VISHAL PATEL
Full-Stack or Front-End Software Engineer
[email protected], (510) 344-2223, Bay Area, California
HIGHLIGHTS: ● ●
5 years of experience as a software developer working in startup environments in the Bay Area. Experienced with Ruby On Rails, JavaScript, HTML&CSS, SQL and Git. Very comfortable with project management tools such as OmniPlan and Jira/Redmine.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Independent Software Developer ● ● ● ● ●
(2011) Fixed issues with Gopro.com’s support for international languages (Apache, nginx, Wordpress) in time for their first major international ad campaign for the Hero2. (2013) - Implemented Puma Biotechnology’s NALA Study Project an online system to track worldwide recruitment of patients for human drug trials. I was the sole software developer on this project. I worked remotely with a team of project managers and scientists (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Caspio) (2014) - Created Focus, a browser plugin for the Chrome and Firefox web browsers (JavaScript) to keep you away from distracting websites when you’re trying to get work done! (2015) - Added key new features to Nova Labs’ browser Chrome browser plugin for Gmail (JavaScript). (current) - TextMail - A service to let organizations to engage and support people over SMS using their E-mail. This project uses Node, React+Redux, Twilio and Mandrill APIs, Git and Trello.
Dot429 – Tech Lead ● ● ● ● ● ●
July 2011– Present
March 2013 – July 2014
Handled all web development and technical admin work for Dot429.com. Worked closely with the COO, designers, editors, content writers and event planners. Created custom landing pages for various marketing campaigns. Created a custom shopping experience for subscribers and buyers of 429 magazine and apparel. Created administrative tools to allow team members to manage all orders. Primary tools used: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, JavaScript (jQuery), HTML/CSS, nginx on Linux and Git.
MobileFolk – Co-Founder, Front-end Developer
June 2009 – June 2011
● Created iRoutine, an app to create and run interval workouts on the iPhone. ● Created O rangePanel, the first market research platform for iOS. ● Created a dashboard to allow researchers to create and deploy market research surveys. ○ Came up with a JSON data format to describe surveys. ○ Gave researchers the ability to create surveys with advanced features such as skip-logic. ○ Created a search interface for researchers to target the audience by demographic information that was collected from previously sent surveys. ○ Primary tools used: Ruby on Rails, Capistrano, MySQL, JavaScript (jQuery), HTML/CSS, nginx server on Linux, Git and Redmine. The Berkeley Electronic Press – Project Manager and Developer ●
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October 2006 – February 2009
Involved in all levels of each project – from planning to implementation. Responsibilities included meeting with various stakeholders, eliciting requirements, determining scope, writing testable specifications, preparing implementation plan, assigning tasks and designers and programmers, tracking projects to ensure they’re on track, and completed within the roll cycle. Implemented user facing features on Bepress’ customer facing products.
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Created internal tools for Sales and Accounting teams to view and search subscriber information. Other work: Documenting and refactoring existing code, assisting the testers in tracking and resolving issues. Primary tools used: Perl, PostgreSQL, HTML, JavaScript, CVS, Apache, JIRA and Confluence.
OTHER INTERESTS: ●
Surfing and Aquaponics
EDUCATION: B.Sc in Computing Sciences, Trent University
Sept 2004 - April 2006
Computer Programming Analysis Diploma, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Sept 2002 - April 2004
References are available upon request.