Objectives

My web design goals are for complete, consistent, and error-free pages that are compatible with the maximum number of computer systems and web browsers (including web-capable cell phones and PDAs.) The pages will have a high degree of accessibility re: Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines and Section 508. In addition, the pages are easy to maintain by entry-level web editors.

Qualifications

Linux: medium to strong. I write complex shell scripts and I have installed Linux from scratch.

php: strong. www.eng.uci.edu is all php using templates.

MySQL: weak to medium. I am familiar with MySQL and have made small databases.

Apache: medium to strong. I have configured Apache and I regularly use some of the more advanced parts of server-side includes on pages.

XHTML: I have recently changed over to XHTML 1 strict for all my pages.

CSS: I have recently switched to designing all page layouts using CSS.

Some examples of my recent XHTML/CSS work are here:  ucicorrections.seweb.uci.edu/ (under construction);  truesdell.eng.uci.edu/2005_New_Zealand/ (under construction);  truesdell.eng.uci.edu/2005_08_20_historics/

Recent Reading

Professional Experience

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering - UC Irvine, April, 2000 to March 2005:

Web Administrator:

Under direction of the Assistant Dean for Planning & Administration, I was responsible for design, administration and maintenance of the web site for The Henry Samueli School of Engineering www.eng.uci.edu . I coordinated material from the dean's office, communications, HR, and department liaisons to ensure current, accurate, approved content. I established procedures for content submission and approval that has made it possible for one person to maintain well over 1,000 pages with both design flexibility and consistent operation.

Information and Computer Science - UC Irvine, October, 1988 - April, 2000:

Computer Systems and Network Administrator:

Conceived, proposed, budgeted and implemented several large laboratories and networks. Established uniform software environment. Spearheaded the move to modern networking. Devised and implemented low cost improvements to the reliability and physical security of computer hardware. Approached 100% uptime for office and lab computers.

Summer Institute in Computer Science - ICS, Summer, 2003, 2004, 2005:

Instructor in web-site design for the American Indian Summer Institute:

Taught accelerated course to Native American high school students from western United States.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine. 1975 Minor: Computer Science.

References

Debra Richardson, Dean, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences djr@uci.edu (949) 824-7405

Charlene Bradley, Registrar, University of California, Irvine bradley@uci.edu (949) 824-7982

Bill Nail, Assistant Director, Instructional Resources Center wwnail@uci.edu (949) 824-7585

John King, Professor and Dean, School of Information, University of Michigan; Former Dean, GSM; Former Chair, ICS; jlking@umich.edu (734) 647-3576

John Romine Director, Administrative & Lab Computing, Henry Samueli School of Engineering. jromine@uci.edu (949) 824-7554

Beth Harnick-Shapiro, Director of Web Communications, University Communications, University of California, Irvine.

Valerie Jenness, Chair, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine.