Profile

Highly motivated, creative and versatile IT Professional with 20 years of experience. History of awards and rapid promotion while serving in the US Marine Corps. Relies on extensive experience with a variety of information technology concepts, practices, and procedures to plan and accomplish goals. Able to perform a variety of tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Professional History

Web Developer

Competitor Group, Inc., Boulder, CO and San Diego, CA from March 2009 to Present

Hired to maintain VeloNews.com website using Drupal/Wordpress. Traffic for 2010 approximately 125,000,000 pageviews and 6,000,000 unique visitors

Responsible for mobile version of site as well as managing tools to do live coverage for racing events with as many as 60,000 viewers per event.

Migrated 7 years of content from Drupal to WordPress to combine multiple sites under one WordPress MU install for Competitor Group, Inc. parent company.

Build custom themes and plugins for WordPress 2.8 to current version. New versions of VeloNews.com, Triathlete.com, Competitor.com and Singletrack.com all have a responsive design template.

Software Engineer

Identity Automation, LP., Houston, TX from January 2008 to February 2009

Hired to build and maintain networked applications and websites using open source tools for company and customers.

Setup school websites with Drupal using eDirectory and Active Directory for login and content access control.

Installed and setup Stone-ware WebOS for school systems to control desktop access for students, parents and office personnel.

Use existing knowledge of Mac OS X to support company and customers use of Apple Mac computers in mixed desktop environments.

IT Director

Duncan Machinery Movers, Inc., Lexington, KY from November 2006 to December 2007

Hired to manage existing Microsoft Windows Business Network, setup and provide helpdesk support, oversee IT budget and make software/hardware purchasing decisions.

Support thirty plus clients using Windows XP, MS Office, Accounting/Project management applications as well as Exchange/IMAP and IIS servers.

Setup remote networks and Internet access on construction sites as well as remote company network access using Citrix for Project Managers.

Create custom intranet site utilizing PHP and MySQL to help employees share information, contacts and scheduling.

Designed and implemented website for company contact information and equipment/services details.

Bikeshop Manager

Red Rocks Cyclery, Morrison, CO from July 2002 to February 2003 when I moved back to Lexington, KY.

Pedal Power, Lexington, KY from March 2003 to October 2006

Managed store business, trained employees, did bike sales/mechanic/fitting.

Designed and implemented an ecommerce website and a custom POS system to manage inventory, sales and customers.

Created website for online ordering, listing of local cycling related news and events, mailing list and email access.

Bikeshop Mechanic

Pedal Power, Lexington, KY from January 2001 to January 2002 when I moved to Denver, CO.

Wheat Ridge Cyclery, Wheat Ridge, CO from February 2002 to July 2002 after getting offer to manage another local store.

Systems Consultant

Unicomp, Inc. – Lexington KY from December 2000 to December 2001

Hired to manage and upgrade a computer network, provide technical support and consulting for other businesses.

Converted a twenty node network from Novell to Windows 2000 and Citrix Metaframe XP for application delivery. Installed new cabling, Netgear Router equipment and a DSL connection to the Internet.

Setup website for online ordering, company contact information and email access.

Obtained and managed new clients ranging in size and needs for systems support, website design, Internet connectivity and new hardware/software purchases.

IT Manager

Amteck, Inc. – Lexington, KY from October 1998 to December 2000

Hired to manage and upgrade an existing business network, setup and provide helpdesk support, oversee IT budget and make software/hardward purchasing decisions.

Converted a fifty node network from Novell to Windows NT and MS Exchange. Installed new cabling, Cisco Router equipment, frame relay connection to the Internet and network printers.

Supported fifty plus clients using Windows 95, 98, MS Office, Accounting and Project management applications.

Setup remote networks and Internet access on construction sites as well as remote company network access using VPN for Project Managers.

Designed and implemented website for company contact information, current job/project status, company news and events.

Software Developer

Tele-Tech Company, Inc. (Now Alcoa) – Lexington, KY from April 1997 to September 1998

Hired to design and implement applications for project management, helpdesk and reporting needs for internal company use.

Designed and developed Project Management applications with Visual Basic and SQL Server for Project Controller use.

Designed and developed Helpdesk Tracking application using MS Outlook forms for IT Department.

Designed and developed Employee Time Card application which used telephony software/hardware to allow for time reporting to be done via telephone from remote jobsites.

Developed and managed company Intranet using Windows NT, IIS and SQL Server to provide users with easy access to project and other internal reporting needs.

Network Administrator & Software Developer

Digital Creations (Now Zope Corp.) – Fredericksburg, VA from October 1995 to March 1997

Hired to manage and expand small business network, work as part of a team of programmers to design and implement Internet related applications.

Designed and implemented a network with multiple Windows NT/Unix servers and 15+ Windows, Mac and Unix workstations.

Installed and managed DNS, FTP, HTTP, POP3, RAS, SMTP and Lotus Notes on a Unix and Windows NT

Developed Internet applications with Python, Java and HTML for use on the World Wide Web.

Small Systems Programmer

US Marine Corps – Camp Lejeune, NC – Bodo, Norway – Okinawa, Japan from November 1991 to September 1995 (Member of inactive reserves until November 1999)

Recruited to protect and defend the United States of America. Provided administrative support of computer networks, software and hardware to meet command and troop requirements.

Installed and managed multiple Lotus Notes servers on OS/2 with 100+ clients.

Developed database applications with Lotus Notes and stand alone applications with the Ada Programming Language.

Developed network administration tools with Visual Basic and the Banyan Vines Toolkit for managing users, printers, file access, and email.

Education / Training

University of Kentucky

Computer Science Major – Lexington, KY 1987 to 1990

US Marine Corps

• Basic Training – Parris Island, SC 1991
• Computer Science School – Quantico, VA 1992

Technical Experience

• Desktop Operating Systems: Mac OS X, MS Windows All Flavors, UNIX (Linux, BSD)
• Database: MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite
• Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, Python, Objective C

Awards

US Marine Corps

• Commanding General’s Medal for Honor Graduate (Platoon 1021)
• Meritorious promotion from Private to Private First Class
• Good Conduct & National Defense Medals
• Arctic & Overseas Service Ribbons
• Honorably Discharged on July 8, 1999 (Rank of Corporal / E4)