Michael Berger is a full-stack web developer with over 2.5 years of experience seeking a new role. He currently works at a startup developing a B2B social application using technologies like JavaScript, Backbone, PHP, and MySQL. Previously, he was a UI engineer designing the front-end of another startup's application. He also has experience in quality assurance and completed a coding bootcamp covering skills like MEAN stack development.

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SUMMARY
I am a highly motivated, quality-focused web developer looking for a permanent software engineering role. I am a current full-stack
developer at a start-up in San Mateo developing a B2B social application. Prior to that I was a UI Engineer for a startup in the Bay Area
designing the application’s UI from scratch. I have professional level expertise in JavaScript, Backbone, LESS/CSS, Version Control/Git,
MySQL and PHP among many other technologies and frameworks. I am a Cum Laude graduate of Rice University and have 2.5 years of
experience in Quality Assurance working on a data warehouse application, as well as 1000+ hours of development experience at an
immersive coding boot-camp in San Jose. My goal is to write modular, scalable, and industry-standard code for a dynamic company where I
can use my creativity to solve challenging problems.
PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOPED SKILLS
Front End Development
 Experience developing Single Page Applications (SPAs)
 Experience designing a startup’s UI from scratch
 Cross Browser development
 HTML5, CSS3, LESS, JQuery, Handlebars, Backbone.JS,
Require.JS
 AJAX calls to external and self created APIs, using promises
(Q library) and JQuery
 Proficiency with Materialize and Bootstrap libraries
 Developed HTML emails for marketing campaigns
PHP
 Experience with SLIM MVC and CodeIgniter frameworks
 Experience integrating front and back-ends using
RESTFUL routes for a successful user experience
 Developed full stack personal projects using LAMP stack
(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
SQL
 Over 2.5 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server
2008 + 2012 and a year of experience with MySQL
 Substantial knowledge of querying, editing, writing scripts
and managing databases
Version Control
 Experience with Git using Github and Bitbucket
 Experience with code review processes using pull requests
 Experience developing in different branches (using local
and remote personal branches)
General Skills
 Involved in all stages of the development process:
Development, code review, testing, deployment,
writing documentation
 Developing on Unix/Linux server
 REGEX for string parsing
 Agile development
PERSONALLY DEVELOPED SKILLS
MEAN
 Implemented Express framework for Node.js with sockets
for real time applications
 Angular.js framework experience
 Wrote projects with modularized code from scratch
 Wrote and managed NoSQL database through MongoDB
 Certified by boot camp in MEAN stack
Ruby on Rails
 Experience with Rails, Frank, Sinatra and use of a variety of
gems
 Certified by boot camp in Rails
PERSONAL PROJECTS
Ninja Tournament: Deployment, Github
 Created with a Rails back-end, Ember front-end as part
of a team of two
 Created an app to handle a single elimination
tournament, handling ratings, seeds, byes, and also
supports undoing moves
 I developed the back-end (which was essentially an API
for the Ember front-end)
Chat room: Deployment, Github
 Made with Express and Node; I developed all of it
 Shows how sockets can create a real-time application
Sick Lists: Deployment, Github
 Written in Full MEAN as part of a team of two; I
developed the back-end
 Shows the most popular playlists for each genre. Users
can “like” playlists to save them in their profile.
Leaderboards show top players
Pacman: Deployment, Github
 Made with pure JavaScript; I developed the whole
project
 Includes ghosts, cheat-codes, cherries among other
features

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Periodic Table: Deployment, Github
 Made with CSS + JavaScript; I developed all of it
 An example of how JavaScript and CSS can be
interwoven
User Dashboard: Deployment, Github
 Written in LAMP; I developed it from start to finish
 The app handles user management and lets users post
messages and comments on other user’s walls
EXPERIENCE
Balluun Foster City, CA
Software Engineer December 2015 – Present
 Integral member of development team of 12 engineers building a B2B ordering and social site for a series-A funded company
 Developed interactive pop-ups, multi-step modals, hover-over effects, conversion scripts and API end points along with bug fixes
 Training/experience in JavaScript/JQuery, Backbone.JS, Require.JS, Grunt, Handlebars.JS, LESS, Q library (for promises), PHP,
SLIM MVC framework, MySQL, Bitbucket pull-request system, Git, and Unix
 Started on a 3 month contract, had it extended for meeting and exceeding expectations
Think In Blue Remote Position
UI Engineer September 2015 – November 2015
 Successfully implemented forum functionality and review functionality of user’s employers and integrated it with back-end within a
month. Worked successfully with QA to get pages ready for production
 Developed static pages for users’ and group’s profiles, private messages and all-friends page
 Second UI Engineer to join team and design website’s interface which has gotten many compliments from the executive board
 Project went on hold due to funding
Epic Systems Verona, WI
Software Tester/Quality Assurance July 2012 – January 2015
 Responsible for getting up to speed and testing functionality for a widely-used data warehouse for hospitals (and sharing that
knowledge with teammates)
 Selected for inaugural QA team for Epic's Cogito data warehouse before product was released; application became top-rated HIMSS
application within 2 years of being released
 Extensive experience reviewing and optimizing designs and wireframes
 Became most tenured full-time QA member of data warehouse testing team by March 2013
 Responsible for work assignments for the team and development log triage
 Worked extensively with T-SQL for queries and scripts
 Wrote over 250 issue notes in one year
 Served as a mentor to two new employees and taught a variety of training classes
 Started and chaired a group in the Reporting section of Epic identifying process improvements in the section
 Responsible for reportable issue note investigation (investigated which issues in the software needed to be reported to all customers)
EDUCATION
Coding Dojo – Web Development Boot Camp San Jose, CA
 Double Black-Belt Graduate (Certified in all available stacks) May 2015-August 2015
 12 week on-site immersive coding boot camp in most popular technologies; 1000+ hours of coding
 Completed 3 full stacks: LAMP, MEAN, Ruby on Rails along with front-end development
Rice University Houston, TX
 Bachelor of Arts – Major: Political Science, Minor: Business Class of 2012
 GPA: 3.81, Cum Laude
 President’s Honor Roll
 President of Chess Club
Clear Lake High School Houston, TX
 Class Rank: 1 out of 806 Class of 2008
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
52 hours of college-level Spanish classes completed, four years of high school Spanish classes, Spanish immersion program in Argentina;
Semester abroad in Chile, extensive Spanish language writing and conversation. Multiple personal trips to Spanish-speaking countries.