Chris Murray

Current

• Senior Database Engineer at Webroot Software
• Owner at Murtek Systems (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Sr. Web Developer for Test Case Mgmt System at VMware
• Senior Web Developer at Concentric, ISP business unit of XO Communications
• Contractor - Web Development at Adobe Systems

• Systems Technician at USS-Posco Industries
• Electronics Technician at Aero Union Corp
• Nuclear Electronics Technician (ET1/E6) at US Navy

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Education

• University of Phoenix
• University of Phoenix
• University of California, Los Angeles

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Industry

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Chris Murray’s Summary

Since 1998 I have been focused on web systems and applications -- designing, building, and maintaining them. The last 4 years have been primarily LAMP development, 2 years at an ISP, Concentric, building customer-facing administration web applications, 2 years at VMware building internal web applications for the QA department, and currently at Webroot building out the database that supports their new Web Security product (scans all incoming network traffic for malware -- very cool).
I also have a deep background in electronic/electrical systems, nuclear power (systems and operation), and machine control systems (sheet steel mill).

Chris Murray’s Specialties:

Complex web systems: designing, building, integrating, maintaining, simplifying, and communicating and interpreting objectives. For the last few years, I have become more focused on the database design, both data modeling and schemas, and connecting these to the software object models.

Chris Murray’s Experience

• Senior Database Engineer

  Webroot Software

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

  September 2008 — Present (2 months)

  Database design and integration/synchronization of front end and back end systems for the Enterprise SaaS product.

• Owner

  Murtek Systems (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  December 1997 — Present (10 years 11 months)

  Contracting and consulting services for the implementation of web sites and related technologies.

• Sr. Web Developer for Test Case Mgmt System

  VMware

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

  October 2006 — August 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Built the QA Dept.'s Test Case Management System.
  As the sole developer, gathered requirements and discussed features with directors, managers, leads, QA engineers, and testers. Evaluated several different off-the-shelf systems before settling with TestLink OSS as the base system. Spent 8 months extending the features and improving performance and reliability. Contributed code back to the open source project.
  The system is well-used and highly reliable, although the interface was difficult to improve upon -- I really wanted to build the system from scratch. If anyone is interested in building a commercial Test Case Management System, I'd be interested in helping design and build it (PHP/MySQL).

• Senior Web Developer

  Concentric, ISP business unit of XO Communications

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; XO; Internet industry)

  September 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 2 months)

  Develop backend tools, databases, and public-facing web interfaces for the administration of web hosting accounts. Used wide range of programming languages and tools; primarily PHP, JavaScript, HTML, custom database management systems, and various UNIX utilities. Also Perl, C, MySQL, CSS, XML, and XSL.

• Contractor - Web Development

  Adobe Systems

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

  June 1999 — June 2003 (4 years 1 month)

  Primarily web development, both internal and external. Rebuilt the Adobe Solutions Network extranet two times (JSP/Java/Oracle/MySQL). Managed multi-lingual license agreements for Adobe's SDKs (software development kits).

• Systems Technician

  USS-Posco Industries

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

  October 1991 — February 1998 (6 years 5 months)

  Troubleshoot, Repair, Maintain, and Upgrade:
  1. Process line control systems,
  2. power distribution systems,
  3. laboratory equipment,
  4. cranes/elevators,
  5. various other auxiliary plant equipment.
  Details here:
  http://www.murtek.com/resume/upi.html

• Electronics Technician

  Aero Union Corp

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  April 1991 — January 1992 (10 months)

  Built prototypes from schematics -- of electronic controllers for aircraft auxilliary systems (cargo and fire-fighting).

• Nuclear Electronics Technician (ET1/E6)

  US Navy

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)

  January 1985 — January 1991 (6 years 1 month)

  First, one year of electronics school in Great Lakes, IL.
  Then one year at Nuclear Power School in Orlando, FL:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Nuclear_Power_School
  Then one year of operational training near Hartford, CT and aboard the USS Enterprise, stationed in Alameda, CA.
  After gaining some experience, took on some extra duties: scheduled and supervised all electronic maintenance for 2 of the 8 reactors.
  For the final 6 months, developed and staged operational training drills as well as classroom training for the operators, throttlemen, and reactor control technicians in preparation for successfully passing the biannual ORSE (Operational Reactor Safeguards Exams).
  Did the '88 WestPac and 89-90 World Cruise. Ports o' call:
  Subic Bay, Phillipines
  Hong Kong
  Singapore
  Pattaya Beach, Thailand
  Mombasa, Kenya
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Chris Murray’s Education

• University of Phoenix

  Graduate coursework in eBusiness January 2003 — August 2003

• University of Phoenix

  Bachelor of Science, Information Systems and Business, January 1995 — June 2000

• University of California, Los Angeles

  General Education, Philosophy, Psychology 1981 — 1984

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Chris Murray’s Groups:

Commonwealth Club of California

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