Mike Hall is a full stack software engineer with over 25 years of experience developing applications using a variety of languages including PHP, JavaScript, C/C++, and Scala. He has extensive experience designing and building web and desktop applications, APIs, and interactive mapping tools. His background includes positions at Schoology, Patch Media, Citymaps, and Adobe where he worked on features, maintenance, and consulting projects.

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Mike Hall
Software Engineer, Full Stack
125 Green St. #3E Brooklyn NY 11222
mikehallvideo@gmail.com​ 508 341­5844
Languages:​ PHP, JavaScript, C/C++
Client Libraries:​ JQuery, Angular, React/Flux, CSS with BEM, Ajax, single­page apps
Server Frameworks:​ Drupal, Zend, Laravel, Symfony, Mediaframe
Data Layer:​ MySQL, implemented with separate BLL, DAO and Model classes
Platforms:​ WIn16/32/64 since 3.1, Mac OSX, Linux, Vagrant / Docker shells
Web Servers:​ Apache, Amazon EC2, XAMPP, Nginx
Testing:​ PHPUnit with mocked interfaces, Codeception over Selenium
Process:​ Sprints, daily stand­ups, story pointing, retrospectives, team coding
Configuration management:​ Git with merged branches, all Jira products
Legacy APIs:​ MFC, (D)COM, DirectX, Posix threading, various other plug­in architectures
Experience
Software Engineer, Full Stack
Schoology Jul 2014 ­ Jan 2016 (​New York City​)
Feature implementation and maintenance of Schoology’s cloud­based education system, in PHP
and Javascript. All aspects of the product were undertaken from planning and design through the
continuously integrated release cycle that produced new features on a daily basis. The React/Flux
architecture was phased in from a Drupal 6 foundation to create a single­page style web
application using MySQL on Nginx servers.
Senior Software Engineer
Patch Media (AOL) Dec 2013 ­ Jan 2014 (​New York City​)
Design of an abstract data layer using monadic functional programming techniques, in Scala. RSS
feed ingestion and video orientation issues resolved.
Server API and Graphics Developer
Citymaps Apr 2012 ­ Sep 2013 (New York City)
Design and implementation of a fully secure and scalable REST API, in PHP and Scala.
Enhanced and maintained an interactive mapping application for taxi displays, in C++.
Computer Scientist IV, Customer Engineering
Adobe Systems Aug 2005 ­ Dec 2011 (Waltham, Mass.)
Maintenance of the mobile Flash player runtime and support for 3rd­party engineers implementing
the animation engine on proprietary mobile platforms, in C++. On­site consultations and training

2. sessions were organized for engineers from Motorola and Samsung to support their efforts to
integrate the Flash player, and its minor spin­offs, onto proprietary feature phones.
Early Career
Inktomi: ​(1999 ­ 2001) ​Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Java & C++
Lexicon: ​(1998 ­ 99) ​Senior Software Engineer, C++ device card interface
IDEAssociates: ​(1992 ­ 98) ​Senior Software Engineer, C/C++ terminals & emulation
Education
1989 B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics
California State University, Los Angeles
Honors study of declarative languages, graphics, and numerical simulation of physical systems
Independent Study
Since the mid 1990’s I’ve pursued independent projects mostly in the area of digital graphic arts.
Git repositories are available upon request
Mediaframe (2004 ­ present)
Web application, in PHP and Javascript
Mediaframe is a cloud­based development environment that coordinates the roles of client and
server components to build highly interactive, media­rich web applications. Active development
and immediate prototyping in the target environment are enabled by a unique declarative scripting
language based in XML.
Cognito (2009­2011)
Windows application, C++ over MFC
Using data made public by The Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University, I’ve
developed an application that can be used to visualize and navigate through their database of
“cognitive synonyms” called WordNet. About 20,000 lexical elements are organized within this
cognitive hierarchy of nouns.
Melodicon (2002­2005)
Windows application, C++ over MFC
The so­called “fast Fourier” transform was used to convert the harmonic profiles of live sound to
graphic imagery in real time. An innovative digital media processing pipeline was designed to
optimally process audio and video streams on the limited hardware of the time. Patent applied.
Personal
I have studied music and art throughout my life and currently operate a fine art studio practice in
Brooklyn, specializing in recursive video displays and performance­based installations.