Michael Zazaian

Built enterprise service library for pulling data from the Amazon Advertising API. Managed internal development processes and schedules. Collaborated with internal teams to develop concrete business requirements. Provisioned production environment and deployment workflow.

Built custom content platform in Elixir using the Phoenix framework. Developed sophisticated front-end with React for cross-platform compatible UX. Setup cached CI environment on CircleCI. Built extensive test suite with Mocha and Jest. Contributed features to open source tools in Elixir and JavaScript. Configured production cluster and deployment workflow.

Built suite of Ruby tools to manage enterprise manufacturing platform (ERP). Wrote custom Ruby client and tools to reduce complexity of legacy API. Wrote CLI utility for interacting with ERP from a shell environment. Enforced best practices in codebase with active code reviews.

Built real estate auction property management tool with Ruby. Developed tools for constantly pulling thousands of properties from an API. Added wrappers for the Gmaps4Rails library for dynamic sketching of geoloc data.

Led team of four developers in developing a Rails-based “gameified learning” platform. Worked with stakeholders to design and conceptualize new features. Built powerful analytics system with MongoDB. Developed custom job system on top of Resque.

Added core features to brownfield Rails application. Refactored legacy code, implemented authorization/authentication solutions.

Built custom SEO tools for suite of brownfield Rails applications. Collaborated with CEO to develop features for enterprise Ruby platform.

Built custom Rails SAAS platform for trading scrap materials in a 'classified ads' format. Worked directly with stakeholders to develop product concept and rollout phases.

Led team of four developers to build telecom engineering workflow platform on Rails. Designed and built elaborate AJAX front end with jQuery and vanilla JavaScript.

Designed distributed workstation platform for the Linux Terminal Server Project. Built core platform features with Ruby and Rails. Collaborated with executive, programming and marketing teams to develop business goals and implementation schedule.

Built workflow management tools with Ruby improve client and employee workflow. Worked with executive, creative and marketing teams to improve brand and identity. Built robust backend on Rails for managing network of interactive media contractors.

Collaborated with stakeholders to analyze state of brownfield application. Identified improvement areas, mapped difficulty/impact of implementation. Redesigned application UI, product identity, and branding.

Developed product concept, architecture, and UI for greenfield geneaology start-up. Worked closely with executive team to design extensive feature list and phase planning.

Built web-based job bidding system in PHP and JavaScript. Implemented dynamic mapping system with the Google Maps API.

Built custom CMS in Ruby to provide site and data management tools. Implemented front-end Ruby and Jekyll, with JavaScript tools for dynamic viewing of product line.

Improved implementation of pure-Ruby API. Implemented advanced behavior tracking system with jQuery and Rails. Integrated flexible, powerful payment system using Stripe and its Rails API.

Expanded brownfield Rails app into an internal video management tool for CBS. Built backend tools to manage enterprise video library with Final Cut Server. Collaborated with executive team to craft core functionality around existing workflows in the CBS editing department.

Co-led team of five developers to build custom CRM in Rails for American Standard. Designed and built all UI/UX, worked with developers to integrate backend tools.

Redesigned newsletters with 150,000-reader circulation. Collaborated with executive and design teams to design and built new UI/UX. Trained editorial team in use of new platform architecture. Managed project across executive, marketing, design and programming teams.

Built back-end for management of user data, uploads, and product workflow. Implemented file and digital asset management system across multiple user roles. Recruited and managed team of distributed programmers.

Screenwriting, TV Writing, Film History, Film Theory, World Cinema, Comparative Literature.