July 2007 - March 2008 Assistant Director of Information Technology Services

Pioneer Newspapers
I provided guidance for IT infrastructure, as well as daily operations including monitoring, optimizing and maintaining Linux, Mac OS X and Windows servers. This included developing monitoring systems to strive for a 24/7 uptime of all critical services, and developing high-performance PHP and Perl web applications for client and staff use.

Employee of the Month - October 2007

April 2005 - July 2007
Senior Software Engineer

Idaho State University - Spatial Software Laboratory
I lead the development of a world-renowned desktop GIS application, MapWindow GIS, which I had worked on previously while employed by Utah State University. I made extensive use of Microsoft's Visual Studio, including C++, C# and VB.Net. This included a focus mainly on geospatial software and geospatial algorithms. I also maintained several web sites using PHP and ASP.Net, and performed Windows programming and Linux system administration.

February 2005 - June 2005
Technical Support Representative

WestHost, Inc.
I provided a great variety of technical support and system administration services to thousands of clients, working with Linux and Windows. Working inside of a proprietary VPS environment with "root-like" access, this included typical administration operations for maintaining a LAMP ecosystem.

September 2002 - July 2005
Windows Programmer

Utah State University - Environmental Management Group
I created enterprise data analysis tools for water-related modeling and prediction, and I created high-performance database management tools. I used a variety of languages including C#, VB.NET, C++ and T-SQL, and served in a lead programming role in a variety of projects.

April 1996 - April 2002
Windows Programmer, System Administrator, Partner

Pretium Corporation
My father and I started Pretium Corporation to build Windows-based information management systems for coroners and medical examiners. Primary technologies used include Microsoft Visual Studio 6, SQL Server, Seagate Crystal Reports and InstallShield Professional. In addition to software development, I maintained company hardware, including all software and hardware support and Windows Server administration, and participated heavily in daily business operations of the company.

June 1994 - November 1995
Quality Assurance Tester

Spillman Data Systems (now Spillman Technologies)
I tested software products for bugs and malfunctions, as well as for general usability and function. Software products ran on SCO Unix System V. I attended and passed a Unix Fundamentals training course, and assisted with setup of Wyse and VT220 dumb terminal banks for user conferences.