J.J. Toothman's Resume (Last updated February 9th 2008)

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J.J. Toothman
Half Moon Bay, California
http://www.jjtoothman.net

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Stanford University
Senior Web Technologist

October 2007 - Present
Palo Alto, CA

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NASA Ames Research Center
Web Services Manager

August 2001 - October 2007
Moffett Field, CA

  • Employed as federal government contractor at NASA by Raytheon ITSS (08/2001 - 11-2003), QSS Group Inc (12/2003 - 01/2007), and Perot Systems Government Services (02/2007 - present)
  • Deployed centralized blogging platform for NASA scientists and researchers. This solution, developed with WordPress MU 1.0, provides a turnkey solution for web content publishing.
  • Worked with Office of Strategic Communication to create a Center Web Strategy that takes advantage of web 2.0 concepts and is represented at http://center.arc.nasa.gov. This site was developed upon WordPress 2.0
  • Designed and deployed an internal knowledge base for web related concepts, policies, and information utilizing WordPress 2.0
  • Oversee web design and development activities, web hosting services, and compliance with related NASA and federal government policies.
  • Defined and implemented centralized web hosting services within Ames utilizing LAMP and Cold Fusion/Oracle architectures.
  • Utilize an Agile development methodology in Cold Fusion and PHP application environments to develop user-centric web based applications that streamline business processes, while integrating these applications with other protocols such as LDAP and PKI.
  • Use set of integrated enterprise I.T.technologies to lead the production of an intranet portal that features customizable dashboard preferences.
  • Deployed internal content management system to facilitate the mechanisms which center researchers and scientists can use the web to publish content, share information, and interact within virtual communities.
  • Lead Information Design and Information Architecture efforts for projects, development of functional and technical specifications, and oversight of creative and technical design.
  • Developed and implemented processes for tracking of schedules and budgets to improve workflow and cost margins.
  • Organized and led a working group of web designers and programmers at Ames to promote use of current web standards such as CSS and XHTML.
  • Produced interactive Flash multimedia content to educate Ames activities to general public via www.nasa.gov and CD- Rom distribution.

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Trulia.com
Consultant

August 2005 - October 2005
San Mateo, CA

  • Worked with Trulia.com in two phases in advance of their initial beta web site release.
  • Initial work was to update and fine tune interface designs by developing wireframes in Visio and performing simple paper usability testing.
  • Additional consulting work involved implementing web site code (PHP, CSS, JavaScript).

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AKQA
Senior Interactive Producer

October 2000 - April 2001

  • Involved in all phases of interactive advertising project life cycle while working with clients such as Palm, Accenture, and Progressive Insurance
  • Communicate with account and client teams to determine project budgets and timelines to compile a Statement of Work for strategic direction.
  • Upon concept approval, managed project development from creative execution to deployment while adhering to and tracking schedules and budget.
  • Worked with Media Planners on media distribution schedules for interactive advertising assets
  • Projects required the management of teams composed of art directors, copywriters, programmers, and QA Engineers.
  • Developed information architecture and necessary functional and technical specification documents.
  • Mentored a department of 5 producers and was continually developing and improving process to integrates all disciplines of interactive development.
  • Worked with new business development on new business opportunities by presenting company process to potential clients.
  • Developed project extranets and intranets using PHP/MySQL.

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Saatchi & Saatchi
Senior Producer

April 2000 - September 2000
San Francisco, CA

  • Management of interactive advertising projects with daily monitoring of schedules and budgets for clients such as Proctor & Gamble and Barclay's Global Investors
  • Developed a cross-functional process for the creation of web sites and interactive advertising components that included documentation, budget monitoring, and schedule tracking.
  • Mentored a team of 4 producers.
  • Led project development teams comprised of creative and technical talent.
  • Documentation included Information Architecture for creative teams and functional specifications for technical teams.
  • Developed Quality Assurance Test Plans for projects
  • Assisted projects by providing programming and graphic production skills.

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Della.com
Web Developer / Systems Integration Engineer

August 1999 - April 2000
San Francisco, CA

  • Programmed ASP, HTML, and JavaScript as a front-end to a Java e-commerce codebase.
  • Worked with retail and portal partners (The Gap, REI, Wine.com, Go.com, Evite) to create co-branded websites.
  • Developed Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures to automate price changing and inventory tasks with retailer mainframe systems.
  • (Note: Della.com is now weddingchannel.com.)

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FutureOne, Inc.
Web Development Manager

November 1997 - August 1999
Phoenix, Arizona

  • Management of web hosting infrastructure for Phoenix based Internet Service Provided
  • Worked with local businesses on web site setup and development
  • Managed project teams to design and develop web sites for customers

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Evening Star Productions
Website Manger

June 1997 - November 1997
Phoenix, Arizona

  • Management of website for Arizona concert promoter involved graphic design, programming, and content manitenance

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Web Developer
Web Developer

May 1996 - November 1997
Scottsdale, Arizona

  • Website programming and production for small businesses in metropolitan Phoenix

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Super Bowl XXX Host Committee
Internet Services Coordinator

May 1995 - May 1996
Tempe, Arizona

  • Worked with Super Bowl advertisers on web page ad placement.
  • Coordinated content production of area tourist information

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SKILLS

  • Web : XHTML, CSS, Section 508 Accessibility Standards, XML, JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX, Dreamweaver 8, Eclipse, JSON
  • Application Software : PHP 4.0/5.0, Cold Fusion MX 7, Concurrent Versioning Systems (CVS), Subversion, Drupal CMS, WordPress 2.0, Bugzilla
  • Database : MySQL 4.0/5.0, Oracle PL/SQL, Sybase SQL, LDAP
  • Flash : ActionScript 1.0/2.0
  • Graphics : Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Fireworks
  • Audio/Video : Sony Vegas+DVD, Adobe Premiere, SoundForge, Audacity, Sorenson Video
  • Etc : MS Visio 2003, MS Project

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EDUCATION

Cal State University East Bay
M.A. in Multimedia

September 2003 - June 2005
Hayward, CA

3.9 Grade Point Average

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University of Vermont
B.S. in Business Administration

September 1989 - December 1993
Burlington, VT

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GRADUATE THESIS PROJECT

Luminance, a graduate thesis project, is an interactive art installation that uses pattern recognition and motion capture technology to allow untetehered physical interaction with digital content using physical body movements. Content is developed with ActionScript 2.0 classes. Participants in Luminance are not required to use an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, or head-mounted display. Instead, participants move freely with body movements and hand gestures to interact and manipulate digital content projected onto a large screen.
For more information, see http://www.solidether.com/luminance

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Silicon Valley Web Guild, AIGA, Graphic Artists Guild, MENSA

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ONLINE PORTFOLIO

For an overview of past projects:
http://www.jjtoothman.net/jjtportfolio

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