:: Resume of Shun Chu 2008 ::

PHP Web Developer/Owner, PowerAtom Technologies, San Jose, CA

Dec. 2004 - Present

Web development using PHP, Javascript, Perl, DOM, Ajax, CSS, Flash/Actionscript and MySQL for web-based applications.
Setup e-commerce operations using various readily available shopping cart software and services.
Take any Photoshop or Illustrator files and turn them into web sites using aforementioned technologies.
MySQL database design, normalization and implementation.
Proficient in setting up LAMP stack servers.

Current clients:

Motomichi Nakamura (award winning artist, 06.2007 - present), spaceJASE (06.2007 - present), Main's Mini Storage (05.2007 - present), BSBtv (01.2007 - present), DUCK Studios (10.2006 - present), Kavina Language Studio (07.2006 - present), Patrick Melton (award winning screen writer, 2005 - present), C-Tech Asia (05.2004 - present)

Past clients:

Vedunia Film Project, Austria (04.2008), Montessori-Initiative Wieden, Austria (07.2007), Assembleco (06.2007), Alistair Fuller Photography (award winning photographer, 05.2007), EQ Plus, Inc (07.2005 - 11.2006), IMC-NJ (06.2006), Grand Prix Ball Asia (03.2004), Thunderbird School of Global Management (02.2004)

Business & Technology Strategist, PLANETii USA Inc, San Jose, CA

Apr. 2002 - Dec. 2004

Product research and analysis of K-12 education industry.
Requirements gathering and prepared project plans for developers.
Primary liaison between developers and business development.

Interim Director of Technology, PLANETii USA Inc, New York, NY

Dec. 2000 - Mar. 2002

Committed the company to open source standards using Linux, Apache and Java as primary technology foundations of the new startup. This saved the company over half a million dollars in hardware and licensing fees.
Hired all key personnel, including senior Java developers, Flash interaction developer, art director and eventually the CTO.
Managed the software development team and the core product which helped secured investor funding.

Curriculum Resources Manager, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

May 1999 - Dec. 2000

Managed $200,000+ worth of equipment and resources for the Computer Art department.
Managed 60+ work study students and their schedules.
Implemented an equipment sign up and check out system that increased efficiency by 30% and drastically reduced damage and theft, contributing to an annual savings of over $10,000.
Systems administrator for 250+ high-end Windows NT animation systems, 150+ Mac OS9/X workstations and 30 SGI IRIX workstations.

Admissions Online Specialist, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

Jun. 1998 - May 1999

Responsible for setting up the college's first online recruiting operations; application rate increased 20% in the first year; application processing time was reduced from several days to two days.
Developed admission department's first intranet system for document and information sharing.

Programming

Object Oriented Programming, clean coding using best practices.
Strong knowledge in PHP web application security.
Comfortable integrating PHP into any existing systems and code base.
Flash Actionscripting, XML parsing and integration with PHP applications.
Understanding of how Flash, Javascript and Flex can work together as a unified solution.

Database

Strong knowledge in database design (E/R and Normalization) and implementation.
Very comfortable with MySQL.

System Administration

Proficient knowledge in maintaining workstations running Windows XP, Mac OSX and Linux.
Setup and troubleshoot LAN, wifi network, client-server file sharing.
Setup and maintain Mac OSX and Linux servers.

Other

Experienced in designing web-based user interface using best practices in usability guidelines.
Understand limitations and intricacies in the differences of various browsers (especially IE, including conditional statements, adding unsupported features: PNG support, child/sibling selectors... etc).
Proficient use of advanced CSS methods (box model) and workarounds.
Eclipse, Unobtrusive Javascripting, Actionscripting, XML, XSLT, shell scripting.
Proficient in WordPress blog custom development, theme design and implementation.
Able to take any Photoshop or Illustrator design tempaltes and implement them using skillsets above.
Extremely quick learner. Can pick up pretty much anything with little hand-holding.
Creative problem solving mindset and skills.

Publication

2002, "Artvo", 11th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Nagoa, Japan
1998, formZ Annual Catalog showcase

Exhibit

2000, "Intersection", Group Exhibit, Installation, Savannah, GA
2000, "Alt+Space", Group Exhibit, 3D Animation and Installation, Savannah, GA
1999, "Painting Pixels", Personal Exhibit, Installation and Performance Art, Savannah, GA

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Certificate, Unix/Linux System Management and Administration, 2007

Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

MFA, Interactive Design and Game Development, 2000 (thesis completed in 2006)

Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

BFA, Computer Art, 1998

Experience

Skills

Exhibits & Publications

Education