Robert Ames
2709 Summertree Dr.
Carrollton, TX 75006
resume@robertames.com

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Robert Ames

2709 Summertree
Carrollton, TX 75006
(214) 636-8665 — resume@robertames.com

SKILLS

• Production experience with PHP, Java, Python, HTML / Javascript (the good parts), Flash / AS3, SQL, Test Driven Development (TDD), Unix/Linux/BSD systems.
• Adequate C/C++, Perl, Bash/Shell, Web Security, I18N / Internationalization, Subversion, Perforce, Git and other version control systems.
• Practical experience with Agile/XP/SCRUM development methodologies and automated testing.
• Interest in functional programming (Erlang, Haskell, Lisp) and associated techniques as they relates to increasing software reliability and scalability.

EXPERIENCE

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

• Implemented cross-platform, cross-browser video with native video plugins and Flash.
• Design, implementation, documentation of Yahoo! Flash video player toolkit.
• Internal support of developer-partners using Yahoo! Video Platform Technologies.
• Introduced process automation within our group (automated builds, tests and deployment).
• Worked with premium and live video streams NFL, UFC, and video advertising.
• Accountable for proper operation of video across Yahoo! – News, TV, Movies, Sports, etc.
• More than you would care to know about making your website fast (JS and HTML techniques).
• Experience with geographically distributed software development and deployment.
• Gave "Tech Talk" to internal developers experimenting with video experiences.
• Technical design and implementation of Yahoo! Advanced Advertising API.
  selected by Yahoo! legal for patent filing
• Contributor to "Stream Security" preventing semi-anonymous abuse of web-services.
  selected by Yahoo! legal for patent filing
• Speaker at MIX'09 – Enhancing Large Windows Media Platforms with Microsoft Silverlight.

Major Technologies

• Flash / AS3, JavaScript, PHP, Windows Media, QuickTime, Streaming Audio and Video, RHEL Linux, BSD

8/02 - 3/06 – Lead QA 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 in Java 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.

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, set project 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