About

As Director, Technology for Schematic, Brian manages developers across disciplines, participates in business development efforts, and coordinates resourcing efforts across the Schematic network. As Platform Chair of the Open Source Platforms Group, Brian also leads Schematic’s team of open source developers by defining coding standards and best practices and evangelizing the use of open source tools. Brian also participates in engagements as a Solutions Architect, Senior Software Architect, and Software Developer as needed.

Brian’s eight years of experience in the Information Technology industry are comprised of both systems administration and software development in various capacities. As a Technical Lead for Community Connect Inc., Brian played a key role in designing and maintaining applications deployed on ethnically-oriented community web sites.

Brian is also very well-versed in systems administration, having served in senior-level Systems Administrator roles for both Community Connect Inc. and BenefitsCheckUp.org. The combination of his systems administration and development experience give him a Swiss Army Knife skillset.

Brian is an active blogger and speaker. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems from Baruch College, City University of New York. Formerly of New York City, Brian currently resides in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Felicia; daughter, Madeline; and dog, Abby.

Atlanta PHP
April 5, 2007
“Designing for Scalability”

Atlanta PHP
October 4, 2007
“The Grown-Up Company’s Guide to Development”

Zend PHP Conference, 2007
October 9, 2007
“Mobilizing and Sharing: How Zend Framework Builds Community for Nokia MOSH”

Zend PHP Conference, 2007
October 10, 2007
“The Grown-Up Company’s Guide to Development”

Zend PHP Conference, 2008
September 16, 2008
“Rickroll To Go With WURFL, PHP, and Other Open Source Tools”

Schematic Tech Summit 2008
Opening keynote (OSPG portion)
“Zend Framework: A Look Back (and Forward)”
“State of phplib” (our internal PHP code library, modeled after Zend Framework)
“Abracadabra!: Mastering Unix Shell Scripting”
“Shrinking Your Static Stuff”
“Load Testing Introduction”

PHP Appalachia 2008
October 13, 2008
“Rickroll To Go With WURFL, PHP, and Other Open Source Tools”

iPhone/Mobile Dev Camp Atlanta 2008
July 18, 2009
“WURFL, Device Identification, and Mobile Media”

php|architect Magazine
October 2009
“Make It Mobile With PHP and Open Source Tools”

Certifications and Memberships

Zend PHP 5 Certified Developer, November 2006

iPhone Developer Program member, 2008 – Present