Resume of Jaxon Brooks
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SUMMARY
Jaxon is a seasoned software engineer with a diverse background developing applications utilizing Python, PHP, Perl, MySQL, PostgeSQL, Linux/BSD, Apache, Lighttpd, MVC, Django Framework, and AJAX. He has solid troubleshooting skills and is a jack-of-all-trades.
EXPERIENCE
Fisher Communications: Senior Web Software Engineer (04/2009-Present)
- Supporting Fisher Communications and Fisher Interactive department objectives by using various web technologies and CMS tools to develop professional, effective and well-organized Web sites. Sites include www.komonews.com and www.katu.com.
- Designing modules and templates in Velocity for the Clickability CMS.
- Creating websites for contests, events and ad campaigns.
Seattle Times: New Media, Senior Web Software Engineer (03/2008-03/2009)
- Sites include www.seattletimes.com and www.nwsource.com.
- Created a library in PHP as an interface to ePay’s web services (WSDL) for the purpose of securely processing customer payments.
- Development process utilizing Dev, QA and Production servers.
Inimate Limited: Founder, Head of Development (01/2001-Present)
- Founded the company to facilitate and automate community-centered websites: www.milkandcookies.com, www.devilducky.com, www.pistolwimp.com; and www.sugarjar.com.
- Day to day use of: Python, Perl, MySQL, Linux/BSD Unix scripting and operations, Apache, Database design, Django Python Web Framework, AJAX
- All web applications are written in-house. Two Content Management Systems were created, the first in PHP and the second using Python with Django. A reciprocal link tracking web application was also written using Django.
- Provided 24-7 operation support of production system serving 50k unique visitors per day. Managed four FreeBSD servers: web server/email server, DB server, media fileserver, and development server.
- Performance analysis and tuning in a live, high volume web & database application
- He designed and managed all projects as well as two employees.
Adobe Systems: Automation Software Engineer (12/2001-01/2007)
- Hired on to replace the existing tool built in Korn Shell. He wrote a single code base in Perl to sync out a Perforce, loop through project/make files, build components on multiple platforms, and copy to central server so that QA teams could test it.
- He architected, created and maintained a cross-platform, data driven, scalable release engineering tool called Overmind. Used by the Core Technology group and later adopted by Core Services.
- Later rewrote in Python featuring XML configuration, triggered by relevant code submissions.
LizardTech, Inc: Release Engineer/Web Developer (08/1997-06/2001)
Adobe Systems: Technical Support (12/1994-07/1997)
EDUCATION
California State University – Chico: English (1985-1991)
