Paul Hughes

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Paul Hughes

(718)360-8552
paul@paulghughes.com



Objective

To use my programming and design experience to create robust web applications

Skills

Languages: Perl, PHP, HTML, XML, XSLT, CSS, Javascript, Flash Actionscript
Software and OS: MySQL/SQL, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, MS Office, Helix Producer, Novell Netware, Windows, Unix/Linux

Experience

Metamachine (eDonkey) (Sep 2004-present)
PHP Programmer

  • Design and code large-scale PHP/MySQL applications
    • Wrote and maintained PHP applications that serve 40,000,000+ ad impressions per day to eDonkey users, track ad usage, and allow users to upload custom ad content
    • Integrated user database management with PayPal and iPay API
    • Wrote eDonkey download center, a website which allows users to share, rate, and manage links to legal downloads on the eDonkey network
  • Write and install miscellaneous web applications as necessary
  • System administration for seven Linux servers as necessary

Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, MA (Jan 2003-Sep 2004)
Electronic Communication Specialist

  • Maintained www.uua.org, UUA's official website
    • Designed and created consistent design templates throughout 20,000+-page website
    • Improved average content-request-to-site-update turnaround time from about 2 business days to about 5 hours
  • Tested, wrote, and installed web applications as necessary

Brown University, Providence, RI (Feb 2001-May 2002)
Web Specialist, Computing & Information Services

  • Designed websites for academic departments and projects
  • Developed custom web applications in Perl, PHP/Mysql, Javascript, Flash
  • Taught web development classes to faculty and staff

Freelance Web Design and Programming (1998-2005)

  • Design websites and program original web applications, including secure shopping carts, online events calendars, automated content publishing software

Education

2002: Certified Novell Administrator (CNA)

1999-2000: University of Pennsylvania
Postbaccalaureate work in classics; Philadelphia, PA

1994-1998: Brandeis University
BA in philosophy, cum laude; Waltham, MA



paul@paulghughes.com