Freelancer at Newhall Associates
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Freelancer at Newhall Associates
- Instructor at Loudoun County
- Past
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- CM Analyst at Rockwell Collins
- CM Analyst / Tech Writer at Rockwell Collins STS
- Tech Writer / Java Programmer at Intersect Software
- BeOS Site Guide at About.com
- Software Engineer at Litton PRC
- Editor at Papyrus Fiction (Sole Proprietorship)
- ASP and Oracle Developer at IBA
- Education
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- George Mason University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Brent Newhall’s Summary
I synthesize various skills. I've been primarily a programmer working with a variety of web-based technologies (ASP, PHP, SQL, HTML, Perl, Python, etc.). I've also combined my English skills with my programming skills in technical writing, clearly explaining complex systems. I've also been an editor, and currently work in Configuration Management, which involves evaluating progress on highly complex systems. I usually end up automating a lot of manual processes, using little one-off scripts that are integrated
Brent Newhall’s Specialties:
Bulletproof programming
Brent Newhall’s Experience
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Freelancer
Newhall Associates
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — Present (8 months)
I develop beautiful, highly functional websites, tutor students in web development and design, and teach night classes in web design and web programming. The primary skills involved include HTML, CSS, PHP, and ASP.
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Instructor
Loudoun County
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Created and currently teaching two Adult Education courses in website design and programming, covering HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, and SQL.
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CM Analyst
Rockwell Collins
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; COL; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
September 2002 — March 2008 (5 years 7 months)
Updated hundreds of tech manuals for Air Force B1 bomber simulator, and was lead on B1 CM effort. Maintained and administered Linux and Solaris systems. Automated CM with numerous Perl and bash scripts. Built custom internal PHP websites. Automated data conversion from CostPoint into PDM and SAP. On-site PDM "super-user," training others in use of PDM and solving data problems. Built custom PHP websites.
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CM Analyst / Tech Writer
Rockwell Collins STS
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; COL; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
September 2002 — March 2008 (5 years 7 months)
Updated hundreds of tech manuals for Air Force B1 bomber simulator, and was lead on B1 CM effort. Maintained Linux and Solaris systems. Automated CM with numerous Perl and bash scripts. Automated data conversion from CostPoint into PDM and SAP. On-site PDM "super-user," training others in use of PDM and solving data problems.
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Tech Writer / Java Programmer
Intersect Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 5 months)
As technical writer, sole maintainer of online help system. Also worked on twenty-person team developing bleeding-edge Java software.
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BeOS Site Guide
About.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NYT; Internet industry)
December 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Created and maintained website of BeOS-related content, including writing weekly newsletters and technical tutorials.
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Software Engineer
Litton PRC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1998 — September 2000 (1 year 10 months)
On Army project, programmed optical jukeboxes, maintained web-based document retrieval application (incorporating CGI, Java, JavaScript, and HTML) on Unix and Solaris.
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Editor
Papyrus Fiction (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Publishing industry)
February 1999 — August 1999 (7 months)
Editor at web fiction magazine. Accepted and rejected fifty SF/F short stories each week.
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ASP and Oracle Developer
IBA
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1998 — November 1998 (5 months)
ASP and Oracle developer for U.S. Air Force project, and developed ASP back-end for website development. Also helped generate MS Access databases.
Brent Newhall’s Education
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George Mason University
1995 — 1998
Additional Information
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Brent Newhall’s Interests:
web programming, teaching, cooking, writing, juggling, technology, reading, proofreading, copyediting, candle making
Brent Newhall’s Contact Settings
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