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I am an experienced Internet Technologies professional with an emphasis on database administration
and LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP). First employed early in 1996 by Computer
Currents Magazine as an assistant to the webmaster, I was presented with a department in a
transitional phase moving from a predominantly Microsoft IT department to what would eventually
become a LAMP environment. I wrote my first VB application there, learned how to be a proficient
IS Tech, and progressed to build an online bookstore (utilizing minivend) in conjunction with
one of San Francisco's most successful independent bookstores, Stacey's. It was the ideal initial department
in which to forge my career.
My early career included a few contract positions in tandem with my primary employment
with a small stock brokerage. LAMP technologies have paved the way for me to develop and
manage a myriad different web-based projects, from a credit card validation gateway early
on to a full-service independent bookstore's online shopping experience in Alaska. I eventually
took on an entrepreneurial project as one of two General Partners of a small, independent Internet Strategies firm founded in 2002,
called Ferocity Design. After two tumultuous years we put the business to rest and I moved back
to the Lower 48.
Throughout my career I've built many websites from the individual, static variety
to the large, integrated and database-driven for a diverse collection of individuals and companies. My formal
employment has been primarily building intranets of one sort or another --
be it closing data from daily clearing houses for brokers to reference or building web-based tools designed to facilitate
efficiency through a centralized data store for an IT department -- while both the business
and periods of freelancing have produced many production-value websites {see the portfolio section for details}.
After 15 months in Portland, Oregon I have found my way back to the Bay Area. Freelancing kept me busy in Portland
until I went on to contract remotely with a company out of Los Angeles. After a brief period working for a decidedly promising
start-up out of my home county, Marin, I have accepted a Webmastership position for a small manufacturing and distribution company in Windsor,
California. It's a bit of a commute, but I'm finding the work fantastically rewarding.
I'm stunned how much I missed the Bay Area and greatly enjoy living in the North Bay with its natural beauty
providing a kaleidoscopic backdrop for its citizens' seemingly natural affinity for technology.
The journey continues...::
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