Kien Tran kientran.

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Objective
Development
To leverage my development and management experience to provide a forward thinking
company with a valuable resource to improve their technology profile while increasing PHP, Ruby
my own experience and knowledge, especially in the Agile development space. HTML5, CSS3, jQuery
Java
Previous examples include six years of independent freelance development and near C#.Net, VB.Net
singlehandedly improving a corporate IT infrastructure efficiency and reliability. PostgreSQL, MySQL

IT Systems
Experience Apache
Private Software Consulting and Web Design Power DNS
December 2008 - Present, Fort Worth, Texas OpenBSD CARP Routers
ISC-DHCPD
Designing great websites and web-application solutions for clients. Current projects Open-VPN
include redesigning the University Catholic Community website, redesigning the SAMBA
Catholic Charities Fort Worth website, and numerous self driven open source projects VM-Ware/Virtual Box
in the mobile and web-application space.. Courier/Postfix Mail
FreeBSD RAID
Publicity Team Leader for Young Adult Council – Fort Worth Catholic Diocese
Current studies
September 2008 - June 2010, Fort Worth, Texas
Ruby on Rails
Manage the publicity requirements of the organization formed from the young adult Python, PHP
ministry. Keeping hundreds of young adults informed about our various volunteer, Web-App development
social, and liturgical events though email, social media, and our website. Coordinating
events between multiple team leaders and the core managing council. Help Desk
Windows, Mac, Linux
Fast and Friendly
Developer, System Admin, IT Help Desk for Century 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. People person
September 2007 to December 2008, Grapevine, Texas
Migrated database from MySQL to PostgreSQL, including data type corrections and Business
table normalization improvements. Converted the company PHP website to Ruby using Task Analysis
Brand Awareness
our own custom Ruby MVC framework called Linterra. Developed object oriented XML
Decision Making
based CREST interface system in Ruby to push and pull real estate data to NETRIS.
Project Management
Built and upgraded multiple Linux, BSD, and Windows based servers for the office.
Reduced administrative overhead of email management by 80% and of domain user Expertise
management by 50% via ruby shell scripting. Deployed a server virtualization project to Social Media Marketing
reduce the company’s environmental impact by eliminating over 6 underutilized servers Project Leadership
via virtualization. Provided help desk support for 200 real estate agents and 30 staff Online Communication
members. Database architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Software Contractor for Alcon Laboratories, R&D Division Tools and Tech
Periodically from July 2004 to April 2008, Fort Worth, Texas Espresso, MacVi
Added and upgraded an VB6.0 automated test system for a inter ocular lens test OpenBSD, FreeBSD
platform. Reduced the per trial setup time from 15 minutes per trial to 3 minutes or Ubuntu Linux
less. Provided the ability to test single eyes independently as well as providing the ability Windows XP/Vista/7
to determine and customize ocular conversion factors on a per subject basis. Apple iWork 09
Microsoft Office 2007
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Master of Business Administration Et Cetera

University of Texas at Arlington, December 2006 Web 2.0 Junkie
Social Media Advocate
Bachelors of Science, Cum Laude, Computer Science and Engineering Startup Lover
University of Texas at Arlington, May 2004 Lifehacking