Background Summary
Full Life Cycle of software development experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Extensive Experience with HTML, JavaScript, graphic design and digital photography
Experience with ASPDotNetStorefront, with emphasis in skinning and xml packages
Experience with ASP.Net and SQL Server websites
Extensive experience with database design, SQL Server 2000/2005, MS Access and mySQL
Experience with PHP and MySQL websites as well as JavaBean and JSP websites
Experience in a dual-OS environment (Windows / Red Hat Linux)
In-depth understanding of XML, XSL, X-Path, Schema and DTD
Experience with open source projects/products such as CVS, ANT, NetBeans, Jakarta Tomcat, Apache WebServer, Apache SOAP/Axis, JUint, HTTPUnit and log4j
Background in dynamic, highly-configurable web-based applications
Education
Bachlor of Science
Major: Botany with a concentration in Plant Systematics
Dec 1999 Magna Cum Laude
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Work Experience
Senior Software Developer,
International Insititute for Sustainability,
Arizona State University
, Tempe, AZ
August 2000 – July 2005
Projects:
Model Workflow Automation:
Automate workflows involving environmental and urban planning models and the data transformations that occur in-between. This project included work with the open source projects: Ptolemy II, Vergil and Kepler
Ecological Metadata Query
Developed a SOAP-based query engine targeting distributed ecological metadata (Xanthoria) stored in lengthy XML files (Ecological Metadata Language, EML) using the xml databases eXist and Xindice.
Scientific Data Delivery
Built a web-based application that enables data retrieval of information collected by the scientific community. This was a website built in JSP and Javabeans.
http://seinet.asu.edu
Educational Scientific Data Delivery
Built a web-based application that enables school children to graphically and statistically analyze data online. This application was driven by xml configuration files. A graphiing application was built using SVG and xsl.
http://caplter.asu.edu/eeAnalysis
Formally present our software and goals at various symposia
Created presentation-tier MS Access applications that integrate with SQL Server back-ends for data entry in the Natural History Collections on ASU Campus.
Web Developer,
SegiSoft
http://www.SegiSoft.com
April 2005 - Present
Designed and built an informational web site for SegiSoft, a consulting and custom software company. The site employs ASP.NET and CSS. Responsible for all graphic design and digital photography.
Web Developer,
McGonagle Studio
http://www.McGonagleStudio.com
December 2004 - Present
Designed and built an informational web site for Dennis McGonagle, a landscape painter in California. The site employs HTML, PHP and CSS with a small MySQL database.
Museum Specialist, Natural History Collections
Arizona State University
, Tempe, AZ
Natural History Collections Website
Lichen Herbarium Website
July 2005 - April 2007
Manage databases, built and managed websites and a shared server for the lichen herbarium, vascular plant herbarium, paleobotanical collection and animal collections. Installed and maintained a DiGIR portal and GBIF connection. Built simple data entry applications for all of the animal collections and paleobotanical collections. Maintained and improved upon the existing data entry applications for the lichen herbarium and vascular plant herbarium. Helped maintain the shared search engine for these collections:
SEINet - http://seinet.asu.edu
Web Developer,
The Country Store of Geneva
http://www.countrystoreofgeneva.com
Summer 2005 and Summer 2007
During the summer of 2005, The Country Store of Geneva e-commerce site was re-designed and refectored an existing e-commerse website for a mail order business in Illinois. The site employs HTML, .NET, C#, CSS, and javascript with a SQL server database. During the summer of 2007, the site was ported to ASPDotNetStorefront, a full featured e-commerce shopping cart. The graphic design done in 2005 was ported to a skin. The redesign went live in October of 2007 with great success.
Senior Web Developer & Photographer,
Whittier Artists
http://www.WhittierArtists.com
September 2007 - present
Developed, designed, built and marketed a community website for the fine artists of Whittier, California. The back-end it a modified version of ASPDotNetStorefront. Robin currently maintains and markets this website.
Web Designer,
SegiSoft Website
http://www.segisoft.com
First deployed April 2005, Redesigned February 2008
Designed and built an informational website for SegiSoft. This site employs ASP.Net, C#, CSS, and JavaScript.