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Hours:
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Location:
Harrisburg, IL, United States (GMT-06:00)
English Skills:
(self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
July 11, 2006
Last Worked:
November 21, 2009
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Guido Schlabitz
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"
Versatile Developer, 16+ yrs exp, C++, PHP, VB, SQL and more
-
Freelance
Programmer / Developer
,
United States
"
Permalink :
$29.00
/hr
Overview
Résumé
Work History & Feedback (19)
Tests (10)
Portfolio (3)
Looking for conventional software projects using C, C++ or similar languages
and
Web projects using PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL or other Database solutions. Offering a broad spectrum of experience in many mainstream technologies. German native based in the US with excellent written and verbal language skills. Also worked part-time as translator and localized several software projects. Has some server admin experience in both Windows and Linux.
See All Work History & Feedback
(19 items, with Feedback)
Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
21934
09/2007 - Present
Web Developer
$11,044 (475 hrs @ $23.27/hr)
Job in progress
15964
07/2009 - Present
PHP/MySQL5/AJ
AX Developers
$6,700 (223 hrs @ $30.00/hr)
Job in progress
139015
11/2009 - Present
wordpress blog set up
$50 (2.00 hrs @ $25.00/hr)
Job in progress
48940
06/2008 - Present
Fix custom script errors
$576 (18 hrs @ $32.00/hr)
Job in progress
91680
08/2009 - Present
Wordress, BBPress, Forms
$1,215 (41 hrs @ $30.00/hr)
Job in progress
See All Tests Taken
(10 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Technical Writing Skills Certification
4.40
99%
TOP 10%
08/10/2006
26 min
Windows XP Test
4.50
94%
TOP 10%
08/10/2006
11 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.75
93%
TOP 10%
08/03/2006
17 min
U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
4.10
87%
TOP 20%
08/02/2006
24 min
MySQL 5.0 Test
3.50
84%
TOP 20%
06/05/2009
36 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title
Initiated By
Date
Facebook Applications
Provider
November 11, 2009
Needed a PHP programmer
Provider
November 11, 2009
wordpress need html formatting to display in a certain area
Provider
November 11, 2009
Job Category Interests
Web Development
Web Design
Web Programming
Ecommerce
UI Design
Website QA
Website Project Management
Other - Web Development
Software Development
Desktop Applications
Game Development
Scripts & Utilities
Software Plug-ins
Mobile Apps
Application Interface Design
VOIP
Other - Software Development
Networking & Information Systems
Network Administration
DBA - Database Administration
Server Administration
Other - Networking & Information Systems
Writing & Translation
Technical Writing
Website Content
Blog & Article Writing
Translation
Creative Writing
Other - Writing & Translation
Design & Multimedia
Audio Production
Video Production
Other - Design & Multimedia
Sales & Marketing
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
1 yrs
3.0
2005
Access
3 yrs
3.0
2004
ActiveX
4 yrs
4.0
2005
AJAX
1 yrs
3.0
2008
Favourite toolkit is
Dojo
, but I've written stuff from scratch, too.
Application Design
10 yrs
5.0
2005
Assembler
2 yrs
3.0
1993
C#/.Net
1 yrs
3.0
2005
C/C++/Win32SDK
8 yrs
5.0
2005
Crystal Reports
3 yrs
4.0
2004
Database Modeling
2 yrs
4.0
2004
Delphi
1 yrs
3.0
2003
English to German
3 yrs
5.0
2009
Native German speaker living in the US. Very proficient in English.
German to English
3 yrs
5.0
2009
Native German speaker living in the US. Very proficient in English.
HTML/DHTML
5 yrs
5.0
2006
JavaScript
4 yrs
4.0
2008
I've used JS for years, but my recent AJAX projects have lifted this skill to a new level.
MS-SQL
3 yrs
3.0
2004
PHP/MySQL
1 yrs
4.0
2007
http://www.stinkyfishpoker.com
Affiliates site, where online poker affiliates manage their marketing campaigns, creatives, acquired players and sub affiliates.
Also included admin portion to manage affiliates site.
Both parts included PHP reports with live gambling data.
PostgreSQL
1 yrs
4.0
2007
http://www.stinkyfishpoker.com
Used PostgreSQL as backend to online poker engine. wrote tables to run affiliates section of poker site. Wrote psql functions. Evaluated pgCluster/ Slony-I and Sequoia Cluster to run poker engine as high availability/high scalability cluster DB.
QA
2 yrs
2.0
2005
Remoting
6 yrs
5.0
2005
Search
10 yrs
5.0
2006
Systems Programming
2 yrs
3.0
1995
Tech Writer
2 yrs
4.0
2006
Testing
8 yrs
4.0
2005
UI Design
15 yrs
5.0
2007
Unix Shell
10 yrs
4.0
2007
Used csh and clones in college, at home and throughout employment. Last project was installing Analog web stats on FreeBSD and Darwin, which included the documentation of the configuration and the writing of a shell script to automate the gathering of web stats for all hosted web sites via nightly cron job.
VB/.NET
1 yrs
2.0
2005
VBA
3 yrs
5.0
2005
Visual Basic
5 yrs
5.0
2005
Windows Administration
1 yrs
3.0
2006
Wordpress plugins
1 yrs
3.0
2009
XML
1 yrs
3.0
2004
Certifications
Date Earned
Name
Score
Percentile
Organization
Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From
To
Company
Title/Role
Description
01/2007
Present
Freelance
Software and Web Developer / Independent Contributor
Worked on PHP/MySQL based backends for marketing, used cars, and investment websites.
08/2006
01/2007
EvolutionMC.com
Software Developer / Independent Contributor
Worked primarily as PHP developer on the affiliates section of the .com part of a major online poker project in development phase (http://www.stinkyfishpoker.ne
t). Technologies used included PHP4 and 5, PostgreSQL 8, MySQL 4 and 5, HTML and CSS. Besides the Stinky Fish Poker brand, the underlying poker game engine was slated to be used by other sites like
http://www.chanpoker.com
and
http://www.bankpoker.net
.
Other duties included the evaluation of existing database cluster technologies (on FreeBSD and Linux), administration and optimization of several production MySQL servers (on Darwin), evaluation of web statistics solutions and maintenance on existing in-house web stat and time management solutions. I worked on setting up a pgCluster test installation, which was replaced by a working test installation of Sequoia cluster on 4 FreeBSD servers. Also installed Analog web stats and configured it for existing web sites hosted on Evolutions servers. Wrote up detailed installation and configuration documentation in both cases. Worked on smaller side projects like a database load testing tool, unit testing in PHP and expanding PostgreSQL and PHP server capabilities.
08/2005
08/2006
Freelance
Translator/Web Designer / Independent Contributor
- translated product descriptions into German and wrote original German copy for website of Hitec Security (http://www.hitecsecurity.de)
- translated/revised website of Daniel Turner, Flamenco guitar maker (http://www.flamencoguitarmake
r.com)
- translated website of Jungfisch Crossmedia into German (http://www.jungfisch.com)
- translated website of Tradex Group LLC into German (http://www.tradexgroup.com)
- translated website of German specialist Gary Deckant (http://www.garydeckant.com)
03/2006
05/2006
Sun Valley Indian School
Network Administrator / Independent Contributor
Helped out school as part-time network admin for their campus network. Tasks included:
- maintaining Windows 2000 Server, including user profiles, group/user permissions to network resources, back-up schedule, etc.
- troubleshooting network problems, user problems,
- building student computers out of donated parts
- upgrading, updating, protecting against spy ware, viruses.
- replacing a WinProxy set up, with a simpler router based URL white-list
- configuring DHCP server
08/1998
01/2005
Informative Graphics
Software Engineer / Independent Contributor
As a full time C++ developer I worked extensively on these products
- Net-It Central, a sophisticated web publishing software (C++, COM, HTML, JavaScript, Java, VBA)
- Contributor ActiveX control (C++, COM, ATL)
- MyriadX, ActiveX control version of Myriad, a professional engineering viewer for a spectrum of vector and raster images with redlining capabilities (C++, COM, ATL)
- DMS integrations for Myriad viewer, including Documentum, Matrix, and PCDOCS
- supervised localizations of products into French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean
- translated several projects from English to German
- reviewed existing (outsourced) translations at IGC
- translated customer correspondence from German to English at IGC
- documented development phases and new features on an in house Wiki
- used Test First programming methods and patterns
01/2004
12/2004
Orions42
Software Developer / Independent Contributor
Part-time C#-Developer. Worked .NET project management software. Developed several reports in Crystal Reports.
(Employment dates are not exact)
09/2000
10/2001
CanAm Civil Engineering
Network Administrator / Independent Contributor
Helped out relative with start-up office as part-time network admin. Developed network from the ground up, including:
- laying CAT5 for a 5 room office plus server closet
- crimping sockets and plugs
- installing peer-to-peer network based on Windows XP and some 98 clients
- installing file server, various shared printers, plotters
- installing shared Internet access
- remote administering file server
(Employment dates are not exact)
09/1995
06/1998
TeraCom
Software Developer / Independent Contributor
Part-time and later full-time contracted software developer on a full-time basis. Mainly developed projects in Visual Basic including:
- POS cell phone activation program used Germany wide for E-Plus (a major German cellular phone company)
- developed several reports in Crystal Reports
- several tools and utilities for processing customer data at E-Plus using MS SQL
10/1992
10/1995
multiSYStems
Software Developer / Independent Contributor
Part-time Programmer. Developed applications and utilities on the experimental platform L3 using the built-in programming language ELAN, an ALGOL/PASCAL derivative. Completed several small projects including:
- a data compressing and decompressing tool
- a spread sheet application
- a true type font interpreter
- a printer driver for the HP LaserJet series
- a Microsoft compatible mouse driver
03/1993
06/1995
Förderkreis Berlin
Computer Instructor / Independent Contributor
Computer Course Instructor for MS-DOS, MS-Windows, MS-Works. The classes consisted of no more than 20 people with a wide age/experience range.
Other Experience
Bundeswehr
Served in the German military in communications 1991.
English to German and German to English translation
Worked as freelance translator for 1 year.
Music Production
Some musical skills. Produced two CDs. Familiar with Korg series of synthesizers (have Triton). Produced online audio streams.
Single Engine Pilot
Completed 18 hours of single engine flight training in Piper ArcherII and Cessna 172.
Video Production
Produced a few small promotional videos and one DVD using MS Movie Maker and Kino (Linux DV editor).
Education
From
To
School
Degree
Area of Study
Description
02/1995
11/1996
BEFAK
Other
Technical/Mathematical Assistant
09/1992
12/1995
Technische Universität Berlin
Other
Computer Science, Communications
09/1989
06/1991
Hermann von Helmholtz Gymnasium
High School
German Abitur (equivalent to High School Diploma)
Project Title:
WordPress site from scratch with theme and shopping cart modifications
Attachment:
none
Completed:
10/20/2009
Category:
Web Development > Other - Web Development
URL:
http://www.lu2cosmetics.com
Description:
Client needed a simple online store. I installed, configured Wordpress, picked the theme and designed header according to clients wishes. The theme needed some modification to remove and add certain items. The shopping cart was slightly modified to work better with the selected theme and display custom messages that could not be configured in the admin section.
Project Title:
WordPress site from scratch with customized theme and on-going content creation
Attachment:
none
Completed:
07/06/2009
Category:
Web Development > Other - Web Development
URL:
http://www.coenexpeditions.com
Description:
Created a hunting outfitter's website from scratch using Wordpress. Theme is customized with header graphics. Content was adapted from existing text and extended to client's specification.
Project Title:
Ajax-driven store locator using Google Maps for existing WordPress site
Attachment:
none
Completed:
12/12/2008
Category:
Web Development > Web Programming
URL:
http://lunchinabox.net/bento-store-locator/
Description:
Created Store Locator from scratch using the Dojo Toolkit for front-end and PHP/MySQL for location management. Stores are submitted via validating Ajax form.
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
21934
09/2007 - Present
Web Developer
$11,044 (475 hrs @ $23.27/hr)
Job in progress
15964
07/2009 - Present
PHP/MySQL5/AJAX Developers
$6,700 (223 hrs @ $30.00/hr)
Job in progress
139015
11/2009 - Present
wordpress blog set up
$50 (2.00 hrs @ $25.00/hr)
Job in progress
48940
06/2008 - Present
Fix custom script errors
$576 (18 hrs @ $32.00/hr)
Job in progress
91680
08/2009 - Present
Wordress, BBPress, Forms
$1,215 (41 hrs @ $30.00/hr)
Job in progress
28235
03/2008 - Present
Dynamic Text Replacement
$32,306 (1114 hrs @ $29.00/hr)
Job in progress
18961
04/2007 - Present
Financial Programming
$32,400 (1314 hrs @ $24.66/hr)
Job in progress
105860
07/2009 - 07/2009
Quick Javascript web form
$265 (8.83 hrs @ $30.00/hr)
5.0 Can't Recommend Guido enough. Was very patient with me while I am learning the odesk situation. Job was done quickly and is extremely high quality....
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
18738
07/2009 - 07/2009
Audit of PHP MAIL scripts for very large mailing
$135 (4.50 hrs @ $30.00/hr)
5.0 Did an excellent job of find the problem and fixing it quickly.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
24953
11/2007 - 05/2009
C++ Programmer
$18,902 (623 hrs @ $30.35/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
4.7
17295
01/2007 - 09/2007
Private Php Project
$3,417 (205 hrs @ $16.67/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
4.6
10256
09/2007 - 09/2007
Temporary full-time PHP/web developer
$105 (5.67 hrs @ $18.50/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
10256
01/2007 - 08/2007
Temporary full-time PHP/web developer
$9,805 (588 hrs @ $16.67/hr)
4.9 Guido has been an absolute asset to our company during his employ. He has consistanty gone above and beyond our requirements, thinking of ideas and...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
18559
04/2007 - 04/2007
Run cmdline-jmxclient
$22 (1.17 hrs @ $19.00/hr)
5.0 guido.schlabitz can handle anything
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
4491
01/2007 - 01/2007
VBA, Access, MS Word Automation
$22 (1.33 hrs @ $16.67/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
2.2
17295
01/2007 - 01/2007
Php Project
$464 (56 hrs @ $8.33/hr)
No feedback given
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
17241
01/2007 - 01/2007
Access database
$217 (13 hrs @ $16.67/hr)
5.0 - impressive speed - highly reliable - reachable every time - cooperative in all situations - consistent work - all in all very recommendable
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
141345
11/2009 - 11/2009
Help on wordpress plugin development
$75
5.0 Great job, intelligent solutions, nice guy, quick response. Will definitely hire Guido again next time I need assistans on PHP/Wordpress issues
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
91680
06/2009 - 06/2009
Creation of online searchable database linked to mapquest or google maps
$328
5.0 Excellent professional and very easy to deal with. Assignment completed as specified by provider and very efficiently. Would recommend.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Technical Writing Skills Certification
4.40
99%
TOP 10%
08/10/2006
26 min
Windows XP Test
4.50
94%
TOP 10%
08/10/2006
11 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.75
93%
TOP 10%
08/03/2006
17 min
U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
4.10
87%
TOP 20%
08/02/2006
24 min
MySQL 5.0 Test
3.50
84%
TOP 20%
06/05/2009
36 min
Visual Studio Test
2.75
82%
TOP 20%
08/10/2006
21 min
HTML 4.01 Test
3.60
74%
08/03/2006
30 min
PHP4 Test
3.50
69%
06/05/2009
35 min
CSS 2.0 Test
3.25
51%
08/10/2006
29 min
PHP5 Test
2.90
35%
06/05/2009
28 min
