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Employment History
United Defense Group : 2001-Present
IT Director and Application Developer
Information Technologies Director and Application Developer for America's largest exclusively criminal defense law firm. Currently manage a single-office network of 25 Windows workstations, 2 dedicated Red Hat Linux servers, and provide remote technical support to several hundred attorneys nationwide. Designed and programmed several in-house applications to assist resident attorneys in their management and reporting duties. Developed proprietary marketing tools to assist in the deployment, management and reporting of extremely broad online advertising campaigns with a monthly spend of over $60,000 and monthly Internet revenues of over $400,000. Applications developed using Dynamic HTML, XML, mySQL Database Server, WAP (for cell phone access), RSS (for 'news feeds') and PHP and Zend Scripting Technologies, and are integrated with various Microsoft products such as Access and Excel in the office. United Defense Group employs over 400 attorneys, nationwide, and these applications enable them to communicate, schedule, track, evaluate, and manage their cases. United Defense Group owns over 80 web domains (primary: UnitedDefenseGroup.com), several of which consistently place in the Top 5 results for search terms related to the legal industry on all of the major search engines. UDG is extremely active in PPC and CPC search advertising campaigns, and has achieved excellent results with search placement for 'algorithm' search 'spiders', in addition to the paid placement. These and United Defense Group's other domains are hosted on dedicated Red Hat Linux servers, which I arranged for and built-out for production. Since we moved to the Linux servers and implemented various company-wide policies which I authored and maintain, the company's extensive network and all of their e-mail have been virus- and hacker-free, despite numerous, daily attacks.
Internet Society - Los Angeles Chapter : 1998-2010
Board of Directors Chairman, Chapter Trustee and Education Committee Chair
Working with this Chapter of the international organization. The Chapter was dedicated to promoting general Internet knowledge, working to develop Educational applications for the Internet, and participating in the creation and standardization of protocols for Internet activities through the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF), a branch of the Internet Society (ISOC). The Chapter was officially the largest ISOC Chapter, with over 400 members state-wide at the time I left office.
Web Developer : 1990-Present
Projects include crunching HTML for the initial rollout of the CitySearch website and building a Shockwave game for the Paramount Pictures/Howard Stern movie site, among others. Clients include OverTheNet, Zentropy Interactive, NextStep Media, ZigZag, Platt College, Glendale Career College, and others.
XactImage : 1999-2000
Application Developer
Working with this Los Angeles-based web production company. Among other activities, I developed the programming for a 'proof of concept' for Fairchild Corporation, a major aerospace parts manufacturer. The proof of concept demonstrated how their web presence would be able to integrate with their in-house inventory chain to enable vendors and suppliers to interact directly with Fairchild's product management system with a low learning curve, reducing errors and streamlining their product delivery stream. Acted as company liaison during a major transition in product offerings for our telco management clients from service affiliate AT&T.
Novomind (formerly 'eBrain') : 1998-2000
English Artificial Intelligence Developer
Working with this German company during development of their proprietary C++/Java engine, I cleaned up and augmented the translated 'brain' for their 'Virtual Agent' web-product. This involved adjusting the translated ouput and creating patterns and rules for the interaction between the Agent and the site visitor. (See Novomind.com for a demonstration of the current implementation.) On a side note ... I never met my employers on this project; all communication took place in cyberspace or via the occasional Transatlantic telephone call.
Instructor, Internet Programming : 1996-1999
Glendale Career College, Glendale, California
Taught a popular course in Web Design, Client-side programming (DHTML, JavaScript), and graphics production
Game Programming : 1992-1994
Cyberboy Studios, Marina Del Rey, California
Three-man development team wrote and produced award-winning CD-ROM games
PrePress Production : 1979-1992
College Press, Burbank, California Audio Amateur Publications, Peterborough, New Hampshire Precisionforms, Inc., Jaffrey, New Hampshire 80 Microcomputing Magazine, Peterborough, New Hampshire Kilobaud Microcomputing Magazine, Peterborough, New Hampshire Education
Certified by the State of California
to teach Multimedia Production to all age groups.
Platt College, Eagle Rock, California : September 1995
Graduate with Diploma in Computer Graphics and Design
Development Environments and Tools
Operating System Production Environments
Linux, Unix, Windows95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista, Macintosh 7-X
Operating System Networking Environments
Servers: Linux, Unix, Windows NT 3.5-XP; Workstations: Linux, Windows95-Vista; Secure Wireless
Miscellaneous Operating Systems
Oracle 8i, Novell 3-4, MS-DOS 3-7, BeOS, Palm, WindowsCE
Production Software
All webpage programming is developed using a simple text editor. Other project-oriented software includes NetObjects Fusion 1-3, MS FrontPage 97-3, MS Project98, and other web authoring programs. Web programming languages include Advanced PHP, PERL, WAP, XML, RSS, Advanced Javascript, HTML, ColdFusion, Java, VBScript and others. Database software includes MS-SQL, MySQL, Oracle 8i, PostgreSQL, various Berkley implementations and Microsoft Access and Excel. Materials production software includes Macromedia Director 3-8 and all versions of Flash (even back when it was being developed by FutureSplash!), the GIMP, Inkscape and other FOSS tools, and Adobe products including Photoshop 2-6, Illustrator 3-8, Acrobat 2-5, PageMaker 3-7, and Premiere 3-7 with After Effects 3. Audio development and manipulation has been done with various audio programs including Sound Forge 2-6, Audacity and Cakewalk 7. 3-D VRML production has been accomplished with software from Lightwave, Virtus, Caligari, and most recently with SGI/CosmoSoftware's outstanding CosmoWorlds. During Game Production, our team used Kinetix 3D Studio with custom Photoshop scripts and masking effects and the DOS-based Game Creation System (GCS). Regular production networking activities utilize various conferencing, shared environment, telnet, FTP, system status, remote control, and high-level browsing software. Frequently involved in beta-testing and professional developer programs for major manufacturers. As the IT Director for a large law firm, I have had to troubleshoot and modify all kinds of workstations and servers, both local and remote. I regularly train and assist employees of the firm in the operation of their systems both in the primary office and remotely with employees all around America, and I frequently perform computer forensics tasks to aid in the development of legal defense positions. During these activities, I work intimately with all of the major operating systems, several brands of personal communications devices and all of their attendant communications protocols, and with a very wide variety of personalities. |
