Professional Objective
Work with an innovative company writing quality code that solves real problems and offers real functionality (and having fun doing it). An emphasis on flexibility, openness, and satsifying the needs of users a must.
Employment History
Contract Developer
The Complete Website,
http://www.tcwebsite.com/
- December 2007 - Present
- Varied development and configuration tasks related to WordPress-driven Content Management, including theme and plugin development
Contract Devloper
NewsGang,
http://newsgang.net
- October 2007 - Present
- Development of the NewsGang service. All development and architecture tasks and server administration.
Contract Developer
Neighborhoods Undressed,
http://neighborhoodsundressed.com
- May 2007 - Present
- Development and configuration tasks related to WordPress and WordPress MU, server administration
Technical Director
AttentionTrust,
http://attentiontrust.org
- April 2006 - Present
- Management of Attentiontrust's server, including Apache2 configuration and support, MySQL database administration, user management
- Web and client tools development
Developer
Electronic Theatre Controls, Middleton, Wi
- December 2002 - Present
- Several legacy data migration projects using Microsoft SQL Server
- Integration developer for 2 shipping system implementations; responsible for connecting 2 3rd party shipping applications to 2 different ERP host systems.
- 3 in-house Microsoft Office applications using Visual Basic
- PeopleSoft CRM development: support, customization, and new development
- Intranet and Internet web development using ASP and ASP.Net
- General development support, server support (Microsoft Windows, Unix), and scripting
Program Manager
Electronic Theatre Controls, Middleton, Wi
- June 2002 - December 2002
- Responsible for internal customer interaction, scheduling and project completion for several small to medium projects
Drafting Supervisor
Electronic Theatre Controls, Middleton, Wi
- May 1999 - June 2002
- Responsible for scheduling and performance of a 13-person drafting team
Project Manager
Electronic Theatre Controls, Middleton, Wi
- June 1996 - May 1999
- Managed manufacture, delivery, installation and turn-on of ETC's equipment at construction sites, culminating in sole responsibility for some ETC's largest project customer accounts and consultant relationships.
Previous
Various Companies, Madison, Wi
- August 1992 - June 1996
- Various theatrical positions (Lighting Designer, Technical Director, Master Electrician, Carpenter, Rigger, Stage Hand) for a variety of local theatrical companies.
Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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M.F.A Theatrical Lighting Design;
August 1992 - May 1995
- Wide variety of theatrical design and theory classes
Frostburg State University
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B.S. Theatre/English;
August 1989 - May 1992
- Wide variety of theatrical classes in design, acting, directing, and practicum
- Literature and writing coursework
Skills
Languages:
XML, HTML, CSS, T-SQL, Visual Basic (and VB for Applications), VB.Net, C#, VBScript, PHP, Javascript
Server Technologies:
Microsoft Windows Server (NT, 2000, 2003), Internet Information Systems (IIS), BizTalk Server, Linux (primarily Debian and derivitives and Gentoo), Apache
Other Skills:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; project management, project lifecycle and scheduling, software testing and debugging