As of November 2017 I am open to full time W2 or W2 Contract to Hire positions as well as
freelancing opportunities. Contact me at chrismendla@gmail.com
Work Experience:
- Holman Automotive - Senior Web Developer
- Created and maintained internal and external Ruby on Rails sites
- The stack included Heroku, Aws
- Ruby/Rails: Rails 3.x, Active Admin
- Agile environment with team members in rempte locations
- CCT Tapes - Full Stack Web Developer 2015-2017
- Migrating internal legacy Notes/Dominos applications to Ruby on rails running on IIS
- Applications are integrated with Active Directory for authentication and permissions
- Applications use Microsoft SQL server (Schema prefixes allow multiple applications on the same database)
- Some applications support ISO 9001:2008 and 17025:2005 requirements
- Train end users
- General support to the IT department as needed
- Holy Family College, Director of Information Systems1997 – 2000
- Responsible for all administrative and academic computing
- Managed a staff of 12 employees
- Managed a major upgrade of all network infrastructure including a new datacenter, Wan teleconferencing, and Y2k remediation of
our legacy Cobol system
- Responsible for all network aspects including security
- Peirce College, Manager of Distance Education2000-2001
- Launched a Distance Education Program using the eCollege platform
- Oversaw conversion of courses from brick and mortar to online
- Integrated existing administrative and academic applications into the online system
- Computer Consultant, Web Designer.1988 to 2015
- Developed websites in Joomla and Wordpress for clients
- Maintained all aspects of IT for several clients
- Naval Inventory Control Point – Various Positions1980 – 1997
- Teaching Experience – I taught as an adjunct at several colleges. Course included: Face to Face and online
100 level intro courses through 500 level graduate courses.
Education:
- Drexel University – Advanced Professional Certificate in Quantitative Analysis as part of a Fellowship from the Naval Inventory Control Point. 27 graduate level Credits
- La Salle University, MBA in Management Information Systems
- La Salle University, BS in Management and Marketing