Alex Gorbatchev

Current

Partner at Rooftop Labs

Past

Senior Software Developer at Cyberplex
Senior Software Developer at Savoury Projects
UI Lead at BC Hydro

UI Lead at Area 40
Senior Flex Developer at Splunk
Software Developer at Savoury Projects Inc.
Flex Developer at Constratus
.NET Developer at ThirdMind
Senior Flash Developer at Blast Radius
Senior Flash Developer at VideoEgg
.NET Developer at dthree
Flash Developer at Henderson Bas
Java Developer at Sapient Canada
Flash Developer at Cossette
Web Developer at Sandbox Communications
Flash Developer at dthree
Flash Developer at Cossette
Java Developer at Sapient Canada
Web Developer at Organic
Web Developer at Dimax
Flash Developer at Blast Radius
Flash Developer at Organic
Interface Developer at Organic
HTML Developer at American Gem

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Alex Gorbatchev’s Summary

Rich web application developer with 10 years of experience. Expert in developing for the client and server sides as well as desktop applications utilizing latest technologies and standards. Specialize in materializing visions through experience, knowledge and great attention to details.

*** SyntaxHighlighter 2.0 is a fully functional self-contained code syntax highlighter developed in JavaScript. Open source project, started in 2004 and is currently maintained has been adopted by Mozilla, Yahoo, Microsoft, Aptana, Wordpress and countless others. Over 150,000 downloads and thousands installations (http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter).

** Flash Video Platform
Lead developer on the highly scalable and extensible video player for a large video hosting network receiving 40m hits a day. Modular nature of the player allows it to serve any number of different types of ads at the same time, all configured by the sales department.

** Streaming NHL video
Developed a streaming solution with full scheduling capabilities of the live NHL games in Silverlight. All game statistics is updated live and displayed for all simultaneously playing games.

**Bilingual web site for a major political party
Developed in ASP.NET a bilingual site for a major Canadian party. Created a system to dynamically render and cache all images containing bilingual text and administrable via CMS.

** Automotive industry
Built web sites utilizing wide range of technologies for BWM, Chrysler, Jeep, Toyota, AMG, Honda and Scion.

** Financial industry
Built web sites utilizing wide range of technologies for ING Direct, Mackenzie Financial, BMO, RBC, The Dominion and Janus.

** Telco industry
Built web sites utilizing wide range of technologies for Bell Canada, Rogers and Sprint Canada.

** Alcohol industry
Built web sites utilizing wide range of technologies for Beck’s Beer, Budweiser, Keiths, Labatt, Rolling Rock and Stella.

Alex Gorbatchev’s Specialties:

Flash, Flex, AIR, .NET, ASP.NET, WPF, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Ruby On Rails, PHP, SQL Server, MySQL

Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, etc...

Alex Gorbatchev’s Experience

Partner

Rooftop Labs

(Online Media industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)
Senior Software Developer

Cyberplex

(Public Company; CX; Internet industry)

February 2009 — November 2009 (10 months)

Developing Flash and AJAX UI for a major news paper. Developing, maintaining and updating an open source based gambling initiative (Python and Flex).
Senior Software Developer

Savoury Projects

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — August 2009 (10 months)

Developing smart location aware banners and an administration interface for Sportsnet.ca (Flash, PHP) followed by a complete redesign (CSS, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery and Flash)
UI Lead

BC Hydro

(Government Agency; Utilities industry)

November 2008 — December 2008 (2 months)

Developing rich UI interface elements for bchydro.com in Flash and Flex.
UI Lead

Area 40

(Internet industry)

May 2008 — November 2008 (7 months)

Developed an extensive client / designer interaction and collaboration system for Ethan Allen which allows designers to directly communicate and help clients to better their interior design choices (Flex).
Senior Flex Developer

Splunk

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

June 2008 — October 2008 (5 months)

Developed an interactive and dynamic reporting component for a IT search application in Flex.
Software Developer

Savoury Projects Inc.

(Internet industry)

November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)

Developing Silverlight application for Bell ExpressVu to deliver real time broadcast experience for its subscribers.
Flex Developer

Constratus

(Partnership; Telecommunications industry)

June 2007 — April 2008 (11 months)

Developing rich and interactive media experiences in Flex and Flash for Mercedes AMG, Scion and Cigarette Boat.
.NET Developer

ThirdMind

(Internet industry)

September 2007 — October 2007 (2 months)

Creating new components for existing ASP.NET application using CSS, JavaScript, VB.NET and MSSQL.
Senior Flash Developer

Blast Radius

(Public Company; WPPGY; Internet industry)

June 2007 — July 2007 (2 months)

Developed a rich Flash user experience for the Nike Hockey training program.
Senior Flash Developer

VideoEgg

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)

Developing Flash media player and advertising platform utilizing latest tricks and technology. Over 10 million viewers daily.
.NET Developer

dthree

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

February 2006 — July 2006 (6 months)

Development of the Liberal Party of Ontario web site using latest ASP.NET 2.0 together with advanced CSS layouts to deliver a modern looking, fast and usable web site which adheres to latest web standards.
Flash Developer

Henderson Bas

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2005 — February 2006 (3 months)

Flash development of the bilingual web site for MacKenzie Financial promotion.
Java Developer

Sapient Canada

(Public Company; SAPE; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2005 — December 2005 (2 months)

Developed and updated website for Janus in Denver, Colorado.
Flash Developer

Cossette

(Public Company; KOS; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2005 — October 2005 (2 months)

Flash development of the Lucky Charms web site.
Web Developer

Sandbox Communications

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2002 — October 2005 (3 years 4 months)

A long lasting ongoing relationship with Sandbox Communications included development and maintenance of a magnitude of online promotions primarily for HP Canada and HP US using ASP.NET, SQL Server and Flash.
Flash Developer

dthree

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2005 — August 2005 (5 months)

Flash development and maintenance of the various brands such as Guiness, Becks, Budweiser, Blue, Labatt and others.
Flash Developer

Cossette

(Public Company; KOS; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2005 — May 2005 (2 months)

Flash development of rich media campaign for Sprite Canada.
Java Developer

Sapient Canada

(Public Company; SAPE; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2005 — March 2005 (2 months)

Developed and updated website for Janus in Denver, Colorado.
Web Developer

Organic

(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2004 — January 2005 (10 months)

Development and support of various online campaigns and web sites such as Sprint Canada, President's Choice, Dominion Securities and others. Utilized Flash, CSS, JSP and ASP.NET.
Web Developer

Dimax

(Industrial Automation industry)

March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Brand and website development for Dimax Corporation.
Flash Developer

Blast Radius

(Public Company; WPPGY; Internet industry)

October 2003 — October 2003 (1 month)

Flash development for BMW Canada.
Flash Developer

Organic

(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2002 — August 2002 (2 months)

Flash development of the Honda Element site (won Macromedia "Web Site of the Day" award), Bell Solo and Sprint Canada campaigns.
Interface Developer

Organic

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; OMC; Internet industry)

August 2000 — April 2001 (9 months)
HTML Developer

American Gem

(Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

February 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 7 months)