Technical Coordinator August 2004 - Present Digital Arts and New Media Department, UCSC
- >Manage the technical needs associated with launching and running a new academic department at UCSC.
- Organized faculty meetings to assess startup funds and the directions in which these funds should be used.
- Launched an online community to help define the program, support research and teaching and to market this new and exciting field: danm.ucsc.edu
- Hired and Managed web development staff to help in the creation of danm.ucsc.edu.
- Meet with Faculty to assess technical needs and support them in their research projects.
- Support students with special projects with technical expertise and equipment access from around campus.
- Meet with Department Chairs to help integrate curriculum and research from across the Arts Division.
Administrative Systems Specialist April 2002 - August 2004 Arts Division, UCSC
- Streamline of Arts Division business processes by supporting and developing FileMakerPro and Web Systems.
- Supported Divisional Time & Attendance System, Curriculum and Leave Plan and multiple contact systems.
- Trained staff and some faculty on the use of "standard applications", MS Word, MS Excel, FileMakerPro, Photoshop, Eudora, Mac OS X and some misc applications.
- Ensured better Security via the implementation of SSL on a Mac OS X (Apache) web server (artstream.ucsc.edu). Implementation of php and MySQL on said server to support instruction in electronic art.
- Produced an accounting solution to serve Shakespeare Santa Cruz's financial reporting and understanding needs. (Business Objects and InfoView)
Web Developer July 2001 - March 2002 Independent Contractor
- Design and development of pcextremist.com, an online magazine devoted to high-end computer users.
Developed using html, JavaScript, xml, xsl, css and asp. (Dec 1999)
- Design and development of geekspeak.org, a website for the radio show GeekSpeak on KUSP.
Developed using html, JavaScript and css.
- DHTML re-work of web applications for various clients of Words and Images, Santa Cruz, CA.
Using css, html, DOM and JavaScript.
Senior Software Engineer [Web UI] October 2000 - July 2001 Pumatech, Santa Cruz, CA
- Lead UI designer for a dhtml rich web application that allowed end users to modify their contacts, appointments, tasks and other personal data via the Internet. (compliant with IE/NS 4+ and Mozilla)
- Using xsl to translate xml navigation meta data into a dhtml/JavaScript rich navigation system.
- Systems/Languages used: html/css, xml/xslt, dom/JavaScript, asp (IIS), jsp (Tomcat, Enhydra and BEA's WebLogic), ntl (NetMind Responder - proprietary); connecting to an Oracle dB.
- Developed projects, corresponding timetables and allocated company resources.
- Versioning control: SourceSafe (administrator), CVS, ClearCase
Consulting Software Engineer October 1999 - September 2000 FTM, Burbank, CA [contract]
- Lead web application designer for a proprietary content management system that allowed our clients (radio stations) to modify their websites without needing html skills. The system held shared content in an MS SQL database, had a translation layer to XML and conceptual "objects" that translated the data via XSL into html. Finally a combination layer was used to form the dhtml rich output pages. Each client's site shared the same base content, but, using xslt, they were able to have different designs ("look and feel").
- Mentoring the junior programming staff of 12 on use of XSL and object oriented JavaScript.
- Developed projects, corresponding timetables and allocated company resources.
- Design of html/JavaScript/xml/xslt/css web applications.
- Versioning control: SourceSafe (administrator)
Online Project Lead/Webmaster August 1997 - October 1999 JFAX.COM, Los Angeles, CA
- Developed multiple versions of the corporate website and implemented a targeted marketing campaign that displayed content based on referring site. The company had a very fast passed environment with multiple changes to their marketing strategy and targeted markets. This kept me quite busy developing new sites and marketing campaigns using html, JavaScript and perl.
- Instillation and daily management of multiple IIS 4.0 servers. With COM/DCOM components interacting with ORACLE through a firewall for e-commerce solutions. Managed NT Server machines: user access, SSL certificates, load balancing, performance tuning, COM/DCOM component installation, content managing (SourceSafe), and daily operational issues.
- Designed and managed the production of an e-commerce system running ASP and COM objects that pre-authorized credit cards through two external clearinghouses, added new customers to an ORACLE database and provisioned services to the new customer.
- Developed systems for processing, tracking, and reporting of sales information from JFAX.COM and its partner web sites, which served dynamic web content to user, based on data on record.
- Versioning control: SourceSafe
Project Coordinator/System Admin August 1996 - June 1997 Cinemills Corporation, Burbank, CA
- Designed marketing collateral for product sales.
- Administered internal computer network.
- Managed development of new products from alpha R&D testing to final release, including purchase orders and a six-person production staff.
Associate Webmaster/Image Editor April 1996 - October 1996 Oo! Oo! I Know! Productions [contract]
- Daily maintenance of an online soup-opera, sfblend.com (no longer live) using html and perl.
- Image editing, web page layout and design.
Webmaster October 1994 - July 1996 Inovonics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA
- Built multiple versions of corporate website using html, JavaScript and perl.
- Designed data collection web application that allowed distributors to order marketing collateral using html and perl.