Sean Kendle

As lead full stack developer for the IBM Z and LinuxONE Community, my role includes development in PHP - including custom WordPress plugins - MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, and HTML. The IBM Community is based on a third-party, closed source platform, which required building a custom middleware and API in order to add functionality required by management. This middleware is hosted on the IBM Cloud, and makes use of Node-RED, Strapi, MySQL, and AJAX to inject content from our custom database onto the Community on page load.

During my tenure at IBM, I have also collaborated on other projects, including: a custom WordPress plugin which allows for management of open source packages, and a searchable table on the client side, written in jQuery and implementing AJAX; IBM's Modernization Center website, which was another large WordPress project, including creating custom blocks that adhere to IBM's Carbon Design System; and IBM's Advocacy Hub, which is another WordPress focused project, building upon the development from the Modernization Center.

All of my job roles for the past ten years have involved responsive design to ensure a well designed UX for the user on any device or screen size.

In addition to my development duties, I am also responsible for providing support for dozens of colleagues and end users. This requires strong communication skills, and the ability to multitask in a high paced, collaborative environment.

IBM has been using the Agile/SCRUM Methodology since 2021, and I was trained and certified as a SCRUM Master. We use Github, Jira and Trello for our kanban boards and project management.

• Instrumental in design and development of a responsive real estate search engine implementing Google Maps using jQuery, JSON, and ASP.net that was packaged and sold to dozens of real estate agencies in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and Arizona
• Designed databases, data access layers, web applications, control panels including implementing a customized WYSIWYG editor, photo editor, dynamic web form builder, dynamic navigation menu builder, and many other features
• Experience interfacing with several SOAP and REST APIs, using XML and JSON, in
• ASP.net and PHP
• Trained employees in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and ASP.net programming.
• Experience with 3rd party products such as XenForo, vBulletin, WordPress, Google Ads, and Google Maps; as well as building add-ons to create customized solutions
• Wrote a program to read database schemas and write Data Access Layer logic, Add/Edit/Delete forms, JavaScript, Paging and other functionality automatically
• Wrote a program to read Adobe In Design markup language and translate into HTML, as well as process images, for a large magazine publisher
• Developed a drag and drop scheduling and routing web applications for various hauling companies
• Developed a web application for a private school to track student attendance and class assignment
• Developed a program to track and log the contents recycling trucks, and the pricing of recycled goods