Sergiu Nichitean
So ware Developer
Profile
Details
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Passionate about building stuff, I've chosen So ware Development as my career
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path. Worked as a programmer since senior year in high school (2007), a er
which I've also decided to get official and obtained a BS in Computer Science
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and an MS in So ware Engineering.
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Since 2013, the programming language/framework I'm focusing on is Ruby on
Skills
Rails, which I appreciate because it demands efficiency and it's fully object-
Ruby on Rails
oriented.
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery,
Employment History
Prototype
Ruby on Rails Full Stack Developer at ArtSo Consult, Cluj-Napoca,
PHP, CakePHP, CodeIgniter,
Romania
Magento, Prestashop, WordPress,
February 2013 – February 2019
Worked under contract for a start-up based in San Francisco, USA in the elearning industry. The company's products are used by thousands of schools and
Joomla
SQL, MySQL
universities, but also private companies for internal trainings or selling courses.
Amazon Web Services, EC2, S3,
Watched the company grow from 3 people (myself included) to 30+, including
SES, CloudFront
developers, support, marketing and sales specialists working closely together.
Some of my projects included:
Integrations with 3rd party APIs, like Zapier, GoToMeeting, Zoom, Salesforce,
Java, C++, C#, OOP paradigms
Linux, Shell, Windows, Git, SVN
Twilio and others;
Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, SEO,
Compliance with e-learning so ware standards like SCORM;
Marketing
Building and maintaining an API for the whole system (students, classes,
teachers, assignments etc.);
Audio and video recording, transcoding and playback;
Load speed optimization using Amazon S3 and CloudFront;
Building hybrid mobile apps using Cordova/PhoneGap.
Founder at Vigro Web SRL, Brasov, Romania
November 2016 – Present
Because of my constant interest in entrepreneurship, I've started my own
company in 2016. My company has 3 main activities at the moment:
Web app development in the e-commerce area - currently launched a news
aggregator for Amazon sellers (FBA Digest) and workng on an Amazonrelated cash flow tool, both based on Ruby on Rails.
E-commerce, selling home decor products on Amazon and own websites in
the US and Europe;
Consulting in the e-commerce area, both by the hour and by selling e-books.
Languages
English
German
Romanian
PHP Developer at ArtSo Consult, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
April 2012 – February 2013
Worked under contract for various companies in the US, Germany and Austria as
a PHP Developer, specialized in WordPress and MVC frameworks like CodeIgniter
or CakePHP.
Notable projects:
Country-wide business directory;
Aggregator of all supermarket deals in Germany;
Cycling community website with features like importing CSV standings.
PHP Developer at Angel Health So ware Corporation, Orlando,
Florida, USA (remote)
November 2011 – April 2012
Worked remotely on projects that used Magento, WordPress, Smarty, CakePHP
and CodeIgniter.
Notable projects:
Art promoting website where artists can post their art items and sell them, in
exchange for a commission paid to the website owners. Based on Magento,
with much customization, through components that I built.
Shop for dresses where customers can design their own dress using a graphic
designer built with the Smarty framework and the ImageMagick PHP library.
Fashion clothing shop built with Magento using AJAX functionality.
PHP Developer at WinWinHost.com Web Design, Glendale,
California, USA (remote)
October 2009 – November 2011
Developmed e-commerce websites using custom PHP or Magento, WordPress
websites and other inhouse applications. Other activities include creating
WordPress plugins.
Notable projects:
Website of a web hosting company that also works in web development and
internet marketing. Used a CMS that I created in PHP.
Affiliate network providing earning opportunities to advertisers and
publishers, also using my custom PHP framework.
Online store for jewellery – single page application
Browser based file manager inspired from the Windows interface
Magento online store where I created components for product customization
and other features.
PHP Developer at Oliphaunt Ltd., London, UK (remote)
October 2007 – July 2009
Developmed e-commerce websites, blogs and in-house applications. Used the
CakePHP framework for most of the projects.
Notable projects:
Project management application. Used by Oliphaunt to manage their
outsourcing projects. The application was also sold to 2 companies in
Romania: H2O, Ferma Honigberg. Created with the CakePHP framework.
Online directory of furniture selling companies in the UK. Developed using
CakePHP.
Website Owner, Web Designer, Programmer at DirtBike.ro, Brasov,
Romania
April 2006 – June 2010
In 2006, while still being in high school, I created a website called DirtBike.ro,
because of my passion for mountain biking.
Over the years it has grown into the largest community website for cycling
enthusiasts in Romania.
In 2010, I sold it and at the moment of sale, DirtBike.ro had over 5000 members
and 2500 unique visitors per day.
As the programmer of the website, I gained experience in optimizing the code for
large amounts of traffic and as the owner, I gained business experience
negotiating advertising deals and experience in marketing and SEO.
Education
Master of Science, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics
and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
October 2011 – July 2013
Attended classes like: So ware Project Management, So ware Process
Engineering, Programming Paradigms, So ware Behaviour Modelling etc.
Bachelor of Science, “Transilvania” University, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, Braşov, Romania
October 2007 – July 2011
Main subjects: Programming (C++, C#, Java, Delphi), Digital Devices and
Circuits, Microcontrollers etc.
Baccalaureate Diploma, “Johannes Honterus” Theoretical High
School, Braşov, Romania
September 2003 – June 2007
Mathematics, Nature Sciences
