Curriculum Vitae

SUMMARY

Higher degrees in creative writing and interactive multimedia. Ten years of experience in web development. Seeking a position which combines digital multimedia with writing or art.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Web Application Engineer, Wells Fargo Wholesale Internet Solutions. March 2002 - present. Maintain large-scale web sites, including WellsFargo.com and Wells Fargo CEO product. WebLogic and Dynamo application programming, debugging Java, JSP and JHTML.

Software Engineer, Driving Media. March 2001 - August 2001. Developed Perl and Flash components for proprietary FCGI application server. Built Flash interface to transform dynamic XML data.

Content Engineer, Organic, Inc. November 2000 - March 2001. Worked with proprietary template systems using ATG Dynamo for large clients including Macy's Department Stores and Sony Playstation. Researched Flash/XML applications.

Software Engineer, Zatso Inc. October 1999 - November 2000. Developed ATG Dynamo components and XSL template architecture.

Consultant, Nextag.com. September 1999. Consulted on user interface issues, design problems, and page layout for executive team.

EDUCATION

2006 - M.F.A. English, University of California, Irvine.
1999 - M.A. Multimedia Programming, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ilinois.
1995 - B.A. Rhetoric, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

BUZZWORD MATCHING

XML, XSLT, Java, JavaScript, Ajax, Dojo, Prototype, Jabber, XMPP, Perl, MySQL, HTML, ActionScript, PHP, Symfony, CakePHP, JSP, Applescript, Linux, Bash Script, Apache

HONORS AND AWARDS

2006 - Glen Schaeffer Award for Fiction, U. of California-Irvine
2005 - Arlene Cheng Fellowship for Fiction, U. of California-Irvine
2005 - Humanities Research Grant, U. of California-Irvine
2005 - Humanities Center Grant, U. of California-Irvine
2005 - Center for Writing & Translation Grant, U. of California-Irvine
2000 - ONEshow Interactive Bronze "Pencil" - SIUC's Interactive Recruitment CD-ROM.
1999 - AXIEM Silver Medal Award for Excellence in Multimedia - SIUC's Interactive Recruitment CD-ROM.
1995 - Kerker Quinn $1000 Memorial Award for Creative Writing - Three Short Stories.