Garth Gillespie** Gregory Drive

Fairfax, CA ***30-1027

H: 415-***-****

F: 425-***-****

M: 415-***-****

abqf49@r.postjobfree.com

IT Leadership, Business and Technical Planning, Web Development and StrategyQualifications Summary

A strategic minded, hands-on leader and self-starter with solid professional experience seizing opportunities to grow capabilities that will exceed business goals - demonstrated broad technical background and ongoing technical expertise, but more importantly the ability to communicate the technical needs to the business. Always increasing knowledge base of emerging technologies and how they can improve customer experience and be used to meet and exceed business objectives. 5 years experience as an application/systems architect and over 12 years experience in the technology arena.Areas of Strength

Community Development, Communication, Project Management, Vendor Management and Development, Leadership, Management, Verbal and Written Communication Skills, Internal Relationship Development and ManagementIndustry ExpertiseProven experience building and leading technology teams.Proven experience leading the development and strategic vision, as well as partnering across multiple lines of business to plan long-term enterprise solutions as well as initiatives specifically targeted to meet quarterly and yearly sales goals.Proven experience finding resolutions to complex architectural issues resulting from conflicts in application, information, infrastructure, and enterprise architectures.Experience in design definition, planning and deployment of technology infrastructure and architecture.Experience leveraging technology to enhance the customer experience and improve conversion.Experience marrying internal development with outsourcing solutions based on business objectives and timelines.Past experience establishing and improving technology policy and procedures.Proven experience working effectively in a complex and rapid change management environment.Technical Expertise

Extensive experience in Unix/Linux and Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP. RedHat & SuSE Linux, Mac OS9/OSX, SSH, Cisco IOS BGP, Apache, Tomcat, PHP, Verisign PayFlowPro, Crystal Reports, Perl, MySQL, Sendmail, Postfix, Exchange, Samba, JRUN, Netatalk, PAM, Kerberos, SSL, TLS, BIND (DNS), SpamAssassin, Procmail, IP Networking, HP Network Printing/Admin, Palm/PDA, MS Office Apps, VMWare, Various Remote Desktops, DoubleClick DART, DoubleClick DARTmail (formerly FloNetwork), OAS RealMedia, Mediaplex MOJO, SocketWare Accucast, Macromedia Generator for Servers, Sendmail Secure Switch, Eclipse IDE, CVS, Subversion, AJAX/reverse AJAX, Jabber, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Visio, LDAP, Jira, Bugzilla, Cruisecontrol.Experience

2004-2006: VP Technology Jeteye Technologies, Inc. San Francisco, CANumber three person with the company. Worked closely with visionary and CEO David Hayden to rapidly develop the Jeteye Social Bookmarking System.Responsible for getting Jeteye off the ground including hiring the engineering team, purchasing and managing application servers, planning technology development and implementation.Instrumental in developing demos and next generation concept applications for funding rounds with VCs and Angel investors. Provided technical knowledge for the pending Patent.Developed an ATOM-based services architecture to feed all Jeteye clients (Web, Firefox Extension, Yahoo Messenger Plug-in)Initiated community-building initiatives to spread the word and evangelize Jeteye.Managed IT Operations with two Network Administrator direct reports. Managed server farm at co-location facility, 60 application servers.http://www.jeteye.com

2002-2004: Consultant Garth Gillespie Consulting Fairfax, CA

Client highlights

Learning as Leadership

San Rafael, CA

Project: A web-based evaluation and reporting tool for their coaching seminars.

Work: Helped to define scope of project and aligned the project with their business needs. Developed specs, wire-frame and working examples until project was ready for build. Application consisted of a web front end utilizing a MySQL database with re-usable abstracted database calls. Application was written with growth in mind and further work expanded the original scope during my time at Jeteye. Application continues to be used but is unavailable for public viewing.

Lumenis Inc.

San Jose, CA

Project: Search feature for Physician and Veterinarian database.

Work: Lumenis is a supplier of cosmetic and aesthetic medical devices. Their business need was to increase public awareness of their brand through a publicly available search of practioners using their devices. Scope of project included database schema design, application code and logic and QA.

http://www.skinandhealth.com/details/practitioner

Culinary Institute of America

St. Helena, CA

Project: Worlds of Flavor recipe and video site.

Work: In the first phase of this new microsite, the scope of work included implementing a dynamic web site using very little in the way of traditional application technologies. Content was a mixture of static recipe files, multiple photos and videos as well as flash animations inside specific section. Microsite was active into early 2006.

Thor Hanson Custom Woodworking

Novato, CA

Project: Brochure website

Work: Along with a designer, this was a simple brochure site that demonstrates that some projects should remain simple and direct.

http://www.thorhanson.com

Prosumer Media Corp

Berkleley, CA

Project: David Bunnell and Fred Davis launched a new consumer electronics magazine (Dig-iT) with an accompanying community-driven website.

Work: Define scope and features for website. Implementation of Dig-iT.com. Development of customized database-driven product review content publishing tool application.

Other clients:

Doremus, Young & Rubicam, FlashBrigade, The Offswitch, Cannonball Fine Art, Diabetes Health, Accument.net, and Kurt Orban & Partners.

2000-2002: CTO/Web Guru ICONOCAST Inc. San Francisco, CAWorked closely with CEO (Michael Tchong) to bring his popular newsletter and online vision to fruition.Developed/maintained online presence presence through my own custom-built CMS. PHP/MySQL/Apache.Grew website traffic 150%.Management and production of e-mail marketing lists and other initiatives working with DoubleClick, Revenio, SilverPop, Accucast. Developed in-house e-mail campaigns utilizing dyamic e-mail creation and content.Developed/implemented dynamic database driven Macromedia Generator publishing application using PHP. Every element from ads to editorial content was assembled and produced real-time.Designed/developed/implemented personalized conference registration and tracking system. Full-circle invitation/RSVP/reminder/payment/check-in system with both html and plain-text e-mail notification. PHP/MySQL.Maintained servers and workstations in a mixed Linux, Windows, Macintosh environment.

2000-Present: Consultant ComputerUser Magazine Minneapolis, MN

* Continued to support/develop initiatives outlined below.

1995-2000: IT Director Computer Currents Magazine Berkeley, CA

Acquired in 2000 by ComputerUser MagazineManaged five member IT team. Responsible for all computers and devices for entire 60- person company, including off-site Sales person support.Developed/maintained online presence from inception in '95.Grew website from inception to 2.5M pageviews with 900,000 visitors per month.Deployed Linux servers since kernel 1.1. Linux was used exclusively for file serving, SQL Databases, Web Applications, and Internet Mail.Realized dramatic increase in productivity as well as elimination of AppleShare Server licenses due to use of Linux as Macintosh file server. 50 Mac workstations used the file server to produce the magazine for 12 regions. Uptime record was 503 days.Deployed Microsoft NT PDC to manage local users, RAS management, VPN connectivity. Tied NT authentication to Linux Samba file servers.Deployed/maintained Cisco and Livingston Firewalls and Routers. Set up ACLs using Cisco IOS.Maintained Frame Relay and PTP T1 connections.Maintained servers and workstations in a mixed Linux, Windows, Macintosh environment.http://www.computeruser.comTechnical Writing

Web Development Column for ComputerUser

http://www.computeruser.com/archives/cu/webdevweek_index.html

iPod sans Apple

http://www.computeruser.com/articles/daily/8,6,1,0408,02.html

Reviews for CNET

(no longer available online)Other Achievements

I have maintained my own Linux server for eight years. Its duties include secure development websites (APACHE/SSL), IMAP SSL, POP3 SSL, Software Development, DNS and Sendmail for about 15 domains of friends and family.

Education

1986-1991 - UC Santa BarbaraB.A., Art History/Critical TheoryEmphasis in German Philosophy and Critical Theory.

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory - San Francisco, CAInterests

SIASF Board of Directors, cycling, skating, computers, fatherhood.

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