Sql Server Development

PETER BULL

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Lowell, MA 01852 732-***-****

EXPERIENCE

WGBH Educational Foundation December 2006 - Present

Boston, MA

Rich Media Web Developer (December 2006 - Present)

Responsible for developing tools and workflows for users of varying technical abilities to encode and publish

audio and video content to the web, for on-demand streaming and podcasting.

Maintain and administer 24/7 live radio streams for WGBH 89.7 FM, All-Classical HD2, and WCAI/WNAN.

Provide monthly reporting and analysis of traffic to web media content.

Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) September 2004 December 2006

Lowell, MA

IT Project Coordinator (September 2005 December 2006)

Developed software, web services, and internal workflows used to encode video content for cablecast,

archival, and web streaming in a PEG (Public, Educational, and Government) Access facility.

o Integrated a digital video (MPEG-2) server into playback operations and successfully launched a

new Public Access cable channel (LTC 95). Two additional Public and Government channels are

currently being migrated to the system.

o Created a system to encode live government meeting coverage for automatic compression, archival,

and publishing of video files for web streaming.

o Developed software to communicate with multiple internal databases to generate and publish TV

channel guide data via RSS.

Re-launched the formerly static LTC website as a Drupal-based community site (http://ltc.org), incorporating

the ability for members and staff to publish content, tying the system into external data sources for up-to-date

content, and adding live and archived streaming video.

o Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache, PHP, mySQL, Drupal, WSH, VBScript, shell

scripting, MPEG-2/4, ffmpeg, QuickTime Pro, RSS

Responsible for the management and administration of a Windows 2000 Active Directory environment, as

well as the maintenance of 40+ staff and public lab computers, in a mixed environment of Windows XP

Professional and Mac OS X (10.3/10.4).

Coordination of the Lowell News Archive, a project that involves digitally archiving 20 years of local news

programming and storing the relevant metadata in a searchable database with a web-based front-end.

o Ongoing training and management of high-school and college interns.

o Integrated a hardware and software-based encoding solution.

o Developed a Drupal-based website for metadata entry and management.

o Technologies: MPEG-2/4, mySQL, Drupal, AJAX

Creation of curriculum, and teaching of classes in Web Design (Dreamweaver), Digital Photography, and

Safe Computing Practices.

o Classes are open to the LTC membership as well as the general public.

o Teach one-on-one training sessions in HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and basic PHP scripting.

Ongoing consulting for PEGSpace (http://pegspace.org), a project aimed at assisting PEG (Public,

Educational, Government) Access centers in using the Internet to further the mission of community media.

AmeriCorps VISTA, Online Community Developer (September 2004 August 2005)

Lead the development of the DigitalBicycle project, a peer-to-peer system for distributing broadcast-quality

video content between Public Access television stations.

o Developed a Drupal-based website for the PEG Access community to share video content using an

integrated BitTorrent tracker.

o Developed and publicly released the Creative Commons module for Drupal 4.6

o Authored the functional and technical specifications for Sprocket, an open-source client-side

publishing tool

o Technologies: Debian Linux, Apache, PHP, Python, mySQL, Drupal, MPEG-4, BitTorrent, RSS

BBI Systems, Inc. (formerly Blue Barn Interactive) June 2000 September 2004

New York, NY

Web/Application Developer (January 2002 September 2004)

Responsible for the full lifecycle design and development of customized web crawler applications, for the

purpose of storing and analyzing the content of online message boards.

o Technologies: C#, Visual Basic 6, MS SQL Server 7-2000, XML, XSL

Lead the development of the Community Dialogue Collection system, part of BBI s Online Dialogue

Interpretation/OpenHouse system.

o Integrated web crawler technology as a Windows service

o Developed a data extraction engine, GUI tools, and services for automated data processing.

o Technologies: C#, MS SQL Server 2000, OLAP, XML, XSL

Redesigned an internal billing and reporting system for the management of AOL s teen message board

moderation when the existing system proved unable to scale efficiently.

o System effectively handled upwards of 1.8 million new records monthly

o Successfully expanded the system in November 2003 to handle additional data from AOL UK s teens

and kids message boards

o Technologies: Visual Basic 6, ASP, VBA, MS SQL Server 2000, MS Excel

Customization of community chat and message board software for high-profile websites including Showtime

Networks, MSNBC, and the City of Portland, Oregon.

Development of data collection, parsing, and reporting utilities in the form of both web-based applications

and client-side software.

Digital Assistant (June 2000 - January 2002)

Front-end design, HTML, JavaScript, and ASP scripting for large-scale web development projects

Graphic design for presentations and site mockups

Development of Flash content for web and interactive CD-ROMs

Freelance Projects

Corporate and nonprofit website design, development, and administration, with an emphasis on accessibility

and cross-browser compatibility.

Experience with ecommerce, integrating billing and inventory systems with Amazon storefront.

Custom CMS development, including image upload/resize utilities and an email mailing list manager.

Integration of web analytics using WebTrends and creation of custom reports.

Logo design for print and web, promotional flyer design for local events.

EDUCATION

Ithaca College September 1996 - May 2000

Ithaca, NY

B.S. in Communications

SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows NT4, 2000, XP, Server; Mac OS 9, OS X; Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, Redhat)

Databases: MS SQL Server 6.5-2000, mySQL, PostgreSQL; OLAP and Microsoft Analysis services

Software Development: C#.Net, VB.Net, Visual Basic 6, VBA, WSH, Python, XML, regular expressions

Web Development: HTML/XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, DOM; Windows/IIS, Linux/Apache; ASP, PHP, perl

Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash

Miscellaneous: Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Pro-Tools, Sound Forge; Troubleshooting and repair of PC/Mac

hardware

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS

September 1, 2006 Guest on Thinking Out Loud radio talk show discussing net neutrality, WUML Radio,

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

July 6, 2006 Presenter, Digital Distribution and Open Source Tools, Connecting Communities, Alliance for

Community Media 2006 Conference, Boston, MA

September 29, 2005 Panelist, Broadband, Net-based, and HDTV Distribution Alternatives, Taking

Liberties 2005, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, Philadelphia, PA

July 7, 2005 Panelist, Digital Distribution: Building Youth Media Online, Alliance for Community Media

2005 Conference, Monterey, CA

May 13, 2005 Presenter, Digital Bicycling, Changing Tides, Alliance for Community Media Northeast

Region 2005 Spring Conference, Falmouth, MA

February 19, 2005 Presenter, Introduction to Videoblogging, Northern Voice Conference, Vancouver,

B.C.

November 6, 2004 Panelist, Copyright & Creative Commons, Alliance for Community Media Northeast

Regional Fall Conference, Cambridge, MA

REFERENCES

Furnished upon request.

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B.C.

November 6, 2004 – Panelist, “Copyright & Creative Commons†, Alliance for Community Media Northea

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