Catalin Margescu

Senior Web Developer at IT Alpso Solutions, BUCURESTI
Experience
  • Senior Web Developer at IT Alpso Solutions, BUCURESTI
    IT / TelecomSoftware / Programming
    April 2010 - present
    developed and maintain e-commerce systems
  • Web Developer at freelancer, Strainatate
    IT / TelecomSoftware / Programming
    August 2010 - April 2011
    Social Network Development
  • Senior Web Developer at Realitatea Catavencu, Bucharest
    MarketingMedia
    September 2007 - August 2010
    - Principal developer and maintainer of realitatea.NET (www.realitatea.net).
    - Designed/developed and maintain high traffic websites, e-commerce systems, web applications and electronic media for Realitatea-Catavencu Group and partners.
    - Designed/Developed an intranet solution to manage and provide group-wide information.
    - Closely worked with Project Managers to manage the project scope, identify & deploy the appropriate resources to support the systems development efforts.
    - Created a customized PHP framework that would be used later as the building blocks for the applications.
    - Performance tuning and optimization.
    - Trouble shooting, bug tracking, bug fixing and helping others.
    - Environment: Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, Smarty, FFMpeg, Facebook API

    http://www.realitatea.net/
    http://f5web.ro/
  • Web Developer at Lanifex Gmbh, Vienna - Austria (Bucharest office)
    IT / TelecomSoftware / Programming
    August 2005 - September 2007
    - Development, maintaining and support the Help Desk web-based application, installed at the Slovak bank SLSP.
    - Developed the internal object-oriented PHP framework.
    - Developed the internal Test Management Tool.
    - Worked on database abstraction layer.
    - Writing interactive CLI php scripts.
    - Implementing reporting systems.
    - Improving user interfaces and application speed.
    - Direct contact with customers over the phone or via email.
    - Writing technical and user-guide documentation.
    - Environment: Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, full OOP - internal Framework

    References, Other observations
    Paul Gillingwater, MBA, CISM, CISSP
    Managing Director
    CSO Lanifex GmbH
    Praterstrasse 66/1/6B
    A-1020 Vienna, Austria
    E-mail: paulg@lanifex.com
    Tel.: +43 (1) 2198222-20
    Mob.: +43 (699) 1922 3085
    Fax.: +43 (1) 2198222-11
    Web: http://www.lanifex.com

    Andrei Tinca
    Product Manager
    CSO Lanifex GmbH
    Praterstrasse 66/1/6B
    A-1020 Vienna, Austria
    E-mail: andrei@lanifex.com
    Tel.: +43 (1) 2198222-20
    Mob.: +43 (699) 1777 2255
    Fax.: +43 (1) 2198222-11
  • Web Developer at SC Active Soft SRL, Bucharest - Romania
    MarketingMedia
    August 2003 - August 2005
    - Designed/developed and maintain high-trafficked websites and online social-networks.
    - Participated in various phases of development of many other interactive websites, on a variety of topics and different targets, with a high amount of traffic.
    - Environment: Linux, Apache, PHP, Postgres, HTML, DHTML

    References, Other observations
    http://www.activesoft.ro/
  • Web Developer at Frelance and Personal Projects
    MarketingMedia
    January 2003 - August 2003
    (2009-2010) www.remax-advantage.ro
    Real estate agency.

    (2009-2010) www.barterpedia.ro
    Barter swap website.

    (2009-2010) www.autofiles.org
    Automotive encyclopedia.

    (2009) www.yesmodels.ro
    Model Agency.

    (2009) www.sunville.co.nz
    Real estate agency in Christchurch New Zealand.

    (2008-2009) www.margescu.ro
    Photographer Portfolio.

    (2008) www.prisonbreak.ro
    TV series community website.

    (2008) www.berry.ro
    E-commerce solution including product catalog, shopping cart, news publishing, administration panel.

    (2006) www.expert-jobs.com
    Human resource management website.

    (2005) www.edipresse.ro
    Official website of the Romanian branch of Edipresse Group.

    (2005) www.phoneservice.ro
    Phone Service Telecom website.
Education
  • Universitatea "Politehnica" - Colegiul Universitar Tehnic nr. 2, BUCURESTI
    University (graduate)
    2002 - 2005
  • Colegiul National "Dinicu Golescu", Campulung Muscel
    Highschool
    1994 - 1998
Skills
- Over 10 years of hands-on computer experience and 7 years of Web Development experience.
- Extensive knowledge of HTML, XHTML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, cookies, MySQL, Postgress, Photoshop, Flash, version control systems and more…
- Thorough grasp of cross-platform cross-browser compatibility issues and code optimization.
- Comprehensive Internet background including e-mail, ftp, telnet, and most UNIX shells .
- Strong personal skills including focused listening, logical thinking, and working in a high-pressure team-oriented environment. Rapidly adapts to new technologies, standards, and ideas.

*Other skills:
Drawing, Photography

Additional Keywords
PHP, MySQL, Linux, Apache, Postgres, HTML, XHTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, jQuery, Prototype, xAjax, DOM, Smarty, memcache, memcached, RSS, JSON, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready, Adobe Premiere, Flash, Action Script, Zend Studio, Quanta Plus, CVS, SVN, SubVersion, Freemind, Case Studio, DB Designer, XMLmind Editor, WikiWeb, CMS, Facebook API, FBML, FBJS, XFBML, FQL, Facebook Connect, Twitter API, Foursquare API, Gowalla API, Google Maps, KML, Google Analytics, Wordpress, SEO, FFMpeg
Foreign languages
  • English - Advanced
Competencies
Published works
I took part in two collective exhibitions of the students of the photography course of Dalles
Training courses
University "Ioan I. Dalles" - Photography Course
Hobbies
Photography, Visual Art, Advertising, Fashion, Autos, Moto, Japanese Culture, Travel, Psychology, Science, Philosophy, Paleoastronautics, Mythology