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Luc Reid
Database and Web Developer, Management-Level IT Consultant
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CAPABILITIES
Transforming general needs into detailed specifications If you need to develop a new desktop or Web application, database, online resource,
or interactive Web site, I'm unusually good at facilitating the process of developing
discussion with end users and other stakeholders, then taking the results and making
them into a clear, specific document describing a useful, user-friendly system.
Mock-ups of screens and features can be included when needed or desired. This kind
of documentation allows me or another developer or programmer to produce the new
system. Without well-thought-out specifications like these, projects often don’t
meet the needs they’re created to cover and/or require many iterations to get things
right.Management-level IT consulting
If you have questions about your IT strategies for Web sites, database management,
personnel, tools, etc., I can provide guidance and feedback. I can help write up
job requirements for a new or existing job, vet and interview job candidates, recommend
technologies, and analyze the effectiveness of your use of the Web in your organization.
I can also review completed projects to give you an idea of how skillfully they
were implemented or review code samples from programmers you're considering retaining
to give you an idea of their skill level and good or bad programming habits. Too,
I have substantial experience with marketing, both for my own endeavors and for
several years as part of the interactive team at a successful marketing firm, and
can make good use of this knowledge while working with you.As a consultant, I can assist you with
Fixing, improving, and speeding up existing systems
You may have partly-complete, imperfect, outdated, buggy, or excessively slow systems
developed for you in the past. If those systems use the technologies I work with
(see list at the end of this document), I can fix errors, upgrade, make the system
easier to use, add new features, improve speed, or complete elements that have never
worked.Developing new database and Web systems If you have information you want to get from the Web or collect through the Web,
or if you need an interactive Web site, I can help plan, design, program, test,
and deploy that system.
Other notable skills
I have a good deal of professional writing experience, writing for small newspapers, magazines,
and online publications. I have written and delivered radio commentaries (for Jacksonville, Florida
NPR affiliate WJCT), have a nonfiction book out on subculture slang, and have substantial experience
with technical documentation and business communication.My interpersonal skills are highly developed; I have studied conflict resolution and consensus facilitation and have a record of working well even with people who may have trouble connecting with many of their colleagues and coworkers. TECHNOLOGIES
I have substantial experience and expertise with each of the
following technologies. While I’m familiar
with many other tools and systems and can do things like analyze
code from
or write up specifications for almost any current programming
language or database, these are the technologies in which I’m most
fluent.
PAST CLIENTS AND EMPLOYERS
Projects done for these companies include contracts, direct employment, and work through
an employer.
REFERENCES AND PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
are available on request.
CONTACT ME AT
[email protected]
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