Joseph A Castro

Joseph A Castro

Applications Architect
Kraków, małopolskie

Umiejętności

Adobe Contribute AJAX Amazon EC2 Android Apache COBOL CSS Modelowanie danych Erwin ETL Fedora Final Cut Pro HTML 5 rozwijanie aplikacji iPhone JavaScript jQuery JSON MySQL Oracle Pascal PHP PowerBuilder Python Smalltalk SOA Ubuntu VB.NET Visual Studio XML Extensible Stylesheet Language XSLT YouTube API Red Hat Adobe Photoshop WIndows Server 2003 Classic ASP REST Web Services SOAP Web Services Fortran 77 SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2000 Transact S Syabase DTS Packag Facebook OpenGraph API Facebook FQL Twitter API Amazon Product API Microsoft IIS eCommerc Yii MVC PHPFox MVC C# .NET

Języki

angielski
ojczysty

Doświadczenie zawodowe

PlayJam
Games Platform Architect/ Team Lead
PlayJam
I was the team lead and architect of PlayJams’ gaming platform to integrate next-generation connected televisions like Samsung, LG, Sony, connected Blu-ray players, set top-boxes (Dish Network/ Sky TV), web, and mobile (iPhone/ Android). Additionally I also architected and developed an ad-platform to serve game-embedded ads.

• Lead Sr. Developer, 70% development, 30% project management
• Developed custom analytics platform
• Developed custom social gaming portal
• Developed custom eWallet solution
• Integrated 3rd party MPP Global payment gateway
• Designed and implemented PlayJam currency
• Developed custom game leaderboard, tournament, level-up engines
• Integrated facebook into our portal (Social Graph API)
• Deployed our games on facebook
• Integrated JPM Interactive 3rd party games
• Deployed and administered Amazon EC2 cloud instance
• Evaluated 3rd party software tools
• Directed junior developers
• Created platform technical documentation
• Responsible for full SDLC from concept design to development, QA/QC, deployment and support
• Reported directly to COO Stuart Walsh

www.playjam.com
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Senior Web Applications Developer
BIG Interactive
I was responsible for architecting and developing a custom C#.NET/ SQL Server 2005 platform for developing micro sites for a variety of clients such as Honda, Anheuser Busch, Warner Brothers, Rolling Rock in a fraction of the normal time. With this platform, we were able to create custom microsites in ¼ of the time, hence increasing profit by 75%. Additionally, I was the authority on SEO standards for their clients like Anheuser Busch. Reported directly to the Director of IT.

www.biginteractive.com
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Senior Web Applications Developer
Gilead Sciences
I was part of a team who developed and supported custom C#.NET/ SQL Server 2005 web applications and administered Kronos Servers for our main pharmaceuticals facilities in Foster City, San Dimas, Edmonton Canada, and Ireland. These are GMP/ FDA-regulated manufacturing facilities strictly abiding to cGMP practices. One such application was Kronos MultiPunch, which allowed employees to punch into/out of multiple work orders at a time; hence reducing human input errors, saving time, and reducing manufacturing costs. Conducted SQL backups and restores, T-SQL stored procedures, ETL custom DTS packages, and data migration.

www.gilead.com
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Senior eCommerce Applications Developer
WetSeal Inc.
I architected and developed their Online Order Fulfillment System in VB.NET/ SQL Server 2000, an application which saved the company $450,000 by not outsourcing the solution to Ecometry, the third-party contender. This application managed inventory, order fulfillment, supported customers, and provided reporting for management

www.wetseal.com

Edukacja

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Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, licencjackie
California State Polytechnic