Christopher Burbridge

Current

• Web Designer and Consultant at Christopher Burbridge Internet Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Consultant at Autodesk, Inc.
• Online Help & Tools Developer (Consultant) at Autodesk
• Developer at StructureDocs (Sole Proprietorship)

• Web Developer at Web Site Pros
• Web Developer at Site Design Online
• Online Help Programmer (Consultant) at WRQ
• Administrative Assistant / Tech at Stone Marraccini Patterson
• Freelance Graphic Designer (Self-employed)
• Administrative Assistant / Graphic Designer at Petersen Consulting

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Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz
• White Hat Workshops

Recommended

5 people have recommended Christopher

Connections

67 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Christopher Burbridge’s Summary

Versatile web / tools developer, with over 16 years varied coding experience working in high-paced software industry environments, specializing in using technology to effectively communicate complex information. Varied graphic design background, including print, web, and online help. Personable and communicative. Fast learner and excellent problem solver.

Christopher Burbridge’s Specialties:

Web design from a small business marketing perspective. Affordable, custom self-publishing web sites. Linux/Unix system setup and administration, MySQL DB admin, Apache setup/administration, WordPress, starting Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion. (Using in Photoshop, DreamWeaver, and Illustrator.)

Technical specialist for publications teams, specializing in Perl tools, legacy document conversion to XML, XSLT, XSH, Ant, online help development, and Structured FrameMaker application development.

Christopher Burbridge’s Experience

• Web Designer and Consultant

  Christopher Burbridge Internet Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  I am a small consultancy employing the talents of a variety of other skilled individuals through strategic partnerships. This allows me to provide a high level of service through a broad variety of areas with a maximum of flexibility.
  
  I provide a full array of web site services: Web application development in PHP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, Perl. Linux / Unix system administration, configuration, application installation. Apache web server and MySQL database server administration. HTML coding and design, CSS layout, web standards. Graphic design and production (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks). User interface design. Writing, editing, proofreading.

• Consultant

  Autodesk, Inc.

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1994 — 2006 (12 years)

• Online Help & Tools Developer (Consultant)

  Autodesk

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADSK; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1994 — 2006 (12 years)

  I had many positions at Autodesk, all of them as a consultant. I worked there during the following periods: 1994–95, 1997–99, 2003–2004 (http://www.autodesk.com).
  
  WEB APPLICATIONS
  
  Developed ColdFusion-based Web web applications for online style guide and customer notification program. Installed and configured open source web applications.
  
  DOCUMENT CONVERSION
  
  Developed process to convert FrameMaker documentation from unstructured to structured format, using Frame processes along with extensive custom Perl scripts.
  
  ONLINE HELP DEVELOPMENT
  
  Designed, coded, and tested online Help for 8 products, using RoboHelp and custom tools that I built. Developed custom conversion tools for online help using Visual Basic, Perl. Served as technical resource for company on all issues of Help development.

• Developer

  StructureDocs (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1994 — December 2006 (12 years 10 months)

  Automation tools and data conversions for technical publications teams and others. Specialties include: XML data modeling, XSLT stylesheet development, fast data conversion using XSH, and rapid tools development in Perl (http://createwhoyouare.net/structuredocs/).
  
  Developed processes to convert unstructured documents (HTML, FrameMaker, Word) to XML, compliant with a variety of data models, using XSH, XSLT, Perl. Cut conversion time and cost for legacy documentation by around 75%, saving over $80,000.

• Web Developer

  Web Site Pros

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; WSPI; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2000 — August 2000 (6 months)

  When I worked for Web Site Pros, it was one of several hundred startups in the South of Market area of San Francisco, during the dot-com boomb. They actually survived! By closing their San Francisco office, and relocating to Florida (http://www.websitepros.com/).
  
  I was part of the development team, and worked on a defect tracking database, as well as being a technical "liason" between the development team and the marketing team during the release of various "product offerings". I got to code in vi, learn how to administer an Apache and a MySQL server, and lots of other things.

• Web Developer

  Site Design Online

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1999 — June 2000 (7 months)

  A small web site design and development company, I developed site architecture, technologies, and processes, using Linux, MySQL, Perl, and Apache. I developed realty membership email notification system based on multiple user preferences.

• Online Help Programmer (Consultant)

  WRQ

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1996 — April 1997 (7 months)

  I was hired to produce online help systems. In addition to producing online help, I coded, maintained, and documented automation tools for other help authors (http://wrq.com/).

• Administrative Assistant / Tech

  Stone Marraccini Patterson

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  April 1993 — March 1994 (1 year)

  In addition to performing administrative tasks, I created a company-wide style guide using Windows online help, provided support for all aspects of computer installation, application use, optimization, and programmed, designed, and implemented Access databases for company record tracking.

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)

  1990 — 1993 (3 years)

  Produced print materials for a variety of clients, including books, instructional overheads, diagrams, forms, and brochures, using PageMaker, Illustrator, Freehand, and other applications.

• Administrative Assistant / Graphic Designer

  Petersen Consulting

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Legal Services industry)

  February 1991 — May 1991 (4 months)

  Produced documents in a hgih-pressure environment, including display graphics, diagrams, charts, and installed and optimized company computer systems.

Christopher Burbridge’s Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Modern Society and Social Thought, Anthropology, History, Economics, Social Theory, German, 1988 — 1991

  ModSoc was an interndisciplinary social science major that was based around a core curriculum of social theory and economics courses, and allowed you to take lots of courses in Anthropology, History, Economics, and so on, as part of the program. It was a great program. I loved it.

• White Hat Workshops

Additional Information

Christopher Burbridge’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Christopher Burbridge’s Interests:

self-development, enlightenment, growth, creating a wonderful world, small-business marketing, personal development, leisure cycling, architecture, sustainable building and design, lanuages, creative ideas

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