SUMMARY

An experienced XML specialist, technology manager, hands-on developer, and information architect (Master's in Library & Information Studies), with fifteen years experience of direct responsibility for managing from concept to launch the successful development of information application products and online publications, in a leadership Technology Management or Technical Architect role.

 

OBJECTIVE

To apply my XML specialization knowledge, systems analysis experience, and project management skills in a role of lead technical analyst, on a large-scale educational or publishing information system project, involving complex system requirements and program specifications, and including central responsibility for close liaison with a variety of concerned parties.

 

 

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

 

- XML: XML; DTD; W3C Schema, XSLT; XSL-FO; XPath; DocBook; XPointer; SVG; WML; XHTML; CSS;  Relax NG; RSS; RDF/XML; XML Topic Maps

- Tools: XML Spy & Stylesheet Designer; Emacs; Epic Editor; XMetal; Eclipse (XML Buddy); eWebEditPro; Mozilla; Linux KDE K Desktop Environment; MS-Office/Visio/Project; OpenOffice.org; Stylus XSL Studio

- Metadata, Libraries, Educational: MARC; Dublin Core; IEEE/IMS LOM, QTI; ANSI/NISO .86 Digital Talking Book; DAISY (Digital Audio-based Information SYstem).  Course Management Systems: WebCT; Blackboard.  Academic Management Systems: SCT; Campus Pipeline (web portal)

- Content Management Systems: Open Market/divine Content Server; Interwoven TeamSite; Apache Cocoon/Lenya; Open Source in-house; Movable Type weblogs

- Languages: XSLT; Java; XHTML; Perl; Ant; bash; LotusScript Notes/Domino

- Environments: Unix/Linux Red Hat 9, FreeBSD (some admin); Windows XP Pro/2000 (some admin); Apache/Tomcat; IIS/Index Server; CVS

- Practices: Information Modelling (XML; Relational DB); J2EE; Rational Unified Process; (WebML; Object-oriented A/D; UML)

 

 

MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS EXPERIENCE

 

Client:  Harcourt Publishers; Blackwell's Booksellers; I.B.M.; AT&T; Xerox; Fleet Bank; Bank of America; US Patent & Trademark Office.

Employer:  Thomson Publishing; U.C. Berkeley Libraries; European University Institute; U.S. Navy.

 

 

WORK HISTORY

 

CAST, Inc. (Wakefield, Massachusetts) 2004-current (contract position)

Independent Contractor, Senior XML Programmer/Analyst

- Educational not-for-profit organization. "Universal Design for Learning." Founded 1984.

- IEEE/IMS LOM (Learning Objects Metadata), QTI (Question Test Interoperability)

- ANSI/NISO Z39.86 Digital Talking Book; DAISY (Digital Audio-based Information SYstem)

- Apache Cocoon XML, XSD, XPointer, RDF, XSLT, Java architecture

- Project: Enhancing Read-Aloud Computer-Based Testing (CBT)

- Sponsor: New England Compact, Enhanced Assessment Grant (NEC-EAG)

 

 

Digitas, LLC (Boston, Massachusetts) 1998-2003

V.P./Associate Director, Technology - Content Management Practice

- Technology Lead responsibility: Delivered on schedule, within budget, large corporation website presentation layer builds:

   - Recent technologies (2000-2003) XML, XSLT, XHTML, CSS, Java, Ant, Content Server (CMS)

         Fleet Bank (three portals); Millennium Pharmaceuticals; Xerox. (Also, XHTML/XSLT e-mail system for Bank of America; Best Buy)

   - Older technologies (1998-1999) Perl, CGI, HTML, SSI, PHP. Also Notes/Domino.

        Harcourt Publishers; AT&T; I.B.M.

- Harcourt Publishers. Evaluated and delivered executive-level recommendations re: third party vendors of online higher education academic and course management systems:

  - NETg, IMS-based CBT learning systems development and course content learning objects creation and packaging.

  - WebCT & Blackboard, online course delivery systems evaluation

  - SCT, academic management systems evaluation

  - Campus Pipeline, SCT partner for web portal delivery of functionality, evaluation

  - Archipelago, web-based learning delivery and high-end, sophisticated course content learning objects development.

- Harcourt Publishers. Researched and recommended strategies for development of the online Library for Harcourt's planned online degree-granting Harcourt University (harcourthighered.com).

- Conceived, designed, architected, implemented, extensively documented (DocBook), and trained client on use of open source website build system: "XML-2-HTML."

- Designed and implemented WYSIWYG XHTML/XSLT e-mail content management system for multiple campaigns, clients, personalization metadata, output formats

- Conceived, designed, developed and rolled out Lotus Notes/Domino web-based Bug Reporting system ("Page Problem Report" (PPR)) for use in website development.

- Created cooperative team environment with colleagues (Creative, Marketing, Usability, Copywriters, Information Architects).

- Communicated the importance of Technology role in defining "upstream" information architecture work products (wireframes; sitemap; comps; content gap analysis & plan; naming conventions; functionality requirements capture; etc.).

- Delivered successful projects on schedule. Managed project scoping/estimating; planning; staffing/resourcing; project management; quality assurance; deliverables definition and packaging.

- Taught five internal cross-departmental formal training sessions (primarily on XML technologies)

- Helped develop "DUP": Digitas version of "RUP" (Rational Unified Process); successfully applied results to pilot project (Millennium Pharmaceuticals).

- Technology Consultant roles:

    Evaluation of multiple business units' technology & content, for recommendation to senior management (Harcourt Publishers)

    Senior-level technology client liaison during large-scale website development (Xerox.com re-launch)

    Technology Assessment reports

    New Business proposals, RFPs, client presentations

- Practitioner, knowledgeable, of Dublin Core metadata standards, W3C web standards, 508 Accessibility standards (including voice readers for the blind), modern CSS & XHTML usage, “Bobby” Web Standards, W3C XHTML “Tidy”, PURLs

 

Dataware Technologies (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 1996-1998

Intranet Webmaster/Software Reuse Initiative Coordinator

- Lotus Notes application development/systems administration

- Knowledge Management suite product in-house use, testing

 

Thomson Publishing / Research Publications (New Haven, Connecticut) 1990-1995

Senior Technology Analyst/Developer

- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  (1990-1994)  Thomson Publishing CD-ROMs contract with USPTO for all issued patents.  I analyzed specification and sample source bibliographic metadata for patents, created specifications for programming to our CD-ROM database format, devised sophisticated multiple-PC systems for patent page JPEG imaging processing, and designed user interfaces for retrieval and presentation.

-  Electronic Publishing, college and high school market CD-ROM hypertext multimedia titles: (1992-1995) “Broadcast News”  (quarterly) and “American Journey” (series). Smaller scale projects I architected, designed, implemented, and managed technically, devising database designs and metadata for process management as well as bibliographic information retrieval.  Broadcast News included sub-project of online thesaurus design, construction, and supporting software development.

- MARC data project for Blackwell's Booksellers & Thomson Publishing (1995)

“Bookscope” CD-ROM of enhanced MARC data from Blackwell's, included Table of Contents and additional, proprietary subject heading assignments, recorded in special MARC fields.  I prepared entire detailed extended MARC specification, enabling Thomson C programmers to process MARC data records into our CD-ROM database format.  Worked with LOC MARC official specifications documents.

 

European University Institute (Florence, Italy);  Pubblicità Oggi (Milan, Italy) 1988-1990

Bibliographic Database Specialist

- Worked in Italian-speaking libraries, offices

 

United States Navy (San Diego, California) 1981-1985

Shipboard Communications Officer

- N.R.O.T.C. 4-year Scholarship

 

 

EDUCATION

 

M.L.I.S., 1987                                                   

University of California, Berkeley                        

School of Library and Information Studies

 

B.A. English and American Literatures, 1981

College of the Holy Cross

 

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

- Harvard Extension School

2003 - Web Development with XML

2002 - eBusiness Applications using XML and Java

2000 - Introduction to Java Programming

1999 - Practical Perl

 

 

 

PARTNER TRAINING

 

- CMS Partner Bootcamp Training Courses (5-day)

2003 - Interwoven TeamSite                  

2002 - Content Server (Open Market/divine)

2000 - Art Technology Group - Dynamo JHTML

 

- Sun Java Training Courses (5-day)

2001 - J2EE Architect

2000 - Java Developer