Experience:
University of Chicago: Humanities Division
Student Database Assistant
November 2004 - Present
- Modernized and linked individual databases into cohesive database system
- Developed hardware and software solutions for publishing FileMaker database information to the web.
- Wrote database and web based software for staff accruals management, secure centralized web application/database authentication, specialized administrative reports, and integrating of automated data sources from other divisions
Zaphoyd Studios
Zaphoyd includes my self-employed and volunteer computer related work
January 2000 - Present
- Volunteer and paid computer maintenance and troubleshooting (All Platforms)
- Volunteer and paid web design: Clients included Border State Bank, International Falls, MN., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Germantown High School, Modular Homes of Wisconsin, and The University of Chicago.
- Mac OS X and Linux software development GUI and CLI (C/C++/Objective-C/Java/Python)
- Designed, programmed, and operated database driven web applications (Primarily LAMP) including:
- Independent filmmaking. With the help of Kyle Smith/Blue Iris Filmworks wrote, casted, filmed, edited and distributed over a dozen original short films and one feature length film (April 2004) (www.zaphoyd.com/film/)
- Volunteer and paid film editing and production for numerous student video, Fire Escape Films, and University of Chicago training and conference video projects.
Germantown High School
Student Lab Assistant (Mixed school credit and paid work)
August 2002 - June 2004
- Designed, implemented, and managed the following computers labs:
- Photoshop based digital photography lab for the Art Department
- Final Cut Pro based video editing lab for the English Department
- Finale based music theory lab for the Music Department
- Instructed teachers and students in using lab software and equipment.
- Guided hardware and software purchasing decisions.
- Helped modernize and map the school's aging ethernet network.
JPPattern Inc
Systems Programmer
May 2002 - August 2002
- Designed and programmed BearPaw intranet based CNC job-tracking software
- Wrote addition modules for existing BearTracker job-tracking software