Erik-Paul Gibson 199 Montecito Avenue , #206
Oakland, CA 94610
egibson@cytopia.com     http://www.cytopia.com     Home: 510-836-7665

Objective

 

A challenging position that allows me to utilize my diverse technology skills both in hands-on development & overall management to build effective technology solutions for businesses & organizations.

Summary

 

My background includes ten years experience in the technology industry. During this time I have created five commercial software products, managed many projects & produced dozens of web sites. My favorite experience is seeing the look on a customer's face that says, "I get it," when using a great technology product.

Employment

 

Lumetra, San Francisco, California
Webmaster, 2003-2004
Daily production & management for Lumetra corporate web site & Intranet. Production, programming, editing, scripting & content management for Lumetra Reporting Center Web Portal, management & administration of Lumetra’s e-mail marketing programs using Lyris ListManager.

 

Entrepreneurship, Short Term Projects & Consulting
Webmaster, Project Manager, Graphics Production & Software Designer, 1995-2003
Started a business, designed & developed five commercial software products. Consulting for many top technology companies. Managed dozens of software, graphics production & web development projects.

NetSchools Corporation, Mountain View, California
Web Developer/Project Manager, 2001-2002
Daily production & management for NetSchools' corporate web site & Intranet. Production, programming, editing, scripting & content management for NetSchools’ Educational Web Portal, NetSchools Orion..

Work.com(funded by Excite@Home & Dow Jones), Redwood City, California
Intranet Webmaster, 2000-2001
Responsible for daily management & implementation of a large nation-wide corporate Intranet. Supported corporate & department information management requirements. Designed & developed database driven web applications.

Adept Technology/FastFactory, San Jose, California
Manager, Electronic Marketing Systems, 1998-2000
Management, development & deployment responsibility for Adept’s corporate web sites. Daily production for two large web sites. Deployment & project management of Adept’s customer relationship management system (CRM). Management of key third party technology vendors & consultants. Developed database driven web applications. Web Producer for FastFactory (Adept funded) business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce start-up.

Adobe Systems, San Jose, California
Sr. Technical Support Representative/Product Specialist, 1991-1995
Second level technical support for Adobe’s graphics products. Support & training for first level technical support representatives. Communications liaison to Adobe’s development & marketing teams. Management of beta & customer support programs.

Education

 

University of California, Santa Cruz
Certificate in Program & Project Management.

Foothill College & College of San Mateo
Two years college coursework.

Capabilities

 
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze & implement effective & efficient technology solutions.
  • Accomplished software & web designer.
  • Fast, accurate web & graphics productions skills.
  • Excellent writing & editing skills.
  • Strong research & evaluation skills.
  • Solid public speaking & presentation skills.
  • Experience with most major web design, web development & business applications & platforms.
  • Strong technical support & customer service skills.
  • Acknowledged expert in computer graphics & web design software.

Experience

  Internet/Web Development
 
  • Architecture, content management & design for Adept Technology's corporate web sites.
  • Architecture, content management & design for NetSchools' corporate & Intranet web sites.
  • Architecture, programming & design for Work.com's corporate Intranet.
  • Database & ASP application development for City of Oakland City Attorney's Office.
  • Database & ASP application development for Work.com's corporate Intranet.
  • Design & implementation for Cytopia Software's corporate web site.
  • Design & implementation for NetSchools' editorial content management system.
  • Programming & design for NetSchools Orion Media Center web application.
  • Web Producer for FastFactory business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce start-up.
  Software Design/Development
 
  • Created SQL Server database & XML/ASP script integration for Hoffman Creative web sites.
  • Designed, developed & marketing five commercial software products for Cytopia.
  • Designer & Project Manager custom Photoshop Plug-in for Pixera digital camera.
  • Project Manager for Minolta RD-175 digital camera Photoshop Plug-ins.
  • Quality Assurance & Technical Writing for Fuji-Xerox multimedia software application.
  • Quality Assurance for Macromedia Backstage (predecessor to Macromedia Dreamweaver).
  Desktop Publishing/Graphics Production
 
  • Adobe Graphics Applications: Illustrator, Photoshop, PageMaker (10 years)
  • Macromedia Freehand (10 years)
  • QuarkXpress (10 years)
  HTML/Web Production
 
  • HTML (8 years)
  • Interwoven Teamsite (1 year)
  • JavaScript Implementation (5 years)
  • Macromedia MX Suite: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, etc. (5 years)
  • Scripting Implementation: ASP, PHP, PERL (3 years)
  • Web Servers: Internet Information Server, Apache (3 years)
  General Business Software
 
  • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Access (10 years)
  • Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, FileMaker (5 years)
  Operating Systems
 
  • Windows 2000 (5 years)
  • UNIX (5 years)
  • Macintosh (10 years)