State University of New York at Albany September 1997 - June 1999
Masters of Library/Information Science
University of Mississippi September1994 - June 1997
Bachelor of Arts (concentration in American Literature and Classical Civilization)
Experience
Associate
October 2007 -- present
PerigeeGlobal, New York, NY
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Red Hat Linux systems administration, including software updates to web development tools. *
Lead developer on all web projects, producing enterprise level web applications. Mainly responsible for database modeling, application conceptualization and managing development stages. *
Shared responsibility of client relationships, collaboration, and services.
Lead Web Developer
April 2007 -- October 2007
BoomJ.com, Santa Ana, CA
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CentOS Linux development environment with Windows clients. *
Responsible for a 3 member team, managing a social marketing web site. *
Administered load-balanced MySQL servers: one for ecommerce platform; another for web site's user social data. *
Integrating third-party applications in to existing web site.
Web Technologies Consultant November 2006 -- April 2007
Bookspan/YesSolutions, Garden City, NY
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Mac OS X development environment. *
Responsible for MySQL5 database administration, and architecture for large-scale Flex-based job tracking application. *
Data abstraction and conversion pushed to Flex applications via hand-coded class libraries, extending PHP5 DOM library, and PHP SPL iteration interfaces.
Web Programmer June 2004 - May 2006
Glen Group, Inc., North Conway, NH
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Responsible for the production of websites and site structure conception. *
Manage and maintain MySQL databases, Apache2 Web Server, and Gentoo Linux Server. *
Sites coded mainly utilizing PHP, XML, and/or JavaScript. Mainly developed in a LAMP environment (Linux Apache MYSQL, PHP). *
Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 production and maintenance. I was mainly focused on ActionScript coding, and not design. *
Met frequently with clients to discuss their site ideas, and apply concepts to site infrastructure. *
Implemented SOAP Web Services for business-to-business transactions. *
Provided technical advice to clients seeking marketing solutions for their business.
Web Designer March 2004 -- June 2004
Kardwell Industries, Mattituck, NY
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Responsible for maintaining site, including product inventory, and data integrity. *
Corresponded with business owner over the phone, discussing site issues, and updates.
Catalog/Reference Librarian
January 2002 -- March 2003
Long Island University: Southampton College, Southampton, NY
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Under the Head Cataloger was responsible for updating old catalog records for entire existing library collection. *
Served as part-time reference librarian for nights backup.
Technology Librarian August 2000 -- October 2001
The Ross Institute, East Hampton, NY
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Carried out basic librarian tasks, like cataloging, acquisition, and reference work. *
Taught first-year Latin. *
Taught research skills to grades 8 - 12. *
Assisted other librarians in Desktop setup and support, including software installation, and database setup. *
Headed up the senior class research project, where students spent a year in intense study and research on topics of their choice.