Watts Martin
Extensive experience with standards-compliant web design, from XHTML to CSS 2 Extensive experience with “LAMP”-style production stacks (Unix, Apache, MySQL, PHP) Last worked at Illumant LLC as Senior Software Developer.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Skills: | Design, HTML / CSS, PHP, Software Engineering, SQL, Web design, Web Development |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Trading services |
| Schools: | New College of Florida |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Illumant LLC, Palo Alto, CA |
| Position: | Software Developer |
| Time period: | July 2006 - September 2008 |
| Description: | Feb 2008 – Oct 2008 Senior Software Developer
Aug 2006 – Jan 2008 Software Developer (Contract) Software/database architecture and principal coding of “Software as a Service” (SAAS) web application to help businesses manage audited control activities for regulatory compliance Coding, architecture and UI design on CIPSAT, a homeland security self-assessment tool developed for the U.S. Navy Coding in PHP 4/5, CakePHP 1.2, MySQL 5, Smarty templates, Javascript (including Prototype and Scriptaculous AJAX libraries); development platform included Mac OS X, Subversion and TextMate |
| Employer: | Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA |
| Position: | Technical Writer/Content Manager |
| Time period: | October 2004 - February 2006 |
| Description: | Created and maintained “dashboard” web site for documentation and end-user communication relating to CDE, an internal development environment used by Cisco’s web application engineers
Authored end-user and support documentation for CDE Produced work using Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver MX and Windows XEmacs |
| Employer: | Global Locate, San Jose, CA |
| Position: | Contract Technical Writer |
| Time period: | January 2004 - June 2004 |
| Description: | Authored three software installation manuals and end-user operations manual for A-GPS (Advanced GPS) system
Revised hardware evaluation kit manual for the A-GPS chipset Produced work using FrameMaker 7, Microsoft Word and Visio |
| Employer: | There Inc., Menlo Park, CA |
| Position: | Data Analyst/Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2002 - October 2003 |
| Description: | Created data analysis reports monitoring usage patterns of There’s virtual world service
Automated heavily manual reporting processes and mailing list functions Produced work using Microsoft Excel and Access, with direct queries against MySQL data warehouse |
| Employer: | Freelance San Jose, CA; Tampa, FL |
| Position: | Freelance Print and Web Design |
| Time period: | September 2002 - September 2004 |
| Description: | Design/development of web sites, print advertisements, and books
Implementation of external job posting system for medical equipment company using PHP and MySQL on OS X; finished on schedule and within budget Installation and customization work on CMS/weblog systems |
| Employer: | Netwolves Technologies, Tampa, FL |
| Position: | Software Engineer III (Web) |
| Time period: | January 2001 - June 2002 |
| Description: | Programmed web-based UI on FreeBSD-based firewall/VPN appliance
Led three-person UI/database team through one release cycle Coded HTML/CSS for customer-facing shopping system |
| Employer: | Intermedia Communications, Tampa, FL |
| Position: | Network Analyst |
| Time period: | October 1995 - January 2001 |
| Description: | Acted as webmaster/designer for WAN Engineering Intranet
Managed capacity on frame relay network dedicated to company’s second largest account Authored white papers and “Methods of Procedure” documentation Developed reporting tools that cut network statistics report preparation time by over 90% Created the first service quality metrics reporting tools in use at company |
EDUCATION
| University: | New College of Florida |
| Degree: | 72 credit-hours’ equivalent |
