP5
  • working with a team using revision control system (SVN)
  • participation in technical solutions, to bring ideas and suggestions
  • participation in the team meetings
  • proactive engagement in projects
  • using of the project management systems

  While working on this project I managed the following kinds of tasks:

  • resolving a problem regarding to the ''point in polygon" geometry
  • creating of the db structure, sql procedures and functions
  • complex object oriented javascript programming
  • increasing the performance with huge amount of the Google Maps markers (using clusters, marker managers, light markers)
  • increasing the performance and the load time of scripts (refactoring, caching, minimization)
  • cooperation with the 3rd party services

  One of projects was a hosting management system support. Due to this project I did development using a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment - SNMP. Using SOAP I developed the directly ordering and managing ssl certificates and the web site identity offerings.

  I did development support for several projects.

• Senior Web Developer at zone3000

  January 2006 - April 2008 (2 years 4 months)

  Worked on a completely featured web hosting control panel system development and integration 3rd party solutions (Cpanel, Interworx, etc.).

  Developed sites using the following:

  • programming languages: PHP, Ruby (Ruby on Rails), Javascript;
  • databases: MySql, MSSQL(using FreeTDS)
  • frameworks: CodeIgniter, Adodb, Smarty, YUI, JQuery, Lightbox
  • technologies: HTML/XHTML, XML, CSS, AJAX, JSON

• Senior Web Developer / System Analyst at Program Ace

  September 2004 - January 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Program-ace is a software development company that provides a wide range of offshore IT outsourcing services and innovative solutions with web application development.

  Responsibility:

  • back-end web development for different kinds of sites. (object-oriented programming with PHP using design patterns along with MySQL and PostgreSQL)
  • front-end web development (XHTML/CSS markup with w3c validation, javascript programming with 3rd party YUI, jQuery, Prototype etc. )
  • Requirements analysis ( researching, planning, coordinating and recommending technology choices to meet an organization's business requirements)

• Web Developer at Ukrainian Hosting

  October 2003 - April 2004 (7 months)

  Worked on the implementation of the CMS(PHP). HTML/CSS markup.

National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

September 2003 - July 2005

Master, Sytem Analyst-Researcher, Computer Science and Networks

National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

September 1999 - July 2003

Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Networks

I am 28 years old and I have been working as a Professional Web Application Developer and Database Administrator for the past 7 years.

Moreover, I hold a Zend Engineer Certification PHP 5.3 (ZCE) and I have expert-level knowledge of client-side technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in building scalable web applications.

I currently live in Kharkov, Ukraine.

I am always interested in exceptional and challenging projects.

Skype: y.drozdov