» Chauncey Thorn PHP developer / Systems administrator

Chauncey Thorn

Professional experience planning, developing, deploying web applications with SQL expertise and knowledge of the client-server architecture. The ability to modify, troubleshoot and debug existing web-based systems and sites as needed. Skilled in the technical design, planning and execution of new systems based on strong background in web server management and systems administration.

» Project: CongressSpacebook.com

My attempt to increase one's personal awareness of Congress by developing an application for the Apps For America contest over at Sunlightlabs
The project will be judged on:
Usefulness to constituents for watching over and communicating with their members of Congress
Potential impact of ethical standards on Congress
Originality of the application
Potential usability of the application
Code quality of application

Source code: here

» Project: /recovery

Developing an application using this document (pages 54 - 61) as the SPEC. Using CakePHP as the framework

PHP Experince - 8+ years

  • PHP 3 - 5.2.x, 5.3.0
  • OOP MVC
  • CakePHP 1.2.x
  • Zend Framework early versions thru 1.7.x
  • APC, Memcache

SysAdm - 10+ years

  • Linux systems administration since .09 kernel
  • Distros: RedHat Enterprise, Centos, Ubuntu
  • RHCE ver 3 and 4
  • Bricolage CMS
  • Mysql 4/5 Administration
  • Apache Administration
  • Akamai Technologies (caching/streaming)
  • Zend Performance Suite/Optimizer

Working on...

Chauncey Thorn - $chaunceyt->gmail()->com - cthorn.com