- 3712 E. Isabella Ave, Mesa, AZ
- Email: steveivy@gmail.com
- Blog: http://www.monkinetic.com
- About Me: http://www.monkinetic.com/about-this-site.html
- Phone: (480) 208-6066
To influence communities online and beyond by using and extending my skills and experience building web software. My ideal position would be collaborative, dynamic, and challenging while providing flexibility through telecommuting.
A passion for community and over a decade of experience building and extending web-based community software. Demonstrated effective communication with clients, writing technical requirements and specs, gathering customer feedback, and implementing custom API code on top of Movable Type. Spearheaded a major Facebook integration for our largest client. Experience building web applications in perl, Python, and Java, as well as significant HTML/CSS and Javascript development skills.
Software Engineer - September 2008 - Present
Movable Type core and plugin development (perl) for Six Apart Services, including tests and documentation. Worked in perl, Movable Type, Python, Django, Javascript, JQuery, Facebook and Twitter APIs.
- Requirements and specification writing
- Migrated a large client's codebase and content from Movable Type 3.x to 4.x (included over 2 million blog entries in 5000 blogs) as part of a small team
- Wrote and maintained a number of plugins for the client's CMS, used by thousands of editors and 1.5 million users daily
- Fullfilled duties remotely, honing crucial communication and documentation skills in addition to development skills
- Lead the development and deployment of a microsite for one of today's largest social network companies
- Python / Django development with TypePad APIs
Co-Founder - Part-time, Dec 2007 - Present
Founded DiSo (Distributed Social) with Chris Messina. Current role is co-founder and evangelist, developer, and mailing list mom.
- Umbrella project aimed at researching and building distributed social network applications
- DiSo is an open source project, found at http://diso-project.org and http://groups.google.com/groups/diso-project
Web UI Developer - July 2006 — September 2008
Developed XHTML/CSS template system for multiple products, maintained and improved fronted UI for large ecommerce application, worked in XHTML, Javascript, Java, XML, XSLT.
- Cross-product-team collaboration on XHTML template and CSS framework
- Communicated with customers regularly, gathering feedback on issues and new features
- Web UI development in Java environment
- Migrated frontend code (JSP/XSL) for GoDaddy's ecommerce site-builder product to use new templates
- Upgraded the template creation system (Java) with new features to accompany the new templates
- Miscellaneous template pre-processing tools in Ruby, perl
Senior Designer - December 2003 - June 2006
Designed interfaces for web-based content development tools. Developed concepts for new products and services, participated in implementation with engineering staff. Worked in Adobe design products, Filemaker Pro, PHP, JSP/JSF, Drupal.
- Participated in product concept and design with senior staff
- Web UI and application development
- UI design for web-based content development tools
- Led design and development of a phone-based podcasting site for authors
- Design for web and print
Contract Web Designer and Developer - June 2002 - Dec 2003
Performed contract web design and development, graphic design, and internet consulting for small to medium businesses and non-profit organizations, including client needs analysis, site planning, web design and production.
- HTML, CSS1,2
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash
- Content management systems (Conversant, OpenACS, Plone)
- Web Programming (Python, TCL, OpenACS, PostgreSQL)
WebObjects Developer - Oct. 2001 - June 2002
Ported WebObjects applications from WebObjects 4.5 to WebObjects 5, including a number of internal web applications. Worked in WebObject, Java, HTML/CSS.
- WebObjects development in Java (WebObjects 5)
- Java/WebObjects tools – Project Builder, WebObjects Builder
- Trained other developers in CVS and source control practices
- DreamWeaver, Photoshop
- HTML, Javascript, CSS
Web Architect, Developer, Analyst - June 1998 - Oct. 2001
Directed designers and developers in defining and building web applications in a mixed Microsoft/Linux deployment environment. Worked in ASP, COM, JScript, Java, JSP, HTML, XML, XSL.
- Directed a team of web developers in the design and development of web applications for internet and intranet websites
- Evangelized and participated in the successful deployment of Linux and CVS version control system as part of department development practices.
- Gained valuable experience working with clients to gather requirements
Technical Director, Designer - January 1996 - April 1998
Led technical research and participated in design and development projects. Worked in Director/Lingo, Photoshop, HTML,
- Made technology recommendations and set technical direction for project implementations
- Added a user-tracking and reporting system written in Lingo to an existing Director-based kiosk application
- Initiated and oversaw the installation and management of a unix-based internet/intranet server
- Technical and Communication experience in an innovative Non-Profit environment
- Trained employees in web design concepts and production
- University of the Nations - Lausanne, Switzerland - B.A. in Graphic Design – Sept. 1996
- Open Standards for Authentication and Authorization (An
Introduction)
- http://www.slideshare.net/steveivy/openid-oauth-an-introduction
- This presentation was originally given for about 80 developers at a Go-Daddy Tech Day