Chris Hubbard

Profile
There are people who love hardware. There are people who love software. I love users. I love the challenge of converting ideas into working prototypes and deliverable products that people enjoy using.

Experience
Director of Technology, OneTaste San Francisco, CA 2006 - 2008
Over the last 14 months I’ve designed and built a community site and a back end UI for running the OneTaste organization. Features of the community site include a chatboard, blogs, member profiles, electronic distribution of videos. The administrative site include a CMS for managing the dynamic content on the site, course registration and user management. Site has over 10,000 users, about 1,000 are active.

Senior Software Developer, LynchMarks Albany, CA 2006
Streamlined the installation process for the PS|Ship application, it had been three weeks, got it down to about three hours. Designed and built add-ins to the core product, including interfaces to FedEx, DHL and UPS. Designed, but didn’t implement a partial replacement to the core product.

Principal, WildCharacters 2000 - Present
Designed, built and maintained over 300 web sites, (or over 5000 if we cheat). I’m not a graphic artist, but can sometimes prevail. At WildCharacters I’ve had the privilege to work on some truly amazing projects.

Software Development Manager, Next Online Seattle, WA 2004 - 2005
NextOnline was the development arm of MILA. MILA was one of the larger wholesale mortgage lenders in the country, until it closed up shop, suddenly one Friday afternoon. At NextOnline I lead the development of their core product: Credex. Credex is a tool that can be used by lenders to review an applicants credit scores and history.

Skills
Competent with CSS, MySQL, UML, XML.
Fluent with PHP, (x)HTML, SQL.
Zend Certified Engineer
Familiar with PostgreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL, Access.
Familiar with Prototype, Scriptaculous, YUI
Competent with OOP, using UML based development, test driven development and design patterns.

Referrals
Available upon request.