John W. Lude
13108 Fredericktown Amity Road, Fredericktown, OH 43019
 (419) 571-9593 - johnwlude@gmail.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb 2022 – Jun 2023
Fernish, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Ruby on Rails Lead Backend Developer
Exclusively telecommute. Worked in team of 10 developers using hybrid Scrum/Kanban workflow. Added features to a e-commerce site which sells and rents furniture.
•	Owned architecture / reliability / performance of API backend servicing React-based website and React-native operations application; server / performance monitoring with Sentry, AWS CloudWatch and NewRelic
•	Supervised integration with multiple APIs & services including Twilio, PostGrid, Bill.com, OpenSearch (AWS version of ElasticSearch), Internal.io and Google Sign In
•	AWS-based hosting: CloudFormation, ECR, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudFront, RDS, S3, CodeBuild
•	GitHub version control with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline producing docker containers
•	Event-driven system based on PostGreSQL change data capture. RoR automated testing using MiniTest
•	Quip for documentation; Jira for ticket management; Slack for communications
•	Code reviews and mentoring of junior developers
•	Continuously on call for critical asks/issues; regular on-call shifts for high-priority asks/issues.

May 2019 – Jan 2022
CoverMyMeds, Inc., Columbus, OH
Ruby on Rails Developer
Hybrid telecommute/on-site. Worked in team of 60 RoR developers using Kanban workflow. Added features to a web-based SaaS which streamlines the “prior authorization” process of getting patients medications. 
•	PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases, as well as ElasticSearch
•	GitHub version control with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline producing dockerized microservices
•	Event-driven system powered by Sidekiq, Cross microservice communication via GraphQL
•	Confluence for documentation; Jira for ticket management; Slack for communications
•	100% code coverage using Rspec for unit and feature tests
•	Multiple reviews for each deploy: peer/code, risk management and engineering management
•	Collaborated in integration of Salesforce Marketing Cloud API for SMS and Email communications.
•	Collaborated in integration of React to front-end of software.

May 2018 – December 2019
Franklin University, Columbus, OH
Contracted PHP Developer
Hybrid telecommute/on-site. Worked as a part-time contractor to augment PHP unit testing and data visualizations.
•	Integrated PHPUnit testing into existing code-base to create an automated unit/integration testing framework for custom learning management program utilized by university.
•	Implemented force-directed graphing libraries (VisJS, Chart.js, etc.) to provide visualizations to data
•	Utilized custom PHP framework built by department head using SQL Server database
•	Bamboo CI/CD to install artifacts to servers.

October 2015 – April 2019
Optanix, Inc., Syracuse, NY
PHP / Perl / Java Developer
Exclusively telecommute.  Worked on team of 70 engineers and developers, supporting and adding features to the “Optanix Platform”, an enterprise-class network monitoring tool (SaaS).  This software provides real-time network status to large, in some cases global, computer and telecommunications networks.
•	Created Perl modules to manage polling of enterprise-class network equipment.
•	Core software originally Yii / Zend PHP.  Migrated to Ruby on Rails and Spring Java framework.
•	Event-driven system powered by RabbitMQ
•	Vanilla JavaScript plus visualizations utilizing VisJS
•	Subversion, then Git vcs; Confluence for documentation; Jira for ticket management; Slack for comms
•	Jenkins-based CI/CD generated *.deb packages to install dockerized microservices on AWS cloud
•	SCRUM workflow process.  Certified as ScrumMaster.
October 2013 – October 2015
Skreened.com, Columbus, OH
Engineering Manager, Lead Developer
Hired and led team of 5 developers to overhaul high-volume, retail, e-commerce t-shirt site.
•	Overhauled Git setup, testing, process, backup, database layout/replication, and code structure.
•	Converted fully-procedural code into object-oriented using CodeIgniter PHP framework.
•	Supervised documentation of existing code. Implemented switch from in-house to 3rd-party fulfillment.
•	Oversaw implementation of various APIs for printing, Amazon, Ebay, Google, Facebook, and shipping.
•	Formalized ticket management using Asana and modified SCRUM process.
•	Performed reviews, promotions and terminations as appropriate for development staff.
•	Testing platform for JavaScript front end mocked out in Ruby on Rails.

April 2013 – October 2013
CenturyLink via TekSystems, Columbus, OH
PHP Developer
2-man team updating internal, company-wide PHP / Oracle program used by hundreds of staff.
•	Employed PHPlot to build an automated visual reporting tool for senior management
•	Used TCPDF to enable life PDF generation of pages
•	Implemented Subversion version control

Jan 1995 – Apr 2013
Freelance Consultant / US Web Coders, Inc., Florida, Ohio
Developer / Owner / Contractor

	Developed client base of 600 businesses and residences solely through word-of-mouth referrals.
	Software / web / graphic design, system integration, repair, upgrades, training, and networking on Windows 95 through Windows 7, and Macintosh OS 7.1 - X (10), and Linux, as well as various servers.
            	
Notable Web/PHP/MySQL Design: 
lgyak.com - (offline) an email/sms groupware system written solely in PHP
usakoi.com - ecommerce store with custom cms
goscoutinc.com – online photo library for location scouting company
newtampa.org – (offline) chamber of commerce; membership site with automatic recurring billing (PayPal)
onlinejobs.com & hcarejobs.com – jobs websites. Custom cms
universalgadgets.com & purfectcattoys.com – ecommerce stores integrated with PayPal.
byownermls.com – an online multiple listing service for “by owner” properties
	foreclosure website prototype – including Custom cms, affiliate system, and screen scrapers
	kissthisguy.com – misheard music lyrics site overhaul

Notable Software design:
web-based project management software – in use for 5 years to date
FileMaker & web-based medical billing software -  in use for 11 years
FileMaker - based talent agency management software – in use for 17 years to date
FileMaker - based production company management software – in use for 18 years to date

	Phone Apps native development:
	Simple audio entertainment app, including Decibel metering and video play (prototype)
	GPS-enabled multiplayer game (prototype)
	LaserTag style Game (prototype)
	iNautical / iCaptain – nautical mapping software. 20,000 downloads / 1000 in-app sales first 90 days

July 03 - Aug 06
Vanishing Species Wildlife, Inc.
Webmaster / Property Manager            
	All graphic design, print design, merchandising as well as webmaster using LAMP
EDUCATION

1993 - 1995
University of Miami
Marine Biology Major

CERTIFICATIONS

BrainBench Certified PHP 4 & 5 Master - Top 2% of test-takers, May 2008
ScrumAlliance ScrumMaster – November 2017 – November 2019

RELEVANT SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Adobe
Acrobat
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash

Productivity
iLife
Microsoft Office
Open Office

Desktop Database 
Access
FileMaker Pro

Operating Systems
Linux: [x]buntu, Raspberry Pi, Debian, Fedora, RedHat
MacOS: 6.x - 10(x)
Windows: 3.11 – 10

IDEs
Eclipse
JetBrains (RubyMine, PHPStorm, etc)
NetBeans
Xcode

Programming
C/C++/Objective-C
Cocoa Touch
Java / Spring
JavaScript
Perl
PHP 4+
Ruby / Rails

Web
AJAX / JSON / XML
Apache / IIS
APIs consume/create 
CPanel/WHM/Plesk
cURL
DNS
FTP
HTML 4/5, CSS
Imaging: GD / ImageMagick
Linux, Cron, Bash

Web Database
Cassandra
ElasticSearch / OpenSearch
MariaDB / MySQL
Oracle
PostGres
SQLite
SQL Server 

Version Control
Git
Mercurial
Subversion

JavaScript Frameworks
Bootstrap
Jquery
React
Vue

PHP Frameworks
CakePHP
CodeIgniter
Laravel
Yii
SmartyPHP
Zend

PHP-based CMSes
Drupal
Joomla
OpenX / OpenAds 
OSCommerce
PrestaShop
WordPress
ZenCart

NON-COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

•	Heavy equipment including "bobcat" front-end loaders, back-hoe and farm equipment.
•	Standard car mechanics and maintenance
•	SCUBA - NAUI - Open Water I
•	Construction including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, screen installation
•	Pianist, Guitarist, Drummer and Entertainer.  Comfortable in public-speaking.

Last Updated: 06/15/2023