SILAS PALMER

EXPERIENCE

2012Present API

Bayswater, VIC (AU)

PHP (Magento) Developer

Worked on priceline.com.au (integration of Magento and Concrete 5) and a b2b ordering site to process 70K+ orders per month, for an ASX-listed public company. Workflow included Git(b2b), Svn(priceline.com.au), Netbeans, Xdebug, Stash, Jira, Confluence, plus Vim, Soap-UI. Photoshop and Gimp. Highlights include customising a SOLR config, an order queue system (auto-retry, report fail on x retries), ajax preloading, updates and validation (jQuery), custom modules, observers and rewrites for orders, order history, returns, multi-user / multi-pharmacy user management, and other bespoke enhancements. . 20112012 Balance Internet Fitzroy, VIC (AU)

Developer

Frontend and Backend developer contributing to a number of leading Magento websites, including Clark Rubber, Witchery, Mimco, Beacon Lighting, Aussie Disposals, YMCA , and others. Gained Magento Certification: see http://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/directory/dev/344948/ Used Git (version control), Vim / Sublime 2 / eclipse (editing) across PC, Mac and Linux (Centos / Ubuntu) platforms. Jira and Confluence for agile project tracking and documentation. 2 week sprints. Worked with jQuery, prototype, Zend framework (PHP / MySQL) Tasks included integrations with accounting software and loyalty programmes, ebay store integration, product import / export, theming, functionality customization, cross-browser testing and debugging. Set up dedicated servers, load testing and balancing, optimized magento with Varnish / Nginx, PHP-FPM and Percona MySQL. Our 2 server load-balanced config could handle over 1500 concurent users / second. Bio Concepts Pty Ltd Brisbane, QLD (AU)

20032011

IT Manager

Created PHP / MySQL site to handle customer enquiries, seminar registration, and management of product information and educational content. Migrated server from W2K SBS to LAMP stack w- auto remote rsync backups. Various Brisbane, QLD (AU)

20022011

Freelance Web Designer

Used a variety of PHP / MySQL based CMS and systems including Xoops, Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal, PHPList and Zen Cart, as well as purely hand-coded sites. Set up social media and email marketing campaigns, usilising FBML (Facebook), and aggregation tools. Morton Music Pty Ltd Brisbane, QLD (AU)

20002002

Website Maintainence Assistant

Responsible for ongoing web maintainence (ASP) Liased with US warehouse to fulfil website orders / manage stock levels.

EDUCATION

2012 Magento Certified DeveloperMelbourne, VIC (AU) One of only 6 in Australia ( June 2012). See http://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/directory/?

q=&country_id=AU 2004-Current SEEK Learning Brisbane, QLD (AU) Linux, MSCE, Project management, Macromedia, and others. 19961999 BMus Griffith University Brisbane, QLD (AU)

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