Michael Pirnat
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Tel: (216) 849-4889
mike@pirnat.com
http://www.pirnat.com

Profile
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Senior developer with experience leading teams to successful launches of high-volume web applications;  familiar with the complete project lifecycle; comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization.

Experience
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Senior Developer, American Greetings Interactive, Cleveland, Ohio	2000-Present
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* Lead developer of E-Cards and Invitations teams
* Architect and lead developer of new Reminders application, launched in September 2006 and serving over 3 million users; worked extensively with business owners to refine product design
* Architect and lead developer for site-wide codebase and application server rewrite, shifting to an object-oriented design
* Designed and implemented creative solutions for high-availability problems, including edge-caching dynamically generated pages, edge-side content delivery, and multi-vendor image caching, credited with saving the company tens of thousands of dollars annually in bandwidth and server costs, as well as keeping sites functioning during extreme peak traffic periods
* Lead developer for integration projects with AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, Akamai, and Savvis/Digital Island
* Designed and implemented secure, standardized, extensible partner integration system
* Developed mobile-to-email greeting card delivery solution
* Implemented Omniture tracking system, allowing business owners insight into previously unavailable, critically important user behavior data
* Created and maintained specification, design, and integration documents for internal developers, business owners, and external developers
* Continually improved application server and core codebase
* Mentored junior developers on Python, OOP, HTML, XML, web standards, coding standards

I/T Specialist, IBM Global Services, Cleveland, Ohio	1999-2000
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* Net.Commerce programming (C++), HTML layout, JavaScript programming, data modeling, and usability testing for online applications
* Installed and configured AIX and Net.Commerce on RS/6000 test lab
* Mentored fellow developers during training courses
* Provided technical support for pilot e-Commerce Solution Center

Information Systems Technician, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio	1996-1999
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* Cleaned and migrated data for premiere online edition of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (http://ech.case.edu)
* Maintained and improved CWRUÕs website (http://www.case.edu), utilizing HTML, Perl, JavaScript, PhotoShop, CSS
* Evaluated and implemented software for publishing large electronic documents, focused on CWRUÕs General Bulletin

Skills
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Languages:	Python, Perl, JavaScript, SQL, XML, XSD, XSL, HTML/XHTML, CSS, Java, C/C++, PHP
Platforms:  	Linux, UNIX, Windows XP, Mac OS X
Concepts:  	Object-oriented design, design patterns, web applications, AJAX, web standards, dynamic languages, data modeling, N-tier applications, service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Software:  	Apache, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SourceSafe, Subversion, MS Office suite, PhotoShop, TurboGears, Dojo, various code editors

Presentations
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* ÒDateutil to the Rescue!Ó presented at PyCon 2007
* ÒPython Can Survive in the EnterpriseÓ with David Stanek, presented at PyCon 2006
* Numerous presentations for Clepy, a Python language interest group (http://clepy.org)

Education
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Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio	1995-1999
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* B.S. Computer Engineering, Magna Cum Laude 
* Spearheaded Internet broadcasting project of WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland
* Webmaster, WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland
* President and Webmaster, CWRU Anime Society