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About Me

Protrait of Joe

I still remember the day when my family and I got our first computer. It was an old beat-up IBM PS/2 running Windows 3.1 with almost no software on it. Despite the poor performance and lack of software, I still somehow managed to spend hours on it to the amazement of my parents. Even now it seems strange to me, because I was not wasting away the hours playing video games, but rather exploring a new alien frontier. Like Wozniak before me, I did anything. It did not matter to me, everything seemed to interest me. It was on this old 286 PC that I started my unrelenquishing passion to explore and learn about computers and software that still remains with me today.

However, it was not until I logged onto the Internet for the first time that I met people who had a similar passion for computers. It was in these places that I saw the first programs that were written by individuals and not large software companies that did amazing things. This is the moment that I regard as being the spark that lit the blaze in my heart for Software Engineering and computer programming. It was what motivated me in my early years to write programs to do mischievous things like "kick" people offline, et cetera.

Despite getting started in software development writing mischievous programs, I will always remember and keep close to my heart these memories for they are the events that have lead me down the road I am on today. ...and I will never forget them.

Specialties

  • C++, C, C#, Ruby, Python, Java, Visual Basic.
  • ASP.Net, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, XHTML/HTML.
  • SQL: Microsoft SQL and MySQL.
  • MFC, .Net, GTK+, Qt, OpenGL, Alias Maya 6.5
  • Source Control Systems: SVN, Hg, CVS, Perforce.
  • Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon SDB
  • Graphics programming in OpenGL.
  • Strong understanding of data structures and databases.
  • Strong math background.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science. Overall GPA: 3.572, Cum Laude
Florida International University (Miami, Florida)

B.S. in Mathematical Science. Overall GPA : 3.565 , Cum Laude
Florida International University (Miami, Florida)


Work History

Lead Software Engineer, Full Spectrum Media. May 2010 to present
  • PHP and MySQL development.
  • I code and lead a team of ninja coders.
Manager and CEO, FAP Services LLC. Jul. 2009 to Apr. 2010
  • C, PHP, and JavaScript development.
  • PHP Extension development and modifications in C
  • Designed a FastCGI framework for C web applications
  • Designed scalable web applications using Amazon Web Services
  • Developed an affiliate and support system from start to finish
  • Wrote tools and web applications in support of the largest dating website in Europe
Software Engineer, Darkside Game Studios Oct. 2008 to May 2009
  • C++ development.
  • Worked on gameplay code for TBA Unreal 3 project.
  • Worked on two TBA Wii titles using proprietary technology.
  • Worked on 2K Marin's internal build system used for Bioshock 2
  • Designed and implemented multiple systems including 3D path-finding.
Software Engineer, Myxer Oct. 2007 to Oct. 2008
  • Developed and fixed bugs on Myxer's flagship product, MyxerTones.
  • Worked on code that supported ringtone delivery of over 9 million users.
  • ASP.Net / C# development.
  • Setup, configured, and administrated Myxer's Amazon EC2 hosts.
  • Implemented Myxer's Amazon EC2 version of the Media Server that leverages existing open source tools (PHP, et cetera) for scalable media transcoding.
  • SQL development in production environment.
  • Developed code on the front line of the mobile space.
OPS Computer Programmer, School of Computing and Information Sciences at FIU Oct. 2006 to May 2007
  • Designed, documented, developed, and tested web-based applications, middleware, and systems tools.
  • Maintained existing web applications using PHP, Ruby, and Perl.
  • Developed Heartbeat web monitoring application for the IBM sponsored LA Grid project (http://www.latinamericangrid.org/).
Contractor, Crisis Management, Inc. Aug. 2006 to Sep. 2006
  • VBA development in Microsoft Access.
  • Developed forms, queries, and reports.
  • Improved upon existing bare-bones database.
Technical Contractor, Dr. Notes, Inc. Jun. 2005 to Sep. 2005
  • Wrote special documents that contained tags that were parsed by Dr. Notes software.
  • Wrote programs to support individual client environment.
  • Offered support for clients running UNIX.
UTS Field Engineer, Florida International University Sep. 2002 to Apr. 2003
  • Offered support for software, hardware, and network issues encountered by university faculty on a network of 15,000 nodes and 8,000 users.
  • Configured network printers and other hardware.
  • Provided weekend assistance for the VoIP cut-overs and second day support.
  • Solely offered support for UNIX machines.
  • Worked with a team of field engineers to resolve several network wide issues.