Michael A Gatto 520-777-9330 mgatto@lisantra.com PROFILE ======= Web Developer and Software Engineer with a people-oriented technologist personality. Strong background in project management and directing personnel in high stress situations. Held high level security clearances during decade-long military service. EDUCATION ========= * Bachelor of Science, International Business; Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu; 2005. - Related course work: International Economics, international trade, international business management, business ethics, business law, managerial & financial accounting, economics, statistics, international marketing. * Masters of Arts, Near Eastern Studies; University of Arizona, Tucson; In Progress. SKILLS/ABILITIES ================ Web Development ----------------- * Lead Developer on web-based Enterprise resource planning and student admissions applications at a major American research university. Intructed team in professional software development practices including requirements management, Agile Development, Object Oriented Programming, solid code documentation, unit testing and version control. * Member of Emusers.com distributed development team, a large social networking site for high school students focusing on safe online interaction. Built on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. * Advanced usage of Version Control Systems including Subversion, Mercurial, Git and Bazaar. * Trained by SANS Institute in proper and effective security programming for web applications. * Manager and Lead Developer on several components to open source frameworks, including the Zend Framework (http://bitbucket.org/mgatto). * Developed commercial and artistic websites as freelancer: ArabicExperts.com, JeffGere.com, Scrapbooksbymona.com. Built on Linux, Apache, SQLite, XML-XSLT and PHP, using the Fusebox framework for PHP. * Developed Coldfusion-based web applications for military units, including a web interface to Solaris-based aerial imagery systems and a web-based imagery request application. * Administer Linux servers and databases: compiling and configuring Apache 1.3.x-2.2.11, Lighttpd 1.3 – 1.4.x, Nginx 0.5.x-0.7.x, MySQL 3.2.x-5.1.x, PostgreSQL 8.x, SQlite. Programming and Markup Languages ---------------------------------- * HTML 3.2-4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 1.0-2.1. Advocate of web standards such as semantic markup, separation of presentation from markup and accessibility. * Specializes in XML technologies for data storage and processing, including XML Schema, RelaxNG, XPath and XPointer, XSLT, XSL-FO * Specializes in open-source scripting languages, including PHP 3.x-5.3, Ruby 1.6 – 1.9 as well as proprietary technologies such as Coldfusion 3.x-8.0 and ASP Classic 2.0 – 3.0. * Javascript and AJAX: Developed dynamic and productivity-enhancing interfaces with jQuery JavaScript framework. * Occasional use of Unix shell scripting, Windows batch files, Windows Script Host (vbscript), Perl, and Python. LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVISM ==================== * Numerous citations and awards for service in Department of Defense, to include deploying mission-critical IT applications, organizing information and managing information flow to unit personnel and families, liaisons with host nation personnel, cultural orientations for military personnel. * Mentor to Undergraduate students. TEACHING ======== * Teaching Assistant for first year Arabic classes at Hawaii Pacific University. * Teaching Assistant at the University of Arizona. EXPERIENCE ========= Lead Developer, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ (September 2008 - Present) Managing Director, Lisantra Technologies, Llc, Tucson AZ (October 2006 - Present) Team Member, Emusers.com Developers, Phoenix AZ (March 2007 - September 2007) Technician and Linguist, Biometric Security Software Team, US Central Command: Afghanistan, Qatar (July 2004- December 2004) Imagery Requirements Software Manager, Joint Intelligence Center, Pearl Harbor HI (July 2001 - July 2004) Middle East Analyst / Arabic Linguist / Persian Linguist, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, San Diego CA: Middle East, Africa (July 1997 - June 2001)