Web And Database Developer
Self-Employed
Helped clients assess their information management needs and develop appropriate web and database solutions. Since most of my clients were small businesses and nonprofit agencies I specialized in applications that imposed complicated business logic on relatively small sets of data. My services included data collection and process planning, database design, product evaluation, vendor selection, custom database development, data migration and ongoing application support. As a programmer, I leaned toward web-based solutions, using a standard LAMP architecture.Representative Projects:Unitarian Universalist Association (Boston), 2000. Designed a web-based social networking portal in PHP/MySQL for religious organization’s young adult and campus ministry office. Features included secure login, complex search, and a back-office reporting application in Microsoft Access.Fine Design Group (San Francisco), 2002. Working from HTML screenshots provided by client, built a corporate extranet site in PHP/MySQL for private file sharing over theInternet. Features included large file upload, storage and retrieval in MySQL and thumbnail image generation.Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly (San Francisco), 2002-2006. Reverse-engineered complex Microsoft Access legacy database system with no documentation or contact with original vendor. Provided ongoing database development and support to small nonprofit with limited budget.Girls Justice Initiative (San Francisco), 2004. Designed complex Microsoft Access database system to store and analyze proprietary data collected on girls moving through the San Francisco justice system.University of California, Santa Barbara Letters and Sciences Information Technology Department (Santa Barbara), 2010. Designed and built a web-based database application to track student fees related to a university-wide technology initiative.