Objective

Work with an exceptional team building software that people love to use.

Skills

Mobile: Mobile websites using HTML5 and native applications for Android/iOS using Appcelerator Titanium
AJAX: Mashups using Facebook Platform, Amazon AWS, Yahoo Search, Google Maps, Flickr and Twitter
JSON: Web services, cross domain scripting, data exchange between PHP, MySQL, Flash and JavaScript
PHP: Configuration, security, object-oriented programming, creating web services, custom frameworks
MySQL: Configuration, query optimization, full-text search indexing, de-normalization
JavaScript: Object oriented JavaScript, module pattern, jQuery
Additional: Git, OAuth, asynchronous HTTP APIs, unit tests

Experience

  • OpenPhoto: Founder
  • May 2011 - Present

  • Building an open source photo service which integrates with numerous cloud services
  • Lead collaboration of software development using git and Github
  • Writing open specifications for API and underlying data storage
  • Melts My Heart: Founder
  • Dec. 2010 - May 2011

  • Developed a native mobile application for Android and iOS using Appcelerator Titanium
  • Created a desktop and mobile version of the website using HTML5
  • Wrote a commenting system using SMTP as the transport mechanism allowing users to comment by replying to an email
  • Yahoo!: Technical Lead / Software Engineer
  • Nov. 2007 - May 2011

  • On the Mobile Presentation Platform team responsible for deploying Yahoo!'s services across thousands of mobile devices
  • Designated as the Local Paranoid responsible for all aspects of security including Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF)
  • Developing software which supports over 30 languages through internationalization and localization
  • Textbook Revolt / The Scholar App: Co-founder
  • Aug. 2007 - Mar. 2011

  • Added telephony and SMS support by using APIs provided by Twilio
  • Integrated the Amazon Search API to search for books by specifying ISBN, title or author
  • Successfully integrated with APIs by Facebook and Twitter
  • FotoFlix, Inc.: Co-founder
  • May 2005 - Nov. 2007

  • Responsibilities include database design, code profiling and extensive documentation
  • Designed and implemented a dynamic image rendering web service which is consumed by PHP, JavaScript and ActionScript
  • Developed Javascript API used by clients to integrate the Photagious application into their own websites

Conferences and Publications

    • San Jose Zend/PHP Conference (Oct. 2006)
    • Presented on efficiently using JSON and PHP to create AJAX applications
    • International PHP Magazine (Aug. 2006)
    • Wrote the cover story on how to build an AJAX search engine
    • New York PHP Conference (Jul. 2006)
    • Spoke about how to use JSON to easily add rich interfaces into websites

Jaisen Mathai

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  • Sunnyvale, CA94085