Chase Maier
819 Virginia St #1102, Seattle, WA 98101
(916) 4-EMPLOY
chase@chasemaier.com

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Education

University of Montana, Missoula [2011]
-- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
-- Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics

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Professional Experience

10/2013 - Present
Technical Team Lead
RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP)
-- Lead a team of up to nine local and remote software, DevOps, and test
   engineers in an Agile environment.
-- Drive technical vision and architecture for the ActiveBuilding suite
   of products. Work closely with product owners to define and prioritize
   tasks.
-- Developed all software, hardware integrations, and REST APIs for a
   completely new product -- smart Internet-connected package delivery lockers
   placed in the common areas of apartment and condo communities, allowing
   packages to be delivered and picked up 24/7 without needing to involve the
   on-site management staff.
-- Transitioned the ActiveBuilding SaaS product to the RealPage ecosystem after
   RealPage, Inc. acquired ActiveBuilding in late 2013.

5/2007 - Present
Owner & Lead Developer
GigaShock, LLC (formerly GigaShock Web Development) 
-- Create a wide array of private web apps and utilities for client's internal
   use ranging from simple tools to complex web applications based on
   requirements defined by the client.
-- Work closely with clients throughout the United States and Canada to develop
   new public websites, redesign existing websites, or add additional
   functionality to existing websites.
-- Set up, manage, and maintain all client domain names, email accounts, web
   servers, database servers, file backups, eCommerce solutions, and all other
   hosted software.
-- Provide personal remote technical support services using TeamViewer remote
   support software.

10/2012 - 10/2013
Senior Software Development Engineer
ActiveBuilding, LLC (later acquired by RealPage, Inc.)
-- Developed new features for and resolve defects on the "ActiveBuilding" and
   "MyBuilding" SaaS web applications used by multi-family and condo
   communities for their operational and communication needs.
-- Planned and executed a large set of changes based on my feedback regarding
   the product's security including closing obscure but vulnerable endpoints
   and switching the web application to operate on secure TLS connections for
   all pages.
-- Grew the team from a single local developer by hiring and training more than
   five additional developers within a short time while maintaining strict
   coding standards and a high level of output.
-- Implemented critical integrations with third parties to extend the
   functionality of our product and share data with payment providers and back-
   office property management systems such as Yardi Voyager and RealPage OneSite.

5/2009 - 7/2011
Resident Technology Assistant Coordinator
Student Affairs IT - University of Montana - Missoula, MT 
-- Managed and supervised a staff of 9 student employees including hiring,
   firing, discipline, training, performance reviews, and promotions.
-- Researched, recommended, and implemented alternative open-source software
   solutions saving the Division of Student Affairs tens of thousands of
   dollars in recurring licensing fees.
-- Oversaw the purchase, configuration, and deployment of hundreds of thin
   client hardware terminals throughout Student Affairs departments.
-- Independently built numerous desktop and web applications to streamline
   workflows, increase automation, and gather valuable statistics.
-- Collaborated with staff and student programmers to jointly complete a number
   of large software development projects making use of agile development
   techniques and a distributed version control system.

2/2009 - 10/2009
Contract Web Developer
Bigfork Web Development, Inc. - Bigfork, MT
-- Worked closely with internal project managers and graphic designers to turn
   client requirements into functional websites and web applications.
-- Contributed to both back-end development using PHP and MySQL as well as
   front-end development and design using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
-- Set up, installed, configured, and uniquely customized eCommerce solutions
   including osCommerce and Magento.
-- Troubleshot and provided rapid creation of bug fixes for web applications
   built independently by other programmers as necessary.

8/2007 - 5/2009
Resident Technology Assistant
Student Affairs IT - University of Montana - Missoula, MT
-- Provided in-room technical support to 300 residents, student staff, and
   full-time employees in assigned residence hall.
-- Staffed help desk to provide telephone and walk-in assistance to all
   university students.
-- Serviced the technology needs of university employees within the Division
   of Student Affairs through in-person or telephone support.
-- Developed desktop software, web services, and other tools critical to the
   security of the University of Montana's residential campus network.

5/2003 - 7/2006 (Intermittent)
Information Technology Assistant
Maier Manufacturing, Inc. (aka Maier USA) - Grass Valley, CA
-- Supported, upgraded, and maintained software and hardware configurations
   for desktop and laptop computers for up to 50 employees throughout all
   departments.
-- Managed and troubleshot critical server and networking systems including
   internal application servers, an email server, a file server, routers,
   switches, and firewalls.
-- Redesigned company's public website to incorporate a custom built
   hierarchical product navigation system using JavaScript while developing a
   dynamic theme framework in PHP to replace the use of static HTML files.
-- Increased productivity of IT department by suggesting and demonstrating the
   use of remote support software including UltraVNC.

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Related Volunteer Experience

6/2003 - 7/2005 (Intermittent)
Teaching Assistant
Nevada County Superintendent of Schools - Nevada City, CA
-- Planned, prepared, and presented lessons and instructional materials for a
   diverse group of blind and low-vision students in conjunction with other
   instructors.
-- Provided one-on-one and group instruction to students regarding the use of
   specialized accessibility computer software, hardware, and tools including
   screen magnification software, screen reading software, optical character
   recognition software, braille input and output devices, CCTV readers, and
   more.
-- Set up and maintained laptop and desktop computers used for instruction
   including software installation, software patching, antivirus and security
   configurations, and any necessary troubleshooting.

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Conferences

ResNet Symposium [2010]
   Presenter - Bellingham, WA

Leadership Conference [2010 - 2011]
   Attendee - Missoula, MT

Seattle GNU/Linux Conference [2013 - 2015]
   Attendee - Seattle, WA

MongoDB Seattle 2014 [2014]
   Attendee - Seattle, WA

Neo4j GraphDays [2015]
   Attendee - Seattle, WA

Node.js and API Development Training [2015]
   Attendee - Seattle, WA

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Online Resume & Portfolio

An online resume and portfolio of my work can be found at www.chasemaier.com.

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Technologies & Proficiencies

|--Programming Languages
|  |--PHP
|  |--JavaScript
|  |--Java
|  |--C#
|  |--Python
|  |--Ruby (Minimal)
|  |--Go (Minimal)
|  |--R (Minimal)
|  |--C++ (Minimal)
|  |--ColdFusion (Minimal)
|  |--Pascal (Minimal)
|  |--Logo (Minimal)
|--Notable Frameworks & Libraries
|  |--Chrome Apps
|  |--Ansible
|  |--Laravel
|  |--Zend Framework
|  |--CodeIgniter
|  |--Kohana
|  |--AngularJS
|  |--jQuery
|  |--Dojo
|  |--Node.js
|  |--Express
|  |--StrongLoop
|  |--Bootstrap
|  |--WordPress
|--Web Technologies
|  |--HTML 5
|  |--XHTML
|  |--XML
|  |--CSS 3
|  |--Responsive
|  |--Canvas
|  |--ES 6
|  |--REST API
|  |--SOAP API
|--Shell Scripting
|  |--PowerShell
|  |--Batch
|  |--Bash
|--Web Servers & Load Balancers
|  |--AWS ELB
|  |--NGINX
|  |--Strong PM
|  |--HAProxy
|  |--Apache
|  |--IIS
|--Databases & Cache Services
|  |--AWS RDS
|  |--AWS ElastiCache
|  |--MySQL
|  |--MSSQL
|  |--IndexedDB
|  |--Redis
|  |--Memcached
|  |--MongoDB
|  |--Neo4j
|  |--SQLite
|--Source Control & Development Tools
|  |--Git
|  |--GitHub
|  |--Mercurial (Hg)
|  |--Bitbucket
|  |--Subversion (SVN)
|  |--Visual Studio
|  |--Jenkins CI
|  |--Bamboo
|  |--JIRA
|  |--Trello
|  |--activeCollab
|  |--dotProject
|--Web Services & APIs
|  |--Twilio
|  |--Tropo
|  |--Amazon AWS
|  |--Rackspace
|  |--Facebook
|  |--Twitter
|  |--Yelp
|  |--GitHub
|  |--Firebase
|  |--MailChimp
|  |--Embedly
|  |--Stripe
|  |--PayPal
|  |--Authorize.Net
|  |--Google Maps
|  |--Google Geocoding
|  |--Google Calendar
|  |--Google Talk
|  |--Netflix
|  |--Yubikey
|--Server Operating Systems
|  |--CentOS
|  |--Ubuntu Server
|  |--Debian Linux
|  |--Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2
|--Networking
|  |--TCP/IP
|  |--DHCP
|  |--DNS
|  |--CDP
|  |--VPN
|  |--Active Directory