Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
JULIAN CASH
San Francisco, CA *4112
******@************.***
www.HireThisGeek.com
Objective
Work to advance tech projects which are intriguing, that use exciting technologies, and
which benefit people.
Technical Skills
Primary skills: Project manager, programmer, web developer, manage offshore,
system admin, database design, QA, tech writing, tech support
Software: MS Project, Flash, Power Point, Excel, Word, Visio, Lightroom,
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Adobe Premier, SoftImage
Languages: PHP, Perl, C, HTML, SQL, Shell, Web/CGI, Pascal, BASIC
Basic Knowledge: Actionscript 3, C++, Java, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, XML, REST, AJAX,
JSON, Solr and Lucene search
Database: MySQL, MySQL Workbench, Sybase, Oracle, Perl DBI, SQL, Informix
Hardware: Cloud computing (Amazon and Slicehost), IBM PC, Macintosh, and
various other microcomputers; Silicon Graphics, Sun, and DEC
workstations; PDP, VAX, and HP mainframes;
Operating Systems: Linux, Debian, Unix, Windows, FreeBSD, VMware, IRIX, and VMS
Other Software: WordPress, subversion, Apache and IIS web servers, TWiki, RT,
FogBugz, Skype, Basecamp
Other Skills: Writing specs, user interface design, recruiting and hiring, business
strategy, financial plans, market research, raising funding,
management of offshore teams, scalable architecture, graphic
design, instructor, public speaker, photographer, illustrator
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Major: Computer Science, Minor: Photography
Received Associates degree July 1988
Jobs
Programmer/Project Manager/Designer Contract
HireThisGeek.com April 2010 present
A wide variety of website and programming contract jobs. At Palm (HP) did Project
Management for several projects, improved how group used it s wiki. Project managed
and coded a PHP, MySQL, jQuery based goal achievement website which included a mobile
site. Made a wide variety of quality websites for businesses and people. Program an LDAP
module for TWiki.net. Programmed a credit card application project. Debugging various
website issues. Software research and analyses.
Skills: Project Management, Business planning, Programming, PHP, Database Design,
Specs, Website design, QA, Market Research, System Administration.
Tech: PHP, MySQL, MySQL Workbench, jQuery, Debian, Slicehost, Perl, DreamWeaver,
CSS, WordPress, Adobe Lightroom. Photoshop
PR and Portrait Photography
Julian Cash Photography January 2007 present
Ran an extremely successful fundraising and PR campaign to publish a photography book. I
used the Kickstarter site and the project overfunded by about 150% raising over $36k. The
book now has over thirty 5-star reviews on Amazon. For more see ThePeopleOfBM.com .
The campaign primarily used Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail lists. Helped plan and
implement strategy for expanding the tech events produced by Beta Ltd (such as SF Beta).
Photo clients have included O'Reilly press, Rolling Stone, KQED, Ripley's Believe It or Not,
Blondie, MySQL, America's Got Talent, Treasure Island Music Festival, and ApacheCon.
Skills: PR, video production, fundraising, portrait photography, light painting
Tech: Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
Premiere, Animoto
Project Manager/Designer/QA, Contract
The Image Maker January 2010 March 2010
Project Managed the development of an internet stock imagery site, based in Dubai.
Coordinated with the CEO of the company, the lead programmer, and the visual designer.
Wrote specifications, performed QA cycles on new revisions of the product, and directed
others on the team. Was involved in market research and guiding the direction for the
product.
Skills: Project Management, QA, Market Research.
Tech: MS Visual Studio, IIS, MS SQL Server, AJAX.
Founder, Permanent
The Human Creativity Project September 2005 January 2010
Created a startup with improved concepts for personalized search and discovery for
creative content on the web. Launched an image bookmarking website. Made the designs
for a marketplace for creative content. Wrote and polished a wide array of high and low
level specs and presentation materials. Raised the first round of funding. Recruited and
managed an extraordinarily skilled team. Project managed the development effort. Did
extensive work in the areas of financial planning and market research.
Skills: Project management, management, programming, QA, specs, market
research,recruiting, financial planning, database design, system architecture,
design, tech writing, system admin.
Tech: Perl, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, CSS, Lucene, Solr, MySQL Workbench,
Apache, FogBugz, Amazon EC2+S3, Debian, Apache, catalyst, moose, FormFu,
Template Toolkit, TWiki, DBIx, memcached, varnish, Nagios, couchDB,
Slicehost, collaborative filtering, REST, LAMP, SVN, SQL, Flash.
Project Manager/Developer/Designer/Support, Contract
TWiki.net August 2007 August 2008
Project managed Perl programmers and testers in India. Wrote specifications for new
features including UI design. Did QA work on new revs of the project. Provided support to
TWIKI customers, including onsite installations and debugging.
Skills: Project management, QA, programming, tech support, UI design, outsourced,
tech writing, system admin.
Tech: Perl, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, CSS, Apache, Basecamp, TWiki, Linux, SQL,
LDAP.
Project Manager/Senior Programmer/Business Analyst, Permanent
Silicon Graphics Inc., Information Technology December 1997 August 2005
Project managed teams of engineers and other coworkers in designing and implementing
computer programs and processes. Wrote and supported a wide variety of applications
(primarily web applications in Perl and C Often acted as team lead. Made a variety of
changes in the team, including initiating short weekly team meetings, created a repository
of data on all the tools we supported, implementing coding standards, peer code review,
restructuring the source tree, and other notable improvements. Taught classes on Perl and
on licensing.
Skills: Project management, programming, design, instructor, QA, specs, standards,
tech writing, system admin, database design, IT, web master.
Tech: Perl, C, C++, JavaScript, Java, Flash, PHP, Apache, CSS, MySQL, AJAX, Sybase,
Oracle, SSL, source control, Unix, IRIX, IIS, Business Objects.
Technical Lead/Senior Programmer, Contractor and Permanent
Silicon Graphics Inc., Software Licensing August 1994 - November 1997
Helped plan and implement dramatic changes in the way Silicon Graphics utilizes software
licensing; Organized and ran meetings about licensing products with dozens of different
product managers; Project managed, designed, and wrote an award winning web and email
based program to automate the distribution of software licenses; Resolved a wide variety
of business and technical issues on a daily basis; Wrote technical documentation to be
shipped with all licensed products; Designed and wrote various dynamic web programs;
Taught classes; Created graphical images for use on the web, in published documentation,
and in presentations; Was interim manager of the team for several months.
Skills: Project management, programming, design, instructor, QA, specs, standards,
tech writing, system admin, database design, graphic design, web master.
Tech: Perl, C, C++, JavaScript, Java, PHP, Apache, MySQL, AJAX, Sybase, Oracle, SSL,
source control, Unix, IRIX, licensing.
System Administrator, Contractor
Industrial Light and Magic February 1993 - August 1993
Was System Administrator for 100 Silicon Graphics and Sun machines; Designed, wrote,
and implemented a powerful backup system; Designed, wrote, and implemented a system
for automated daily computer status checking; Created, restructured, refined, and
documented internal procedures and tools. Supported the artists creating the computer
graphics for Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and other films that involved intensive
computation.
Skills: System admin, programmer, design, tech writing, inhouse support, networking.
Tech: Shell script, Perl, C, IRIX, Unix, sun, Solaris, sendmail.
Technical Support Engineer, Contractor
Silicon Graphics Inc. January 1994 - July 1994, February 1992 - January 1993
Provided technical support for Silicon Graphics computers, peripherals, and software for
system administrators and end users; Solved problems and answered questions dealing with
Unix, hardware, communications, programming languages, graphics, and installations;
Acted as group leader for up to 15 teammates; Taught classes on network licensing; Wrote
technical documentation for publication; Wrote documentation to define internal
procedures; Trained personnel; In a company survey was rated as having provided the
highest quality of support by my customers.
Skills: Tech support, instructor, tech writing, system admin.
Tech: Unix, IRIX, licensing, installation, networking.
Software Engineer, Contractor
Knowledge Access June 1991 - December 1991
Designed and wrote programs in Turbo C. Created a tool to cluster data for high speed
retrieval from CD-ROM based databases; Provided technical support; Tested products.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, tech support, system admin, QA, database design.
Tech: C, C++, Unix.
Software Engineer, Contractor
Genentech February 1991 - May 1991
Converted and wrote a program in C and Informix-4GL for assisting medical studies; Wrote
validation protocols for procedures relating to computer hardware and software.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, specs, database, system admin, QA.
Tech: C, Informix, Unix.
Software Engineer, Contractor
Software Research December 1990 - January 1991
Wrote quality assurance software in C and Pascal; Ported programs from Unix to VMS.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, specs, database, system admin, QA.
Tech: C, Informix, Unix.
Software Engineer, Contractor
Wang Laboratories June 1989 - April 1990
Designed and wrote sections of the printing and graphics interface for Wang's Unix word
processor, which was written in C; Debugged and maintained existing code; Wrote
documentation; Trained personnel; Wrote backup mechanism and performed backups.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, specs, database, system admin, QA.
Tech: C, C++, Unix.
Software Engineer, Co-op position
Sykes Datatronics June 1988 - September 1988
Programmed, debugged, and ported communications and database software written in C.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, specs, design, database, system admin, QA.
Tech: C, Unix.
Software Test Engineer, Co-op position
Atherton Technology July 1987 - February 1988
Designed, wrote, and executed test suites on multiple platforms for a company for a
Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) product; Programmed in C; Ported C code;
Provided technical support; Wrote documentation; Supervised projects; Trained personnel.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, specs, database, system admin, QA.
Tech: C, Unix.
Operational Assistant, Co-op position
ISC Academic Computing Nov. 1988 - Feb. 1989 Sept. 1986 - Dec. 1986
Supervised several computer labs by coordinating and overseeing lab assistants; Wrote
software; Helped students with their programming; Reported and corrected hardware
problems.
Skills: Programmer, teacher, lab assistant
Tech: C, Pascal, ADA, Unix
Lab Assistant, Part Time
ISC Academic Computing March 1988 - June 1988 Dec. 1986 - May 1987
Assisted users to program in several computer languages and run a variety of software
packages on IBM PCs, Macintoshes, and a cluster of VMS based VAXes. Helped students with
their programming.
Skills: Programmer, teacher, lab assistant.
Tech: C, Pascal, ADA, Unix.
Programmer/Analyst, Contractor
Highland Hospital May 1986 - July 1986
Co-wrote and designed database application in Turbo Pascal on the IBM PC to help
customers find books, records, and video tapes in a medical library.
Skills: Programmer, tech writing, QA, specs, database.
Tech: Pascal.
Achievements
Created a group to performed on Americas Got Talent, season 7 (2012). "I've never
seen anything like this. I loved it!" - Howard Stern; "This is what we look for" - Howie
Mandel; "Spectacular" - Sharron Osborn; "Amazing" -Nick Cannon; For more see Aurora
Light Painters
Published a book, The People of Burning Man, which has over 35 five star reviews on
Amazon.
Took studio portraits of contributors at annual technology conventions including
OSCON, MySQL, ApacheCon, and foocamp.
Professional Photographer; www.JulianCash.com.
For several years running, I organized a camp of 20 volunteers who help with my photo
projects at the annual arts festival known as Burning Man
Professional Illustrator and Cartoonist; juliancash.com/art
Created open source project www.SpiderEyeballs.com (a web image gallery program)
with collaborator Cory Bennett.
Won SGI STAR Award for Quality and SGI Skippy award for autolicensing tool
DJ at WITR in Rochester, New York and at KZSU in Palo Alto, California
Project Management
I've Project Managed and lead teams of dozens of people to produce a wide variety of
programs and solutions. Projects are simplified and managed with care so they come in on
time and within budget. I manage projects with a collaborative and cooperative spirit. Some
sample projects that I've managed are listed below:
Sales Order Download
Problem: The downloading of sales orders into the support database was failing a high
percentage of the time due to data errors caused by a variety of sources. For years this
had been directly affecting support revenue and customer satisfaction.
Solutions: Vastly improved error checking by breaking errors into distinct "buckets".
Created drill down reports that gave a clear view from a high level overview to the low
level details of a single sales order. Got buy-in from throughout the company until every
error bucket was owned by a particular responsible group. Groups also agreed which team
was causing each problem and agreed to work on implementing solutions. Automated the
reprocessing of sales orders. Created a system to fully manage the backlog of problem
sales orders. Reduced the percentage of errors dramatically. Automated the correction
of many types of errors.
TWiki.net Friendly Admin Interface
Problem: TWiki is one of the most popular Wiki's in the world. TWiki.org is an open source
project. The initial creator of TWiki.org, Peter Thoeny, also formed the VC backed
commercial venture, TWiki.net. The interface for setting up TWiki and making system
administration changes was quite confusing, especially for non-technical folks.
Solution: I helped to design and also project managed a very easy to use web interface for
setting up an initial installation of TWiki, and for making the most common desired
customizations. This worked out perfectly for most of our clients. It was an ideal value
add over the Open Source product. It also resulted in the benefit of less customer support
needed per customer.
Key-O-Matic
Problem: All licenses were being hand generated. Turn around time was slow. A large
team was required to handle the requests. Customer satisfaction was low and errors were
common.
Solution: Project managed and was primary programmer and designer of a web and email
based tool to automatically authorize and distribute permanent and temporary licenses
for internal and external use. Key-O-Matic generates licenses for multiple licensing
mechanisms, multiple computer platforms, over 100 products, and for multiple
countries. Evaluation license durations, number of licenses, and marketing letters can be
customized by product. Both web and email forms are easy for customers and license
administrators to use. This tool has vastly improved accuracy, efficiency, and customer
satisfaction. It has been in production since 1994 and is still being used by customers
today.
Low Cost Pull
Problem: Customers were shipped CDs of new software and software updates as needed.
No online solution for customers to downloading updates or view what they were entitled
to had been implemented. Shipping and handling costs were high and customer
satisfaction was sometimes adversely effected.
Solution: Helped design and project manage the creation of a tool which gave customers
access to download a wide variety of software. Access was given based on what a
particular customer was entitled to. Customers are now able to download updates the
moment they come out. Rather than shipping CDs, the company now often just sends an
email or post card. Customers are more effectively able to manage their software
subscriptions. Customer satisfaction is improved and costs reduced.
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