Maricris S. Nonato

I am interested in developing projects that employ the latest technologies used worldwide and in facing new challenges that these fresh ideas may bring. While living on the edge of new technologies, I seek to constantly improve old projects. I am also keen on mastering my expertise on my selected aspects of web development using the latest, bleeding edge technologies on top of best practices and standards.

Personal projects/site are:
http://sweetperceptions.com (own server, domain, design and programming)
http://coderkitty.sweetperceptions.com (own server, domain, design and programming)
http://livinglife.sweetperceptions.com (own server, domain, running on wordpress)
http://sweetperceptions.i.ph

Devex (The Development Executive Group)
Feb 2008 – current
Unit 2103 Orient Square Building,
F. Ortigas Jr (formerly known as Emerald) Avenue,
Ortigas, Pasig City

http://www.devex.com

• Partakes in the technical planning of new and upcoming features
• Creates scripts and develops new features in ruby and rails
• Debugs, maintain and enhance old code to improve in performance, readability and usability
• Help improve quality of programming skills and awareness by joining Brown Bag sessions and giving lightning talks on keypoints related to programming

A Project of Cybersoft, Inc.
Feb 2009 – March 2009
Revamp and Upgrade of Company Website

Project url: http://cybersoftbpo.com

• New company website / CMS
  - Revamp and upgrade of their old company website
  - was made dynamic and highly maintainable using CMS
  - made in Ruby on Rails, running on Passenger
  - powered by Radiant CMS
  - mirror of the last state of the project when deployed found here: http://sweetperceptions.com/projects/3 or http://cybersoftweb.sweetperceptions.com

• Was able to deploy first Passenger application, first Radiant application
• Was able to complete the entire project in at most 12 days!

neTVision, Inc.
May 2007 – Feb 2008
127 B. Gonzales Street, Loyola Heights,
Katipunan Avenue,
Quezon City, 1108

• Company Website / Portal for streaming
  - neTVision company website
  - integrated with PesoPay as the payment gateway
  - portal for watching online movies and event streaming
  - See project here: http://netvision.com.ph

• nMusic
  - beta project for first online IPTV Pinoy music portal
  - See project here: http://nmusic.com.ph

• SYSTEMS DESIGN:
  - Creates feature specifications from abstract level concept to user experience to technical detail.
  - Implements use of suitable open source technologies as aid to development and/or project management
  - Audits/Inspects developed codes against imposed standards

• PROGRAMMING:
  - Debugs and/or develops programming tasks unsolvable by developers
  - Also does MIS tasks from time to time
  - Test and deploy scripts

• MANAGERIAL:
  - Lead and mentor other employees, and assist in the development and implementation of structured methods such as Change Control, Configuration Management, Release Management, Tests and Quality Management, etc.
  - Perform software development/programming, including validation and testing of source coeds against standards and conducting staff reviews
  - Translates user requirements into software specifications for customizations
  - Undertake customizations of existing open source projects in PHP/XML
  - Provide end-user training and support for projects developed
  - Contribute and update software documentation for projects
  - Provided assessment of developers and properly delegate tasks
  - Responsible for hiring developers

• Has successfully moved the company site from beta to public,
• Has incorporated seamless payment processes for selling of contents
• Has successfully streamed the first two (2) major commercial live events of the company (Boxing, and a Concert)

GameAsia Tel
Mar 2006 – Apr 2007
Unit 5D One Burgundy Plaza,
307 Katipunan Avenue,
Loyola Heights, Quezon City, 1108

• SYSTEMS DESIGN:
  - Creates feature specifications from abstract level concept to user experience to technical detail.
  - Implements use of suitable open source technologies as aid to development and/or project management
  - Audits/Inspects developed codes against imposed standards

• PROGRAMMING:
  - Debugs and/or develops programming tasks unsolvable by developers
  - Also does MIS tasks from time to time

• MANAGERIAL:
  - Lead and mentor other employees, and assist in the development and implementation of structured methods such as Change Control, Configuration Management, Release Management, Tests and Quality Management, etc.
  - Perform software development/programming, including validation and testing of source coeds against standards and conducting staff reviews
  - Translates user requirements into software specifications for customizations
  - Undertake customizations of existing open source projects in PHP/XML
  - Provide end-user training and support for projects developed
  - Contribute and update software documentation for projects
  - Provided assessment of developers and properly delegate tasks
  - Responsible for hiring developers

• Gametel Website:
  - Restructured the codes and revamped the entire site.
  - Site was developed in PHP5 (from PHP4)
  - See http://www.gametel.com (site down already)

• Sim Dispensing and Tracking System:
  - An internal application for allowing the monitoring of SIM card dispensing in Australia, consolidating online payments rendered via credit card with the bank, verifying submitted customer information, and tracking sold SIM cards
  - System was developed purely in PHP5 and MySQL 4.1
  - See http://www.gametel.com/simtrac (project down)

• SMS Gateway:
  - resource for acting as a gate for sending and receiving SMS/MMS/EMS via mobile to server
  - System was built in J2EE

• Content Management System:
  - A system that controls all the contents/elements (games, tones, wallpapers, etc) visible in the company’s different websites, implements access levels.
  - Can generate statistics and email content providers
  - Provide automated interface to providers for sending contents
  - System was developed in PHP4 (old)
  - See http://www.gametel.com/admin (project down)

• Babbello Website:
  - A social networking site that is currently available only to Australian audience
  - System was developed in part PHP5, part PHP4
  - See http://www.babbello.com (site down already)

• Elmophish:
  - Another internal application built using Perl that enables different users of different access levels to view certain reports accessible to them
  - This application concentrates on billing, financial reporting, and ad management
  - No longer used

• Wedding Site (for our Director):
  - For a small favor, our director requested us to create a wedding site
  - This is a multi lingual site, built using PHP5 and XML.
  - See http://www.mariadaniel.com (moving out files)

• An undisclosed project:
  - This new site will be multilingual, hosting about 4 international languages, and bigger than babbello.com.
  - This site is being developed by a team of five (5) in PHP5 and MySQL 4.1

• Has become the company’s Corporate Secretary
• Has successfully driven the company’s goals into success with a team of maximum 11 members (various projects)
• Has won multiple awards. See here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/maricris122680

A Project of UP Diliman, National Engineering Center
April 2007 – Current
Revamping of National Engineering Center Website plus CMS and Reporting

Project url: http://upnec.sweetperceptions.com (temporary url)

• Website of The National Engineering Center
  - To revamp the existing their website which currently resides at: http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/nec/services.html.
  - Re-encode all existing parts of the site and migrate it to the latest web standards.
  - CMS for Site maintenance and Report generation

A Project of DOST PCARRD
Mar 2006 – Current
Online proposal submission, R&D MIS, HR MIS

Project URL: undisclosed (private web application)

• Research and Development Management Information Systems
  - A redevelopment of an existing system built from Oracle, Oracle Reports and with a little bit of PHP to Ruby on Rails with PostgresQL
  - Contains records from way back to 1930s to current

Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST – ASTI)
Sept. 2005 – Mar 2006
UP TechnoPark, Carlos P. Garcia Ave., Diliman, QC

Project URL: http://tacis.dost.gov.ph

• SYSTEMS DESIGN:
  - Implements suitable systems framework for development of an existing project
  - Audits/Inspects developed codes against imposed standards

• PROGRAMMING:
  - Assigned as the Head of the Development Team
  - Develops difficult modules and provides support for the junior developers
  - Monitors development of the frameworked and traditional version of the software
  - Provides semi-weekly training on development principles, and assesses developers on their strengths and weaknesses
  - Learned the application of Symfony Framework for PHP powered development

• MANAGERIAL:
  - Supervises/Assists junior programmers in development
  - Assists Project Management Team in decision making and strategy selection
  - Provides help in monitoring aspect

Child Friendly School System Monitoring & Evaluation,
A Project of DepEd, funded by UNICEF
Oct. 2004 – Aug. 2005

Project URL: no specific url (distributed system)

• CONSULTANCY:
  - Developed deeper understanding of project management
  - Learned Design and Development of software/program appropriate to its requirements

• TRAINING:
  - Conducted training sessions to DepEd personnel, regional directors, coordinators, planning officers, encoders, etc. across 25 divisions nationwide and acquired experience as a public speaker (in CFSS Project)

University of the Philippines Integrated School,
A Computerization of Records Project
Jun. 2004 – May 2005

Project url: none (standalone application)

• CONSULTANCY:
  - Developed deeper understanding of project management
  - Learned Design and Development of software/program appropriate to its requirements
  - Acquired competence in design and development of a computerized records system (permanent student record and academic record) in the UPIS CRS Project

• PROGRAMMING:
  - Enhanced Python programming skills

• MANAGERIAL:
  - Managed three (3) encoders for data warehousing module
  - Supervised and trained a school clerk for using the program for report card generation, grading sheet upload/generation, etc.

• Deployed my first standalone system that is used by the school until now

Stella Maris College
Oct. 2004 – Dec. 2004
Cambridge St., Cubao, Quezon City

• TEACHING/PUBLIC SPEAKING:
  - Gained teaching skills and improved speech (as a substitute teacher)

• Successfully increased percentage of passing students up to 83%
• Gained more invites as a speaker/teacher for Higher Mathematics

Public Assessment of Water Services,
A Project of MWSS-RO, funded by WorldBank
Apr. 2003 – Mar. 2004
3/F National Engineering Center, UP Diliman

• PROGRAMMING:
  - Knowledge in PHP was reinforced through development of an Intranet application
  - Acquired learning on database design & administration in SAP DB
  - Learned Python and Python COM programming
  - Enhanced ability to develop programs in Linux and/or Windows environment

• MANAGERIAL:
  - Handled group of encoders from testing of module in development to deployment of module for production level

• Deployed the project’s first intranet site and intranet-based encoding system powered by python and sap db

Linux Integrator, Inc.
Nov.2000 – Apr. 2001
FMF Bldg. Pioneer St., Mandaluyong, MM.

• PROGRAMMING:
  - Member of a Three-Man Development Team tasked to translate an existing accounting software written in Visual Basic/MS Access into C++/PostgresSQL in Linux
  - Gained knowledge in the application of PostgresSQL for an accounting software
  - Learned Macromedia Flash programming for a project with Ballard & Tighe
  - Experienced programming in HTML, JavaScript and PHP

• MANAGERIAL:
  - Manager of a project with Ballard & Tighe Publishing for five months
  - Handled on-the-job-trainees and graphic artists

The Analyzer
1998 – 1999
Tampoy St., Project 2, Quezon City

• SALES/COMMUNICATION:
  - Learned to secure possible clients
  - Acquired skill on selling magazines and/or advertisements

• Was able to close an advertising deal amounting to over Php30,000 in one transaction

• LinkedIn – http://www.linkedin.com/in/maricris122680
• Personal site – http://sweetperceptions.com/about