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Total oDesk hours:
365
Location:
Donetsk, Ukraine (GMT+02:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
June 26, 2008
Last Worked:
December 3, 2008
Current Assignments:
1
Total Assignments:
1
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 

Philip Rud - Expert Web Developer (J2EE/PHP/Python) - Brainbench certified - Freelance Programmer / Developer, Ukraine

Hello! I'm an experienced developer of complex scalable web-applications and services. Feel free to use my strong skills for your projects that require solid expertise in JavaEE/PHP/Python and related technologies, frameworks, database engines. Take a look at the rest of my profile for details of my skills and working experience.
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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Hours Feedback
11737 07/2008 - Present Senior Python developer with AJAX skills 365 hrs
See All Tests Taken (12 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
PHP5 Test 4.75 99% TOP 10% 11/26/2008 23 min
JavaScript 1.3 Test 4.60 99% TOP 10% 2nd Place! 08/10/2008 32 min
Advanced Php Test 4.75 99% TOP 10% 3rd Place! 11/26/2008 21 min
Java Test 4.10 98% TOP 10% 11/10/2008 36 min
SQL Test 3.75 98% TOP 10% 08/22/2008 36 min
Job Category Interests

Web Development

Software Development
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
AJAX 3 yrs 5.0 2008 Expert in using pure XHR Ajax as well as modern javascript libraries (jQuery, prototype-js, Spry, YUI, ExtJS)
Bugtracking systems 3 yrs 5.0 2008 Bugzilla, JIRA, Trac, Testtrack
C++ 2 yrs 3.0 2006 Developing database-driven and 2D-graphics applications using C/C++ (Win32, MFC, VCL, Qt)
Delphi 2 yrs 3.0 2006 Developing database-driven applications and components for Win32/VCL
Java EE (EJB3, Spring, Hibernate, Tapestry, Tiles) 3 yrs 5.0 2008 I have a considerable experience with java-platform using Tomcat, Glassfish, Servlets, JSP, JSF, EJB 3, Spring, JDBC, Hibernate, JPA, WebServices. Also have skills in developing desktop applications with Java SE and Swing.
JavaScript/DOM 5 yrs 5.0 2008 Strong cross-browser JavaScript skills with use of OOP.
PHP (ZendFramework, Symfony, Propel, Smarty) 5 yrs 5.0 2008 Using PHP 5 with the best coding practices and quality OOP/unittesting. Know how to produce reusable code that is easy to support. Applying my java and design-patterns skills when programming with PHP using frameworks and ORMs.
Python (Django, SQLAlchemy) 2 yrs 5.0 2008 Agile development with use of modern frameworks such as Django as well as developing on pure python with use of CGI/WSGI
SQL, PL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server) 5 yrs 5.0 2008 Expert with MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLight, HSQLDB, Apache Derby
Proficient with Oracle, MS SQL Server

Strong in SQL as well as in object-relational mappers (in PHP, Python, Java).
Also I have experience in some exotic or homemade object databases.
VCS (CVS, Subversion, Mercurial, git, Harvest) 3 yrs 5.0 2008
XHTML/CSS 5 yrs 5.0 2008 High quality and W3C-standarts compliant strict markup expert - HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0/1.1, CSS Level 1-3
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
2008 Java 2 Fundamentals 4.28 94% Brainbench —
2008 OO Concepts 3.71 79% Brainbench —
2008 RDBMS Concepts 3.71 87% Brainbench —
2008 Web Development Concepts 4.17 99% Brainbench —
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
10/2007 09/2008 XITEX Software Web-developer (PHP/JavaEE) / Independent Contributor Working as a Web developer in XITEX Software (http://xitexsoftware.com) outsourcing company located in Ukraine that provides services for customers from US, Canada, UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, etc.
01/2008 06/2008 Projectplace International AB Web-developer / Independent Contributor Projectplace (http://projectplace.com) is a big enterprise-level online project management and resource collaboration system with the HQ located in Stockholm, Sweden. I was a member of development and maintenance team that heavily uses Extreme Programming and other modern approaches. I had two business trips to Stockholm (about 1 month each) and then was collaborating with the rest of my team remotely. My general tasks were fixing bugs and developing new components for the system.
Technologies used: Python, Apache, homemade object database and business objects framework, Ajax, MS SQL Server, Lucene.
Other Experience
Native Russian speaker
 
Working approach
I've used to work as a member of both local and dedicated teams, so I deeply understand positive and negative sides of both approaches. I know how much is it important to make the working process as flexible as possible.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
09/2003 06/2008 Donetsk National Technical University Bachelors Computer Science
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Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Hours Feedback
11737 07/2008 - Present Senior Python developer with AJAX skills 365 hrs
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
PHP5 Test 4.75 99% TOP 10% 11/26/2008 23 min
JavaScript 1.3 Test 4.60 99% TOP 10% 2nd Place! 08/10/2008 32 min
Advanced Php Test 4.75 99% TOP 10% 3rd Place! 11/26/2008 21 min
Java Test 4.10 98% TOP 10% 11/10/2008 36 min
SQL Test 3.75 98% TOP 10% 08/22/2008 36 min
HTML 4.01 Test 4.50 98% TOP 10% 08/15/2008 21 min
AJAX Test 4.10 98% TOP 10% 09/07/2008 26 min
Advanced Java Test 3.75 97% TOP 10% 11/14/2008 40 min
JSP 2.0 Test 4.40 97% TOP 10% 08/15/2008 31 min
Python 2.x Test 4.25 95% TOP 10% 07/03/2008 25 min
CSS 2.0 Test 4.10 93% TOP 10% 07/03/2008 29 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.00 39% 08/10/2008 20 min