600 Jimmy Ann Dr #1118, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(386) 793-1056 - mark@markcaudill.com

Skills and Talents

Languages: PHP, Perl, C++, JavaScript&AJAX, Ruby, Python, Unix shell
Markups: (X)HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, RSS
Database Types: MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft Access
Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, OS X
Environment/Other: Apache, APC, LightTPD, LVS, Cluster Management (RHCS), GFS, Memcache, MogileFS

*Bold denotes hacker status (6+ years experience or when technology was invented).
*I can learn quickly and have a highly logical mindset and learning pattern.

Community Involvement

Actively testing and providing feedback for open-source projects, such as Adium, Firefox, and Prototype JS.
20+ voluntary community service hours with the local county.

Professional History

Daytona Net Works, Inc. (Daytona Beach, FL)
PHP Developer & Network Technician
September 2007 - Present

• Net Works is a web development & services company offering hosting services with load balanced and fail-over support to provide premier hosting capability.
• I was the lead programmer on most projects and sites. This mainly consisted of PHP programming, database creation, JavaScript programming (AJAX). I also developed a solution for load balancing and fail-over to improve the reliability for our customers.

Ataya Creative, LLC. (Daytona Beach, FL)
Co-Owner (PHP Developer and System Administrator)
February 2007 - Present

• Ataya <http://ataytacreative.com> is a web design, web development, and web marketing company that produces professional websites and programming for clients.
• I am the lead PHP developer and carry on most of the back end tasks. I am committed to web standards, compliance, and innovation to suit the client. I wrote a custom site administration appliance (a CRM solution), and a versatile shopping cart solution that plugs in with the CRM.

Ataya Creative’s game properties (Reign Online, Reign Micro, Warbrew, etc.)
Co-Owner (PHP Developer and System Administrator)
May 2004 - Present

• Reign Online is a group of browser based games utilizing JavaScript&AJAX, PHP, and MySQL.
  • Reign Online <http://reigngame.com> — The main features include a real-time war system, an alliance system, an AJAX chat, and a trading system. The great majority of the programming for the site was written by me. The site was built to scale onto multiple servers using APC originally, but now with memcached as well for larger objects.
  • Reign Micro (WIP) <http://micro.reigngame.com/battle.php?id=11&as=invisible> — A graphical turn-based game that allows up to 6 players to challenge each other and play in a AJAX-updated interface. Although the game is still being developed, the progress is quick.
  • Warbrew <http://warbrew.com/> — A free multiplayer web strategy game that allows players to create and manage kingdoms that span many islands.  This game is currently in beta with invite-only registration.

Ormond Computer Company (Ormond Beach, FL)
Computer Technician and PHP developer
June 2006 - September 2007

• Ormond Computer Company is a full service IT department for companies that don’t have an IT department or need further assistance with their IT.
• My main responsibilities included developing sites for clients, repairing computers, and solving software abnormalities. I also created plans for streamlining software updates to customer computers and new Windows installations.

Education

Daytona State College with an AS in Network Administration
Graduated with honors in May 2006
Taking classes toward Computer Science degree (in progress)

Interests

I enjoy the thrill of developing things and being involved with technical projects. I like photography, tennis, and music outside of that. I also enjoy playing video games, both on PC and console.
I dabble with the trumpet here and there and once played regularly in a band.