Job History
WGBH - Broadcast Media
Local Development - Boston, MA
Interactive Technologist
April 2006 — Present
Implement web projects for Director of Internet Marketing. Provide technical guidance, programming, and research. Deployed and now support Convio marketing system & CMS. Write custom code as needed to integrate Convio with existing web systems (ArsDigita, TCL, Perl/cgi, Oracle, CVS). Involvement in planning future wgbh.org enhancements (Drupal). Train and assist New Media users.
Harvard University
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology – Cambridge, MA
Web Application Developer / Webmaster – Mar 05 – Mar 06
Web development projects such as Growth Chamber Booking System (php) main website (AJAX), designed departmental web pages. Support web users and developers, provide ad hoc web updates, manage distributed CMS (Contribute).
American Contract Services – Newton, MA
Web Development – Contract work – May 04 – Mar 05
Provided on-site consulting services. Made modifications and upgrades to php and PERL applications against an mSQL database. Analyzed and documented existing systems, made recommendations for future web strategies, provided step-by-step instructions for data conversions.
Harvard University
Real Estate Services - Cambridge, MA
Web Application Developer - Jan 01 – May 04
Developed and maintained web applications for Harvard Real Estate Services. Managed vendors and in-house designers to create web-based solutions. Re-designed HRES web-site and developed an on-line Housing survey. Built a departmental Intranet using Moveable Type. Trained users, customized configurations. Troubleshooting and analysis of existing ColdFusion applications. Provided support for our web-based solutions. Provided support for Documentum 4i users, as well as software upgrades.
Macromedia (formerly Allaire) - Newton, MA / Brussels, Belgium
ColdFusion Support Engineer / JRun Support Engineer - May 99 – Jan 01
Provided on-line support and fee-based phone support to JRun and ColdFusion developers and vendors. Reproduced platform configurations and scenarios. Solutions included server configuration, load balancing, code review, database connectivity, troubleshooting, log analysis. Reported and documented product defects and enhancement requests. Wrote technical articles for publication on Allaire’s website. Testing of internal systems. Staff training. Contributing Technical Editor to Ben Forta’s book, Spectra e-Business Construction Kit. Spent 6 months in Brussels, Belgium providing technical support to government clients.
rock.com - Somerville, MA
Producer - October 98 – May 99
Managed a team of web developers to produce a music-CD retail site with fresh daily content. Redesigned the site’s layout and interface, created and managed site assets, updated content, optimized graphics and code. Wrote and edited music reviews, artist bios. Involved in market strategy as well as development of the site’s look and editorial style.
Turning Point Software - Newton, MA
QA Project Lead / Principal QA Engineer - 1995 - 1998
Managed a 6-member QA team for Windows development projects lasting from 1 week to 1.5 years. Wrote QA client proposals and in-depth Test Plans. Developed and documented QA terms, procedures, and methods. Helped implement Unit Testing and code instrumentation in the development group. Led automated testing effort, evaluated testing tools. Conceived and contributed to the design and implementation of a QA Test Lab.
Independent Consulting / Contract
1983 - 1994
Provided custom software development services, project management, data conversion, hardware configuration, network installation, testing, and systems planning to medium and small businesses.
Local Development - Boston, MA
Interactive Technologist
April 2006 — Present
Implement web projects for Director of Internet Marketing. Provide technical guidance, programming, and research. Deployed and now support Convio marketing system & CMS. Write custom code as needed to integrate Convio with existing web systems (ArsDigita, TCL, Perl/cgi, Oracle, CVS). Involvement in planning future wgbh.org enhancements (Drupal). Train and assist New Media users.
Harvard University
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology – Cambridge, MA
Web Application Developer / Webmaster – Mar 05 – Mar 06
Web development projects such as Growth Chamber Booking System (php) main website (AJAX), designed departmental web pages. Support web users and developers, provide ad hoc web updates, manage distributed CMS (Contribute).
American Contract Services – Newton, MA
Web Development – Contract work – May 04 – Mar 05
Provided on-site consulting services. Made modifications and upgrades to php and PERL applications against an mSQL database. Analyzed and documented existing systems, made recommendations for future web strategies, provided step-by-step instructions for data conversions.
Harvard University
Real Estate Services - Cambridge, MA
Web Application Developer - Jan 01 – May 04
Developed and maintained web applications for Harvard Real Estate Services. Managed vendors and in-house designers to create web-based solutions. Re-designed HRES web-site and developed an on-line Housing survey. Built a departmental Intranet using Moveable Type. Trained users, customized configurations. Troubleshooting and analysis of existing ColdFusion applications. Provided support for our web-based solutions. Provided support for Documentum 4i users, as well as software upgrades.
Macromedia (formerly Allaire) - Newton, MA / Brussels, Belgium
ColdFusion Support Engineer / JRun Support Engineer - May 99 – Jan 01
Provided on-line support and fee-based phone support to JRun and ColdFusion developers and vendors. Reproduced platform configurations and scenarios. Solutions included server configuration, load balancing, code review, database connectivity, troubleshooting, log analysis. Reported and documented product defects and enhancement requests. Wrote technical articles for publication on Allaire’s website. Testing of internal systems. Staff training. Contributing Technical Editor to Ben Forta’s book, Spectra e-Business Construction Kit. Spent 6 months in Brussels, Belgium providing technical support to government clients.
rock.com - Somerville, MA
Producer - October 98 – May 99
Managed a team of web developers to produce a music-CD retail site with fresh daily content. Redesigned the site’s layout and interface, created and managed site assets, updated content, optimized graphics and code. Wrote and edited music reviews, artist bios. Involved in market strategy as well as development of the site’s look and editorial style.
Turning Point Software - Newton, MA
QA Project Lead / Principal QA Engineer - 1995 - 1998
Managed a 6-member QA team for Windows development projects lasting from 1 week to 1.5 years. Wrote QA client proposals and in-depth Test Plans. Developed and documented QA terms, procedures, and methods. Helped implement Unit Testing and code instrumentation in the development group. Led automated testing effort, evaluated testing tools. Conceived and contributed to the design and implementation of a QA Test Lab.
Independent Consulting / Contract
1983 - 1994
Provided custom software development services, project management, data conversion, hardware configuration, network installation, testing, and systems planning to medium and small businesses.
