To complement an agile, vibrant development team while expanding my personal skill set, in terms of breadth and depth of knowledge in programming languages, collaborative practices, and practical application of the fundamental Human Computer Interaction tenets acquired during my tenure in the Master's of Informatics degree.
Experience enPraxis :: Co-owner Dec 2007 - present enPraxis is a software consulting and hosting company, specializing in python based platforms (Zope, Plone). As Co-owner, involved in all aspects of the company, including software design and development, project management, billing, RFP authoring, basic web server administration. At enPraxis, acted as Project Manager for Teachers Without Borders platform, which integrates a Rails based social network with a Plone based Content Management System. Acted as principal developer for the Plone piece, interacting heavily with Justin Ball to satisfy the use cases of single sign on, Salesforce integration, and adding Learning Management System components to their Course Management System COSL :: Software Developer Feb 2004 -- Dec 2007 Initially hired as CSS/HTML developer for the Center of Open Sustainable Learning, a research group formed at Utah State University. Paired programming and self-teaching during my tenure at COSL allowed me to become a principal contributor to our development team and act as Technical Lead. Projects include: eduCommons, an open source CourseWare Management System, ContentLicensing, PloneBookmarklets, IMSTransport, ZipFileTransport. Involved in architecting the platform, software development, release management, usability testing, and Plone Add Ons product manager. As Release Manager for eduCommons, responsibilities included acting as a liaison to current end users, collecting feature requests and bug reports. Prioritized feature sets and bug fixes for releases, and interacted with developers to ensure timelines and quality metrics were met. UITS :: Instructor Jan 2000 -- Dec 2003 Instructor for Indiana University's University Information Technology Services. Instructed and Assisted classes covering over 70 computer related topics. Proofed new courses, keystroking materials for clarity and consistency.
Education Master's of Informatics, HCI will complete May 2009 Indiana University, Bloomington IN All course work completed. Capstone project is a case study of ContentLicensing, an Add On Product for Plone that provides a robust licensing engine and metadata expression tool for content objects. Case study explores the development of the project, focusing on design decisions and user interface development. Master's of Music, Vocal Performance 1999 Rice University, Houston TX Bachelor's of Music, Vocal Performance 1997 Chapman University, Orange CA
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