For a more detailed and technical accounting of my skills, please see my technical resume.Ian Bicking
4869 N. Talman Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 275-7241
ianb@colorstudy.com
http://www.colorstudy.com/ianb/Skills:
- Environments:
- Extensive experience with Linux, doing system administration and web development. Also includes experience with Apache, FreeBSD, Postfix, and a variety of other programs (primarily open source).
- Applications:
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache, and others.
- Programming Languages:
- Python, PHP, SQL, Perl, and others.
For more concrete examples of work, please see my software portfolio.
Professional Experience:
- Independent Consultant, July 2000 - present
- Working for a variety of client, both subcontracting and direct consulting. Typical jobs have included both design and implementation, starting from defining requirements and continuing through maintenance. All jobs have been web oriented. I have included a selection of these jobs.
- Designer and Implementor, Redline Review
- Ongoing design and implementation of a system inspired from previous work. Redline Review is an web-based collaboration system for publishers in the production stage of book development. It handles document exchange, review, and archiving, comparison, and retrieval of past versions.
- Programmer, Northwestern Transportation Center, April 2001 - present
- Assisting with web and database development; created system for exporting Filemaker database to a Linux-based MySQL server.
- Programmer, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, August 2000 - January 2002
(Fitzroy Dearborn was acquired by another publisher, and no longer has Chicago offices, though I still have a relationship with the offices of the purchasing company)
- Programmed and maintained extensive online collaboration system to receive comments from authors, advisers, and off-site staff on articles. I continue to maintain and expand this system.
- Administered intranet server which hosted above program, mailing lists, FTP sharing accounts, and a connection with the Windows NT server.
- Website redesign, restructuring of the editorial website.
- Programmer, Norphans.com, October 2000 - January 2001
- Programming and web page design for online toy company, using PHP and MySQL. (The company ultimately did not receive funding for its product)
- Distributed Support Services Consultant, Northwestern University, IL. November 1999 - April 2000.
- Provided phone and on-site support for faculty and staff; network diagnosis; Linux server setup; web design with Dreamweaver and Photoshop; documentation
- Computer Instructor, Bloomington Public Schools, MN. June-August 1999
- Designed and led a class in web design for students, grades 5-8. Led adult volunteers.
Education:
BA, Computer Science and Mathematics, Earlham College, Richmond IN. September 1995 - December 1998.
Other Experience:
Author of the paper The Web Framework Shootout, presented at PyCon DC 2003, a conference for developers using the Python programming language.Co-author of paper, Cheetah: The Python-Powered Template Engine which was presented at the Tenth International Python Conference.
Peer reviewer, Python: How to Program, chapter 25: Python Server Pages.
Administrator on stallman.indymedia.org, the main server for the Indymedia network (hosting www.indymedia.org, chicago.indymedia.org, and several dozen other Indymedia sites). Administration is handled cooperatively by a core group of volunteers.
Author and maintainer of SQLObject, an object-relational mapper for Python.
Developer for Webware for Python, a web application framework.
Maintainer of the Cheetah and Webware Wikis, providing a collaborative space to document these projects.
Author of FunFormKit, a form generation, processing, and validation package for Webware. Highly object-oriented and one of the most advanced form processing packages available.
Member, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, September 2000 - present.