PurplePaste

Peter Bull

Software and Web Application Development/Web Media and Drupal Consulting
Lowell, MA
(732) 423-3349

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 content to the web.
  • 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
September 2004 - December 2006
Lowell, MA

• IT Project Coordinator (September 2005 - December 2006)
  • Continuing development of the technical aspects, user interaction, and business planning for the DigitalBicycle
  • Responsible for the management and administration of Windows 2000 Active Directory environment
  • Maintenance and administration 30+ active staff and public computers, in a mixed environment of Windows XP Professional and Mac OSX (10.3/10.4)
• Online Community Developer/AmeriCorps CTC VISTA (September 2004 - August 2005)
  • Currently leading the development of the DigitalBicycle project, an online distribution system for Community Access Television stations and independent video producers to syndicate broadcast-quality video content.
    • Technologies: Debian Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP, Drupal (open-source CMS), BitTorrent, MPEG-4, RSS

BBI Systems, Inc. (formerly Blue Barn Interactive)
June 2000 - August 2004
New York, NY

• Web/Application Developer (January 2002 - Present)
  • 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.
    • 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 flagship Online Dialogue Interpretation system.
    • Integrated web crawler technology as a Windows service
    • Developed a data extraction engine, GUI tools, and services for automated data processing.
    • 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.
    • System now effectively handles upwards of 1.8 million new records monthly
    • Successfully expanded the system in November 2003 to handle additional data from AOL UK's teens and kids message boards
    • 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, 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
Ongoing

• Web Development
  • Design and management of websites for several local artists and musicians to promote their work.
  • Content management system development for database driven websites using Apache/PHP/mySQL, including an image upload/resize utility and an email mailing list manager.
• Graphic Design
  • 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:
  • Linux (Debian, Redhat)
  • Mac OS 9 - 10.4
  • Windows NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003

• Web Development:
  • HTML/XHTML, Javascript, CSS, DOM
  • Windows/IIS and Linux/Apache
  • ASP Classic, .Net Framework 1.1
  • PHP, perl

• Software Development:
  • C#.Net, VB.Net, Visual Basic 6, VBScript
  • XML, XSLT, Xpath, regular expressions

• Database Knowledge:
  • MS SQL Server 6.5-2000, mySQL
  • Multiple flavors of SQL, stored procedures
  • OLAP and Microsoft Analysis services

• Design:
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Flash MX

• Miscellaneous:
  • Digidesign ProTools, Sound Forge

References

Furnished upon request.