I'm Brendan Avery, and this is my resume. (Added 2/10/2005)

BRENDAN AVERY BALDWIN

 http://brendanavery.com(approve sites)
 900 S. Bishop Street #G
 Chicago, IL 60607
 ba@brendanavery.com
 mobile# 773.875.7489
 home# 312.243.0979

WEB APPLICATION ARCHITECT/CONSULTANT

• Over 10 Years Experience in the Design, Development, Integration and Management of b2b, intranet, and public/consumer Web-Based Applications and Portals for several high-profile clients in a variety of industries.
• Extensive utilization of formal Project Life-Cycle Processes, including functional Requirements Gathering, production of Use Case Scenarios, Process Diagrams and Flow-Charts, Interface Mockups, Wireframes and Prototypes, and Test-Driven Design methodologies to support time estimations/refactoring while maintaining a high degree of Quality Assurance.
• Fluent in Web Standards-Based approaches for enhancing web interface Usability and Accessibility through application of Contingency Design, structuring markup for Graceful Degradation and Compatibility, analysis for WAI and Section 508 Compliance.

Programming Languages: Action Script? (Flash), ASP, Cold Fusion? (Fusebox), HTML/XHTML/CSS, Java, Java Script?, PHP (PEAR), Regular Expressions, Ruby (eRuby,Rails), SQL (ANSI,PL/SQL,MS), VB/VB Script?, XML (DTD,XSL)

Software Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Apache HTTP Server, Home Site?, Cyg Win?, Dream Weaver, Flash, IIS, Microsoft Project, My SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Visual Studio, Visio, Windows Server

AP Is?: ADO/ODBC, Atom/RSS, CFX (Java), COM/DCOM, FTP/SFTP, HTTP/HTTPS, IMAP, LDAP, MS Script Control, POP 3?, SMTP, WDDX, YAML, Win Sock?

04/2004-present Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Chicago, IL

• Designed and coded multiple intranet and extranet applications in Cold Fusion?/People Soft? for use by 700+ employee users in 4 countries.
• Executed formal architectural analysis and security audits on existing systems.
• Produced specifications, use case scenarios, flow-charts and process diagrams, mockups, end-user documentation, and deployment/integration-plans for new applications.
• Successfully transformed existing high-cost outsourced development and maintenance of large leased-code system into low-cost internally maintained solution through customization and redesign of a large Cold Fusion?/MSSQL recruiting application to extend capabilities, audience, and adapt to proprietary workflow and business rules.
• Updated and maintained customizations to additional sub-systems for project management, code-generation, and knowledge management/acquisition in Java, PHP, and Perl.

11/1999-11/2003 Deluxe Media Management Santa Monica, CA

• Guided client internet strategies, providing education and direction in technical/logistic issues ranging from digital asset security, system performance/scalability, mixed-platform integration, and user-interface design/browser platform-capability issues.
• Designed, coded, and maintained customer front-end and administrative back-ends to successful large-scale media/asset-heavy B 2 B? website projects using Cold Fusion?, ASP and SQL Server over Windows NT/2000 for several clients including Sony Pictures, Columbia Tri Star?, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Warner Brothers, Buena Vista, and Cable Labs?.
• Website creations featured front-end page design, development of custom search engines, shopping-cart systems, asset-management tools, report generators, and content management systems.
• Developed reusable CFX and COM components with Java and Visual Basic. These included encryption/signature algorithms like MD 5? and Unix Crypt (3), PDF generation scripts, video/image processing systems.
• Created system for Cable Labs? clients to communicate with cable-internet service providers for coverage area information using XML/WDDX as part of their Go 2 Broadband? program.
• Built Visual Basic application for automating collection of industry data from third-party websites using HTTPS and ADO.
• Represented clients and provided product demonstrations and training at industry conventions (NATPE/MIPTV).
• Trained developers in programming methodologies, such as Fuse Box?. Established team standards for application architecture, error-handling, and source management.

08/1995-11/1999 PC Pros Information Staffing Los Angeles, CA

• Developed several complete systems and applications for use by staff to manage recruiting operations using Visual Basic, SQL Server, Access, ASP, and Cold Fusion?.
• Implemented full-text database of OCR'd resumes, client/contact-database, employment history/lead-generating system, online candidate registration and testing system, job-posting system, and public website.
• Migrated Access database application to Visual Basic Client/Server architecture with automated software build distribution to keep workstations up to date with fixes and new features.
• Public website designed in ASP and Cold Fusion? doubled as a secure extranet for remote recruiters and managers to access files and job/candidate information.
• Managed interns and trainees as a project manager to build their programming skills while developing systems and applications for internal company use. Trained programming interns in Visual Basic, ASP, and database skills.
• Deployed and maintained office's Windows NT network (about 20 workstations and 5 servers) including all upgrades, troubleshooting, and repairs.
• Provided training, support, and custom solutions for several clients including Banque Paribas, EMC 2?, Warner Brothers, Digital Domain, and Microsoft.
• Ad hoc systems created ranged from business applications in Microsoft Access and Excel to promotional items like games and screen-savers written in Visual Basic.