I'm currently the Database Programmer at the Brooklyn Museum. I mainly develop and maintain OpenCollection(http://brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection), our social online collection and API. JavaScript and markup sit on top; Beneath, a labyrinthine mess of MySQL and SQL Server databases, DTS and SSIS jobs, ImageMagick scripts, and intranet Web apps.
We have a lot of data. I like data.
I've taken many small projects over the past several years building company tools and producing small professional websites. I specialize in LAMP implementations, but I'm open to other databases and languages as the client's platform requires. (I've endured a few ASP, Access, and Coldfusion projects.) I'm a big fan of sticky data challenges. I'm at my happiest reverse engineering legacy systems to extract data. I like to make systems talk to each other that weren't designed to do so.
Clients I've worked for include UrbanDaddy.com(http://urbandaddy.com), Web Liquid(http://webliquidgroup.com), Sonic Union(http://sonicunion.com), Sweet Riot(http://sweetriot.com), and Amy V Cooper(http://amyvcooper.com).
Worked on various VH1 and MTV sites before joining what would be named URGE, a digital music service tightly coupled with Microsoft's Windows Media Player 11. This gig involved HTML, CSS, and extensive JavaScript development, including a lot of work using Microsoft-specific technologies such as ActiveX, MSXML, and XMLHTTP objects. Our small team of 4-6 pioneered AJAX patterns that would be a model for many Viacom brands.
I also handled the front-end development of URGE's Account Management area, for which I underwent PCI training.
Conception, design, programming, and launch of a Hollywood-based e-commerce site. Sells tangibles and maintains an online, paying subscriber base of more than 200. After the launch, the employer kept me on staff for maintenance and further development. Recent extensions included image galleries and a public forum.
Written entirely in PHP on a MySQL database, with occasional use of Perl and BASH scripting. Developed custom XML grammars for administrative content management systems.
Teamed up with other programmers, graphic artists, and Flash animators to launch VStreet.com(http://vstreet.com), a subscription-based youth site featuring monitored chat, e-mail, an online journal, calendar, bulletin board, and other sophisticated Web Applications.
Worked independently on the coding of LotsOfLearning.com, an online shopping site specializing in social issues learning materials. The site is now located at SocialLearning.com(http://sociallearning.com).
Use of Java for Web applications, with a PostgreSQL database. Also involved JSP, Perl, Javascript, and CSS.
Development and maintenance of the town of Estacada's library website in Oregon.
I was programming AJAX before they gave it a name. At Northwest Media, our team strategized techniques using hidden IFrames and 1-pixel Gifs. We developed custom server response formats using JavaScript and XML — some JSON. Later work at MTV Networks solidified these techniques and integrated experience with XMLRequest objects — both IE-specific and cross-platform. More recently I prefer wrapper frameworks like MooTools and JQuery, which provide unified interfaces for managing asyncronous requests and manipulating the DOM.
Four years formal training in Java including Swing — combined with commercial projects writing server-side Java — plus one year utilizing C and C++ at East Anglia University in Norwich, England. I frequently choose PHP5 on the job even if it's a little loose for my taste. Independent projects using ASP. Experience with Perl both for CGI and system administration. Ruby for sysadmin tasks.
Ten years experience writing HTML — adapting to changing Web standards including the welcome advent of CSS (yes, there was a time before) and the growing support for native browser XSLT. The offloading of graphically/interactively intense tasks from plugins to HTML5-aware browsers is exciting.
I love the Web, and for the most part I love where it's headed.
Over seven years combined experience designing and maintaining databases in MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Access (I know; it barely counts). I get excited about a solid 3NF design. I believe you can't write efficient queries without first understanding the organization of data on disk. SQL programming is a beautiful thing and I wish there were more things in my life I could attack with it.
Intimate understanding of industry tools, and a better eye then your average programmer..
Working knowledge of key areas of System Administration including user account management; Apache & Sendmail configuration; scripting in BASH, perl, and Ruby.
Grounding in Computer Science as a science, engineering field, and art. Focused primarily on high-level concepts but explored practical application as well.
Thesis: Design Patterns and Ajax – An exploration of the potential application of traditional software design patterns to Ajax technologies. paul.beaudoin.thesis.pdf(http://paulbeaudoin.com/paul.beaudoin.thesis.pdf)
Minor: Clark Honors College