Bill Sutherland

Current

Owner at Wannawow Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Manager of Web Development at Searchme, Inc.
Business Systems Analyst / Web Developer at Adobe Systems, Inc.
Software Quality Engineer at Adobe Systems, Inc.

Software Quality Engineer at Adobe Systems, Inc.
Software Quality Engineer at Adobe Systems, Inc.
Technician at Performance Sound & Security (Sole Proprietorship)
Project Manager at TGI Construction (Sole Proprietorship)

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Bill Sutherland’s Summary

I love to take ideas and turn them into reality. I'm a firm believer in positive thinking, and that your thoughts become things.

I enjoy all things technical and have a strong attention to detail. It's the little things that make a difference, and they are all little things.

I'd rather finish last but run a good race than come in first by cheating. To quote the Beastie Boys... "Slow and low that is my tempo."

Let's think and talk about what we really want, then do the actions necessary to achieve those goals, and prove to the masses that... "Life is Good".

Bill Sutherland’s Specialties:

AJAX, PHP, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript

Website Design & Development (hand coding, Expression Engine, Codeigniter, etc. )
Database Design & Development (FileMaker Pro, MySQL)
Software/Hardware (installation, configuration, training & support)
Web Applications (installation, configuration, training & support)

Oh... I'm great at brainstorming and troubleshooting too.

Bill Sutherland’s Experience

Owner
Wannawow Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

I help everyday people fine tune their computers for ease of use, optimum performance, and full utilization of the Internet.
I teach them how to use the best applications for their desired tasks, how to find and use the many incredible Internet applications now available, and I show them how to prevent potential future problems.

I help people get the most out of their computers and the Internet, and I love it!
Manager of Web Development

Searchme, Inc.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2006 — August 2009 (3 years )

Manager of web application development for Searchme's internal tools. Developed a huge set of internal web tools used by the Search Quality Team.
Senior web developer for Searchme's public corporate site and the 'lite' version of the search front end.
Specialties include PHP, CSS, MySQL, JavaScript, AJAX.
I even make people laugh at times.
Business Systems Analyst / Web Developer

Adobe Systems, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

May 2005 — February 2006 (10 months)

Technician for the Instructional Communications Group

Re-designed Adobe's internal document review web application using JSP and CSS.
Created new CSS style sheets for the Adobe Help Center.
Managed bug database and hosted the bug review meetings.
Set up a team Documentum eRoom.
Created a new bug process workflow for the Internal Communications Team.
Software Quality Engineer

Adobe Systems, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

December 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 6 months)

LiveCycle Barcoded Forms

Set up an managed a new web based test case manager that stored all of our test cases and test history, as well as product build status.
Created and executed test plans and test cases.
Set up and managed several servers and test environments.
Set up and managed our bug tracking workflow.
Created a team eRoom and Wiki site for document collaboration.
Software Quality Engineer

Adobe Systems, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

February 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 10 months)

Adobe Photoshop Album

Wrote and executed test plans & test cases.
Developed and maintained a complete bug tracking system using FileMaker Pro.
Set up and managed FileMaker Pro Server.
Created a web based bug submission system with email notification.
Software Quality Engineer

Adobe Systems, Inc.

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

August 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 7 months)

Adove SVG Viewer

Developed and managed a complete browser based test system to ensure the Viewer properly followed the SVG Specification.
Designed a FileMaker Pro database to help other testers easily understand the SVG Specification.
Technician
Performance Sound & Security (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

August 1999 — May 2000 (10 months)

Designed and installed high-end car audio and security systems.

Job responsibilities included: customer service, system design, installation, troubleshooting, system tuning, ordering supplies, wiring, soldering, metal & wood fabrication, upholstery
Project Manager
TGI Construction (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)

March 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 6 months)

I actually did a little of everything at TGI, from accounting to plumbing. I managed all the computers, held design meetings with clients, planning meetings at city halls, purchasing, and everything else.

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Bill Sutherland’s Interests:

web technologies, AJAX, PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL, JavaScript, web design, blogging, sales, marketing, advertising, personal development, science, business, digital photography, world travel, Sweden, family, snowboarding, mountain biking, electronics, architectural design