I've worked as both a manager and individual contributor for IT groups. I've found great success at bridging the gap between the needs of the business and business personnel with the IT/IS side of the house. I work in both technical and leadership capacities finding that I enjoy both equally. Technical Specialties: Web Service/API Development, PHP, Java, JavaScript, REST, SOAP, CSS, HTML(5), AJAX, MySQL, PostreSQL, MongoDB, Web Security, JQuery, IIS, Apache, Tomcat, BASH, LAMP, LAPP, Amazon Web Services

Product Technology Manager @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Greater New York City AreaDevelopment Manager @ In my role at Tonzof I reported to the COO and worked with every department in the organization. Working with other organizational leaders we were able to create quarterly goals and development roadmaps for internal and external communication. Our primary areas of focus were: - Improvements to the standard push & pull processes that moved products, inventory and orders through the system. - Enforced new reporting and data standards for proactive problem solving of service degradation as well as accuracy in reporting using JasperSoft on our MongoDB and MySQL databases - Improving clarity regarding the operations and workload of the department - Served as the data architect for all new development as we transitioned from a problematic, tightly coupled code and data set - Worked with several technology platforms (Wiser, Listrack, Mandrill, Mozu, Channel Advisor, etc.) to increase our efficiency and efficacy in integration and utilization of platform capabilities From November 2014 to April 2015 (6 months) Greater Denver AreaSr. Java Developer (Contract) @ Built integration web service with Java 7, Jersey, Guice for the Netflix OSS platform on AWS. This integration service bundled the communication of several back-end telephony and account platforms to provide a central REST service for all front-end applications (Phone Online Manager, Soft-client applications, etc.) in dealing with Charter's next-generation customer phone service. From April 2014 to November 2014 (8 months) Greater Denver AreaManager Web Development @ As the Manager of Web Development I developed with a team of 5 in PHP, SQL Server, JQuery, Bootstrap and Less for the company's ecommerce platform(s), key generation/maintenance, customer service interface and various supporting interfaces throughout the company. The group I managed was a group of senior and advanced web developers between San Mateo, CA and Denver, CO. This diverse group integrated with teams all over the globe to integrate product, licensing and usage information for customer service and self-support platforms. From April 2013 to April 2014 (1 year 1 month) Software Engineering Manager @ As the Software Engineering Manger I oversee a group of 6 Software Engineers focusing on a variety of programs, processes and computer languages. We work in different application layers including: - Data sync (push & pull) programs - Software & hardware monitoring tools - Web applications (UI & server-side) - API Development As a developer I also performed the following duties: - Develop UIs, web services and back-end processes for telephony systems within the corrections industry. - Created a robust web service platform which served many transport protocols (SOAP, RPC, REST) using one logical code base. - Managed database normalization and deprecation project to clarify and streamline data source issues within an existing Postgres database design - Created BASH scripts for software installation on RHEL/CentOS machines. - Worked bug fixes and new features into production versions of our primary PHP based user interface ranging from minor JavaScript errors to PHP efficiency improvements to new functionality. - Offered assistance to the VP of Technology regarding best practices in transition from a distributed application to a centralized platform. From March 2010 to March 2013 (3 years 1 month) San Antonio, Texas AreaSoftware Engineer II @ Developed outward facing web applications and the company web site. Developed in primarily PHP / MySQL environment using the Prototype and Scriptaulous frameworks for dynamic delivery of AJAX content. REST and SOAP APIs were utilized to connect vendor content and functionality to the presentation platform of grandecom.com and grandecom.net. From September 2005 to March 2010 (4 years 7 months) Web Developer (Contract) @ Created web sites and web applications for: College of Science Office of Institutional Effectiveness College of Fine Arts Department of Agriculture Office of Academic Affairs University Star (student newspaper publication) From December 2003 to September 2005 (1 year 10 months) Construction Loan Administrator @ Managed mortgage loans, approx. $3 million monthly, during their construction phase. I coordinated inspection schedules, delivery verification, work completion and release of funds. I also managed all mortgage loan documents from the point of approval through disbursement and packaging. From February 2002 to November 2002 (10 months)

BBA, Computer Information Systems @ Texas State University From 2003 to 2006 Certificate, Web Development Certificate @ Austin Community College From 2001 to 2002 Ben Stendahl is skilled in: MySQL, JavaScript, Apache, HTML, PostgreSQL, PHP, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Web Services, Windows, Web Applications, HTML 5, Advanced SQL, jQuery, Application Security