Keith Knasiak
896 West Kennedy Road, Braidwood, IL,
USA--
Full stack developer
Summary
I am a Top graduate from Illinois Institute of Technology and an independent freelance developer.
I have been freelancing for the last 9 years and eager to be a technical partner and a main developer for a
startup and fund raised companies.
As a proficient web developer with creative sense of design, I have vast range of skills and experience with
many different technologies, designs and methods of execution.
My hobby is photography, which made me establish a small startup - Captured Wavelengths Photography.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science
1989 - 1997
Illinois Institute of Technology
Skills
Javascript
C#, C++
PHP
Python
Ruby on Rails
3rd Party APIs
Database
Angular.js, React.js, Vue, Node, Express, Ionic, React Native
C#, ASP.NET, MVC Framework, Web API, C++, C, Qt, SuiteCommerce
PHP7, PHP5, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Wordpress, Magento
Python 2, Python 3, Django, Flask
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RailsCommerce, Spree
Google, Facebook, Twilio, Clicksend, RabbitMQ, Pubnub, Mailgun
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite3, GraphQL, Redis,
ElasticSearch
Work experience
Freelance Developer
2011 - Now
Self Employed
Worked as a freelance developer in agile methods in a scrum team.
Worked as a full stack developer at CibosMenu
Worked as a frontend developer at Tangiamo AB
Worked as a full stack developer at Jibla Technologies
Worked on eCommerce project at BitBoost Technologies
Worked as a full stack developer at Uglobal
Rails developer
2018 - 2019
Uglobal
I worked on the project as a full stack developer.
I attended scrum meeting to suggest design improvements and get assigned the tasks to work on the next
sprints.
Technologies Used: Rails, Ruby, HTML5, SCSS, jQuery
Fin-tech app development
2017 - 2018
PayClub
Built the complex-logic fintech app in React Native and Loopback api
CREATE GROUPS FOR ANY REASON
REQUEST UNLIMITED PAYMENTS
TOTAL CONTROL
FREE
GROUP TRANSPARENCY
Technologies Used: React Native, Loopback api, Plaid, Node, Express, JWT
Angular.js & Node.js developer
2016 - 2017
Bicycle Blue Book
Improved the way clients and signers interact with the web portal ( designing and hand coding new
feautures for signing interface).
Developed a UI module for refund payments.
Performed cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross- device compatibility for inconsistencies
Database optimization with inner joins and indices, primary keys
Technologies Used: Angular.js, Node.js, Semantic UI, MongoDB
Python Developer
2015 - 2016
Jack's Family Restaurant
Designed and developed integration methodologies between client web portals and existing software
infrastructure using REST API's and vendor specific frameworks.
Created RESTFUL API's for several of our Intranet applications using open source software
Managed a small team of programmers using a modified version of the agile development
Designed and developed corporate website using the Django framework
Designed and developed a corporate intranet that is used in daily work flow to increase
Created multiple advertorial pieces from concept and managed small advertising campaigns
Managed windows servers which included Active Directory maintenance and support
Created a work flow using technologies such as GIT/SSH to develop multi-programmer
React.js & Rails Developer
2014 - 2016
Greek Capital Management
Developed new variations of existing websites to increase efficiency.
Developed a web application that helps data center professionals to manage, monitor, and maximize
their data center assets using Kendo UI framework, HTML5, CSS3 and Visual Studio
Brought new and innovative ideas to improve our web presence.
Collaborated with creative teams to achieve company mission and goals.
Performed cross browser platform testing.
Performed search engine optimization tactics such as link building, conducted keyword research,
internal linking and navigation structure, write and edit metadata, and monitored our web traffic and
competitor sites utilizing Google Analytics and Alexa.
Technologies Used: Rails, React.js, Redux, HTML5, SCSS, jQuery
Full stack React.js & Laravel Developer
2012 - 2014
Blatt Group
Built and maintained small business websites.
Built e-learning web cast sessions and modules utilizing CSS3, HTML5, JQuery and responsive design.
Contributed to continual improvements by suggesting enhancements.
Debugged and performed troubleshooting of layouts/scripting issues across a variety of browsers.
Performed cross browser compatibility testing on websites.
Utilized Firebug, FireQuery and other developer tools.
Executed SEO.
Technologies Used: React.js, Laravel, PHP, MySQL, AWS, Docker
Software Engineer(Contract)
2011 - 2013
Survey Sampling International, LLC
Development focused on supporting code integration for the Low End Laserjet Firmware development
in a Linux environment.
Created a portable fully automated test tool, allowing 24/7 integration support for two development
sites around the world and decreasing code turnaround time from 4 hours to 1 hour
Automated the daily and weekly build process to allow us to build daily builds twice a day for faster
turnaround time for submitted code changes
Implemented a review process in integration automation using Review Board and Gerrit that eliminated
the need for a 5 hour per week daily approval meeting
Played a key role in a department wide transition from Subversion to Git, which resulted in an increase in
efficiency for the development community
Developed a Coverity mail script that extracts code defects data per component for a daily report to
drive reducing defects in the codebase
Technologies Used: ASP.NET MVC framework, Semantic UI, MSSQL, Microsoft Azure, GraphQL
API Development by Year
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