Christopher Allen Lane

Full-stack Developer, Webapp Security Engineer

chris@chris-allen-lane.com
http://chris-allen-lane.com
https://github.com/chrisallenlane

Objective

I enjoy writing software. I want to get better at doing that, and to solve some
interesting problems along the way.

At this point in my career, I’m particularly fascinated with HTML5,
mobile development, and web application security. I’m incredibly
excited for the arrival of wearable devices like Google’s “Project Glass”, and
want to work in mobile to use those devices to revolutionize the world.

I’m also passionate about contributing to open-source projects. Open-source
pushes humanity forward, and I consider participation to be a moral imperative.

Education

Zend Certified Engineer, PHP 5
ID ZEND010695

B.A. East Asian Languages & Literature
University of Florida – 2007

Core Competencies

Security

• Experienced webapp pentester, using both open-source and custom-written
  security tools
• Have published a large open-source framework for authoring and interfacing
  with “web shells”
• Expertise performing webapp incident response
• Experience hardening Linux-based webservers

Client-side Programming

• Expertise with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, DHTML, and AJAX
• Proficient with HTML5, CSS3, and Responsive Design

Mobile Development

• Proficient with Adobe PhoneGap and jQuery Mobile
• Have published an app to the Google Play Store

System Administration

• Experience designing, implementing, and deploying high-traffic (250K page
  views/hour), highly-available, horizontally-scaling cloud infrastructures on
  Amazon EC2
• Experience building and using Virtual Machines, primarily on VirtualBox and
  Microsoft Virtual PC, secondarily on KVM and Xen
• Experienced Database Administrator, with a specialization in MySQL and
  SQLite3. Also acquainted with Postgres and MSSQL

Server-side Programming

• Expert LAMP-stack programmer: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
• Expertise with web Design Patterns
• Expertise using frameworks and libraries to facilitate RAD
• Expertise with Relational Database Design
• Experience with Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development

Non-Technical

• Member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Member of the Gainesville Hackerspace
• Member of the Santa Fe College ITE Advisory Committee
• Have authored a small e-book on the web development process
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience

Python/Web Developer – viaForensics (current)

• Develop forensic/security software in Python
• Perform website development and security reviews

Adjunct Lecturer – Graduate Division, University of Florida (current)

• Develop course curriculum for Advanced Web Topics II, which explores HTML5,
  CSS3, Responsive Design, and intermediate topics in JavaScript and jQuery
• Use Adobe Connect to lecture web design graduate students (distributed
  globally) for four hours weekly
• Lead in-class programming workshops
• Assign and grade student homework and projects

Lead Developer, KAR Media

• Refactored several large, legacy, proprietary web applications. One such
  refactoring enabled a downsizing on an application’s hosting platform from 3
  X-Large class EC2 instances (load balanced) to 1 Large EC2 instance
• Authored multiple large and complex WordPress plugins
• Oversaw a network of hundreds of WordPress blogs
• Performed incident response on dozens of hacked blogs
• Wrote a custom search engine for a couponing-themed website
• Recruited, interviewed, hired, and managed other developers and designers

Freelance Consultant

• Performed webapp development for Apple
• Performed webapp development for ISTE2010; Was flown to Denver to provide
  on-site conference support
• Performed webapp security audits in the public and private sectors

Lead Developer, Ozean Media

• Implemented dozens of client websites
• Recruited, interviewed, hired, and managed other developers
• Wrote an in-house lead-generation tool
• Promoted an agile development process

Instructor, New Horizons Computer Learning Center

• Lectured up to 20 students for 8+ hours daily
• Lectured extensively on Relational Database Design and SQL
• Lectured periodically on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP
• Developed student exercises and study materials