Jacob Fike

Account Type:

employee

Location:

Eugene, OR 0

Member since:

April 17, 2002

Last Login:

November 12, 2009

Last Update:

July 31, 2009

Bio:

As the Senior Web Developer for GarageGames, I have had a hand in almost every major website we've created including InstantAction.com, GreatGamesExperiment.com and the revamped GarageGames.com.

Skills

Primary Skill:

Advanced Web Developer

Secondary Skill:

Advanced Gamer

Tertiary Skill:

Intermediate Artist

Summary:

www.InstantAction.com

• Built the backend framework for this web platform featuring AAA-quality 3D multiplayer games in the browser.
• Utilized the Zend Framework, Prototype/Scriptaculous and XMPP to create a multiplayer party/chat system, friend management and user profiles.
• Designed and developed APIs for database abstraction, external web services and microtransactions.

www.GarageGames.com

• Coordinated with artists, marketers and sales associates to launch a complete revamp of this e-commerce and community-driven website.
• Applied the Zend Framework and jQuery to implement a modern design, enhance usability and improve scalability.
• Implemented numerous SEO enhancements, custom forums, powerful content management system and robust e-commerce system resulting in an instant 150% increase in revenue.

www.GreatGamesExperiment.com

• Launched the world's first social networking site for games, gamers and game developers built on a custom PHP framework.
• Implemented Facebook applications, flash widgets and RESTful web services to enable viral marketing by users.
• Addressed site speed and scalability concerns by utilizing memcached, static file hosting and database optimization.

Recent Activity

• Replied to thread: bug with checkout after entering a coupon code
  10/31/2009 (1:16 am)

All Activity

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