Neil E. Pearson
Software Designer & Developer
Hello
I’m a software designer and developer. I’ve spent most of my 20+ year career on web applications, with some desktop and mobile work along the way.
If you like what you read, I’d love to talk.
Languages
Programming, scripting, markup and more. Fluent in these. Happy to learn others.
- ActionScript 3
- BASH
- C#
- CoffeeScript
- CSS
- Haml/HTML
- JavaScript
- Objective-C
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- SASS
- SQL
- Visual Basic
- XSLT
Proficiencies
Software, frameworks, libraries, environments and other tools of the trade.
- .Net
- Apache
- Backbone.js
- Closure
- Cocoa
- Git
- HTTP
- jQuery
- Photoshop
- QUnit
- Rails
- REST
- RSpec
- SOAP
- TCP
Career History
Supervising Web Developer
IPG Mediabrands
2012
- Guide seniors and intermediates developing websites built on an open-source CMS.
- Automate migration of data from several large, outdated websites into newer incarnations. Solution written in Ruby and PHP.
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code is always clean and stable... innovative... a project manager’s dreamPaul Green, E.P.
Forensic Data Analyst
ERA Legal
2012
- Extract over 500,000 email messages from various sources (Outlook, Lotus etc) and present them with attachments and various script-generated annotations. Solution written in C#.Net.
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great support... an exemplary level of customer service.Mike Bacina, Associate
Lead Web Software Architect
Netfira
2009–2012
- Create OmniShop: a hosted ecommerce package that can be embedded in any website by including a single JavaScript file. Solution built on the Backbone.js MVC framework.
- Devise a development workflow to compile and distribute an entire web application (including images, server- and client-side scripts, templates and styles) as a single obfuscated PHP file. Solution written in Python.
- Develop peer-to-peer communication infrastructure for trading with our desktop product. Solution involved UPnP and NatPMP implementations in C#, a handshake/STUN server written in PHP, and supernode servers supplying single-use SSH reverse tunnels.
- Create WebConnect: an SDK for integrating new and existing ecommerce solutions with our desktop accounting software. Written in PHP and ported to ASP.Net in C#.
- Draft and implement the WebConnect protocol for synchronising business data between ecommerce and accounting solutions. Built on REST principles, with chunking, compression, non-repudiation, and bidirectional push capabilities using Comet technique.
- Develop the WebConnect client-side library: a black-box component of our desktop product for communicating with sites running the WebConnect SDK.
- Draft tutorial and reference documents for the WebConnect SDK (including the viewer utility).
- Develop TestCentre: a DSL and browser-based utility for unit-testing WebConnect SDK implementations.
- Design many desktop, web and mobile user interfaces.
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a programming ninja... the best mix of designer and developerDavid Brown, Colleague
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a highly skilled and intelligent developerJay Hennock, Director
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...impressive ability to craft robust applications from the ground upEarl White, Colleague
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highly creative... a problem solver through & throughMatthew Slagle, VP Sales
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great pride for his work... always went above and beyondNate Brennan, Colleague
Consulting Media Producer
Wide Media
2008–2010
- Author resource DVDs to accompany medical text books. Solutions written in ActionScript 3 with flexible XML-based asset pipelines for last-minute client changes, and mastered on hybrid DVD-ROMs for running on Mac and PC.
- Produce video commercials with voice-overs, motion graphics and stock videos.
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a versatile, adaptable and creative end-user focused coder.Steve Richards, Director
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impressive resultsRichard Bailey, Director
Consulting Software Developer
Fatpublisher
2009–2010
- Develop tools to sync business data between 37signals apps, Harvest and custom solutions using REST and XML-RPC APIs.
- Develop a statistical analysis package to assist in lead management. Solution sourced data from Basecamp and Highrise, and used Raphaël for rendering graphs.
- Create a WordPress plugin for rendering tag clouds inspired by Wordle. Solution written primarily in ActionScript 3 with tight DOM integration for accessibility. Here's an example.
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inquisitive, detailed and passionate senior programmer with a wide depth of knowledgeBrad Pollard, Director
Technical Director
Cyrius Media Group
2006–2008
- Create a robust framework for building simple websites without server-side scripting. Powered by a highly tolerant regex-based HTML parser, the solution allowed inexperienced web designers to create hover menus, captcha-protected contact forms, image galleries, SSIs etc, using a simple superset of HTML.
- Build a custom online shopping website for a client requiring tight integration with NetSuite through its insanely complex SOAP API.
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great developer...good work ethic... an assetShawn Drew, Developer
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way beyond programming... a highly evolved creative sideStefan Sojka, Director
Independent Software Developer
Self-employed
1992–2013
- Résumé centerpiece: a tool for browsing data from Invelos DVD Profiler. Written in Ruby and CoffeeScript. Uses Rails, Backbone.js and Compass. Only tested in the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox, and looks best at HDTV resolution. Demo here, source code and README here.
- Create Fuse; a tool for authoring portable, stand-alone HTML documents by applying XSLT transformation, compiling SASS and CoffeeScript, and embedding images and fonts as data URIs. Includes a web server utility for easy browser previews. Written as a Ruby gem and used to publish this résumé. Source code here.
- Design and develop Bfast.com.au (2008); a cloud-based SaaS bookkeeping product for Australian Sole Traders.
- Write an open-source PHP binding for the popular wkhtmltopdf binary. Solution eliminates need for temporary files by passing data URLs on the command line.
- Develop the open-source XML-based code documentation system at http://hxdoc.org. Includes an XSD, authoring stylesheet for OxygenXML, browser-based viewer, and XSLT for client- or server-side rendering.
- Create a tool for visual effects compositors to quickly convert rectangular corner tracking data into 3D camera transformations. Solution written for Adobe After Effects in JavaScript.
- Write an image management system for a school photography company, based on unique client requirements. Solution batch-processed tens of thousands of images every day. Written for Windows in C#.Net.
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second to none... a man of many talentsMike Simons, Colleague
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quickly and effectively translated our idea from ‘eccentric concept’ to a functioning systemIain Crossing, Client
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exemplary character... a true technical authorityIain McDonald, Client