Ben Bright's Resumé
programmer@benbright.net / 512-482-8746
HELLO
I am available for contract computer work. I enjoy working with talented teams to develop easy to use, value driven, robust, beautiful Internet environments.
PROFILE
My mission is to get things done for my clients on the Internet. I spend my days helping clients promote, sell, develop, create, collect and invent on the Internet.
SKILLS
Specialty
- Custom Internet development, from e-commerce to intranet to e-mail
General
- Fluent in programming, design, rollout and maintenance of Internet projects
- Advanced experience with configuration and administration of hardware, software and network solutions
Programming
- Primarily PHP, SQL, Javascript, XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS, RSS, Bash
- Occasionally Perl, Python, Java, AppleScript, Flash, ActionScript
System Administration
- Unix (favorite flavor: Debian Linux), OSX, Windows, PalmOS
- Experienced in Windows / OSX / Unix co-habitation
Software
- Apache Web Server, mySQL Database, Cyrus IMAP, SVN, CVS, Sendmail, SpamAssassin, SSL/SSH/SCP, IPTables, Nagios, Nessus, ProFTPd, DHCP, Bind (DNS), Hylafax, Gimp, ImageMagick, the GNU tools and a quiver of other applications, plugins and utilities as-needed
EXPERIENCE
Seedling Online » Chief Technology Officer, Summer 2001 - Present
- Contract network computing work, including web interface design, business workflow/data modeling and network architecture
- Responsible for 24/7/365 uptime of network services
- Responsible for implementation of development projects
- Partial list of Seedling Online projects
( for a complete list, see seedling.com )
- Texamericana » PHP/mySQL backed internet record store. Includes E-Commerce Store, Consignor Accounts, Radio Station Accounts, Inventory Control and Fulfillment Tools, MP3 Jukeboxes, Radio Programming Tools.
- Cindy Cashdollar » PHP/mySQL backed web site and intranet in support of a nationally touring musician.
- Carillon Beach » PHP/mySQL backed web site redesign and intranet upgrade in support of real estate sales. Ran a successful multi-outlet internet advertising and SEO campaign.
- Ruby's BBQ » PHP/mySQL backed web site to support restaurant promotion as well as catering and delivery orders.
- NuStats, Inc. » PHP/mySQL backed intranet tools for production use in projects doing statistical sampling for NOAA fisheries research and city transit systems. Included Windows/Linux/Palm Pilot integration and attention to process improvement with respect to both efficiency and accuracy of data processing.
- Old Settler's Music Festival » PHP/mySQL backed web site redesign in support of festival promotion and e-commerce ticket sales. Included a new look and feel, attention to standards compliance and low-bandwidth users.
SchoolPeople, Inc. » Senior Engineer, 1999 - 2001
- Responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining a production web application
- Highlights
- » GUI Design for SchoolPeople platform.
- » Implemented network architectures for premier client sites and internal company needs.
- » Worked with a team of 5 engineers to port existing applications into a J2EE production environment.
- » Technical lead for Dell Education Alliance relationship.
- » Successfully delivered PHP/mySQL product for 2 SchoolPeople Beta Districts for 1999-2000 school year.
- » Successfully delivered JSP/Java/Postgres/LDAP backed product for 4 SchoolPeople Premier School Districts for 2000-2001 school year.
- » Supported sales efforts with training, product demos, documentation, status reports and sanity/reality-checks.
Shoal Crest Labs, Inc. » President & CTO, 1995 - 1999
- Contract network computing work, from hardware configuration to database implementation to web interface design
- Web site design and maintenance for a variety of corporate and private clients
- Partial list of Shoal Crest Labs projects
- Orthopaedics International » Windows NT/95 network design and build-out for a 25-person office.
- Northwest Florida Daily News » Designed and implemented a Perl-based web-publishing engine which allows the paper to automatically publish existing articles and photos to their web site on a daily basis.
- Two High String Band » PHP/mySQL backed web site and intranet in support of a nationally touring band.
Trilogy Development Group » Programmer, 1995
- Ported software from Windows 3.1 to OS/2, Motif and Macintosh
- Created build system with built-in regression testing
- Testing, reporting and debugging of software
IBM Austin » Junior Engineer, 1994
- Configured TCP/IP based consumer test environments
- Programmed test suites for Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) products
EDUCATION
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- 1995 Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from University of Texas at Austin
- 1992 Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and English Literature from Vanderbilt University
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- References are available upon request
- This resumé was generated on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 02:41:22
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