Jon Hoye
jonhoye@gmail.com
Phone: 512.436.3566

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Languages

• Proficient in: C#/ASP.NET, Java (J2EE), SQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, Razor
• Familiar with: VB.NET, Java Swing, Java3D, Flash, Visual C, XSLT

Software

• Database: MS SQL, MySQL
• Design: Photoshop, Eclipse, Visual Studio 2010, Notepad++, 3DSMax
• Platforms: Fedora/Redhat, Windows 2000 thru Vista, Windows Server
• Utilities: SSH, SVN, CVS, Git, Apache2, IIS, xUnit, Umbraco, Django

EXPERIENCE

Founder / Sr. Web Programmer

2008 - Current

Orangebox Software

• Technical lead for the entire project cycle including specification, design, programming, support and administration
• Principal server administrator using Windows Server 2008, and SQL 2005 on an Amazon AWS instance
• Develop and maintain several CMS driven websites using Umbraco 3.0 - 4.7
• Built a secure corporate document repository for technical equipment installation instructions
• Working on a University of Vermont department of Engineering project funded by NASA to build fun 3D visualizations as a part of the NASA public outreach program
• Web Design for SnapLab, an Online Psychology Lab at Northeastern University
• Site Examples: Broadcast Sports Inc. and Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame

Enterprise Application Developer

2007 - 2008

Unum

• Programmer III
• Worked in an enterprise production environment with overlapping release cycles
• Provided support to a large scale n-tier application with various front ends
• Worked with the Windows Team Foundation Server source control system

Web Programmer

2007

Gibson Guitars

• Served as C# Developer, IIS Administrator and DB Admin
• Worked extensively with Kentico CMS to generate dynamic templates for the launch of the Gibson Lifestyle site
• Set up and provided support for the team's SVN source control system
• Migrated entire site architecture from ASP.NET 1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0
• Provided support to content producers who work through the CMS interface

Component Architect

2005 - 2006

TopCoder, Inc

• Worked with both C# and J2SE to help extend and maintain a highly structured code database
• Managed online component design / development competitions
• Produced component based software architecture
• Worked extensively with Adobe PDF technology designing a 3rd party resource library

Web Application Programmer, SQL DBA, Crystal Reports Designer

2003, 2005

NetAlliant

• Principal SQL support contact for several clients
• Generated custom Crystal Reports and charts for both inhouse and client requests
• Designed both print and online marketing materials with Photoshop
• Built a full product life-cycle custom Web Applications for hotel and hospitality management operations

Pokerbot Design and Implementation

2004

Self Motivated Project

• Built a software robot to play limit holdem on several tables simultaneously
• Built custom decision making algorithms based on other player actions with a cost-benefit prediction of future hands
• Logging solution to print out human readable game status and decisions for later evaluation of the algorithm
• Custom built image (card) and character OCR for identifying table information from screen capture using java.awt.Robot
• Image identification algorithm used a probability index as well as layered pixel based pattern matching to identify variations in both OCR and images with a high degree of success

SharePoint Programmer

2003

La-Z-Boy Plants 6, 19

• Built JavaScript and ASP productivity metrics for the office intranet
• Built SQL Stored Procedures to collect data from the product line DB
• Built custom JavaScript widgets for the Sharepoint UI

19D Cavalry Scout

2002-2003

US Army

• Served as the Commanding Officer's driver in a 19K training troop at Ft Knox, KY
• Requisitioned parts for maintenance of the CO's vehicle, made minor repairs and scheduled maintenance for the vehicle
• Performed various non-combat tasks such as light office work and Pomp & Circumstance details

Software Developer

2001

Advanced Reality

• Coded cutting edge networking applications using in-house networking algorithms for peer-to-peer object serialization
• Designed and implemented system tests for distributed applications
• Created Java3D and Java Swing user interfaces