Curriculum Vitae

Alexander R B Whillas BSCS

Websites
Blog - http://cpill.tsd.net.au
Homepage - http://alexander.whillas.com
Phone
+49 157 78 91 21 69
Email
whillas@gmail.com
Address
WildenbruchStr.88, 12045 Berlin, Germany

Profile Summary

Long standing web developer in both frontend and backend with an aptitude for creative problem solving and system design. Highly self motivated and works well in virtual teams.

Skills

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, PHP, Drupal, Ubercart, XML, Python, SuperCollider, LDAP, SOAP

Interests

  • Professional

    • Python and all the libraries it hooks into as well as its Django framework for web development.
    • New and experimental user interfaces for interactivity online and real world.
    • Creating a general purpose language parser which would allow the representation of a computer language in many natural languages.
  • Personal

    • Media art and experimental electronic music. Work with SuperCollider, OpenCV and openFrameworks in C++.
    • Developed a wireless touch sensor for performance using an Arduino clone (JeeNode), wires, solder, batteries and gaffe tape.

Experience

Aupeo

Web Developer

June 2011 – August 2011

Berlin, Germany

Internet radio company with a totally dynamic fronted using AJaX and Backbone.js. This talked to a Node.js backend running Express. The CSS and SEO content was generated with SASS at deploy time. The team of 6 shared code using Git. The site also had to generate static content pages for SEO.

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • JQuery
  • Backbone
  • CmmonJS
  • Underscore.js
  • SASS
  • Markdown
  • Git

Freelance

Web Developer

July 2010 – present

Berlin, Germany; Sydney, Australia

Developed new OpenSource, PHP based CMS, Web Gizmo and started developing several small portfolio sites with it for testing. Extremely flexible, easy to update and requires no database. Clients include:

  • PHP5
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Savant
  • Textile
  • Markdown
  • OOP
  • Javascript
  • JQuery
  • Dojo Toolkit
  • Git

Digital Pulp

Web Developer

March 2010 – July 2010

Berlin, Germany – New York, USA (Telecommute)

Worked within a global team (New York, Berlin, Sydney) of 6-7 people via telecommute on large, high traffic, Drupal site for the prestigious Emerson Collage. Work involved developing several new modules and extensive theme work.

  • PHP
  • Drupal
  • Javascript
  • JQuery
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • SVN
  • Trac
  • Telecommute

Kakadu Traders

Web Developer

July 2009 – Feb 2010

Berlin, Germany; Portland, USA; Sydney, Australia

Developed an online eCommerce solution in Drupal with Ubrcart. This required several custom Drupal modules including:

  • Attribute images for product colours,
  • importing attributes into Ubercart from CSV via customised node_import module
  • exporting orders to CSV for use in stock tracking system.
  • Python FTP shell scripting for import & export data and integration with their stock tracking system.

  • Drupal
  • Ubercart
  • eCommerce
  • JQuery
  • Layout
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • PHP
  • Python
  • FTP
  • CSV
  • Telecommute

Roland Kluttig

Web Developer, Freelance

March, 2009

Berlin, Germany

Developed personal homepage for the well known classical music conductor Roland Kluttig. Site was designed and implemented with Drupal.

  • Drupal
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Design

Loesje International

Web Developer

2008

Berlin, Germany

Developed on a few Drupal websites as part of Loesje Internatianls projects including

  • UNDP Millennium Development Goals (MDG) website (mdg.loesje.org) which supported a European workshop on self publishing and new media. Website was in four languages and supported over 30 participants.
  • Picture your rights online competition where anyone could submit a photograph and/or a solgan based a human rights theme. Supported by the Council of Europe and Hivos.

  • Drupal
  • Ubercart
  • eCommerce
  • JQuery
  • i18n
  • L10n
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • PHP

University of Applied Sciences

Teacher/Lecturer

Nov 2007 – Dec 2007

Berlin, Germany

Present a course on Content Management Systems (CMS) to the Print Media Master students. This involved equal lecture and practical lab work. The theoretical side to CMS design from a data perspective as well as practical lab work setting up and working with Drupal and various free online Blogs including Wordpress.

  • Druapl
  • Wordpress

Taylor Square Designs

Web Developer

Feb 2006 – Sept 2007

Berlin, Germany; London, UK

Developed several websites of varying sizes in a company with my sister. These included:

  • Evisu USA’s Online shop and marketing pages. PHP shopping cart system, X-Cart.
  • Antony Thomas (www.anthonythomas.tv), a music video director from the UK. USed in house CMS (Comport 2 CMS) and with video and Dojo Toolkit javascript library integration.
  • The Semifinalists, UK Indie band, homepage. Flash front with Comport 2 CMS backend.
  • TiClub (www.ticlub.de), german night club, website based in Mosbach (Germany). Wordpress CMS adaption.
  • Online Reggae MP3 music shop (www.jahipe.com). [Drupal][drp] with [Ubercart][uc] modules, including custom modules to import, play and sell MP3 files online.

  • PHP
  • HTML
  • Javascript
  • X-Cart
  • eCommerce
  • ComPort
  • Dojo Toolkit
  • Wordpress
  • Drupal
  • Ubercart
  • video

Amplefuture

Web Developer

June – Dec 2005

London, UK

Helped to design and develop an in-house PHP CMS for use on the web properties Mad Dog Mobile and MAND8. Both sites integrated with Amplefuture phone services via a SOAP interface. A real time content monitoring system was also require as Mad Dog Mobile was targeted at teens and all activity on the site needed to be monitored 24/7.

  • SOAP
  • PHP
  • HTML
  • Javascript
  • CSS
  • XML

Association of Train Operating Companies

Web Standards & Accessibility Expert

Sep – Dec 2004

London, UK

Brought in as a independent contractor to make their web properties including the National Rail website, accessible and comply with the UKs Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). As part of this all pages had to strictly adhere to web standards. Search engine optimisation (SEO) was also required as well as make the HTML/CSS templates work well in PDA browsers.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SEO

Cable & Wireless

PHP Web Developer, contractor

July – Sep 2004

London, UK

Project involved a PHP web interface to an LDAP mail server for the UK Criminal Justice department. This was an internal mail system that encrypted mail for broadcast over the extranet.

  • LDAP
  • PHP
  • HTML
  • Intranet

Capture Communications

Web Developer, contractor

Aug 2001 – June 2004

Sydney, Australia

Sub contracted for Capture Communications on various PHP/MySQL based shopping cart systems, including X-Cart.

Also some pro bono work for [Vibewire.net](http://vibewire.net/) NGO community portal.

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript

NETnet, A World Access Company

European Senior Web Developer

Sep 2000 – May 2001

Sydney, Australia

Oversaw the web development strategy for the 14 countries in Europe. Designed and developed multi-lingual content translation web interface/CMS in JSP which translated ASP files.

  • PHP
  • JSP
  • Java
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • Oracle
  • MySQL

Hannan Interactive Publishing

Web Application Developer

Feb – Aug 2000

Sydney, Australia

Designed and developed entire backend CMS interface for large online publication, SydneyIs.com. System supported 15 journalists, and had a business directory of over 1.3 million companies, restaurants, bars and clubs.

  • Tcl
  • Story Server
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • SQL
  • Oracle

Nelson Taylor Fox

System Design / Programming

Jul – Dec 1999

Sydney, Australia

Was part of the team to develop predictive marketing tools for Coca-Cola using Artificial Neural Networks and all the soft drink market sales statistics for the last 10 years. Visual Basic was used to develop an interface to the modeling engine.

  • Visual Basic
  • HTML
  • ANN

Taylor Square Designs

Web Developer, freelance

1996 – 1999

Sydney, Australia

Developed first websites while at University.

  • HTML
  • Javascript
  • Photoshop

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computing Science (1st class honors)

University of Technology, Sydney

1997-1999

Sydney, Australia

Took subjects including

  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

University of Technology, Sydney

1995-1996

Sydney, Australia

Completed the first 2 years of mechanical engineering bachelors with a credit average.

High School Certificate

Randwick Boys Highschool

1994

Sydney, Australia