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.
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