Spiro Floropoulos

Spiro Floropoulos A web developer with a passion for technology and programming. Not mention a couple decades of experience. - THE HIGHLIGHTS Hobbies Spending time with my wife and daughter, programming (duh!), raspberry pi, video games Strongest Areas of Knowledge Javascript (vanilla, Node, jQuery, Angular, you name it), CSS, HTML, PHP, Linux, DevOps, SysAdmin, AWS, GIT Projects I'm Proud Of Zolo - Senior & Lead Developer - Updated an older infrastructure to support 4 million pageview a day. Mostly with AWS tools. Implemented new procedures and tools that increased developer productivity significantly. Found and implemented areas that gained significant performance improvements. CATSA - Senior & Lead Developer - Created back-end architecture that supports the main website plus their mobile apps. Airport security lineup staff across Canada use my system to update wait times. TWiT - Senior (and only) Developer - I didn't build their flagship site (although I helped) but I did build an intricate internal system that managed their audio and video files, converted them to proper formats and automatically uploaded them to proper cloud services. Then a subsequent system that automatically notified the public (and updated the website) when new shows were available for consumption. Are you still reading? If you want to know a lot more about my experience, keep going. Employment InSite Senior Developer These guys do a few things but, for the most part, they help to convert hard cover media into digital media. I helped them get a few features out the door in their ASP.NET platform and also to build out a few simpler sites for some of their clients who required something leaner. A lot of JS, CSS, HTML. Zolo Canada Senior Developer Real estate website, one of the largest in Canada, where I was able to help them build out new features in PHP, JS, CSS and HTML and also act as a sysadmin and devops guy. I also introduced a number of new processes to help streamline development and QA processes. Ravello Media Senior Developer They have several hospitality companies (and, therefore, websites) that I got to work. It ranged from doing front-end website adjustments to working on their back-end booking / scheduling system, connecting to their hotel machines and more. Sitepoint Premium PHP Editor For a short while I had the privilege of managing the premium PHP channel on Sitepoint. I would reach out to developers and help them to come up with lessons, videos and other material for the channel. My life changed and I had to make a shift so I stepped down from this role. Tabs & Spaces Freelance Consultant I was one of the senior developers working on a Symantec and Norton forum / community site. This was heavily Drupal based, a mixture of 6 & 7, with a big emphasis on a javascript front-end. Crifkin Freelance Consultant I did a number of smaller projects from a bit of javascript / html to some theming. Nothing too heavy but the projects required a bit of a senior hand. TWiT (This Week In Tech) Lead Developer In short, was an all-around computer engineer, as I helped them with everything from servers, networks and more to computers and advising them on any gadgets they needed or improvements to their computer systems that would help them become more efficient. However, my main focus was on web development with regards to their flagship site and a secondary site for their highest grossing show. BigFork Web Development Lead Developer I was the lead developer on many of their client websites, helping them create new coding standards and managing their servers from time to time. Coastal Sleep Lead Developer, Network Administrator, Computer Technician I helped them upgrade their server and network infrastructure across three different offices so all their offices could communicate with each other more efficiently, which saved time and money. This role ended up being a good mix of both hardware and software work. TechnoTribe Lead Developer Provided a lot of CSS, HTML and PHP coding skills to build smaller websites or enhance existing ones. Also did some work with mobile friendly sites or converting sites to a mobile friendly platform. Paintball Gear Canada Lead Developer Paintball Gear Canada is one of the largest Paintball retail companies in Canada. It has a large retail and web presence. It began as a platform PHP e-commerce system that was eventually re-done so much to suit increasing demands that it is now a beast to maintain. However, it holds itself together quite well and is able to maintain traffic that results in millions of dollars in revenue each year. There's more! I have a lot more experience, going back at least ten years, so please feel free to ask. Technical Skills Full list of languages, systems or other things I know in order from strongest to not as strong. Javascript (vanilla, lots of libs, Node), GIT, CSS, HTML, PHP, AWS, SysAdmin, DevOps, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Redhat), Agile MySQL, Mongo, ElasticSearch, Google Analytics, Google APIs, Lucene, SOLR, Drupal, Wordpress, Laravel, Symfony, Zend, Magento, Apache, Scalable Infrastructure, Load Balancing, Perl, C, C++, C#, Window, Mac, iOS Dev (Swift & Objective-C), Android (Java), SEO Portfolio https://www.symantec.com/connect/ https://community.norton.com/en http://www.legionbcyukon.ca/ http://www.psychologists.bc.ca/ http://www.singervalve.com/ http://www.mjwoodcrafts.com/ There's even more! I have a decent list of websites I've worked on so go ahead and ask me for more! Thank you for taking the time to review my portfolio. I hope to hear from you soon.