Résumé
Kailash Badu
Phulchowki Mai Marg, House No: 374
Baneshwore, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email:
Tel: 977-1-2040521
I' am an experienced web developer with over 4 years of experience in PHP, MySQL,
JavaScript, and Object Oriented Programming.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
PHP Core
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Solid understanding of core PHP language structures, extensions, and OO programming
concepts.
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Extensive experience with developing independent PHP scripts ranging from
paginators to advanced web crawlers and custom search
engines for websites.
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Ability to write exceptionally clean, readable, and commented code that conforms to a
standardized coding guideline (best practices gleaned from Zend Framework and PEAR
style guides)
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Comprehensive knowledge of PHP’s new object oriented features introduced in the version
5. Adept in the usage of SPL, Exception Handling,
PDO, and SQLite.
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Highly competent with the use of design patterns , MVC
architecture, and software development best practices.
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Experience with performance tuning of high traffic web sites. Ability to trace down
bottlenecks and optimize the code.
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XML programming , Web services, and API
Design.
Libraries
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Rapid application development by integrating components from PEAR
and Zend Framework into web applications.
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Apply template engines for separation of business logic from presentation logic.
The template engines include both native PHP templating
and the third-party templating libraries - Smarty and
xTemplate.
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Creole database abstraction library for systems that need to support
different database platforms. Now largely discontinued in favor of PDO.
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Propel and Doctrine for ORM .
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Symfony for web application framework.
Database systems
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Over 4 years of experience building and maintaining databases in MySQL .
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Proficient in producing normalized and highly optimized database designs.
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Advanced SQL and query optimization .
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Advanced features like stored procedures, triggers, and views.
Front-end
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Ability to write clean HTML/XHTML markup that conforms to w3c standards
(HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0 strict).
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Moderate knowledge of styling web pages with cross-browser CSS techniques
and float-based liquid layouts.
JavaScript
- Profound knowledge of JavaScript Core .
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Over 2 years of experience developing various cross-browsers web 2.0 scripts
and user interface components with JavaScript .
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Hands-on experience with jQuery .
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AJAX expertise and extensive experience with advanced
DOM scripting.
Systems
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Experience developing several types of web applications from scratch including
CMS, shopping carts,
and custom web applications
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Ability to interface e-commerce applications with major payment gateways including
, among others, PayPal and Authorize.NET .
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WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.
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E-commerce: osCommerce, Zen Cart, and Avactis
Adjuncts
- Excellent writing and communication skills .
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Ability to create both API documentation (with PHPDoc)
and end-user documentation
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In-depth of knowledge of common Internet Protocols such as HTTP, SMTP and TCP/IP.
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Version control with Subversion .
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Extensive experience with profiling and debugging web applications with
APD, XDebug, and DBG.
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Longtime contributor to the PHP forums at
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Freelance Web Developer (2006 - present)
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Launched a small web development business from ground up and served
a group of happy clients from diverse sectors located in the United States, Europe,
and Australia.
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Built a range of custom web applications like content management systems and
e-commerce systems from scratch and provided after-sales technical support.
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Worked with variety of open-source applications including Joomla, Drupal, and
osCommerce.
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Tuned performance of a high traffic website suffering from slow response time
and improved the dwindling conversion rate.
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Teamed up with developers from different geographic locations to build
open-source components.
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Put together the technical documentation for a large e-commerce system.
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Arranged technical sessions and delivered talks on PHP/web development in conferences.
Software Developer (2005-2006), ebPearls Pvt. Ltd
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Worked extensively on search engine optimization.
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Gained experience in PHP programming.
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Developed modules and extensions for existing applications.
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First introduced to the world of web standards.
ACADEMIC HISTORY
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Bachelors in Computer Information Systems (2001 - 2005)