maxpalma.com

MAX WILLIAM PALMA

27352 Celanova

Mission Viejo, CA 92692

(949) 873-8182

mail@maxpalma.com

www.maxpalma.com

OBJECTIVE

Senior Web developer position utilizing my business skills and education with a growing firm.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• I have over 5 years of experience in advanced PHP5 Object Oriented Development and LAMP Administration.
• Keen foresight of Web Development and Internet industry trends.
• 3 years of Rapid Video Social Marketing Experience.
• Develop and manage Web sites for large Medical Information institutions.
• Superb communication and presentation skills, easily introducing technical information of projects to both participants and the public.

DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE

IMChat.com, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
July 2007 – July 2010

Lead Web Developer and Co-Owner

Created one of the largest Virtual Social Streaming Communities utilizing the PHP / Zend Framework on top of Linux (CentOS) OS.

Used my knowledge in Social Marketing to grow the membership to over 100,000 members in a short time period.

Back end database was MySQL. The interactive chat room component was build on Flex 3.0 with a back end open source Java implementation of a Flash Media Server (RED5 v1.0). All applications hosted Linux (CentOS) Apache servers.

Currently creating a very positive earning income along with all the sub network niche sites.

Cabana Clothing Company, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
September 1998 – June 2007

Store Co-Owner and Manager

Created Marketing and Sales Promotions on a weekly basis and on time. Grew sales by 25% year over year by utilizing my technical skills to automate processes and created an affiliate commerce system.

Hired staff, maintained all personnel records, administered employee benefits, and all insurance issues.

Managed all retail operations included the buying of merchandise and all vendor relations.

Administrative activities including Sales, Marketing, HR, Store Design, Hiring of sales staff.

Center for Consumer Healthcare Information, Newport Beach, CA
1991 – 1998

Developed one of the most used Case Management search tools on the Internet and managed a team of IT & Software staff.

Lead a team of programmers responsible for the production of all internal data acquisition applications and Networking systems & Servers based on Oracle SQL Database and Powersoft Windows Development. Created a duplicated system using Cold Fusion on the Internet.

Worked with senior management in creating a web strategy. Moved our hardcover Case Management (CMRG.com) books on line with full text search.

Used the latest technology in creating the link between the web based search and our data entry team.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

HARDWARE:

Intel Based Systems * Macintosh * UNIX * Local Area Networks

SOFTWARE:

Operating Systems (Ubuntu Linux, CentOS Linux, Windows Server 2003) * HTML 4 * CSS 3 * Database/Spreadsheet * Photoshop CS5 * Illustrator CS4 * Sony Vegas 9 * Quick Books Pro

PROGRAMMING AND CODING:

Zend Framework v1.9+ * PHP 5 * Java 6 (Red5) * Flash 10 * Flex 3 / ActionScript 3.0 * ASP * Visual Basic * JavaScript (jQuery)

ADMINISTRATION:

Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS) * Apache * MySql 5 * ORACLE * MS SQL

EDUCATION

B.S. Information Technology Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 1990