Robert Ames
2623 Walnut Hill #233
Irving, TX 75038
resume@robertames.com

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Robert Ames

2623 Walnut Hill Ln. #233
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 255-9029 — resume@robertames.com

SKILLS

• PHP (expert), Java (intermediate), SQL (intermediate), C/C++ (basic), Unix/Linux (advanced), HTML (expert), JavaScript (expert).
• Familiar with Perl, Python, Shell/Batch, CSS1-2, CVS/Version Control, Web Security Issues.
• Practical experience with Agile/XP development methodologies and automated testing.

EXPERIENCE

3/06 - present – Technical Yahoo – Yahoo! Inc. – Dallas, TX

• Responsible for Yahoo!'s Universal Media Player API.
• Cross-platform, cross-browser support providing a consistent interface to browser-specific embedded video objects.
• Implemented automated build and test process, increasing confidence for deployments and reducing by ~80% bandwidth usage for JavaScript.

Major Technologies

• JavaScript, PHP, QuickTime, Flash, HTML, Streaming Audio/Video, Bash, BSD

8/02 - 3/06 – Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer – Travelocity – Southlake, TX

• Automated tests and wrote testing frameworks for Front-end, Back-end, GUI, Web.
• Implemented frameworks for automated testing of Travelocity and many branded partner sites.
• Promoted to Lead after one year, supervising automation and performance testing.
• Involved in automating test cases, hiring, review, and development of automation personnel.
• Wrote tools using HttpUnit to automate memory profiling of top 50 dynamic pages on site.
• Standardized bug-tracking processes and wrote tools to aid fact-based release status.
• Rollout of Agile development methodologies within QA, including practical automated testing.
• Communicated with a wide range of internal departments to improve organization throughput.
• Experience in developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining a Top 100 internet site.

Major Technologies

• Java, Ant, CVS, JUnit, FIT, QARun, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Bugzilla, Perl, HttpUnit, XML

5/00 - 7/02 – Senior Developer – sell.com – Dallas, TX

• Developed Negotiated Commerce Online Classifieds System
• Directly involved in all aspects of design and implementation in a small startup environment.
• Designed, implemented, tested, documented reusable standard libraries.
• Heavily involved in overall system architecture, data model, and initial feature set.
• Determined project requirements, resources needed, and set milestones, met goals.
• Implemented customer-facing and internal tools allowing for low maintenance operation.
• Analyzed and resolved functional defects and performance bottlenecks.

Major Technologies

• PHP, MySQL, Perl, XML-RPC/Web-Services, HTML, CSS