cv / resume: walter j. punsapy

Walter Punsapy (Wally)
130 Barneson #7
Silicon Valley, California 94402, US
Geo: 37.553356, -122.318645
Technical Y!, Software engineer at Yahoo!
Birthday: March 31, 1975
Mobile: (preferred): 773.368.5125

Summary

Ten plus years of work experience building web sites, applications and software. Yep, all things webby. I love developing user-centric webapps. Simple human-friendly software == happy end-users. Always.

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Career

Raptr
Sr. Frontend Engineer (7/2008 - present)
Raptr.com
  • Frontend engineering for a gaming social networking site.
  • PHP, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery
yahooza consulting
Principal Consultant (Self-employed) (1/2000 - present)
  • Independent consultant / contractor / mercenary / ninja for web software companies.
  • Clients: Zvents, Timedots, Core Dot Continuum, P6R Consulting, Moby Marketing, myplay.com, guru.com
Yahoo!
Software developer / Frontend engineer: Y! Answers and Y! Bookmarks, del.icio.us, i18n Tiger Team (4/2005 - 10/2007)
Y! Answers, Y! Better Bookmarks, del.icio.us
  • One of the original engineers on Y! Answers from inception, Beta, GA (general audience)
  • 2006 Yahoo! Superstar (team) award winner for Y! Answers
  • Y! Better Bookmarks: wrote JavaScript drag-n-drop functionality with the YUI libs, while integrating the front-end into the Symfony framework
  • Worked on some super-secret stuff for del.icio.us
  • Joined the International Tiger Team, building and extending i18n-enabled webapps for Y! Fantasy Sports and Video
  • Spreading the word via sarcasm and ragging on that Web 2.0 thing
Razorfish
Sr. Consultant (8/2003 - 4/2005)
dnadirect.com, Genentech, renesas.com/registration, singaporeair.com, sun.com/solutions, java.com
  • Wrote Interwoven DCT specifications (content model) for propietary content management system. Dev'ed Java renderers (using xTags and custom taglibs) to transform XML content to markup.
  • Java Webapp development including i18n to four (4) foreign languages: Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Japanese
  • Lead front-end developer for java.com redesign. Lots of JSPs, JavaScript and Interwoven.
  • Developed Standards-based webapp, integrating Tomcat / MySQL-driven Webapp (WebWork2 and Hibernate) with Atomz CMS and third-party commerce service (Miva Merchant).
  • Clients: Zvents, Timedots, Core Dot Continuum, P6R Consulting, Moby Marketing, myplay.com, guru.com
Medialive Intl.
Web Applications Developer (1/2003 - 8/2003)
Medialive International, Sun Microsystems
  • Wrote PHP import script which traversed client's XML feed, syncing new and modified data daily.
  • Built PHP/Oracle Content Management Tool (Speaker Resource Center) for JavaOne session speakers allowing conference speakers and third parties to review documents during its multistep process.
  • Hacked together PHP/Oracle user-facing registration and admin tools for the JavaOne 2003 Urban Adventure and Hands-on Lab promotions.
GenSys Software
Web Engineer / Software Developer (2/2002 - 1/2003)
gensys.com, Alpha Therapeutic, Johnson & Johnson
  • Front-end software engineer for J2EE Laboratory Information Management System and Electronic LAB Application, building object-oriented javascript libraries and writing JSPs.
  • Worked closely with back-end software engineers on implementation: determinining business requirements and how data needed to be passed from the presentation layer to the request handlers and accessing session-scoped objects.
  • Wrote JSP components that can be freely inserted into various sections of the LIMS application.
  • Built functional prototypes / click-throughs of the LIMS application, using javascript to mimic basic SQL functionality (searching, sorting).
Razorfish
Sr. Interface Developer (8/1999 - 8/2001)
cadence.com, camster.com, Cisco, documentum.com, Doubletwist.com, gloss.com, mckinseyquarterly.com, Pricewaterhouse coopers, veritas.com, Vodafone
  • Developed front-end framework [markup, stylesheets, behaviour], writing code standards, developing design templates and script libraries.
  • Engaged in multiple large-scale content migrations porting legacy content into a new framework, typically involving 1000-3000 web pages.
  • Mobile application development training in Razorfish's Helsinki office. Wrote WAP site allowing patrons to obtain real-time schedule during the 2000 Razorfish Mobility Conference.
Four Points Digital
Web Developer / Systems Administrator (10/1997 - 8/1999)
four-points.com, 3Com, Allstate, ATKearney, AT&T, Sears
  • Managed Windoze network - DHCP, Exchange 5.5, network printers, redundancy (ArcServer), DNS, remote access modem pool.
  • During company migration, managed (yeah, really!) IT team consisting of an security consultant and support technicians to roll out a new internal network scheme, implementation of firewall, DNS cutover, choosing and installing new standardized software.
  • Wrangled with HTML and hacked CGI scripts.

Academics

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Class of 1997, Bachelor's Degree, Biology, studies in Advanced Chemistry
Loyola Academy, College Prep, Class of 1993, Illinois State Scholar 1993

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