Curriculum Vitae  
geoffrey@chirgwin.com

Geoff Chirgwin

PO Box 760
Marion MA 02738
(617) 504-1946

Continue progressing in the development of technically, aesthetically, and socially compelling client-server environments.
I bridge the gap between engineering technicians and visual designers.

2006-present independent consultant
work for (mainly celebrity geek) startups, including Rupture, Allurent, and Brightcove

2004-2005 Ruckus Network
 Senior Software Engineer

2002-2003 CrunchTime! Information Systems, Inc.
 Web Applications Developer
 Work on thin-client software for the food and beverage industry

2002 EduPrep, LLC
 Technology Strategist
 Assessed the technological state of the enterprise and developed technological roadmap moving forward
 Worked with contractors and partners to form technical solutions

2001 Chiliad Publishing
 Software Engineer working with cutting-edge information retrieval technology
 Worked in a rapid application development team that executed on the whim of CEO vision

1999-2000 Dataware Technologies, Inc. (later LeadingSide, of which portions were acquired by OpenText)
 Technical Consultant specializing in Web-based user interfaces
 Designed and developed collaborative intranet for software developers.
 Consulting work in the information retrieval/knowledge management space

1998 Founded seiso
 A collection of professionals specializing in information design.
 Responsible for all facets of business, including:
- Managing small Web development team
- Client contact
- Database development, migration, & maintenance.

References to web work provided upon request.

1998 Principle Profits Asset Management, Inc.
  Sales & Marketing work
- Client development
- Established initial Web presence

1997 Co-founded Natural America
 Import/export brokerage start-up
 Spent Fall 1997 living and working in Seoul, S. Korea
 Learned valuable lessons in business and entrepreneurship.

1996-7 Agency assignments
 Database work
 Northfield Mount Hermon School OIT, Northfield, MA
- Database migration project

Operating Systems/Environments
Windows NT/9x/2000/XP/etc, UNIX-like (mainly Linux, Solaris, and HPUX), MacOS 9-X...

Development
Experience with JSP, Struts, Tiles, JSTL, XML, XSLT, HTML/DHTML/CSS, Ajax/XMLHttpRequest, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Perl, WML, JavaScript, TCL, Jakarta Slide/Webdav, Python, C, MS ASP, AppleScript, SQL/PLSQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostGreSQL, MS SQL Server, VBScript, VBA, SGML, CGI, ADO, MS Access, Miva Script(HTMLScript), Scheme, Lisp, Sybase (ASA), dBase, MS DevStudio/InterDev, Xcode, InstallShield, CVS, SourceSafe, Subversion, Perforce
Exposure to C++, LDAP, Lex, X-500

Design
Experienced mainly in design for the screen, but also some experience for print; experienced with offset pre-press.
Experience with PhotoShop, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, GIMP, Freehand, CorelDraw, GIF Builder, GIF Construction Set, MS Publisher, MS Office Suite, FrontPage.
Experienced with digital audio manipulation, encoding, tagging, and streaming.
Exposure to Director, AutoCad, Extreme 3-D, and Quark X-Press.
Current focus on design automation using open source technologies such as ImageMagick, AutoTrace, and Ming.

Administration
Setup, configuration, and maintenance of: Apache, Tomcat (Jakarta), Orion, BEA Weblogic, PHP application server, FileMaker, Allaire's Coldfusion and JRun application servers, MySQL, RealServer, PostGreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Windows environments (including networks), Linux/GNU systems and networks, MS IIS, Netscape Servers (Enterprise/SuiteSpot, Directory(LDAP)), AppleTalk networks, Lotus Notes

Qualifications
  Independently driven while able to take direction well and work cooperatively.
  Communicate effectively with a wide range of personalities.
  Adept at rapidly mastering new computing tools.
  Work well meeting deadlines.
  Experience with information retrieval systems.

1993-1996 University of Massachusetts-- Amherst, MA
Bachelor of Music (Cum Laude) focusing in composition
Minor in Philosophy
 Active in numerous musical ensembles as an organizer, composer, arranger, and performer.
 Wrote, produced, & directed Firewater TK, an opera in two acts.
- organize 26-person ensemble and four-person staff
- sucessfully applied for grant monies

Travel
Extensively in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia, and the Caribbean

Cadets of Bergen County
 Former seven-year member of this world class musical organization
 Performed at 1994 World Cup Opening and 1996 Olympic Closing ceremonies
 Two-time World Championship winners
 Learned valuable skills during formative years, including discipline, leadership, and teamwork

Additional
Running marathons, bicycling, music composition and organizing new music performance (founding member of Working Composers), trumpet performance, kayaking, snowboarding, writing/recording pop songs, and painting acrylics on scrap wood.
Writing and recording pop songs under the band guise MeatMachine

References provided upon request.