Hello world! My name is Ziad, I am Senior Web Developer based in Santa Monica, California. Take a look at my portfolio.

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My name is Ziad Hilal and I am a senior web developer. My primary skills are PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript, and CSS. I have been programming with these languages for the past eight years. I started out by creating Subdreamer, a commercial CMS that web designers use to create their websites. Subdreamer grew into a successful business. I ran the company, hired employees, and managed to sell thousands of licenses. Being the owner and main developer, I had to learn a lot about working under pressure, being a team leader, security (PHP/MySQL/linux), customer satisfaction, and much more.

During my time with Subdreamer, I started two other businesses, Avatars and Software Droid. Living Avatars is an award winning PHP script that relies heavily on Javascript. It integrates with message boards and allows users to create custom avatars. Software Droid, is a very impressive eCommerce CMS for software engineers to use to sell their own software. I sold all three businesses in late 2010.

Would you like to know more about me? Download my Resume.

Skills

...so here's what I'm good at:

  • PHP5 (OOP, MVC, UTF8)
  • MySQL
  • HTML 5, CSS 3, ECMA (Javascript), jQuery
  • API(s) through REST
  • XML and JSON
  • SVN
  • Apache & Linux Command Line
  • VIM
  • SEO
  • Amazon Web Services (EC2, ELB, S3, etc)
  • Photoshop

Testimonials

Subdreamer is without a doubt the best CMS available on the market.

— Daniel Johansson, subdreamer.com

My God that's excellent. I've never seen anything like it in my life.

— Living Avatars user, vb.org

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