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Peter Ellis

2455 George Washington Way #C221, Richland, WA 99354 - me at petercellis dot com

Education

Master of Science in Information Management - June 2009
University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA; Cumulative GPA: 3.78

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Computer Science/Writing - June 2006
The Evergreen State College (TESC), Olympia, WA

The Overlake School, Redmond, WA, 2001

Experience

PHP Web Application Developer (Scientist Level I)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Battelle, Richland, WA (August 2009 - PRESENT)

Provide PHP web applications development and support for CORE and the Knowledge Encapsulation Framework, leading new functionality initiatives and acting as a usability/user experience advocate.
Provide technical documentation support for IN-SPIRE, an information analysis and discovery tool targeted at text documents.
Participating in the development of an Agile software development Community of Practice.

TIER Desktop and Customer Support Graduate Student Assistant
University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA (October 2008 - June 2009)

Second-tier web support focusing primarily on Moodle coding and support, as well as content management systems assessment and maintenance.
Database and PHP applications developer within the web team, focusing on translating user and organizational needs into concrete applications.
Third place winner of inaugural TIER Challenge, a call for proposals to improve the processes and activities of the School's IT unit.
Responsible for server rebuilds of Moodle (supporting 5,000 users/week), Cerberus Helpdesk (supporting 25 end users and 600 e-mail users), and test installs of Microsoft SharePoint and Drupal. Created build scripts and assisted in systems configuration, debugging, and customization.

Administrative Intern 3
Washington State Department of Information Services, Computer Services Division, Olympia, WA (July 2008 - September 2008)

Collaborated with design and production support teams to configure and document SharePoint 2007 farms and related infrastructure.
Worked extensively with internal Department of Information Services (DIS) stakeholders on SharePoint information architecture and best practice formulation.
Lead coordinator for Avamar backup appliance proof of concept exercise under the supervision of DIS technicians. Included test plan creation and execution, as well as cross-agency communication when needed.

SharePoint Administrator (Graduate Student Assistant)
University of Washington Information School, Seattle, WA (July 2007 - June 2008)

Responsible for software administrative duties surrounding the Information School's SharePoint presence.
Participated in planning and implementation activities for new intranet service using SharePoint 2007. This included user interviews, policy creation, and hands-on network and server administration, as well as metadata and information architecture generation and codification.
Primary point of contact for user support issues surrounding SharePoint.

Information Technology Manager
The Evergreen State College Writing Center, Olympia, WA (August 2006 - June 2007)

Responsible for providing general technical support for the Writing Center.
Maintained PCs and Macs, responsible for technology audit, formulation of technology budget, grant proposals, and technology-oriented staff development.
Maintained Writing Center web site, Drupal-based staff portal, e-mail distribution lists, and appointment system code.
Helped design curriculum for The Practice of Professional Tutoring, a yearly one-quarter program that teaches the act, art, and philosophy of tutoring others.

Logo Lab Aide
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA (April 2005 - June 2005)

Aide for Designing Languages and Algebra to Algorithms programs.
Responsible for proofreading labs and creating a solution before the lab time.
Utilizing Writing Center tutoring skills, guided students through the lab exercises.

Writing Tutor
The Evergreen State College Writing Center, Olympia, WA (September 2003 - June 2006)

Tutored students in the art and process of writing. Routinely covered such topics as paper organization, grammar, thesis and topic development, and paper flow.
Developed new appointment system in PHP/MSSQL as part of a two-person development team. The program used the ADOdb wrapper classes for database abstraction. Coding utilized Concurrent Versions System and the Eclipse IDE.
Developed PHP/PostgreSQL software supporting the Writing Center's web site.

Web Site Manager
The Evergreen State College Web Team, Olympia, WA (January 2003 - June 2007)

Primarily managed web site content and layout for the College's Writing Center.
Temporary management of the College's Access Services web site.
Coordinated site template switchovers and template beta testing with Web Team utilizing Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX.
Responsible for content, layout, planning meetings, and staff coordination.
Developed PHP/PostgreSQL applications for Writing Center's online handout library and request forms.

Freelance Web Designer/Founder
naturalaxis, Seattle, WA (June 1999 - October 2007)

Developed firm's account management system.
Upheld high standards for content and design layout.
Utilized an interactive and client-centric design and content creation process.
Oversaw all marketing and promotional outreach.
Utilized HTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL, and PostgreSQL in various projects.
Hired as interim network administrator for Seattle Girls' School, June - July 2003.

Activities and Honors

Green Computing Special Interest Group, University of Washington, May 2008 - June 2009
Technology Officer, Association for Information Management Students, University of Washington Information School, March 2008 - April 2009 (inaugural officer)
Student Representative, Enrollment Coordination Committee, The Evergreen State College, 2002 - 2006
Student Representative, Enrollment Growth Disappearing Task Force, The Evergreen State College, 2004 - 2005
Eastside Journal Newspaper's Most Inspirational Graduate, Class of 2001

Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, and Conference Presentations

InfoCamp Seattle 2010 (planned), Seattle, WA (October 2, 2010 - October 3, 2010)
SolutionsIQ Certified ScrumMaster Training, Richland, WA (June 8, 2010 - June 9, 2010)
InfoCamp Seattle 2009, Seattle, WA (October 10, 2009 - October 11, 2009)
- Presentation: Separating Problems From Software In Technology Based Conversations
- Presentation: Information Evangelism And Environmental Sustainability: Crossing Boundaries
Edward Tufte: Presenting Data and Information, Seattle, WA (April 28, 2009)
Seattle Green Festival 2009, Seattle, WA (March 28, 2009 - March 29, 2009)
Future Practice Webinar: Getting to the Point Quickly with Sustainable Design by Nathan Shedroff (March 25, 2009)
Future Practice Webinar: Modern Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski (November 13, 2008)
InfoCamp Seattle 2008, Seattle, WA (September 27, 2008 - September 28, 2008)
GOVERNING Managing Technology Conference, Seattle, WA (May 28, 2008 - May 30, 2008)
Seattle Green Festival 2008, Seattle, WA (April 12, 2008 - April 13, 2008)
2007 Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association Conference, Bellingham, WA (April 28, 2007)
- Presentation: How a System Birthed Dialogs: The Place of Technology in Writing Centers, presented with Sandra Yannone, Director of the Writing Center, The Evergreen State College
2006 Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association Conference, Corvallis, OR (April 29, 2006)
- Presentation: Philosophical Approaches to Writing Center Web Sites

Professional Publications

Desouza, K., Ellis, P. (Forthcoming). "Sustainable Idea Management in Academia: Free Textbooks for Students by Students". Information Technology for Development.
Desouza, K., Ellis, P. (December 2009). "On Information Management, Environmental Sustainability, and Cradle to Cradle Mentalities". Business Information Review: 26(4), 257-264.
Dixon, W., Ellis, P., Sheth, A. (2008). "Implementation". In Change Management (ch. 7). Global Text Project: http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/home.

Professional Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery Professional Membership (February 1, 2007 - January 31, 2011)
- Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web (SIGWEB) (February 2010 - January 31, 2011)
- Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) (October 2007 - January 31, 2011)
- Computers and Society (SIGCAS) (October 2007 - January 31, 2010)
- Management Information Systems (October 2007 - January 31, 2009)
Information Architecture Institute Student Membership (February 2008 - February 28, 2010)
Association for Computing Machinery Student Membership (January 2006 - February 1, 2007)

References

Available upon request.