Confidential Technology Manager Motor Yacht Tatoosh - Managed audio/visual and IT technology for a 93-meter private yacht.
- Provided support for 34 live-aboard crewmembers.
- Worked as a liaison to a 125-person software development and hardware engineering team.
- Managed projects for hardware and software upgrades as well as for new installations.
- Maintained satellite systems for telephone, television and high-speed Internet connectivity.
- Maintained Avaya digital telephone system.
- Maintained internal cable plant for audio and video distribution. Barco modulators were utilized for audio and video distribution.
- Installed and maintained an audio and video-on-demand system that offered guests approximately 75,000 tracks of audio as well as over
- 12,000 full-length movies and television programs.
- Created remote content replication system that would keep onboard audio and video up-to-date on a daily basis.
- Coordinated shipment of equipment, software and tools worldwide.
- Maintained gyro-stabilized video camera mounted on a helicopter.
- Installed and maintained an ROV remotely operated vehicle for underwater exploration. Video from ROV was modulated throughout the ship and was recorded for burning onto a DVD.
- Installed and maintained Macintosh OS X based DVD authoring station.
- Served as backup Technology Manager for 3 additional vessels.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
- Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional, Linux, Microsoft
- Exchange Server, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Windows
- Media Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, AMX Netlinx Studio, AMX Axcess, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
- Hardware utilized: Compaq Proliant servers, IBM Thinkpad laptops, AMX Axcent 2, AMX Axcent 3, AMX NetLinx, Autopatch A/V Routers, JRC Satcom B systems, SeaTel satellite systems, Orbit satellite systems, Wescam gyro-stabilized camera system, SeaEye ROV, Barco television modulators and demodulators, Cisco routers and switches, and miscellaneous consumer and professional A/V equipment.
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Confidential Senior Software Design Engineer, Streaming Media - Designed, developed and maintained CrummyTV , a web based streaming media application that allows the user to control audio and video sources remotely. Currently deployed in 7 locations worldwide.
- Assisted deployment team in the initial installation of CrummyTV encoders and equipment in remote locations. Deployment consisted of building servers, installing all application software and utilities, the installation of AMX controllers and equipment wiring.
- Designed, developed and maintain In-House TV , a web based streaming application that utilizes multicast protocols to broadcast television signals over the corporate network. Currently supports approximately 500 users with 3 channels of content.
- Designed, developed, and maintained MiniServer , an array of off-the-shelf servers that facilitate the recording and archival of television programming from cable and satellite sources. Currently consists of 14 servers archiving approximately 20 hours of content daily.
- Served as project manager and liaison to Silicon Graphics SGI hardware and software engineers to develop HDTV video streaming solution utilizing SGI UNIX systems.
- Worked on high performance clustering solutions for the Linux and Windows operating systems to facilitate the high-speed transcoding of MPEG-2 video content.
- Worked as a liaison between the Advanced Development and Studio groups to facilitate the cross-pollination of development efforts.
- Worked with the Research Group for the evaluation of Microsoft's upcoming .NET infrastructure. Research includes .NET Server, Visual Basic .NET, C , and ASP.NET development languages.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional, Linux, SGI Irix, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Media Services, FrontPage 2000, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Adobe Photoshop, AMX Netlinx Studio, AMX Axcess, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
- Hardware utilized: Compaq Proliant servers, Compaq Proliant blade servers, AMX Axcent 2, AMX NetLinx, Autopatch A/V Routers, and miscellaneous consumer and professional A/V equipment.
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Confidential Senior Web Administrator - Maintained Internet, Intranet and Extranet server infrastructures.
- Served as the web administration liaison to the web applications group.
- Suggested and developed policies and procedures for application development.
- Maintained data connections between web services and Oracle database systems running on Sun and Windows servers.
- Served as team lead for Cox's change management group. Responsible for all server downtime and maintenance for the web applications and administration groups and was responsible for communicating such outages company wide.
- Developed infrastructure for streaming media to remote locations throughout the United States.
- Responsible for Windows 2000 deployment on production web servers. Involved detailed testing of over 650 web projects on internal and external networks.
- Involved in the integration of an e-commerce system to allow customer bill payment, ordering of services and pay-per-view movies and detailed account information. Included gateway software for communications with AS-400 billing system.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Internet Information Server, Windows 98, Solaris, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Windows Media Services, FrontPage 98 2000, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, RadWare WSD load balancing hardware, Adobe Photoshop, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
- Hardware utilized: Dell Poweredge servers, HP NetServer servers, Compaq Proliant servers, Sun Servers, IBM AS/400, RADWare load balancing routers, Cisco routers.
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Confidential Web Applications Developer - Developed and maintained ASP-based web applications.
- Developed and maintained COM and MTS objects.
- Served as lead developer for Cox University, a web based training applications for Cox Employees.
- Utilized Oracle, SQL Server and Access databases.
- Represented Cox Communications at international CBT Systems conference in San Francisco, California. Presented demonstrations of our self-paced computer learning system developed in-house.
- Assisted in the development of an e-commerce system to allow customer bill payment, ordering of services and pay-per-view movies and detailed account information. Included gateway software for communications with AS-400 billing system.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft FrontPage 98, ERWin, Adobe Photoshop, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
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Confidential President - Designed and developed web solutions for the music industry.
- Utilized streaming media technologies to broadcast live concerts over the Internet.
- Designed, developed and maintained an electronic commerce solution written in Microsoft's Active Server Pages and Microsoft SQL Server.
- Built working relationships with large record labels, e-commerce partners and music artists.
- Served as visiting faculty at Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California. Spoke with students on the benefits of interactive technologies for the music industry.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Sun OS, Internet Information Server, Apache, Windows Media Services, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft FrontPage, ASP, HTML, DHTML, and Flash.
- Hardware utilized: HP NetServer servers, Cobalt Linux server appliances, Miscellaneous laptop computers, Mackie mixing consoles, various professional recording equipment and broadcast gear.
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1994 1996 Virtual Resources, Inc Atlanta, GA Web Developer and Webmaster - Worked on contract with Intermedia Communications in Tampa, Florida as lead developer of IS department Intranet.
- Assisted in the design, development and Webmaster roles of corporate web site.
- Worked directly with clients as a consultant for developing web applications and support infrastructures.
- Trained with Open Market, Inc. on new e-commerce software applications.
- Trained with Microsoft on the development and deployment of Microsoft Commerce Server.
- Trained with Edify, Inc. for the installation, development and support of their customer interaction systems, including telephone and web based interfaces.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Linux, Sun OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Internet Information Server, Apache, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Commerce Server, ASP, HTML and DHTML.
- Hardware utilized: Compaq Proliant servers, HP NetServer servers, various Linux servers, Cisco routers and switches, Bay Networks routers and switches.
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Confidential Chief Technical Officer - Built Atlanta's first commercial dial-up Internet Service Provider.
- Assisted in the design and implementation of the original infrastructure.
- Built all Internet related services including ftp, gopher, web, DNS, mail and news services.
- Worked directly with customers with setup and provisioning of dial-up Internet connectivity and ISDN configuration.
- Assisted with the installation and design of several other ISP's, including Mindspring and Internet CSRA in Augusta, Georgia.
- Worked with major Internet carriers including Sprint, MCI and PSI.
- Experience and Tools utilized: Sun OS, Solaris, Mandrake Linux, Mac OS 7, Microsoft Windows 3.11, NNTP, BIND, Apache, Sendmail.
- Hardware utilized: Sun Sparcstations 1, 1 , 2, and 10, Cisco Routers, and miscellaneous dial-up and ISDN modems.
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