1. Jimmy
Cretney
cretney@gmail.com
-­‐
678.491.0588
_____________________________________________________________
SUMMARY
I
have
worked
in
various
aspects
of
the
IT
field
for
close
to
15
years.
My
career
started
out
doing
PHP
programming
for
a
small
company
where
I
learned
much
about
communicating
with
clients
and
interacting
and
leading
other
developers.
I
have
a
strong
passion
for
programming
and
have
always
enjoyed
the
challenges,
growth,
and
constant
learning
inherent
with
constantly
evolving
technologies.
I
have
significant
database
and
systems
administration
experience
which
provides
me
with
a
wide
perspective
when
troubleshooting
issues
or
discussing
potential
solutions.
I
enjoy
teamwork
and
am
happiest
working
with
other
amiable
individuals
who
are
driven
to
establish
a
high
level
of
quality
in
their
work.
I
enjoy
collaborating
with
others
and
sharing
ideas.
I
have
a
sense
of
humor.
SPECIAL
SKILLS
Programming
Drupal
6/7,
Drush,
PHP,
Ruby
on
Rails,
Node,
SAILS,
CSS,
HTML,
Git
Hub,
Subversion,
Ajax,
JavaScript,
jQuery,
Prototype,
Scriptaculous,
SOAP,
XML,
XSLT,
SEO,
Localization,
C/C++/C#,
Bash,
ML,
COM,
OOP
Database
MySQL,
PostgreSQL,
SOLR,
SQLite,
MS
SQL,
MS
Access,
SQL
Reporting
Server/Networking
AWS,
Server
Configuration/Security,
Virtualization,
Cloud
Computing,
Amazon
EC2,
S3,
SNMP,
Routers/Switches,
Firewall,
Apache,
Passenger,
Nginx,
Postfix,
Sendmail,
LDAP,
Netware/OES,
ZenWorks,
eDirectory,
Active
Directory,
DHCP,
Memcache,
Samba,
DNS,
POP3,
TCP/IP,
HTTP,
HTTPS,
ODBC,
FTP,
SSH,
OS
RedHat,
CentOS,
Ubuntu,
Mint,
SUSE,
Windows
8,
Novell,
MAC
OS
X/Mavericks
Education
B.S.
Computer
Science
-­‐
University
of
Georgia
-­‐
Aug
1997
–
Aug
2001
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Director
of
Technology
Jun
15
–
current
Bixal
–
Washington
DC
• Participated
in
presentation
development
and
performed
presentations
for
prospective
or
current
clients
• Assisted
with
technical
writing
and
the
creation
of
images
concerning
server
stack,
Agile
SDLC,
data
integration/migration,
etc
• Developed
time/cost
estimates
for
proposals
and
presented
them
to
our
clients
• Developed
software
architecture
diagrams
to
illustrate
proposed
system
design
and
chose
hardware
requirements
based
on
expected
load
(LAMP,
Drupal,
Memcached,
JMeter)
• Utilized
AWS
to
provide
quick
testing/development
environments
for
new
projects
or
demonstrations
• Worked
with
clients
to
gain
insight
to
the
requirements
and
worked
with
other
team
members
to
formalize
the
requirements
and
create
LOE
estimates
Principal
Engineer
(http://business.usa.gov)
Mar
14
–
Jun
15
REI
Systems
–
Washington
DC
• Interacted
with
clients
to
understand
new
feature
requests
and
provided
input
to
business
analysts
to
develop
the
proper
requirements
for
other
developers
• Developed
custom
Drupal
modules,
custom
PHP
coding,
enhanced
UX
with
CSS/Javascript/jQuery,
and
wrote
custom
MySQL
queries
for
various
reporting
information
• Contributed
with
development
of
Repo
Pages
module
released
to
drupal.org
• Developed
single
page
Angular
application
with
Sails
(Node/Express
MVC)
REST
server
on
the
backend
• Interfaced
with
SOLR
to
provide
instantaneous
and
relevant
search
results
• Lead
up
to
5
developers
in
writing
Drupal
centric
PHP,
secure
programming,
and
commonly
used
best
practices
–
provided
code
reviews
and
DRY/MVC
guidance
• Managed
production
deployments
and
post
deployment
configurations,
and
keeping
core
and
contrib
modules
up
to
date
with
drush

2. • Assisted
with
writing
proposals
Drupal/PHP
Developer
Apr
13
–
Mar
14
MFG.com
-­‐
Atlanta,
GA
• Secured
website
in
a
true
24/7/365
environment
which
was
being
attacked
from
various
entities
• Configured
CentOS/Apache
to
handle
complex
rewrite
rules
and
block
bots
that
were
violating
our
robots.txt
• Developed
custom
Drupal
modules/themes
for
implementing
requested
improvements
from
marketing,
sales,
and
front
end
designer
• Used
drush
to
keep
Drupal
sites/modules
updated,
backed
up,
restored,
installed,
and
to
assist
with
module/theme
development
• Installed
and
configured
SOLR
server
to
handle
searches
on
large
amounts
of
data
• Used
jQuery/HTML/CSS
to
implement
various
front
end/UI
improvements
• Worked
with
translators
to
update
information
in
15
languages
• Installed
and
configured
CentOS
LAMP
server
including
configuring
PHP/Drupal
with
Memcached
which
increased
performance
by
roughly
3
fold
• Fixed
bugs
in
Java
code
on
several
production
applications
• Installed
and
configured
Zabbix
to
monitor
many
production
servers
via
SNMP
Application
Programmer
Specialist
Apr
12
–
April
13
UGA
-­‐
Athens,
GA
• Consulting
with
clients
to
obtain
project
specifications
and
collaborating
with
co-­‐workers
to
build
Drupal
Web
Applications
• Utilized
themes,
a
wide
array
of
community
contributed
modules,
and
implemented
hook
overrides
for
complicated
data
interaction
• Used
jQuery,
HTML
5,
and
CSS3
for
enhanced
UX
functionality
and
theming
• Used
drush
and
profiles
to
automate
site
and
module
installation/updates
including
scripting
with
drush
to
update
many
Drupal
sites
in
a
directory
• Updated/re-­‐architected
legacy
PHP
applications
to
improve
security,
clarity,
and
efficiency
IT
Manager
Apr
05
–
Apr
12
UGA
–
Athens,
GA
• Implemented
transition
from
eDirectory
to
Server
2008/AD
and
migrated
from
XP
to
Windows
7
which
became
a
model
for
future
transitions
within
the
University
• Ruby/Bash/PowerShell
scripting
and
maintained
Drupal/PHP/MySQL
applications
• Scripted
‘no
touch’
imaging
process
to
rapidly
deploy/re-­‐install
large
numbers
of
machines
–
used
both
Zenworks
and
WDS
to
deploy
images
• Responsible
for
supporting
over
1
million
American
dollars
in
computer
and
electronic
device
inventory
• Used
VMWare
virtual
systems
and
servers
for
testing
and
production
services
• Maintaining/Supporting
Active
Directory,
Novell,
UNIX/LINUX,
and
XP/7/2008
systems
and
servers
• Solely
managed
technical
requests
for
85
users
and
250
machines
Project
Manager/Developer
Oct
05
–
Apr
10
CRI
SOFTWARE
–
Athens,
GA
• Gathered
project
specifications
from
customers
then
architected
code
and
MySQL/PostgresSQL
databases,
set
timelines,
and
interacted
with
designer
for
project
implementation
• Used
TDD,
HAML,
Capybara,
rSpec,
and
FactoryGirl
• Supported,
increased
functionality,
cleaned
up,
and
developed
Ruby
on
Rails,
PHP,
MySQL,
PostgresSQL,
AJAX,
JavaScript,
Prototype,
and
JQuery
applications
• Installed
Ruby
on
Rails
and
Passenger/Apache
on
production/development
servers
to
host
applications
and
used
Git/Capistrano
for
deployment
• Created
process
to
merge
disparate
data
sources
which
provided
a
centralized
database
and
drove
dynamic
sites