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	When I started at Poisson Poisson and Bower PLLC, a full service law firm, my primary responsibility was to produce a consistent brand message and oversee the marketing efforts. For years, the firm had allowed advertising vendors to create advertising materials and lacked a consistent image in their marketing. My role has since expanded to include overseeing the I.T. decision making and planning. The firm now utilizes a branch office with phone systems and applications linked over a secure VPN as well as a mix of Linux and Windows servers.
	Brush Dental Care is a network of dental offices located in the coastal Carolinas. They have an office Wilmington and Supply North Carolina. Visit the Wilmington Dentist site and Supply Dentist site.
	Since 1998, I have been helping Quality Boat rentals in the Florida Keys with their website. We have worked hard to optimize the site to ensure it remains in the top results on all major search engines. The majority of their new business comes from web searches, so this low cost advertising method has produced a remarkable ROI.
	Both of these sites are built on top of the open source framework Geeklog. They allow staff members without HTML experience to administer the site via a password-protected web interface. Nightclub sites like these need constant updating, so turning this task over to the club staff allows them to update in real time and save on administrative costs.
	Susan Orenstein, Ph.D. is a licensed Counseling Psychologist in private practice in Raleigh, NC. Her website has become her primary marketing vehicle. In addition, she has a self-published book for college-bound students. Her primary site is also based on the Geeklog framework to allow for easy updates.
	Dr. Lewis was referred to me by Dr. Orenstein, and I have replaced her previous website with a new, editable site based on the Geeklog framework.
	php\|architect is the monthly magazine dedicated to PHP Professionals. It's published in PDF format and in print and available worldwide I wrote an article for the July 2003 issue about the Geeklog content management engine. Read a copy of the article in PDF format.
	Compendia develops network management applications that work with existing enterprise apps, including Openview and Netview. The reporting engine that I worked on provides graphs and charts of the problems on the network.
	I worked with Commerciality to develop an XML based content management system and worked as a technical consultant. Their product has gone through many design iterations since then and is now called Near-Time.
	World Music Central is a global portal for information about artists, genres and world music. I used a combination of open source technology and custom code to convert their site to a content management system. The site is also available in Spanish at www.musicasdelmundo.org.
	I served as CTO at ListStream for two years. While the company is no longer around, the experience of starting a company and managing a technical staff still is. ListStream managed real estate data for over 130 realtors in the southeast.
UNCW MBA ASSOCATION	As a MBA candidate in the 2008 class at UNC-Wilmington's Cameron School of business, I built a website for the MBA student organization.
	Opensaurus was a Fighting Robot Project. We were invited to present and speak at the LuLu tech circus and received coverage from Linux.com and Wired Magazine. Read the article on Newsforge.
	The Cat Shack was a fashion sneaker and accessories store in Chapel Hill, NC. Over their three years of business, I provided marketing services that included making traditional print ads, sponsoring events and spearheading guerilla advertising. The store ultimately moved to Austin, TX.
	My first large-scale web application, Hometownrent.com advertised rental property in seven North Carolina markets. It was eventually acquired by another company, who has since redesigned the interface.
My Section - Water Allocation	While in school at UNC Chapel HIll, I worked on a Flash project to inform school children about the Haw River. It was designed to support a TV show for a public television station - WUNC.