Hi, I’m
Mike Clagg
Tempe,AZ
Summary
Seasoned Software Engineer experienced developing applications, databases and cloud computing solutions. Smart professional with proven troubleshooting and debugging capabilities for resolving complex technical issues.
Overview
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Verys
Staff Software Engineer
02.2021 - 03.2024
Job overview
- Worked with Activision/Blizzard in a reporting service for Overwatch 2, my name appears in the credits
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products on schedule.
- Developed robust APIs for seamless integration of internal and external services with the software platform.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement through regular code reviews and constructive feedback sessions among team members.
Paxata
Senior Staff Engineer
01.2017 - 09.2018
Job overview
- Angular SPA legacy app written with AngularJS 1.x and CoffeeScript
- Tabular data view with emphasis on performance, working with big data
- Websockets and Observables
- Build tools Grunt, Jasmine and Karma
- Integration Testing with JUnit in Java
- Transitioning to Angular 4 with Material with Webpack 2 and TypeScript.
Cloudpassage
Senior Software Engineer
01.2015 - 01.2017
Job overview
- Angular SPA to display security management data through dashboards
- Converting single purpose controllers to use abstracted OO principles
- Introduced ES6 controllers and broke down template design to reduce code
- Reducing large codebase to more manageable size (over 1000 html/css/js files for 9 distinct views).
SongBook.us (formerly SortQ.com)
Application Architect (sole developer)
01.2014 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Mobile Web App - Mobile Angular UI, Angular, SASS, HTML5
- Mobile Web App API - MongoDB, NodeJS, RESTify, ElasticSearch, Firebase
- Desktop App (Mac, PC) - NWJS (formerly Node-WebKit), HTML5 Canvas and Audio API, Firebase and Angular
- The platform allows for people at a bar that has karaoke to search online for songs the host has, and make a mobile request
- The Desktop app integrates through firebase and connect to the local file index to play songs as they come in.
Marketron
Senior Application Engineer
01.2013 - 01.2014
Job overview
- Backbone.js, Twitter's Bootstrap, single page app
- Used Grunt, Node, and Bower to begin separating the client code from the RoR app
- Used Google Closure Compiler to compress, then deployed to S3
- The app was a fairly simple database management that was used to schedule and deliver radio ads to over 1000 radio stations.
Clean Power Finance
Senior Web Developer
01.2012 - 09.2013
Job overview
- Zend Framework, APC, MySQL and Mongo @ Rackspace
- HTML5 and JSON Web services introduced to decouple data from browser rendering to prepare for mobile web version
- Optimization and performance enhancements
- Implemented caching in multiple areas of the app.
Gablit.com
Senior Application Engineer
01.2012 - 01.2013
Job overview
- Angular.js, CSS3, Semantic HTML5 (targeting modern browsers only)
- Consumed RESTful JSON API's
- Optimized deployment version via Webassets and Fabric to work with Jenkins
- Optimization and performance enhancements, maintained a score in the 90s for PageSpeed
- Began using zepto.js for mobile prototype.
GoldSpot Media
Mobile Javascript Engineer
01.2010 - 01.2012
Job overview
- Javascript ad delivery
- HTML5 Video
- Exploring the edges of HTML5 implementation in mobile webkit browsers
- New HTML5 Ad units, video, CSS3 transforms.
Belo Interactive Media
Senior Web Developer
01.2007 - 01.2010
Job overview
- PHP/MySQL
- DOM/AJAX Javascript, with heavy JSON communication
- JSON web services with PHP
- WSDL communication with PHP
- Integration of SiteLife Javascript API - architected and developed an enterprise implementation of Demand Media's Pluck CGM product SiteLife
- Developed and integrated an 'American Idol' contest for a Carolina TV station
- Engineered jsonp deployments - created PHP classes and jQuery extensions to manage data deployments across domains via JSONP workflows.
ZachTech Consulting
Consultant
01.2003 - 01.2008
Job overview
- Database management, design, feature implementation
- General IT management
- Web Design, hosting, management
- Insurance Customer and Sales Tracking Database Application - VB-ASP/MS Access/Excel with HTML/CSS, and management of Windows 2003 domain server and workstations, VB Scripts used for Active Directory user management, Excel spreadsheet generation and manipulation, business automation and custom checkout system development.
Swift Communications
Senior Web Developer
01.2007 - 12.2007
Job overview
- PHP/MySQL Content Management Applications
- Saxotech Online (Publicus Content Management System)
- TheUnion.com - used Publicus to generate XML file of linked FLVs for the custom flash video player, player also tracks media played through Webtrends, MP3 Player for reporter podcast files with Webtrends tracking, and ID3 tag support for better tracking and byline display
- FortCollinsNow.com - from wireframes to live site within 9 business days, lead developer handling 90% of the development.
- Integrated third-party APIs to add valuable functionality and improve overall user satisfaction with web applications.
BLM Consulting
Consultant/Owner
01.2000 - 01.2007
Job overview
- IT consulting - Windows 2000/2003, VPN, Infrastructure
- IS consulting - Email, Web, Database design and management
- PoorHubby.com - graphical, PHP code and other system updates
- JenaNet Administration Application - custom database software administration system for data management (ASP.NET connected to SQL Server 2005)
- CMPA - updated MS Access VBA functions to automate data entry process
- Corinth Medical Group - managed Windows 2003 Domain Server and workstations, email hosting, medical software and connection problem solving
- PHP/MySQL running on Linux - customized PHP/MySQL content management system 'PostNuke'.
Drastic Measures Computing
Co-Owner
01.2000 - 01.2002
Job overview
- Developed Custom Networking Solutions for small to medium size businesses
- Provided IT and Hardware support for several online radio stations.
Odyssey.Net
Senior Web Developer
01.1999 - 01.2000
Job overview
- Managed retail development and implementation of customer websites
- Managed company websites using PHP scripting with MySQL.
LubbockOnline.com
Webmaster
01.1998 - 01.1999
Job overview
- Managed web team for deployment of daily run newspaper online.
Texas Computers
Systems Engineer / Database Administrator
01.1997 - 01.1998
Job overview
- Managed medium size networks for businesses and K-12 entities
- Network design and deployment - Novell/Windows NT
- Managed several flavors of RDBMS.
Skills
- OO Javascript Heavy Lifter (framework development, API consumption and implementation)
- Modern Lib/Frameworks - Angular, Vue React, NextJS
- Automation for testing and deployment - Webpack, NPM to lint/compress/and deploy the client to Amazon, Azure, Google and Heroku
- Jenkins CI deployments
- HTML5 / CSS3 / Typescript
- Video and Rich Media
- Mobile WebKit
Projectsofnote
- Integration of SiteLife Javascript API - architected and developed an enterprise implementation of Demand Media's Pluck CGM product SiteLife
- Developed and integrated an 'American Idol' contest for a Carolina TV station
- Engineered jsonp deployments - created PHP classes and jQuery extensions to manage data deployments across domains via JSONP workflows
- TheUnion.com - used Publicus to generate XML file of linked FLVs for the custom flash video player, player also tracks media played through Webtrends, MP3 Player for reporter podcast files with Webtrends tracking, and ID3 tag support for better tracking and byline display
- FortCollinsNow.com - from wireframes to live site within 9 business days, lead developer handling 90% of the development
- Insurance Customer and Sales Tracking Database Application - VB-ASP/MS Access/Excel with HTML/CSS, and management of Windows 2003 domain server and workstations, VB Scripts used for Active Directory user management, Excel spreadsheet generation and manipulation, business automation and custom checkout system development
Personal Qualities
- Creative thinker
- Problem solver
- Organized
- Passionate
- Opinionated
Timeline
Staff Software Engineer
Verys
02.2021 - 03.2024
Senior Staff Engineer
Paxata
01.2017 - 09.2018
Senior Software Engineer
Cloudpassage
01.2015 - 01.2017
Application Architect (sole developer)
SongBook.us (formerly SortQ.com)
01.2014 - 01.2015
Senior Application Engineer
Marketron
01.2013 - 01.2014
Senior Web Developer
Clean Power Finance
01.2012 - 09.2013
Senior Application Engineer
Gablit.com
01.2012 - 01.2013
Mobile Javascript Engineer
GoldSpot Media
01.2010 - 01.2012
Senior Web Developer
Belo Interactive Media
01.2007 - 01.2010
Senior Web Developer
Swift Communications
01.2007 - 12.2007
Consultant
ZachTech Consulting
01.2003 - 01.2008
Consultant/Owner
BLM Consulting
01.2000 - 01.2007
Co-Owner
Drastic Measures Computing
01.2000 - 01.2002
Senior Web Developer
Odyssey.Net
01.1999 - 01.2000
Webmaster
LubbockOnline.com
01.1998 - 01.1999
Systems Engineer / Database Administrator
Texas Computers
01.1997 - 01.1998
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