Patrick Michael Reilly’s Resume

Patrick Reilly
Portland, Oregon USA preilly75@preilly.org

Summary:

Software architect and developer with extensive technical background and over 12 years of experience in the Internet industry. Known for expertise in the PHP and Python arena, Open Source leadership, and deep understanding of problems and solutions involved in producing top-notch Web software. Efficient problem solver able to cut through complexity to achieve results. Extensive experience in working with domestic and international teams, both within proprietary companies and in the (OSS) world.

Principal Strengths:

Building modular, high-performance, scalable Web software
Expertise in PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails and Apache, their internals and implementation
Expertise in ASP.NET and IIS, their internals and implementation
Extensive experience with HTTP, Web security, Unicode and internationalization (i18n)
Proven ability to analyze complex technical problems and produce solutions, both individually and in teams

Notable:

Microsoft Certified Professional since 1999
Developer of PHP scripting language since 2001
PHP Community founding member

Industry Experience:

The C3LIVE Corporation Jan 2008 - Present (Creative Commons Community)Principal/Founder/Independent Consultant - Portland, OR/ Seattle, WA

The Mozilla Foundation (since 2004)
Worked as a contractor for the Mozilla Foundation’s web development team — specifically worked on the Socorro server, which accepts and processes Breakpad crash reports for Mozilla Firefox. Also, volunteered to the Mozilla Corporation as a community contributor.

The PHP Development Team (since 2000)

Worked on a proper C extension to provide XMPP protocol support into the core of the PHP programming language as well as APD improvements and enhancements mention in my talk “Improving Performance by Profiling PHP Applications” at OSCON last year.

Patrick Reilly is also an member of the PHPCommunity.org steering committee, which lives on today in the #phpc IRC channel and on the web; the PHP Community Project is committed to furthering the use of PHP worldwide.

Also, Patrick continues to be a team leader on the PHP Evangelism Team for the PHP Group.

OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. March 2007 – Jan 2008

Technology Strategist – New York, NY

Worked in the New York City office under the direction of Chris Shiflett in the Security and Web Development practice. Some notable clients were Digg, National Geographic, Nike ChangeMakers. Designed and built solutions for a diverse customer base.

Schematic, Inc., Sept 2006 – May 2007

Software Architect – Portland, OR (Pre WPP Group’s Acquisition)

Worked out of the Portland production office with various teams from other branch offices. Was lead developer on Nokia’s MOSH web application entertainment portal. Also, worked in the Microsoft Platform Group on the HSN SilverLight and digital shopping solutions.

Peroro Web Solutions Network (PWSN), LLC Feb 2003 – Sept 2006

Owner/Founder/Independent Consultant Redondo Beach, CA

Founder of Peroro, an interactive web development consultancy firm that designs, builds, and distributes feature-rich interactive web-based solutions. Developed new functionality for and maintained technical solutions for diverse customer base. Consulted with senior management to draw out short term technology and staffing strategies and leveraged partnerships to ensure the client’s access to best of breed software. Developed in C#, ASP.Net, SQL, SQL Server Reporting services, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Zope/Plone.

Media Revolution (TriggerLA) Sept 2001 – Jan 2003

Manager of Web and Interactive Design Santa Monica, CA

Manager of Web and Interactive design - former lead technologist of one of LA’s top interactive marketing companies, experience in digital media production for film, music, games, advertising, and eBusiness.

- Lead Technologist on Sony Pictures’ compelling website and online community for the Spider-Man motion picture. Developed a site in phases and constantly synchronized the message with Sony’s offline marketing, reinforcing the website’s impact. Because the website for a blockbuster movie tends to draw high levels of use, the application was built on a robust platform that could withstand an extremely high average number of visitors per week and could scale up to accommodate occasional daily spikes of up to ten times the average weekly traffic. Precise and timely reporting and tracking gave Sony the option of constantly monitoring site traffic, quantifying user registrations, and fine-tuning development strategies. The Spider-Man website logged more than a half million unique users per month in the three months preceding the film’s opening, recordbreaking traffic for a official movie website.

- Lead Technologist for Columbia Pictures online viral marketing application to promote their movie, “The One”. Created an innovative game concept: an asynchronous multi-player martial arts fighting game in which the player combated virtual opponents on his handheld device. The game was compatible not only with current generation Palm devices but also with the entire gamut of PDAs, from Palm III to Sony CLIE. The custom-built engine supported both solo and challenge-based play. Artificial Intelligence embedded in the game engine used the player’s performance to unlock higher-level moves; the A.I. also supported multiple-level game play. Using a web interface that was custom designed and developed, fighters accepted challenges and selected attacks and countermoves via HotSync™. Fighters also used the web interface to issue challenges requests to friends or opponents from the Leader Board. Fighter’s attributes increased with experience, just as the character’s strength and fighting skills increased with each opponent he bested. The online Leader Board tracked each player’s standing globally, stored and updated stats, and brokered challenge requests. The PDA Fighting Game garnered numerous press features. The online Leader Board that tracked player standings in real time received over 15,000 registrants in 3 weeks.

- Lead Technologist on Konami Videogames Sites: Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2, Frogger. Created a Flash template with animated screens designed to impart the story of each game with engaging graphics and a consistent interface. To accelerate development and simplify navigation for the user, content sections were standardized. And the template’s flexible layout allowed for additional customization without noticeable impact on functionality. The system proved to be so successful that a similar system with the same functionality was developed for Capcom, the gaming company used their version of the template to market another top-five selling PlayStation 2 game, Resident Evil: Veronica X.

- Unisys: Scoped and developed components for asset management system using ASP/COM/MSSQL

- Sony Screenblast: Lead development team through scope phase of Vignette implementation. Set up Linux development environment with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and SSH, Tomcat.

ComChoice (Warner Brothers/CVC) July 1999 – Sept 2001
Systems Administration/ Lead Technologist Los Angeles, CA

- Lead Technologist tasked with building an infrastructure that supports a very large video and audio encoding capacity. Encoding is performed on proprietary, state-of-the-art Toshiba encoding systems. With a background that includes encoding of feature film and television product for distribution on DVD – 24, X-Files, Lost in Space, etc. – output this past year totaled 600 feature film and episodic television titles. Development of quality control capabilities to insure projects are completed and done right, the first time.

- Life-cycle development on middle-tier and front end applications for online company. Wrote and maintained business objects for credit card processing and subscription service including custom XML parser, exception handler, VeriSign, and order processing classes. Developed portable storefront software using classic ASP, XML web services, and SQL. Developed middle-ware for promotions, ad serving, and gaming infrastructure for Cash Competition system including registration, login, game sessions, user credit card administration, user scoring, reporting, and analysis. Maintained ASP, SQL stored procedures, JavaScript, HTML, and Flash for general site functionality.

The NetFX Corporation June 1998 – June 1999
Web Developer Chicago, IL

Built parent company’s website and content management system using HTML,Perl, and MySQL. Wrote simple WAP application for company directory using WML and JSP. Developed perl stock quote application. Developed Perl/MySQL application creating forms and form handlers. Wrote company white paper for search engine submission. Authored Java Script code standards and wrote object-oriented Java Script library.
Skills:

C, Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python, Unix, Linux, XML, HTML/CSS/Javascript, SQL, gdb, CVS, make, lex/yacc, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Secondary experience with C++, Win32 API, OpenGL, DirectX, x86 assembly.

Personal Interests:
Traveling, Internet related technologies, biking, foreign languages, developing Open Source software/solutions, and attending countless technology conferences.