Benjamin Doherty

Current

• web developer and architect, systems administrator at Independant Consultant
• member at Chicago Palestine Film Festival committee

Past

• Information Designer at Dartington Social Research Unit
• Director of Information Technology at Southwest Youth Collaborative
• Librarian Assistant at University of Chicago Library

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Education

• University of Chicago

Recommended

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Connections

84 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Full resume

Benjamin Doherty’s Summary

Experienced web developer with expertise in Drupal, PHP and web standards. Mostly a coder but occasionally a designer of information architecture and marketing strategies. Expert small systems administrator.

Specialist in helping organizations assess their information/technology needs from the ground up.

Familiar with social issues, nonprofit organizations, social services, children's services, political activism, and cross-cultural spectacles.

All-purpose tech with an eye for style and social change.

Benjamin Doherty’s Specialties:

small systems administration (FreeBSD, Debian and Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X), data modeling, information architecture, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, database administration (MySQL), directory administration (OpenLDAP), application server administration (Tomcat, JBoss, Geronimo, WebObjects).

Benjamin Doherty’s Experience

• web developer and architect, systems administrator

  Independant Consultant

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• member

  Chicago Palestine Film Festival committee

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

• Information Designer

  Dartington Social Research Unit

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  September 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Develop online resources related to children's services in Ireland, U.K. and U.S.A. Design a new journalistic-style web site about developments in children's services, prevention science.

• Director of Information Technology

  Southwest Youth Collaborative

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  Managed the staff network and two computer labs. Maintained three small servers that provide network file sharing, printing, email, web site, wiki and other small web-based applications.

• Librarian Assistant

  University of Chicago Library

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

  January 2000 — March 2005 (5 years 3 months)

Benjamin Doherty’s Education

• University of Chicago

  A.B. , Humanities , 1995 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Democratic Socialists of America, Queers & Associates

Additional Information

Benjamin Doherty’s Websites:

• Full resume

Benjamin Doherty’s Interests:

open source software, web standards, film, design, databases and directories

Benjamin Doherty’s Groups:

Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Electronic Intifada, Selective Service System, Southwest Youth Collaborative

•    Drupal
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Drupal "911" for Designers and Creative Agencies

Benjamin Doherty’s Honors:

Most Improved Bowler

Benjamin Doherty’s Contact Settings

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