Derak Kilgo
Full Stack Developer
Pflugerville,TX
Summary
I love working on projects that are interesting and socially relevant. ESC13 has scratched that itch for the last 16 years as a project coordinator, web application developer, apache server administrator and general IT resource in support of schools in central Texas. I’ve lead their usage of PHP, MySQL and Magento. I’ve grown with the language thanks to continued involvement with the Austin PHP Meetup. I have 17 years of development experience with php and 20 years of experience as a professional software developer.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Coordinator - Web Application Development
Education Service Center Region 13
Austin, TX
07.2020 - Current
- Assisted with onboarding newly hired staff members and coached on task prioritization.
- Lead development and support of ESC13's flagship product.
- Lead usage of emerging technologies to modernize legacy applications.
- Assist IT staff during incident management.
- Developed databases, applications and servers to support websites on back-end.
- Creation of development environments and system images using vagrant, virtual box, docker compose, and lando.
Web Developer II
Education Service Center Region 13
Austin, TX
08.2009 - 07.2020
- Participated in development of 26 major projects including reporting systems, Magento modules, student information systems, system integrations, payment collection systems and web services
- Development lead for 17 of those projects
Responsible for translating customer requirements into technical specifications, ERDs and wire-frames. - Established best practices currently in use for configuring web servers, MySQL servers, bug reporting, source code management and application deployment.
- Oversaw technical issues and troubleshooting requests to resolve user problems.
- Applied emerging technologies to update and maintain site applicability.
- Development of custom web services API to access proprietary LMS, Magento and Expression Engine data
- Creation of integration between Shopify and Print Vendor which are core to ESC13’s printed products line of business
- Creation of integration between proprietary LMS and Canvas LMS to sync accounts, enrollment and grade data between systems
- Creation of custom payment module for Texas.gov payment gateway
- Employee of the Quarter - March 2019.
Website Engineer
Education Service Center Region 13
Austin, TX
01.2006 - 08.2009
- Development of data-driven web applications in PHP for internal and external customers
- Support of web infrastructure including web and database servers and private code repositories
- Creation of a php powered CRUD generator using yahoo user interface libraries. (YUI)
- Implementation of company store using Magento.
- Employee of the Quarter in 2007.
Product Development and Support
Precision Micrographics
Austin, TX
01.2001 - 01.2006
- Internal and external technology support including various types of industrial document scanning equipment, imaging hardware and software.
- Basic system administrator tasks including network security, server maintenance, and security.
- Client / server application development, installer development, documentation, and support.
- Development, Packaging and Support of Document Management Software
- Migration of flagship software from Delphi 7 to Visual Basic 6 and later to .NET.
- Development and Deployment of Web Document Manager SaaS compatible with flagship desktop software.
- Development of disaster recovery solution
- On-site support for software and scanning hardware.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems
Austin Community College
Austin, TX 08.1998 - 01.2002
Skills
PHP Development with Laravel, Slim, Yii2 and Zend Framework
undefinedAffiliations
- Co-Host - Austin PHP Meet-Up
- Volunteer - Longhorn PHP Conference
Timeline
Project Coordinator - Web Application Development
Education Service Center Region 13
07.2020 - Current
Web Developer II
Education Service Center Region 13
08.2009 - 07.2020
Website Engineer
Education Service Center Region 13
01.2006 - 08.2009
Product Development and Support
Precision Micrographics
01.2001 - 01.2006
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems
Austin Community College
08.1998 - 01.2002
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