Chris Barber

Design and develop software solutions for products and services using cutting-edge technology.

Web Development	HTML 4/5 JavaScript Dojo Toolkit Ajax JSON CSS SSL SQL	PHP Java Server Pages Java Servlets ASP.NET ColdFusion MX Adobe Flash Wordpress Drupal	nginx Apache HTTP Server Apache Tomcat Adobe JRun Microsoft IIS Web Services
Desktop Development	C/C++ C#/.NET Visual Studio Win32 SDK MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes)	Appcelerator Titanium Adobe AIR OpenGL Java Xcode	STL (Standard Template Library) Systems programming Threads Sockets Eclipse
Disciplines	Object-oriented design Code optimization High performance Accuracy	Design patterns Scalability Security Cryptography Regular expressions	Multi-threaded architecture Compression Debugging Troubleshooting
Databases	MySQL Cassandra	Drizzle CouchDB	Microsoft SQL Server
Version Control	Subversion	Git	Bazaar
Operating Systems	Linux	Mac OS X	Microsoft Windows
Infrastructure	Servers Blade servers Virtualization High availability Network fabrics	NAS (network attached storage) SAN (storage area network) Backups	Load balancers Firewalls Wireless networks Cloud architectures

CEO, Technology Consultant

• Helped create custom solutions for over a dozen clients
• Managed multiple subcontractors for various projects
• Created several websites using WordPress, PHP, ASP, ColdFusion
• Developed marketing websites with custom content management systems
• Open sourced code for The Dojo JavaScript Toolkit, Kimura Server and Elevate Framework projects
• Created single page applications using Dojo for authoring website content
• Deployed websites on virtual private servers in the cloud
• Built automated enterprise data backup solution
• Developed a web-based accounting application using ColdFusion MX and SQL Server
• Developed secure solutions that involved Java web services, SSL certificates and single sign-on
• Maintained software updates and general maintenance of servers
• Configured firewalls with VPN access for remote clients

Lead Software Engineer

• Worked on high profile mobile Android application
• Built Titanium+Plus marketplace
• Platform integration with Cerberus and Drupal-based UberCart system
• Developed corporate administration system
• Enhanced community developer site

Senior Software Engineer

• Architected a scalable webmail application using .NET/C# and SQL Server 2005
• Enhanced static web-based street maps with Javascript and DHTML
• Led a team of engineers to design and develop a scalable, customizable web application platform for a MLS listing search engine
• Wrote an internal company message board system to organize projects and related files
• Developed SQL stored procedures and user-defined functions to perform complex queries
• Mentored a group of junior-level engineers
• Built a relational, context-sensitive help system with a custom index mechanism and keyword highlighting

Senior Web Application Developer

• Developed web applications using ColdFusion MX, Javascript, Java, JSP and PHP
• Worked individually and in a team environment to complete large scale projects
• Wrote mission critical applications and objects using C++
• Created Java-based solutions for on-the-fly image resizing, PDF creation, HTTP request tunneling and secure remote file storage operations
• Used Javascript for form validation and rich DHTML user interfaces
• Maintained more than 20 servers running IIS, ColdFusion, JRun, Tomcat and SQL Server
• Designed and deployed an enterprise network connecting two server environments, intranet and IP phone system
• Responsible for designing and supporting over 10 client projects
• Accountable for time management and project time estimates
• Designed user interface compositions and graphics using Adobe Photoshop

CAD Designer

• Programmed custom utilities in C++, Java and Lisp to compute mathematical formulas
• Wrote AutoCAD routines using AutoLISP to automate processes
• Designed automated machines using Autodesk AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop
• Created 3D animations of machinery using 3D Studio Max

Associate of Science Degree in Computer Science

Associate of Arts Degree

Dojo Javascript Toolkit

• Became a committer October 2008
• Created the Dojo Toolkit Module for Drupal 5.x
  • http://code.google.com/p/dojo-toolkit-module/
• Developed several widgets:
  • Rotator and AutoRotator
  • LightboxNano
  • TimeZonePicker
• Dozens of bug fixes

Kimura Server Platform

• Project founder and lead developer
• Project website: https://launchpad.net/kimura
• Multipurpose Linux-based server daemon
  • BSD licensed
  • Written in C++
  • JSON config file parsing
  • Privilege separation
  • Multi-threaded
  • Live binary upgrades
  • Modular design
  • Event driven architecture
  • Designed for the cloud

Elevate PHP Framework

• Project founder and lead developer
• Project website: http://github.com/cb1kenobi/elevate
• Fast, scalable, cloud-ready, MVC framework
  • BSD licensed
  • MVC architecture
  • Cassandra database support
  • Modular design
  • Built using PHP 5.3 namespaces
  • Gearman job daemon for sending e-mail, etc
  • Designed for the cloud

Prophet

• Project founder and lead developer
• Projct website: http://github.com/cb1kenobi/prophet
• Cassandra PHP extension
  • Written in C++
  • PHP licensed
  • Wraps Thrift and Avro serialization and transport layers
  • Exposes both a high-level and low-level API
  • Built-in JSON data serializer
  • Support for connection pooling and persistent connections

BarCamp Madison (Wisconsin)

dojo.connect

MinneBar – BarCamp Minnesota

Minnesota MySQL User Group

Minnesota PHP User Group

Twin Cities Drupal User Group

Twin Cities Linux User Group

Twin Cities Web Design User Group

References avail­able upon request.