John Mertic

John Mertic
3274 Brooklawn Dr
Norton, OH 44203
(330) 706-1869
Email: jmertic@gmail.com

Career Experience

• SugarCRM ( December 2007 -Present)
  • Software Engineer
• Nationwide Credit Services (August 2001 - December 2007)
  • Senior Programmer Analyst / Project Manager
  • Responsibilities:
    • Designed and developed several in-house and web-based applications using Visual FoxPro, COM Automation, Windows API, MySQL, XHTML, XML, CSS, and PHP. These projects involved meeting with the various departments to determine needs, layout and coding of the application, database design, migration from current applications, and deployment.
    • Installation, configuration and maintenance of web servers running Apache/IIS, PHP, and MySQL under Windows and Linux.
    • Worked with third party vendors in deploying and extending their packages, including an Accounting package and a Document Management system. Built many custom integration modules to connect them to our existing legacy systems.
    • Contributed my skills help enhance many other applications’ development for both internal use as well as for our external customers.
    • Implemented new procedures for our IT department to deal with source code management using Subversion, bug tracking, testing, and managing application deployment.
• Akron Public Schools (September 1998 - August 2001)
  • Field Support Technician
  • Responsibilities:
    • Worked on installation and troubleshooting on various Apple Macintosh computers as well as Gateway and HP computers.
    • Installed networking software and hardware under Mac OS 7 - 9 as well as under Microsoft Windows.
    • Worked with administrators, teachers, and lab coordinators to help them use and administrate their computers.

Open Source Contributions

• PHP
  • Built revised PHP Windows Installer using Wix and MSI
• Bug Reports for Mozilla, OpenOffice, and various other projects

Skills

• Extensive web programming experience using PHP 4 and 5, XHTML, XML, AJAX, and ECMAScript/Javascript (including various Javascript libraries such as behavior and the Yahoo User Interface library), MySQL, SQL Server, Apache, IIS. Very comfortable using the Zend Framework, as well as the PEAR and PECL repositories when programming in PHP. Programming experience in both procedural and object-oriented style, including working with the PHP 5 class framework.
• Professional desktop application programming experience using Windows API, COM Automation, XML, Crystal Reports, and Visual FoxPro in both a procedural and object oriented programming style. I‚Äôve used native FoxPro tables, MySQL and SQL Server database servers.
• Confident and comfortable working with others when designing applications and developing business procedures. I also am very experienced in coordinating and conducting end-user training and transition.
• Experience using and programming on several popular operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.

Education

• Kent State University (September 1998 - May 2001)
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
  • Cumulative GPA - 3.1 out of 4.0 scale
  • Major curriculum:
    • Data Structures - C++ programming using standard object oriented programming techniques.
    • Symbolic Programming - learned basic programming using Prolog and Scheme
    • Computer Architecture - studied MIPS and Sun SPARC architecture as well as assembly programming in those architectures. Also studied inner workings of major computer components including the memory, CPU, and hard disk drive.
    • Operating Systems - theoretical course on operating system functions and design.
    • Algorithms - studied several popular algorithms and how to implement them.
    • Compilers - wrote a Pascal compiler as a semester project
    • Systems Programming - studied TCL and UNIX script programming as well as using C to perform various UNIX systems tasks. Wrote several programs to do systems administration tasks on HP/UX and Linux machines.
    • Database Design - studied database theory, functions, and designs. Also worked on a team project to design an actual database using Oracle 8i and SQL.
    • Computer Graphics - used OpenGL library under UNIX. Also learned basic algorithms for line drawing and other simple graphical design.
    • Web Design and Programming - worked with programming with popular web languages including HTML, Java, and PHP. Learned how to setup and maintain a web site using Apache. Learned module and dynamic configuration for Apache. Worked with database interactions with MySQL. Used these skills to help work on a team to design a fully functional, dynamic web site for Hamburg Township in Michigan.

Honors, Awards, and Memberships

• Lodge Chief (Marnoc Lodge Order of the Arrow Boy Scouts of America in Akron, Ohio) -1998
• Vigil Honor - 1997
• Eagle Scout - 1998
• Founder’s Award - 1999
• Dean’s List - Fall 1999, Spring 2000
• ACM Member - Spring 1999‚ Spring 2001
• Brainbench.com Certifications in HTML 4.0, PHP, C, and C++. Transcript ID# 2324126
  • Scored in top 5 in PHP 5 beta test; was considered to help develop the final test