Abdullah Radwan, PHP/Magento Developer

Abdullah Radwan

PHP/Magento Developer

Vanguard Direct

Location
United States
Education
Diploma, Magento Developer Plus Certification
Experience
12 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 9 Months

PHP/Magento Developer at Vanguard Direct
  • United States - New York
  • December 2017 to March 2018

https://www.vanguardpromotions.com/

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Magento, GIT, MYSQL, PHP, uRapidflow extension, Linux and SSH.

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• Developed a command-line interface (CLI) tool using PHP and MYSQL to integrate and manipulate vendors products to existing Magento enterprise project.
• Utilized Magento uRapidflow extention to import and manage products.
• Managed products from different suppliers.
• Implemented enhancements that significantly improved importing and exporting data.

Senior Front End Web Developer at Born Group
  • United States - New York - New York
  • March 2016 to September 2017

https://www.borngroup.com/

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HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, RequireJs, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Photoshop, Magento Theme, Magento Module, Magento Development, LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Demandware Theme, Demandware Script, and GIT/SVN.

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• Worked on Demandware (Salesforce Commerce Cloud) platform and dealt with basic Demandware Script API.
• Implemented new designs into Demandware (Salesforce Commerce Cloud) template structure (theming).
• Maintained and supported existing Demandware (Salesforce Commerce Cloud) projects.
• Integrated existing business logic with new design.
• Converted Photoshop (PSD) and Sketch into HTML/ISML, CSS and JavaScript.

Technical Consultant at Digital Makeover LLC
  • United States - New Jersey
  • April 2015 to March 2016

http://digitalmakeover.co/

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HTML5, CSS3, SASS, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, CMS, Magento, Wordpress Administration and Theming, Concrete5.

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• Built Wordpress themes
• Performed data migration from old systems or static HTML into Wordpress.
• Maintained and enhanceed existing sites built with Magento, Wordpress and Concrete5 CMS.
• Translated Photoshop designs into active and responsive HTML, CSS/SASS and JavaScript code.
• Transformed Photoshop designs into responsive email newsletter template and test across different mail services, apps and devices.
• Developed cross platform/browser compatibility Mobile and Desktop (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc.)

Magento Developer at Enspire Commerce
  • United States - New York - New York
  • November 2014 to March 2015

https://www.enspirecommerce.com/

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PHP, MySQL, Magento, Mageto Module, Magento Development, LMAP, eCommerce, Apache, Linux and GIT.

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• Maintained and upgraded Caché Magento eCommerce platform.
• Developed new modules and features for Caché Magento eCommerce platform.
• Monitored, tested, debugged existing functionalities.
• Created, maintained and published new reports.
• Collaborated with project manager and team members
• Provided quick support for Caché teams.

Full-Stack PHP Developer at Freelancer and Consultant
  • United States - New York - New York
  • October 2013 to November 2014

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HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Photoshop, PSD, Magento Theme, Magento Module, Magento Development, LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, WordPress Theme, WordPress Plugin, and GIT.

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• Developing Magento themes and modules
• Developing Wordpress themes and plugins
• Managing multiple clients' websites
• Produce and maintain websites on various platforms such as Magento eCommerce, WordPress
• Taking designs from PSDs and coding HTML/CSS/JS templates

Senior Drupal Developer at Intstrux
  • United States - New York - New York
  • October 2012 to September 2013

http://www.intstrux.com

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HTML5, CSS3, Compass, Sass, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, Photoshop, PSD to Drupal Theme, LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, CMS, Drupal 7 Development, Drupal 7 Theming, Drupal Views, Drupal Drush, Drupal Features, Drupal Node Access, Drupal Custom Modules, and GIT.

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Drupal Developer
• Utilized popular Drupal modules: Views, Features, Devel, cTools, Context, Node Access, Rules and Caching modules.
• Architected and implemented a number of Drupal custom modules.
• Worked as part of a team on several Drupal 7 projects.
• Participated within a team in migrating existing project from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7.
• Followed most common best practices while developing Drupal custom modules.

Drupal Themer
• Utilized popular Drupal themes: Zen and AdaptiveTheme.
• Implemented designs into standards-based Drupal websites.
• Utilized Compass, CSS3, XHTML/HTML5, and jQuery.

Senior Drupal Developer at NBCUniversal
  • United States - New York - New York
  • April 2012 to September 2012

http://www.nbcuni.com/

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HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, Photoshop, PSD to Drupal Theme, LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, CMS, Drupal 7 Development, Drupal 7 Theming, and GIT.

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Drupal Developer and Theme Developer
• Developed custom modules to accommodate clients requirements.
• Themed visual designs for the websites and applications.
• Utilized Drupal contributed modules according to project functionality such as: Views, Token, Ctools, Pathauto, Panels, Context. Entity API, OG and features.
• Improved Drupal speed in cooperation with development team, hosting team and database team.

Senior Web Developer and Front End Engineer at Something Digital
  • United States - New York - New York
  • June 2010 to April 2012

http://www.somethingdigital.com/

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WEB, WEB 2.0, HTML, DHMTL, XML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, Prototype, JSON, Photoshop, PSD to HTML, PDF to HTML, AJAX, cross-browser, LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, CMS, Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, Zend Framework, Subversion, SVN, APC cache, assist, guide, enjoy writing beautiful code.

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Front End Engineer
• Converted PSD layouts into HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Created Wordpress, Drupal and Magento themes from scratch.
• Implemented Magento layouts, skins, and themes.
• Implemented Email campaign designs on several Email campaign services.
• Participated in requirements gathering and product design.
• Improved existing websites (SEO, load, coding).
• Used different tools to debug my code (FireBug, IETester, ySlow, web developer on firefox).
• Assisted and mentored other team members.

Wordpress Developer
• Maintained and improved existing website (source code, added new features, increase speed, cache).
• Created plugins to utilize business needs.
• Advised managers on incorporating SEO tactics into application development.
• Assist and mentor other team members.

Magento Developer
• Created new custom modules based on business needs.
• Enhanced and customized Magento's existing modules to fit business requirements.
• Developed third party web applications to interact with Magento database to improve and speed up SDLC.
• Assist and mentor other team members.

Technical Consultant at Vidatum Technologies
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2009 to April 2010

http://www.vidatum.com/

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WEB, HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, Prototype, LAMP, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Ruby, Drupal, ZEND, Linux, Browser Comparability, manual HTML coding, SVN, MVC, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), PSD to HTML.

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Ruby on Rails (RoR) Developer
• Developed new functionality on slss.ie (back end and front end)
• Maintained different websites built on Ruby on Rails.
• Integrated Prototype Javascript framework for validation and effects (slider, menus, lightBox, etc).
• Optimized code structure.
• Created database relations with MySQL RDBMS

PHP / Zend / Drupal Developer / Drupal Theme
• Implemented and deployed Drupal CMS for different clients.
• Applied modules on Drupal CMS based on user requirements and needs.
• Created new Drupal CMS themes.
• Created HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Used jQuery framework.
• Managed Zend framework folder structure.
• Built custom application on Zend Framework
• Debugged my code on Firebug and FirePHP

Senior PHP Web Developer at Obeikan Research and Development
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2008 to October 2009

http://www.ord.com.sa

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WEB, HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, LAMP, PHP, Apache, MySQL, Linux, Browser Comparability, Protoshop, PSD to HTML, manual HTML coding, Theming, LMS, Moodle.

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System Analyst
• Gathered and understood system requirements.
• Advised stakeholder for the best scenario.

Drupal Developer
• Implemented and deployed Drupal CMS package on different servers and platforms.
• Applied and integrated different modules on Drupal CMS.
• Customized databases according to requirements.
• Created new modules with Drupal PHP framework.
• Customized, created, and applied Drupal CMS themes.

Drupal CMS Administrator
• Controlled Drupal users.
• Controlled Drupal user permissions.
• Created content, blogs, forums, polls, e-books, and pages.

SAKAI LMS Administrator
• Customized SAKAI LMS themes.
• Deployed and integrated MySQL databases.
• Controlled and used tools supported by SAKAI LMS, including Worksite and Admin Tools.

PHP Web Developer at Visiosight Inc.
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2007 to November 2008

http://www.visiosight.com

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Management, WEB, HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, jQuery, Prototype, YUI, LAMP, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Theme, Photoshop, PSD to HTML, WAMP, SEO, DOM properties and structure, MVC, SVN.

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Acting Team Leader
• Wrote Daily Reports to Manager GM
• Wrote documentation, distributed tasks, and guided team members.
• Synchronized team leading with development life cycle.
• Built project infrastructure.

PHP Developer
• Interpreted system requirements.
• Built database architecture, code infrastructure, and code structure (OOP).
• Used PHP frameworks such as: Code Igniter, Zend, and Pears.
• Customized HTML, layout Design, CSS, and JavaScript code.
• Used JavaScript frameworks such as: jQuery, Mootools, Prototype, and YUI.
• Integrated AJAX with PHP.
• Implemented, deploying, customizing, and adding new features on different CMS’s such as: Drupal, Joomla, wordpress and PHP nuke.
• Parsed Web services, XML, and JSON.
• Utilized geoIP library, zip code locator and cronjob in different projects
• Used php image processing and reflected it on web 2.0 concepts

ASP.NET Web Developer at Epkss Inc.
  • Jordan - Irbid
  • April 2005 to September 2007

http://www.epkss.com

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WEB, WEB 2.0, HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, ASP, ASP.NET, IIS, SQL SERVER, MS ACCESS, SEO, CMS, OOP, C#, VB.NET, Visual Studio, VB, Photoshop, PSD to HTML, PDF to HTML.

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ASP.NET Developer
• Obtained client requirements and understanding their functionality to preparing for implementation.
• Built database schema on MS Access and SQL Server.
• Created HTML templates as well as CSS or skins and JAVASCRIPT.
• Created ASP.NET pages as C# or VB.NET behind code.
• Implemented and developing Object Oriented Concepts.
• Tested and finalized projects.
• Trained clients to maintain their websites.

DotNetNuke and ektron CMS Deployment
• Deployed DotNeTNuke and ektron CMS.
• Customized themes.

ASP Classic Developer
• Built websites with ASP classic programming language.
• Created MS Access database schema.

Web Instructor
• Taught different programming languages.
• Prepared syllabus and schedules for each session or course.
• Taught ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Studio 2005, MS SQL Server, Others

Education

Diploma, Magento Developer Plus Certification
  • at Magento eCommerce
  • December 2013

Details: http://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/developer

Diploma, PHP ZEND Engineer
  • at Zend
  • July 2009

http://www.zend.com/en/services/certification/php-5-certification/

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at Philadelphia University
  • December 2006

Very Good GPA

Bayt Tests

HTML 5 Assessment
Score 60%

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
Web Development
JavaScript
PHP 5, PDO, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, PHPBB
Internet & Search
Flash, Flex
C#, VB.NET, VB6
ASP, ADO, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
HTML, XHML, XML, CSS, Javascript, Cross-Browser
MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle
JQuery, Mootools, YUI, Prototype
MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point
SEO, SEM
Adobe Photoshope
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Magento Development and Theming
HTML5, CSS3
SASS and Compass
LINUX OS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordan Computer Society
  • Member
  • January 2005

Training and Certifications

Oracle 10g (Training)
Training Institute:
Orient Training Center
Date Attended:
March 2007
Duration:
20 hours
Magento Developer Plus (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Fundamentals of Magento Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Magento University
Date Attended:
July 2011
Duration:
40 hours
PHP ZEND Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009

Hobbies

  • History
  • Cycling
  • Religion
  • Reading