Bob Meetin - Resume

ROBERT A. MEETIN

167 Montgomery Drive 
Erie, CO 80516 
303-926-0167 (m)

www.dottedi.biz 
www.catscratchcms.com


 

SUMMARY

 

Self-taught web developer, web designer, software engineer. Strong background in program management and report development in support of Help Desk infrastructure. Responsive, reliable and highly analytical.

  • Built web development business
  • Managed development of Customer Service Profile Database 
  • Trained staff, managers and end-users
  • Wrote technical documentation and FAQ procedures in support of help desk and business clients
  • Developed statistical reports
  • Provided analyses to isolate trouble areas within applications and infrastructure
  • Provided backline and oncall support for Help Desk toolset

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DOTTED I WEB DESIGN & SOLUTIONS 2002 - Present

Co-developed Vision CMS (2024) – an extremely versatile a-la-carte CMS developed to target small business needs. .Built web design and development business serving mostly small businesses. Trained clients to do self-administration in Joomla, Wordpress and custom built webforms.

PRO-UNLIMITED 2002

Data Analyst Specialist (Contractor for Sun Microsystems),

Sun Ramp Data Analyst Project Team, Broomfield, CO (April, 2002 thru Sept, 2002)

Responsible for analysis, data mapping, cleanup, and data convergense of erroneous or duplicate contact and site date in globally implemented financial database. Wrote ad-hoc reports and training materials to suppoort project and developed shell scipts to help organize and structure data to help improve efficiency of team members. Provided frontline technical support on Data Cleanup Tool.

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1900 - 2001

Technical Specialist III (Systems Technologist / Business Analyst)

Global Resolution Center Infrastructure Support Team, Broomfield, CO (2000-2001)

Represented Resolution Center in tools development business requirements collection and engaged development team resources through SDRA (Solution Deployment and Release Architecture) process in order to improve efficiency, productivity and quality of the Help Desk. Led and participated in projects. Managed and co-developed RC-specific reports and metrics.

Created a reporting “snapshot” which provided a one-stop shopping summary of critical reports required by operational and senior management to run RC business.

Successfully managed the transition of an in-house prototype resource scheduling tool to development organization. This included establishing the RFE (Request for Enhancement) process and release schedule, authoring FAQ documentation, and ensuring that necessary technical documentation was in place.

Technical Specialist III (Program Manager), Resolution Center, Broomfield, CO (1998-2000)

Managed development of RC’s service level database. Managed and co-developed RC’s internal metrics. Provided oncall and backline support; authored training materials for RC toolset. Hired contracting staff to support financial applications. Trained frontline managers in RC operations.

Managed the development of a Change Control form which was used for sharing critical outage information amongst support organizations. As a member of Global Change Notice (GCN) team, was responsivle for transition of the prototype Change Control form to GCN. This resulted in one-stop shopping for both proactive and reactive outages.

Managed development of SPDB (Service Profile Database module of Globall OnCall project), then supervised the conversion of ASCII/HTML FAQ Oncall program to SPDB. Configured the first sercice level agreements. Trained first business process team members to handle service level agreements, laying the groundwork for transition of administration to the business process team.

Originated the concept, then supervised the development of a technician contact profile form in SPDB which provided a centralized data source for public/confidential information of technicians. The tool drew data out of several other databases, including company nameslist, system registration tool and company organization tool.

Supervised development of enhancements and bug-fixes incorporated into SPDB and SunPlanIT (resource scheduling tool) over several releases. This resulted in improvements in functionality, user interface, and reporting and documentation, and led to wider acceptance by and increased efficiency for the user community.

Technical Specialist I, II, III (Technician, Team Lead), Assistance Center, Milpitas, CA (1990-1998)

Progressive duties included frontline phone support, backline technical support and team lead.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE 1982 - 1990

Contract Employee (SUN MICROSYSTEMS) as a Communication Assistant and as an Employment Representative. Self-employed as a commercial Photographer (SEVENTH REALM PHOTOGRAPHY). Warehouse Manager (CREATIVE SOFTWARE), responsibilities included hiring and supervising a crew of workers in warehouse and assembly departments.

TECHNICAL AND PROCESS TRAINING

Solaris 2.x System Administration, Applied Project Management, Problem Solving and Process Improvement, Establishing Service Level Agreements, Managing Customer Expectations, Centrevu CMS Custom Reports, Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL, Develop PL/SQL Program Units

 

TECHNICAL KNOWLEGDE/SKILLS

 

Web Development:

PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, AJAX, Laravel, DataTables Editor (DTE), CKEditor 5, Apache, Bootstrap 5, Light JavaScript, Blade

Image Manipulation and Design:

GIMP, Imagick, ImageMagick (convert), Fancyapps, Deepzoom, OpenSeadragon, MixItUp, Freewall, Video.js, Slick Slider, Ffmpeg, UniteGallery

APIs:

Google Maps, Guzzle, IpInfo.io

System Administration:

UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Bash, SSH, FTP, AWK, Grep, Sed, Vim, Shell programming, Sybase SQL, Backups & Restores, cPanel, Hestia Control Panel, Cronjobs

Content Management Systems (CMS) & Various:

Staroffice, LibreOffice, Joomla, Wordpress, Zen-Cart, MailChimp, Math, Attention to Detail, Discord

Additional Skills and Experience:

  • Extensive experience creating customized galleries
  • Leveraging DTE to create admin forms
  • Utilization of ChatGPT to solve problems
  • Creating Import/Export Scripts
  • Co-developed Vision CMS with Shovon Choudhury- see www.catscratchcms.com

 

PASSION

 

Dedicated to leveraging technology to craft visually appealing, user-centric websites and solutions tailored to diverse technical requirements. Passionate about integrating media and harnessing data/statistics to inform innovative approaches.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

 

  • Five Recognition Stock Option Awards
  • Achievement Award/Excellent Quality
  • Two Outstanding Performance Awards
  • Achievement Award/Acting RC Manager
  • Group Leadership Recognition
  • Bonus Award for Assisting in CDE Deployment
  • Information Resources Quality Award

EDUCATION

 

Bachelor of Arts in Photography, 1981, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

 

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