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Fulton, Curtis Lee-- Software developer
541-610-6362
http://fultron.net
curtisf@fultron.net
Objective
To work with a team that is cool with breaking an egg or two (but not the back button!) so we can whip up a delicious interactive omelet. Serve it hot, on time and make it look easy.
Summary of Qualifications
Server technology
- Object-oriented Perl, mod_perl (10 years)
- Python (3 years)
- Java (3 years)
- DOM, Expat and XPath (5 years)
- Apache web server with mod_rewrite and mod_proxy (10 years)
- Django MVC framework (2 years)
- Apache Tomcat/Java servlets (3 years)
- UNIX BASH shell (10 years)
- Linux administration (10 years)
Client technology
- CSS (8 years)
- XHTML (8 years)
- JavaScript (5 years)
- Actionscript (5 years)
- Adobe AIR (2 years)
- JQuery (3 years)
- ExtJS UI toolkit (2 years)
Tools
- VIM (My IDE ;)
- SVN (My version control tool; I also use it to migrate files up dev, test and production branches)
- GCC and GNU build tools (I use GNU make to run my JavaScript through GCC CPP for macro expansion)
- Firebug (My JavaScript debug tool and half of my JavaScript development environment)
- Photoshop (What I use to make comps and edit graphics)
- Illustrator (What I use to make comps and edit vector images for Flash)
- Adobe FLEX compiler (My preferred method for authoring Flash applications)
Employment History
Software Developer
Currently I work for The Bulletin, the daily newspaper in Bend, Oregon. Recent and ongoing development projects include:
- Many editorial and classifieds XML feeds that are transformed and filtered (Unix Shell, Perl, Expat parser, XSLT, XPath).
- Regional movie guide and schedule pages (Apache Tomcat, Java, Xalan XSLT).
- In-house feed monitoring and reporting service (Apache Tomcat, Java, Velocity, Hibernate)
- Subscriber authentication middleware (mod_perl, JSON, RPC)
- Classifieds ordering system with a pure JavaScript client that communicates with a REST interface. (Python, Django, ExtJS, JSON).
- Classifieds display service with a pure JavaScript client that communicates with a REST interface. (Google Web Apps, Python, Django, ExtJS, JSON).
(October 2004 - October 2007; July 2008 - present)
The Bulletin
1777 SW Chandler Avenue
Bend, OR 97702
541-617-7858
Software Developer
Tasks included: object-oriented, test-driven Perl development of in-house web publishing system.
(November 2007 - June 2008)
Xerox, Inc.
45 Glover Avenue
P.O. Box 4505
Norwalk, CT 06856-4505
1-203-968-3000
Investigative Reporter
Tasks included: Investigative reporting for The Online Reporter, high-end newsletter geared toward management and investors. My beat was the digital media industry and I followed companies like AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann, Vivendi, EMI, Tivo, Napster, Real Networks and Microsoft.
(July 2001 - January 2003)
G2 Computer Intelligence
323 Glen Cove Ave.
Sea Cliff, NY 11579
516-759-7025
Systems Administrator and Programmer
Tasks included: Design and implementation of an in- house web-based accounting system using object-oriented Perl and PostgreSQL. Design and implementation of a system to automate a web server log report using UNIX shell and Perl.
(September 2000 - January 2001)
Via Training
1620 SW Taylor St.
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205
503-276-1548
Systems Administrator
Tasks included: Configuring and administrating Linux servers for Sendmail, Apache and Samba. Many hours of shell script and Perl programming.
(March 1999- August 2000)
1275 University of Oregon
School of Journalism and Communication
312B Allen Hall
Eugene, OR 97401
541-346-2154
Education
University of Oregon
School of Journalism and Communication
Eugene, OR 97403