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Accomplished with continuous integration in agile environments using scrum and TDD - Specialized in LAMP development using PHP5, MySQL and Apache on Linux systems - Preferred MVC framework is Zend with Doctrine as an ORM - Competent in front end development with JQuery, Ajax, HTML5 and CSS3 - Good knowledge of social media API's and RESTful web services - Favourite version control system is Git with Composer as dependency managerSenior PHP Developer @ From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Oxford, United KingdomSenior Lead PHP Developer @ - Responsible for developing CrowdControlHQ, a web platform built on a LAMP stack with Zend and JQuery which allows organisations to manage multiple social media accounts. - Implemented agile scrum methodology increasing the collaboration between the sales and the development teams and leading to high customer satisfaction by rapid and frequent delivery of new useful features. - Refactored the code and used design patterns which facilitated the implementation of new Facebook and Twitter features as well as the extension to support new services such as Linkedin, Youtube and Google Plus. - Put in place application performance management and log management systems which improved the issue detection process leading to increased customer satisfaction through proactive monitoring and troubleshooting. - Migrated the application to a scalable cloud environment in order to respond to a high increase in number of users and system workload. From June 2011 to September 2013 (2 years 4 months) Birmingham, United KingdomPresident @ Our mission is to encourage, promote and support entrepreneurial activities in the University and beyond From June 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 1 month) Birmingham, United KingdomLead PHP Developer @ - Developed a Customer Relationship Management system which enabled the company to manage the software proposals made towards governmental agencies. - Extended the research of the Computer Science Dept. of Naval Postgraduate School and implemented a software modelling tool which allowed the design of behaviour models for systems and the usage of assertion languages. - Led a team of software engineers and PhD students working on different artificial intelligence research projects implementing features such as topic detection and tracking, authorship recognition and deception detection. From January 2009 to May 2011 (2 years 5 months) PHP Developer @ - Established effective working relationships with international clients achieving and maintaining a high satisfaction rating on rent-a-coder.com - Analysed initial project specs, provided estimates, designed system architecture and maintained constant communication with the client throughout the scrum process. - Acted as the lead back-end developer managing small remote teams which included a front-end developer and a designer. Developed projects ranged from social networking websites to e-commerce solutions and online booking systems. - Developed in a LAMP environment using MVC frameworks such as CakePHP and later Zend which allowed for rapid software development and re-usability of components. From February 2006 to December 2008 (2 years 11 months) PHP Developer @ Provided consulting, development and maintenance for small to medium web projects. From July 2005 to January 2006 (7 months) Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business and Management, 2.2 @ Birmingham City University From 2010 to 2013 Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, 83% @ Ovidius University of Constanta From 2008 to 2010 Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 84% @ Ovidius University of Constanta From 2005 to 2008 Alex Gociu is skilled in: LAMP, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Zend Framework, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Social Media, HTML, Java, Git, Agile Methodologies, Apache, CSS, HTML 5