Martin Biard
Full Stack Web Developer
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Summary
I am a web developer with 15 years of experience in the development and maintenance of high traffic websites. I consider myself a full stack web developer because I am familiar and have experience with every layer involved in running web applications, from server provisioning to back-end and front-end development, including database administration. I also have good internet business knowledge.
I originally started my career as an internet marketer, but quickly had to learn how to customize software to match my innovative development strategies. Consequently, I developed a passion for computer programming and automating tasks to generate passive income. Being a disciplined autodidact, I devoured information about programming best practices, design patterns, and internet technologies. Working mostly with high traffic websites, my programming style evolved to be very performance oriented and well structured.
I am a very detail-oriented and well-organized person. I am passionate about my work, and take pride in delivering high quality easily maintainable code.
I consider QA (Quality Assurance) one my biggest strengths, not only because of the rigorous testing I put my own work through, but also because I take the time to review code and properly test work done by my peers. I am also very good at creating test scenarios to test business critical functionality, and catch costly bugs before the code gets released to production.
Curious by nature, I enjoy learning new things and finding ways to constantly improve my skills. I welcome constructive criticism, and I like to share my ideas with others.
I currently work at Seedbox Technologies creating and maintaining high traffic websites in an Agile environment. This position allowed me to discover the rewards of teamwork, which is something I had not experienced while I was self-employed for several years. Being open-minded and easy going made it very easy for me to integrate an Agile team even though I previously worked alone.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Experience
Web Developer
- Create, debug, and maintain web software for high traffic websites
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Convert an affiliate program to SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
- Create a RESTful web service
- Create a client application
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Import terabytes of multimedia content into the existing system
- Transfer video files onto production servers
- Create image processing scripts
- Create integrity check scripts
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Perform database administration (application level)
- Design schemas according to application needs
- Identify and optimize slow queries
- Perform data migrations
- Retrieve data requested by the business
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Linux system administration
- Setup development environments using configuration management tools
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Follow QA (Quality Assurance) guidelines
- Use industry best practices and help other teammates follow them
- Write unit tests for the application model
- Follow coding standards
- Perform code reviews
- Perform acceptance tests
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Maintain a custom in-house CMS (Content Management System)
- Create new components
- Add new features or fix bugs in existing components
- Provide support to integrators (front-end developers)
- Configure and launch new sites
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Maintain a custom in-house mass mailing system
- Add new features or fix bugs in existing functionality
- Provide support to email marketers
- Monitor the system tasks
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Participate in Agile (Scrum) ceremonies
- Be present at the agreed time for the daily scrum
- Provide estimates on tasks during grooming
- Plan work to be done for the upcoming sprint during planning
- Give oral presentation to stakeholders during sprint review
- Provide feedback for team improvement during the retrospective
- Deploy new code to production and monitor the release for defects
- Investigate and fix challenging issues in undocumented legacy code
- Be on-call (rotating with teammates) to respond to emergencies
- Communicate and interact easily in a bilingual environment (French/English)
Web Developer
- President and owner of a small business
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Back-end Development
- Customization of software to meet the business needs
- Development of a custom MVC framework
- Development of reusable libraries
- Development of a CMS (Content Management System)
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Front-end Development
- Graphic design of web pages and user interfaces
- Integration of web pages and user interfaces
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Perform database administration (application level)
- Design schemas according to application needs
- Identify and optimize slow queries
- Perform data migrations
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Linux system administration
- Install software on dedicated servers
- Help system administrators understand and solve issues
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Manage the business
- Implementation of monetization strategies
- Internet traffic generation (2 million visitors per day)
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Prepare data for accounting
Education
McGill University
Collège Lionel-Groulx
Rosemère High School
Languages
French
English
Software Development Skills
- Web applications
- SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
- RESTful web services
- HTTP standards
- HATEOAS (Hypertext As The Engine Of Application State)
- Web application security
- AJAX client applications
- Database design and querying
- Caching and performance optimization
- MVC/MVP architecture
- Object oriented design
- Design patterns
- ORM (Object Relational Mapping)
- SOLID principles
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Release management
- Agile methodology (Scrum)
- 4-Tier environments (Dev, Test, Staging, Prod)
- Continuous delivery
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Quality assurance
- Unit tests
- Code reviews
- Coding standards
- Acceptance tests
- Integrity checks
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Internet business knowledge
- Affiliate marketing
- Mass email marketing
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Technologies & Tools
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PHP
- PHPStorm IDE
- Doctrine ORM
- Zend framework
- Silex micro-framework
- Phalcon framework
- Composer
- PHPUnit
- phpDocumentor
- PSR Coding Standards
- Xdebug
- Twig
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Javascript
- jQuery
- AngularJS
- JSON
- Google Chrome
- Google Closure Compiler
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HTML
- HTML5
- XHTML
- W3C Validator
- CSS
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DBMS (Database Management System)
- MySQL
- MySQL Workbench
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Caching / performance
- HTTP headers
- CDN (Content Delivery Network)
- Memcached
- Redis
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VCS (Version Control Systems)
- Git
- Subversion
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System administration
- Bash
- Linux (Debian)
- Linux (CentOS)
- LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- LEMP Stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP)
- DNS Setup
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Provisioning / virtualization / deployments
- Vagrant
- Docker
- Packer
- VirtualBox
- DigitalOcean
- Puppet
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Text editing
- Regular expressions
- Sublime Text 3
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Image processing
- ImageMagick
- GD
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Operating systems
- Ubuntu
- Windows
- Android
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Project management
- Github
- Bitbucket
- Upsource
- Phabricator
- Jenkins
- JIRA
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Graphic design
- Adobe Photoshop
- XML
Aptitudes
- Innovative
- Creative
- Detail-oriented
- Well-organized
- Strong analytical mind and problem solving skills
- Capacity to adapt
- Eager to learn
- Team spirit
- Diplomatic
- Open-minded
- Conscientious
- Reliable
- Aptitudes for mathematics, technology, and sciences