Resume
OBJECTIVE
To find an opportunity to use and expand my strong, tested skillset and experience as an IT Director, Manager of Web Development and Systems Analyst in a way which will increase usability and profitability for a Web-based service and positively impact the experience of its consumers.
EMPLOYMENT
Awards:
Center for Digital Government
Achievement Awards: 4th place in the Government to Government category for the REX Portal (Rhode Island eGovernment Exchange) — a portal-based repository of information, guidelines, policies and technical resources to aid in the rapid deployment of shared data using XML.
Designed, built, and optimized the information architecture for the Rhode Island news Web site - projo.com. Used advanced Perl techniques (object orientation, modules, dynamic page templating) to efficiently create fast, intuitive CGI applications for projo.com and the 20 other Web sites operated by Belo Interactive.
Created advanced parsers to automatically flow legacy system data into standard XML formats. Created internal applications to aid production workflow in maintaining a 100,000+ page Web site. Site’s monthly pageviews increased from 2.8 million to 9+ million and achieved profitability as of 2002.
Examples:
• projo.com/art and projo.com/music - Allows local artists and musicians to showcase their work to our vast audience
Awards:
• July 2004: Batten Award for Tribute
to the Troops — “An effortless, interactive database that allows readers to create a Web page for an individual soldier or troop and post messages or photos.”
• July 2002: Digital
Edge award (from the Newspaper Association of America’s New Media Federation) for the special section entitled "Poisoned:
A Providence Journal Series" about the devastating effects of lead poisoning on children. This feature also won an award from the New England Associated Press News Executives Association.
• July 2001: Digital
Edge awards: “Best Classifieds Use of New Media” and “Best Innovative Use of Digital Media, News Event Coverage” categories for Wheels (automobille classifieds) and Rescuing the Right Whale.
Other responsibilities:
• Training, support, and quality assurance for Perl programming
efforts at other Belo newspapers and television stations
• Programming and administration for advertiser Web sites.
• Programming for rimonthly.com.
Developing interactive features, including an online ballot for the Best of Rhode Island annual reader’s poll.
EDUCATION
| 1995-1999 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA |
| B.S. in Computer Science - Graduated with Distinction | ||
Major Qualifying Project (Senior Thesis):
Triple Tier Web Accessible Database with Java GUI
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Created an object-oriented three tier database developed in Perl with an intuitive online interface developed in Java and VisualCafé |
Interactive Qualifying Project:
Technological Education for Inner City Elementary Schools
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Set the trend for an after-school Computer Education Club at the Elm Park Community School in Worcester, MA; Taught a diverse group of children from grades 3 through 6 about computers and the Internet |
Relevant Coursework:
| Operating Systems I/II Software Engineering Webware |
Computer Networks Human/Computer Interaction Programming Language Translation Artificial Intelligence Discrete Mathematics |
Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honor Fraternity
| 1991-1995 | Johnston Senior High School | Johnston, RI |
Graduated 5th in a class of 178
SKILLS
Programming: Expert knowledge of Ruby on Rails, Perl, PHP (Object Oriented),
SQL, C, C++, JavaScript. Experience with Java, Macromedia Flash Actionscript,
UNIX ShellScript.
Web Applications: Expert knowledge of Web application development
and CGI scriptdevelopment in a UNIX environment. Expert knowledge of standards-compliant XHTML,
CSS, XML, MySQL, Oracle, Apache.
Graphics/Layout Design: Expert knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver,
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Pagemaker. Experience with Macromedia Flash.
Hardware/Software: Expert knowledge of Linux, Microsoft Windows
and Solaris. In-depth understanding of network communications and
configurations.