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Well, I was born on a normal day in July, 1981 and have been creating chaos ever since. Born in North Carolina, but raised in the aftermath of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, I have been messing around with computers nearly my entire life. I wrote my first program in assembly when I was 11. In my early teens I ran a BBS connected to Fidonet and started building a website for my band. In 1999 I was introduced to Linux, and it was love at first compile. I started my career in IT in the early 2000's doing IT for a Car Dealership in Charlotte NC. I wrote my first major web app in Cold Fusion (an ecom app) at that time. In 2006 I left Charlotte and moved down to Columbia where starting working as a developer, freelancer and consultant. Currently I am working as a freelance developer and DevOps consultant!!

David Duggins

Full Stack Developer

410 Castle Vale Rd Irmo SC 29063 USA p) 803-445-9417

david@duggins.net

Seasoned Full Stack Developer with 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Proficient in a diverse array of programming languages and frameworks, including PHP, JavaScript, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and more, I have a track record of delivering scalable, high-performance applications. Skilled in modern development practices, DevOps, and cloud technologies, I excel at bridging the gap between design and implementation. Committed to staying abreast of evolving industry trends, I bring a wealth of expertise to drive innovation and success in web development projects.

Top Skills

LAMP Stack, Ruby on Rails( Ruby v. 3.2 and Rails 7.1), MySQL, Postgresql, Javascript/Node JS,Linux/Debian/Red Hat, Bash/Shell Scripting, Docker, DevOps/SecOps/GitOps

Experience

Duggins IT Services 02/2010 - Current Platform Engineer/FullStack Developer

  • Working with companies around the world with legacy software and infrastructure .
  • Working with teams to secure and modernize codebases
  • Using Ruby on Rails, PHP/Symfony, NGINX, Apache, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes

Guitar Tricks - 01/2022 - 06/12/2023 Senior PHP Developer

  • Worked on the sites guitartricks.com and 30daysinger.com.
  • Maintain servers and processes such as deployment.
  • Oversaw migration to a new server as well as the launching of a new version of the main site
  • Using PHP/Laravel, MySQL, Redis, Apache

Dominion Diagnostics - 10/2021 - 12/2021 Senior PHP Developer

  • Worked with the Development team to convert a series of Legacy PHP Applications into a modern Laravel Dashboard with React JS Frontend.
  • Developed API and React Components to consume the API.
  • PHP 5, PHP 7, MS Sql, DB2, Laravel, Apache, Linux Docker React.

Etsy (Risk Engineering) - 10/2020 - 05/2021 PHP/SecOps Consultant

  • Worked on project related to site-wide security.
  • Updated code to remove terms deemed offensive.
  • Worked on areas of password management, including compromised passwords.
  • Risk scores management with Google Enterprise RECAPTCHA.
  • Worked with PHP, Apache, MySQL

Specbooks 02/2020 - 06/2020 DevOps/Platform Engineer

  • Instituted best Practices in Branch Management and deployments.
  • Worked towards getting resources off old data platform and into the cloud
  • Worked towards automating the deployment of Micro-services..
  • Worked with PHP, GCP, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes

OpenText 03/2019 - 01/2020 WordPress Developer

  • Converting design templates into a WordPress Theme.
  • Created custom theme functions

Sentry Data Systems 08/2019 - 12/2019 PHP Developer

  • Upgrading from php 7.0 to 7.2
  • Upgraded jQuery 2 to 3
  • Upgraded Symfony 2 to Symfony 4.
  • Worked with PHP, MySql, jQuery

Financial Times 10/2018 - 09/2019 PHP Developer/Platform Engineer

  • Worked with a legacy codebase responsible for millions of pounds in annual advertisement revenue.
  • Containerization of the infrastructure on AWS using Docker.
  • Updating code to comply with GDPR regulations.
  • PHP, MySQL, Apache, Docker, AWS

OpenText 09/2013 - 09/2018 WordPress Developer/Platform Engineer

  • Working as an engineer within the Digital Marketing Group.
  • Support the development of campaigns for the various Business Units within Open Text.
  • Manage the legacy servers and websites.
  • Preformed migrations, updates and other task as needed to maintain sites.
  • API Development.

Alumnify 02/2014 - 07/2015 CTO

  • Helped develop a POC iOS and Android App
  • Mentored the Founders and helped develop team.

Comporium 01/2013 - 08/2013 PHP/System Architect/Platform Engineer

  • Participated in the full SDLC to assist in building a POS sale system for retail stores.
  • Worked on architecture, development, infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
  • Developed SOAP interfaces as well as a payment gateway.

Pace Communications 09/2012 - 01/2013 Senior PHP Developer/Consultant

  • Worked on the migration of a Legacy WordPress application to a new template system.
  • Wrote scripts to migrate complex data as well as plugins and theme components implement content strategies for the content team.
  • Utilized API’s to create a store locator.

S.C. Budget and Control Board 05/2012 - 07/2012 PHP Developer

  • Built a custom system for managing contracts and work orders for the State of SC. PHP,MySql, JavaScript

Political Exchange 11/2010 - 2012 IT Consultant/Lead Developer

  • Built a POC for a Social Networking site written in Ruby on Rails.

Rootloud 03/2010 - 10/2010 Director of IT/Lead Developer

  • Worked as the primary developer for an Agency.
  • Developed eLearning Tools
  • Bespoke web applications.

Leveraged Media 10/2009 - 02/2010 Director of IT/Lead Developer

  • Built custom Marketing Application
  • Maintained WordPress instances.

Midlands Technical College 08/2008 - 02/2009 WordPress Developer *Created a WordPress Based Podcast Server *Integrated the College SSO to WordPress

Institute for Strategic Languages and Culture 03/2006 - 09/2008 IT/Web-Master

  • Created the organization website and worked to maintain it.

Self Employed 03/2002 - 01/2006 Web Developer, System Administrator/Network Support III

  • Designed several websites for the Entertainment Industry
  • Created a POC for the Department of State
  • Created a eCom site in ColdFusion for a custom Wheel retailer.
  • Provided support for several labs, law offices and other businesses.
  • Installed, Updated Server 200/2003
  • Maintained Sonic Wall
  • Maintained Exchange Server
  • TrendMicro AV
  • Windows 2000/XP Workstations

Hunter Motors 09/2001 - 09/2004 Director of IT/Internet Sales

  • Managed Internet Sales.
  • Worked on IT infrastructure including both wired and wireless networking.
  • Assisted vendors in troubleshooting servers.
  • Programmed business solutions and developed Sales Tools.

Education

Midlands Technical College 2007 - 2011 AS-Information Technology (incomplete) , Information Technology

Wake Technical Community College 1999 - 1999 GED

Interests

New Technology, PHP, Linux, Free/Libre Software, 3d Printing, Rust, Docker, reading, history, politics, philosophy, writting

Languages

  • English (Native Fluency)
  • Russian (Native Fluency)

Talks/Publications

Codeigniter: From Zero to Blog in 15 minutes Northeast PHP 2012 · Authors: David Duggins

A talk that I gave at Northeast PHP conference in Boston, 2012

Run Your Small Business on the Cheap With FOSS POSSCON 2011 · Authors: David Duggins

Spoke on using Open Source Technology to run Small/Mid-Sized Business and gave a workshop on using Linux and other FOSS programs

What’s New in PHP 5.40 POSSCON 2012 · Authors: David Duggins

Hosted a BOF lunch on PHP. Talked about the new features of php 5.4 and gauged interest in a php user group in Columbia

Cloud Development In The Cloud Northeast PHP Conference 2013 · Authors: David Duggins

Gave a talk on cloud based tools that one can use to develop web applications with.

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