Engineer Project
Resume:
Eric D. Berg,
New York, NY 10003
Hands-on developer, manager, architect
Six years of Internet and UNIX experience
All phases of project development and documentation
Testing (automated and manual) & QA
Extensive infrastructure experience
Open Source Software and J2EE
Perl, Java, Oracle/Sybase/MySQL, PHP, shell, HTML, Javascript
Extensive Solaris and Linux. Windows and Mac.
Apache, Netscape, IIS, Domino,WebSphere, Resin
Version Control (CVS, VSS), Bug tracking tools
TCP/IP networking, XEmacs, etc.
Work History:
Independent
Consulting (July 2001 to Present)
Working independently for several New York City clients. Projects include Perl/Oracle web-based intranet tools for Giorgio Armani. with whom I have been working as a Technical Project Management for ThinkDesign, a local web shop for whom I've defined project scope, and written technical specs and proposals for the Writers Guild of America East internet initiatives.
Tribal DDB, New York (January 2001 to July 2001), New York
Director of Technology
My role included new business pitches, scoping, scheduling and budgeting projects, client management, writing Statements of Work, Technical Briefs, and Technical Specs. Manage day-to-day production and technical resources. Implemented development practices and standards, and built development infrastructure. Responsible for evaluation and management of 3rd party technology partner relationships. Manage technology group of 6 developers. Client project work includes Pepsi, Lockheed Martin, Amtrak, Instinet and Sony.
Razorfish, Inc
., New York (August 1999 to December 2000), New York
Senior Technologist
(August 1999 to August 2000
)
Principal Technologist
(August 2000 to December 2000)
Intranet Technical Team Lead internal project team. Migration of mission critical system data and functionality from legacy intranet to various vertical apps, including Active Directory/LDAP enterprise directory service, Domino calendar, SAP/time sheet financials, and out-sourced email for 1800+ users. Managed 6-man development team for mission-critical J2EE intranet, including day-to-day production and new development projects.
Tech Team Lead Guardian Life Insurance Company primary web site. Worked closely with client on long-term inter/intranet goals. Worked with Guardian IT staff to define and prepare deployment environment, prepared Technical Specs, and Run Books.
Java/Oracle developer and architect for Giorgio Armani web site. Documentation, coding (Java/JSP/Oracle). Interface with client's technical staff. Application testing and QA. Spec'd out production environment and deployment procedures to load-balanced web server environment. Wrote web-based digital asset management tools in Perl5/Oracle.
Worked on various client and internal projects such as the implementation of bug and issue tracking tools used on subsequent projects, version control for documentation and source code, QA and testing processes, and site documentation procedures. Mentoring and providing domain expertise site architecture, Perl5, UNIX/Linux, and SQL programming.
iParty Corp
., New York, NY
Chief Technology Officer
(November 1998 to May 1999)
An ecommerce start-up focusing on the party goods market. As CTO I was responsible for working with internal merchandisers and vendors of accounting, site development, order processing, and warehousing as well as product suppliers to define the overall architecture and information flow.
Sybase, Inc
. (February 1996 to August 1998), Emeryville, California
Web Master and Senior Web Engineer
Manage technical support web infrastructure, integrating Netscape, Lotus Notes, and Apache internet and intranet services running on Solaris and Win/NT. Supported mission critical internal and customer-facing applications. Represented customer support division in company-wide web infrastructure planning groups.
Developed a wide variety of tools using Perl5, SQL, and shell scripts which interfaced with many different technologies, including search engines, SMTP, NNTP, Domino, Folio Views, Documentum., threaded discussion forums, various search engine technologies, a variety of SQL databases containing enterprise information, and several authentication schemes.
Mazama Software Labs, Inc
., San Francisco
Director, Electronic Information Publishing (September 1994 to February 1996)
Responsible for product manuals and other documentation in print and on-line renditions. Managed intranet. Linux system and network administration. Additional consulting projects included web site development, and conversion of books to HTML for a consortium of seven university presses including Princeton, Yale, U. California, and Johns-Hopkins.
Ziff Communications Company, Foster City, California
Supervisor
Electronic Publishing (July 1993 to July 1994)
Re-engineered Ziff's electronic publishing production hub, responsible for converting all collateral from leading computer magazine publishers for electronic and online distribution. Automated production. Developed procedures to accommodate inclusion of a high volume of magazine graphics on CD-ROM and on-line magazine companion products.
Automatrix, San Francisco
Systems Engineer
(January 1993 to June 1993)
Automatrix is a consulting firm and catalog production bureau. My responsibilities included internal technical support, production and technical support for clients such as PC World Magazine and Ziff-Davis. For PC World Magazine, managed technology, including network and interface with service bureau. R&D of migration of QuarkXPress, Illustrator, and PhotoShop production platform from Macintosh to Windows environment.
Freelance
Technology Consultant, San Francisco
(January 1991
to January 1993)
System planning and installation, maintenance, and training. For Bay Area businesses and institutions. For a high-end service bureau, managed and upgraded printing network. Integrated Windows based production workstation with Mac network.
The Trust for Public Land, San Francisco
Microcomputer Support Specialist
(October 1988 to December 1990)
Support and training for a mid-sized non-profit land conservation agency. Initiated, developed, documented, and supported database applications for users in all areas of organization. Purchased, installed and maintained all hardware including software and network and workstation hardware.
Education:
Boston University,
English Major, Computer Science Minor (Attended September 1982 to June 1986)
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