Matt McCormick

Escort Design

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:01:39 +0000

Escort Design is a website management system helping the niche market of escorts get their own websites online.

My Role

Worked with the site owners and junior developers to improve the development process by making it more transparent
Identified performance issues and site bottlenecks
Improved code quality
Implemented testing framework for regression testing
Helped hire an experienced developer to continue work on the site

Technologies Used


PHP 5.3	MySQL 5	Simpletest	Beanstalk	AgileZen	Git

Matt’s a self-motivated programmer whose knowledge of web app development best practices has been invaluable to our team. Breaking down problems into achievable goals is a great asset.
- Zak, Owner

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MyBDC Connect

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:32:45 +0000

MyBDC Connect is an Enterprise Marketing Platform for car dealerships to manage their inventory and customer marketing campaigns.

My Role

One of two main developers working remotely with technical lead
Designed and implemented complicated modules (ie. dynamic ACL [Access Control List]) in a simplified manner
Developed and Improved codebase by:
- Creating re-usable modules for common functionality used throughout the site
- Making use of Zend Framework’s Row and Rowset Classes to avoid long controller actions
- Abstracting out complex components to improve code maintainability and ability to expand upon components in the future
- Implementing PHPUnit tests and Continuous Integration

Technologies Used


PHP 5.3	Zend Framework	MySQL 5	FileMaker PHP API	YUI 2 JS Library

Sphinx Search	Phing PHP Build Tool	PHPUnit	Hudson	Pivotal Tracker

Matt has a passion for technology and for learning. He uses his abundant skills and experience to conceive creative solutions for all types of projects. Matt looks at problems as opportunities to be solved and enjoys seeing his solutions help others. Matt is extremely intelligent while remaining humble and easy to work with. He mentors junior members in a kind but authoritative way. Any team would be fortunate to have Matt!
- Jamey Davis, Technical Lead

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Soapbox Guru

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:30:28 +0000

Soapbox Guru helps people improve their public speaking. It is a video site for people to receive feedback on their speeches and presentations.

My Role

Developed concept and idea with a friend
Responsible for hiring and working with external designer
Developed all code

Technologies Used


Apache	PHP 5.3	Zend Framework	MySQL 5	Youtube API

OAuth	OpenID	jQuery	Eclipse

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1widget

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:29:23 +0000

(Site now offline – code available at Github)
1widget is a Twitter/RSS feed aggregator that allows people to easily combine multiple Twitter and RSS feeds into one digest that can be inserted on their website. It gives users an easy way to provide their website visitors with dynamic content about the website topic.

My Role

Conceived idea and developed concept with a partner
Responsible for hiring and working with external designer and SEO consultant
Developed all code

Technologies Used


Django 1.1	Python	PHP 5	MySQL 5	Smarty 2

CKEditor	Paypal API	Twitter API	SimplePie

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Capital Project Tracking (Vivid Solutions)

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:25:08 +0000

No Screenshot Available

Capital Project Tracking is a system created for the BC Ministry of Forests to submit and approve new projects. The system includes support for budgets to be created, edited and tracked against spending.

My Role

Created screen mockup designs according to specifications
Developed most of the code for the application
Wrote documentation for use by future developers

Technologies Used


J2EE (Java, JDBC, JSP, JSTL)	Apache Struts, Struts Tiles	Oracle 9i/10g	Eclipse	PL/SQL Developer

Matt is punctual and hard-working, self-motivated individual, personable and easy to work with. During his stay Matt demonstrated a high level of commitment to learn whatever was required to complete the assignments required of him and managed his time as appropriate.
- Todd Warnes, Director

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Vivid Solutions

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:03:43 +0000

Vivid Solutions is a custom software development house with experience managing large software projects.

Projects Worked On

Compliance Information Management System – BC Ministry of Forests
Collision Information System – BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Real Estate Project Tracking – BC Ministry of Forests

My Role

Performed bug fixes and implemented new features as required
Created and updated Crystal Reports
Refactored and improved code as needed

Technologies Used


J2EE (Java, JDBC, JSP, JSTL)	Apache Struts, Struts Tiles	Oracle 9i/10g	Crystal Reports

Eclipse	PL/SQL Developer	JIRA

Matt was always great to have on my team – very knowledgeable, required minimal direction, and hard working. I look forward to working with Matt again in the future.
- Andrew Barnes, Intermediate Programmer/Analyst

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Rimon Law Group

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:52:24 +0000

Rimon Law Group is a high-end, virtual law firm based in San Francisco, California.

My Role

Improved poorly designed site to make it easier for owners to add/edit content thereby saving money and time
Added ability for owners to easily create landing pages
Fixed problems with Content Management System
Incorporated blog into site
Added search functionality

Technologies Used


PHP 5	MySQL 5	Smarty 2	jQuery	WordPress	Bing API

Our firm first engaged Matt to perform some technical and design improvements to our corporate website. As a virtual company, our online image is paramount in attracting customers. Working with Matt was seamless; he flawlessly implemented every desired change and provided our team with daily updates of his progress. Matt quickly became our first point of contact for our company’s technical issues and a valued member of our team.
- Yaacov Silberman, COO

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Forest Science Program Workspace (Vivid Solutions)

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:51:02 +0000

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Forest Science Program Workspace is a system created for the BC Ministry of Forests to provide researchers and managers with planning, information management, project management and reporting functions.

My Role

Created multi-step Add Project wizard
Implemented Installations, Products and Activities screens for Projects
Setup form validation using Struts Validator

Technologies Used


J2EE (Java, JDBC, JSP, JSTL)	Apache Struts, Struts Tiles	Oracle 9i/10g	Eclipse	PL/SQL Developer	Yahoo User Interface (YUI) JavaScript Library

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US of Earth

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:47:54 +0000

US of Earth is a multi-player world domination game similar to Risk. NOTE: Political statements expressed on the site are that of the site owner and not mine.

My Role

Re-developed “Action Station” (for players to wage battles) into AJAX-intensive application
- Youtube video describing Action Station – all programming shown in video was done by myself
Programmed complex attack calculations
Helped improve design of site by moving from functional programming with a lot of repeated code to Object Oriented, DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) design
Implemented offline challenge system for players to setup challenges with each other at Xbox, Playstation, etc. games and win points

Technologies Used


PHP 5	MySQL 4	Smarty 2	Pligg CMS	AJAX, JavaScript	Eclipse

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Pensions BC

Matt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:11:52 +0000

Pensions BC is a British Columbia Crown Corporation responsible for administering pension benefits and services to plan members.

My Role

Solved bugs and upgraded web applications resulting in improved performance
Part of team that developed a new workshop registration system
Maintained and performed updates to corporate intranet

Technologies Used


J2EE (Java, JDBC, JSP, JSTL)	Apache Struts, Struts Tiles	Oracle Portal	Eclipse

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