SKILLS

  • Specialty

    • Custom Internet development, from e-commerce to intranet to e-mail

  • General

    • Fluent in programming, design, rollout and maintenance of Internet projects
    • Advanced experience with configuration and administration of hardware, software and network solutions

  • Programming

    • Primarily PHP, SQL, Javascript, XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS, RSS, Bash
    • Occasionally Perl, Python, Java, AppleScript, Flash, ActionScript

  • System Administration

    • Unix (favorite flavor: Debian Linux), OSX, Windows, Mobile Devices
    • Experienced in Windows / OSX / Unix co-habitation

EXPERIENCE

  • Seedling Online » Chief Technology Officer, Summer 2001 – Present

    • Contract network computing work, including web interface design, business workflow/data modeling and network architecture
    • Responsible for 24/7/365 uptime of network services
    • Responsible for implementation of development projects
    • Partial list of Seedling Online projects
      ( for a complete list, see seedling.com )
      • Texamericana » PHP/mySQL backed internet record store. Includes E-Commerce Store, Consignor Accounts, Radio Station Accounts, Inventory Control and Fulfillment Tools, MP3 Jukeboxes, Radio Programming Tools.
      • Cindy Cashdollar » PHP/mySQL backed web site and intranet in support of a nationally touring musician.
      • Carillon Beach » PHP/mySQL backed web site redesign and intranet upgrade in support of real estate sales. Ran a successful multi-outlet internet advertising and SEO campaign.
      • Ruby’s BBQ » PHP/mySQL backed web site to support restaurant promotion as well as catering and delivery orders.
      • NuStats, Inc. » PHP/mySQL backed intranet tools for production use in projects doing statistical sampling for NOAA fisheries research and city transit systems. Included Windows/Linux/Palm Pilot integration and attention to process improvement with respect to both efficiency and accuracy of data processing.
      • Old Settler’s Music Festival » PHP/mySQL backed web site redesign in support of festival promotion and e-commerce ticket sales. Included a new look and feel, attention to standards compliance and low-bandwidth users.

  • SchoolPeople, Inc. » Senior Engineer, 1999 – 2001

    • Responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining a production web application
    • Highlights
      • » GUI Design for SchoolPeople platform.
      • » Implemented network architectures for premier client sites and internal company needs.
      • » Worked with a team of 5 engineers to port existing applications into a J2EE production environment.
      • » Technical lead for Dell Education Alliance relationship.
      • » Successfully delivered PHP/mySQL product for 2 SchoolPeople Beta Districts for 1999-2000 school year.
      • » Successfully delivered JSP/Java/Postgres/LDAP backed product for 4 SchoolPeople Premier School Districts for 2000-2001 school year.
      • » Supported sales efforts with training, product demos, documentation, status reports and sanity/reality-checks.

  • Shoal Crest Labs, Inc. » President & CTO, 1995 – 1999

    • Contract network computing work, from hardware configuration to database implementation to web interface design
    • Web site design and maintenance for a variety of corporate and private clients
    • Partial list of Shoal Crest Labs projects
      • Orthopaedics International » Windows NT/95 network design and build-out for a 25-person office.
      • Northwest Florida Daily News » Designed and implemented a Perl-based web-publishing engine which allows the paper to automatically publish existing articles and photos to their web site on a daily basis.
      • Two High String Band » PHP/mySQL backed web site and intranet in support of a nationally touring band.

  • Trilogy Development Group » Programmer, 1995

    • Ported software from Windows 3.1 to OS/2, Motif and Macintosh
    • Created build system with built-in regression testing
    • Testing, reporting and debugging of software

  • IBM Austin » Junior Engineer, 1994

    • Configured TCP/IP based consumer test environments
    • Programmed test suites for Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) products

EDUCATION

    • 1995 Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from University of Texas at Austin
    • 1992 Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and English Literature from Vanderbilt University

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