Doug Rau

612-458-5530
3600 15th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407

I'm a computer programmer, software engineer, developer, or whatever term comes along next. I'm a learner, and enjoy delving into new languages, frameworks, and technologies. I've spent a great deal of my recent career in the domains of UNIX and the Internet, but am equally interested in new fields.

Primary Languages

• Perl
• PHP
• JavaScript
• C
• FORTRAN

Web Skills

• HTML5
• CSS3
• Prototype
• Script.aculo.us
• jQuery
• Vue.js

Web Stack

• UNIX/Linux
• F5 BIG-IP
• Apache
• MySQL

Experience with

• C#/.NET
• Python
• Node.js
• Various frameworks

Full Stack Developer at CATS Software

https://catsone.com/
November 2018 to present

• Part of an agile team developing and maintaining a SaaS ATS.
• Built new features, complex API integrations, security systems, database schemas and migrations, custom UI elements.
• Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, Vue.js
• Toolset: git, GitLab, webpack, Jira, Trello
• Backup DevOps, gained experience with AWS, Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Chef, Vault.

System Engineer at Green Cloud Technologies

https://gogreencloud.com/
September 2017 to September 2018

• Part a small agile team developing a web application for CPQ, service delivery, and reporting.
• Delivered new features and improved existing features, with a focus on UI/UX issues.
• Technologies: C#/.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap
• Toolset: git, Manuscript (issue tracking), CruiseControl.NET (continuous integration)

Web Engineer at ipHouse

https://www.iphouse.com/
August 2004 to September 2017

• Built web applications for full life-cycle account and service management, infrastructure documentation.
• Utilized provider APIs including CrashPlan, LogicMonitor, VMware.
• Extended infrastructure web app to support Ansible server management work.
• Foundation work for migrating web applications towards a microservice architecture.
• Technologies: FreeBSD, Linux, PHP, Perl, MySQL, JavaScript, Prototype

• Designed the company website.
• Wrote custom WordPress code to handle legacy template tags.

• Managed multiple load-balanced clusters of UNIX/Apache web servers.
• Managed multiple MySQL clusters (NDB and Galera) and standalone MySQL servers.
• Automated server maintenance and monitoring tasks.
• Reduced client website intrusions through automated code scans and proactive security warnings.

Webmaster at VISI.com

August 1996 to August 2004

• Developed tools for service ordering and account management.
• Designed the company website.
• Managed multiple UNIX web and database servers.

Webmaster at Winternet

January 1995 to July 1996

• Designed the company website.
• Managed the UNIX web server.
• Developed client websites.

Computer Programmer at Applied Spectrum Research

Boulder, CO
September 1992 to August 1994

• Developed radio system design software in FORTRAN, using USGS topographic data to calculate radio propagation loss.
• Added a topography visualization program to the software suite.
• Led efforts to modernize the software from command line menus to a modern graphical user interface.

University of Colorado

Boulder, CO

• Studied Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science.