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Last 6 mos.
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Feedback:
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(4.78)
7 feedbacks
Hours:
0
294
Assignments:
0
9
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Location:
Santander, Spain (GMT+01:00)
English Skills:
(self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
June 26, 2006
Last Worked:
May 3, 2009
oDesk Ready:
Yes
Affiliated with:
Net Minds Pte Ltd > Devel...
Feedback:
(4.94 of 5)
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Total oDesk hours:
346
Location:
Singapore, Singapore (GMT+08:00)
Member Since:
November 11, 2008
Last Worked:
November 1, 2009
Current Assignments:
5
Total Assignments:
10
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Esteban Smith
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PHP MySQL .NET / Senior Developer / Systems Architect / Systems Admin
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Net Minds Pte Ltd > Devel...
Programmer / Developer
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Spain
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$20.00
/hr
Overview
Résumé
Work History & Feedback (9)
Tests (3)
Portfolio (10)
What is One Hour of Downtime to You? Ask yourself that question. Thats the difference between a well implemented or poorly implemented IT platform, albeit hardware or software. Over the last 23 years, I have designed, implemented and developed a wide range of websites using HMTL, DHTML, PHP, PERL, Rails, C#, ASP and all the flavors of SQL. I have been contracting for muti-nationals, startup companies and small businesses in B2B, E2 and B2C environments. My core competency lies in...
What is One Hour of Downtime to You?
Ask yourself that question.
Thats the difference between a well implemented or poorly implemented IT platform, albeit hardware or software.
Over the last 23 years, I have designed, implemented and developed a wide range of websites using HMTL, DHTML, PHP, PERL, Rails, C#, ASP and all the flavors of SQL.
I have been contracting for muti-nationals, startup companies and small businesses in B2B, E2 and B2C environments.
My core competency lies in complete end-end management of development projects - hardware, operating systems and software.
I am seeking opportunities to create projects from the ground up for you or your business.
I also have extensive experience in the following areas:
C#, C++, Rails, Pascal, Python, Server Scripts
SVN, Rsync, Mail Agents, Firewalls
Ajax, Javascript, JQuery, Json
Cake, Drupal, Joomla,
Perl, PHP, Apache, htaccess
Plesk, WHM and Cpanel install and plugins
SEO and SEM
My primary objective is to share my skills and experience to help you obtain a premium website in a realistic time frame.
If you would like more details please arrange an interview now via odesk
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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
14910
08/2007 - Present
PHP/Drupal Programmer wanted
$1,415 (94 hrs @ $15.00/hr)
Job in progress
54100
04/2009 - 04/2009
Senior Ruby on Rails architect/pr
ogrammer(s)
$40 (2.00 hrs @ $20.00/hr)
5.0 Esteban goes above and beyond the call of duty. He not only cares about the quality of his work technically, but about the business success o...
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Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
36543
04/2008 - 04/2008
Senior PHP/MySQL/AJ
AX developer for web 2.0 startup
$1,620 (98 hrs @ $16.50/hr)
4.7 Esteban is a great developer and it was a pleasure working with him. Unfortunately at some point he became ill and we could not communicate with hi...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
15638
11/2006 - 11/2006
SOAP interface for WebServices
$235 (16 hrs @ $15.00/hr)
5.0
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
13222
08/2006 - 09/2006
PHP, MSQL Expert
$172 (11 hrs @ $15.60/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
See All Tests Taken
(3 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.75
93%
TOP 10%
08/10/2006
13 min
DHTML Test
2.90
38%
07/27/2006
17 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
2.90
14%
03/22/2009
16 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title
Initiated By
Date
Imlementation of SOAP access system
Buyer
November 7, 2009
Contract PHP Coder
Provider
October 28, 2009
Website Programmer
Provider
October 25, 2009
SEO and Advertising for "olive oil" Ecommerce website
Provider
October 24, 2009
Job Category Interests
Web Development
Web Programming
UI Design
Website Project Management
Other - Web Development
Sales & Marketing
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
Software Development
Desktop Applications
Scripts & Utilities
Software Plug-ins
Application Interface Design
Software Project Management
VOIP
Other - Software Development
Networking & Information Systems
Network Administration
DBA - Database Administration
Server Administration
Writing & Translation
Technical Writing
Website Content
Translation
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
15 yrs
5.0
2004
C#/.Net
6 yrs
5.0
2008
J2EE
5 yrs
5.0
2006
JSP
7 yrs
5.0
2006
http://www.scirus.com
MySQL
8 yrs
5.0
2009
PHP/HTML/DHTML/AJAX
9 yrs
5.0
2009
http://www.cibernada.com
PostgreSQL
7 yrs
5.0
2009
http://www.classic-worldwide.n
et:5000
Back Office
SOAP
8 yrs
5.0
2009
http://www.acceso1.com/soap.ph
p
Live booking Engine
Struts
7 yrs
4.0
2008
XML-RPC
8 yrs
5.0
2009
Property realtime RPC with xml feed generator, cms and mySQL Databases
Certifications
Date Earned
Name
Score
Percentile
Organization
Description
2003
JAVA [OB03U]
IBM
IBM Websphere Certification Course
2004
Systems Administration [Elsevier Science Solaris 2,X]
Solaris
LINUX, Solaris 2.x
2003
VISUAL AGE [OB78U]
IBM
WebSphere Certification Course
2003
WEBSHERE ADMIN SERVER [OB03U]
IBM
WebSphere Certification Course
Employment History
From
To
Company
Title/Role
Description
06/2004
09/2006
Classic Ventures
Systems Architect, Senior Developer, Sysadmin / Independent Contributor
Classic Ventures, Orlando USA Current Employer
- Currently travel from Spain to Florida 3 to 4 times a year as internet based contractor
- Responsible for all Web Development
- Responsible for Systems administration of all servers, Windows and Linux
Systems Developed
- CMS (Content Management Systems) for all company sites
- SEO preparation of over 100 company sites
- Search Engine submission of over 100 company sites
- SQL Databases for Rentals Systems
- MLS Real Estate Systems
- Google Base interpreters
- Froogle interpreters
- Back Office Systems for Agents / Office Staff
- Real time rentals system
http://www.classicholidayvilla
s.com
03/1999
06/2004
Elsevier Science
Senior Developer / Lead / Team Lead
Worked in the Web Applications Team in Kidlington Oxford.
Worked involved
Websphere setup and Admin
Solaris and Oracle server Admin
RPC / XML and SOAP developmenr
Programming in
Perl, PHP
JAVA, J2EE, JSP
Ruby / Rails
.NET Visual C#, VBasic, ASP and Strutts
XSLT, XML
03/1999
06/2004
Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK
Senior Developer / Team Lead
Continued from above
- Responsible for Web Development in Websphere and Solaris 2.x- Responsible for Apache Servers.- Responsible for RPC communication on B2C customer https servers.- Responsible for the development of P3P protocols.- Awarded the company Innovation Prize for
http://www.scirus.comSystems
Developed-
http://www.scirus.com-
http://www.elsevier.com-
http://secure.elsevier.co.uk-
http://www.buscoempleo.net/ste
phen/
Other Experience
Areas of specialisation
Development of P3P protocols.
LANGUAGES
Spanish / English Bi-lingual.
Euskera (Basque) Learning.
French and German Good.
Sofware Installed for Development work
IBM Websphere Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Zend Studio 5.5.0
Systems Administration
I maintain numerous Linux servers including
RedHat
Fedora Core
I also install and maintain
Custom Bash, Sh, Perl, Pear and Python Scripts
Pure Linux Servers,
Cpanel and Plesk Control Panels
Dovecot, Exim, Qmail and Postfix Mail Agents
Baracuda, Clam, Spamassassin ant spam agents
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
- January 2004 Info Security Today ISSN 1742-6847 P3P
- February 2004 Info Security Today ISSN 1742-6847 EU y Web Services.
- January 2005 Info Security Today ISSN 1742-6847 Wifi in Spain.
WHO HAVE I WORKED FOR
Circle K
Elsevier Science
Etosa
Harcourt Publishing
Lexus Nexus
Reed
Repsol
et als
Zend PHP
Zend PRE Beta Tester Approved
Zend PLATFORM
Zend Studio
Education
From
To
School
Degree
Area of Study
Description
01/1985
12/1987
Aylesbury
Bachelors
IT
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Project Title:
Server Administration
Attachment:
none
Completed:
04/12/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Server Administration
URL:
http://www.ndigobusiness.com
Description:
Complete server install and add databases, backup and security features
Role
: Systems Administrator
Hours
: 1 (one)
Tasks
server administration comprising of:
- install and test firewall
- install and test lynx tool
- create and test backup script
- upload magento sql and create users / dbase
- create scheduled jobs for off-site backup script and site SEO
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Project Title:
PSD to CSS to xhtml with AJAX
Attachment:
none
Completed:
04/06/2009
Category:
Web Development > Web Design
URL:
http://prototypes.abedules.com
Description:
Test set by buyer to create a W3C validated CSS and XHTML compliant webpage with AJAX
Role:
Candidate
Hours:
9
Requirement:
Using the supplied PSD as a template:
Must convert it to a template which adhere to strict XHTML and CSS 2.0 standards.
Must be cross browser validated, and w3.org compliant.
Must have AJAX / Web 2.0 capability.
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Project Title:
iHipo Ongoing Maintenance
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/27/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Server Administration
URL:
http://www.ihipo.com
Description:
Develop bespoke Drupal Modules, Maintain System
Role:
Lead Developer, Systems Administrator
Hours:
94
Developed Drupal modules
:
AJAX based email address and contacts import module
AJAX based groups module
Continued availability in a support capacity to client for server and/or bug fixes as and where required.
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Project Title:
Middleware Spam Solution
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/25/2009
Category:
>
URL:
none
Description:
Middleware anti spam solution on Plesk / Linux
Role:
Lead Developer.
Hours:
1
4
Objective:
Create a middleware anti spam solution on a Linux based Plesk Server which will interact with Mail Agents and Spamassassin whilst giving the users on the box the ability to whitelist their received mail.
The objective was completed using bash scripts, qmail and spamassassin.
The scripts store mail for upto 30000 spam mails or 3 months of mail depending on volume.
References:
Elena Gart
e@mystreet.com
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Project Title:
Create remote file synchronisation scripts in PHP
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/03/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Server Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Remote file synchronisation on Godaddy Basic Server
Role:
Sysadmin / Developer
Hours:
4
Objective
Write PHP based scripts to be tied into remote batch files on Godaddy Servers.
The scripts must pull data from a central server and update local files.
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Project Title:
Develop and extend B2Evolution.net based Blog Software with Google and Ajax
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/03/2008
Category:
>
URL:
http://www.cibernada.com
Description:
Extend B2Evolution.net Blog Software with Google and Ajax. Apply CSS and correct Language packs
Role:
Lead Developer.
Hours:
72
Objectives:
Develop and extend B2Evolution.net based Blog Software.
Base requirement:
Add Ajax functionality,
Add Google Maps,
Add CSV file and Admin interface for storage of Google Map data.
Other
Upon completion was asked to do all SEO/SEM for site.
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Project Title:
Holiday Rentals Booking System and CMS
Attachment:
none
Completed:
05/03/2006
Category:
Web Development > Other - Web Development
URL:
http://www.acceso1.com
Description:
Create a CMS based Realtime Holiday Rentals Booking System
Role:
Lead Developer
Hours:
14
4
Project 2 phases
Phase 1
1. Develop proprietary CMS for property Rentals / Sales
2. SEO and SEM there of
Phase 2
Develop Client / Server SOAP / WSDL interface to handle data
Create online Back-office for booking system
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Project Title:
Freelance Writer
Attachment:
p62-63.pdf - 36.813KB
Completed:
01/12/2005
Category:
Writing & Translation > Technical Writing
URL:
none
Description:
Contracted to write a number of specific articles to strict guidelines.
Role:
Freelance writer and Consultant for Security Today.
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Project Title:
Gecko Publishing Manager
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/03/2003
Category:
>
URL:
none
Description:
RoR Intranet Publishing Application
Role:
Technical Lead / Lead Developer.
Hours:
1440
Objective:
Create an Intranet Application in Ruby on the Rails, RoR, to process realtime editorial and orders of a major American Publishing House based in Philadelphia. SGML import and processing in real time..
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Project Title:
Scirus Scientific Search Engine
Attachment:
none
Completed:
01/08/2003
Category:
>
URL:
http://www.scirus.com
Description:
Create a Google like Dublin core / SGML based search engine for Universities and Academics
Role:
Senior Developer / Lead
Hours:
2720
Developed
http://www.scirus.com
for Elsevier Science and was awarded the company Innovation Award
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
14910
08/2007 - Present
PHP/Drupal Programmer wanted
$1,415 (94 hrs @ $15.00/hr)
Job in progress
54100
04/2009 - 04/2009
Senior Ruby on Rails architect/programmer(s)
$40 (2.00 hrs @ $20.00/hr)
5.0 Esteban goes above and beyond the call of duty. He not only cares about the quality of his work technically, but about the business success o...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
36543
04/2008 - 04/2008
Senior PHP/MySQL/AJAX developer for web 2.0 startup
$1,620 (98 hrs @ $16.50/hr)
4.7 Esteban is a great developer and it was a pleasure working with him. Unfortunately at some point he became ill and we could not communicate with hi...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
15638
11/2006 - 11/2006
SOAP interface for WebServices
$235 (16 hrs @ $15.00/hr)
5.0
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
13222
08/2006 - 09/2006
PHP, MSQL Expert
$172 (11 hrs @ $15.60/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
10174
07/2006 - 08/2006
Real Estate Back Office Application
$1,118 (57 hrs @ $19.50/hr)
4.9 Esteban is a very qualified programmer and I would not hesitate to hire him again in the future.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
3.7
12695
08/2006 - 08/2006
Test Opening
$68 (4.33 hrs @ $15.60/hr)
5.0
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
12823
08/2006 - 08/2006
Web developer/designer php/mysql
$5 (0.33 hrs @ $15.60/hr)
5.0
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
10174
07/2006 - 07/2006
Linux Server PHP Upgrade
$218 (11 hrs @ $19.50/hr)
4.7
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
4.0
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
Fixed-Price Assignment History is empty
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.75
93%
TOP 10%
08/10/2006
13 min
DHTML Test
2.90
38%
07/27/2006
17 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
2.90
14%
03/22/2009
16 min