Paul Annesley

Current

• Senior Developer at 99designs

Past

• Web Application Developer at SitePoint
• Co-director, Technical Manager at Lockstock Technology
• Technical Manager, System Admin at Netlink Connect

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Industry

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Websites

• paul.annesley.cc

Paul Annesley’s Summary

Paul Annesley is the Senior Developer at 99designs, where he applies best practice architecture, development and processes to the fast growing, highly successful web application with heavy traffic loads.

After meticulously rebuilding SitePoint Design Contests, Paul and a small tight-knit team are nurturing the successful web application in its new life as 99designs.

Paul Annesley’s Specialties:

PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Git, HTML, CSS, Ruby, Python, Linux, Cluster/Cloud Computing, HTTP, Technical Writing, IP networks, Test Driven Development

Paul Annesley’s Experience

• Senior Developer

  99designs

  (Internet industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Apply best practice architecture, development and processes to a fast growing, highly successful web application with heavy traffic loads.
  
  * Best practice design and development of web application architecture.
  * Maintainable PHP, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, Ruby, Python.
  * High performance MySQL replication and redundancy.
  * Git and Subversion source control.
  * Linux cluster/cloud deployment and administration.
  * Test driven development.
  * Business development, marketing and promotion.
  * Social media management.

• Web Application Developer

  SitePoint

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  * Test Driven Development.
  * Scalable web applications, libraries and frameworks.
  * PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript.
  * Linux server and cluster administration.
  * Writing for technical articles.

• Co-director, Technical Manager

  Lockstock Technology

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

  * Business marketing and management.
  * Web framework design & development.
  * Web backend development; PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
  * Web frontend development: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript.

• Technical Manager, System Admin

  Netlink Connect

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  2002 — 2005 (3 years )

  * Administer Linux, Novell and Windows servers.
  * Configure Cisco routers/switches.
  * Manage WAN over ATM/Ethernet/PPP/serial.
  * Develop tools using Perl, PHP and Bash.
  * Handle escalated customer support issues.
  * Point of contact for upstream network providers.
  * Mentor for new team members.

Additional Information

Paul Annesley’s Websites:

• paul.annesley.cc

Paul Annesley’s Groups:

Web Standards Group, Web Industry Professionals Association

•    WSG
•    SitePoint