Business Analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Senior Business Analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
- Past
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- IT Director, Webmaster at Dr. Dan's Acorn Acres Cat Hospital (Sole Proprietorship)
- Level 1 PC Technician at BancTec
- Peer Tutor at Northern Essex Community College
- Software Engineer at L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
- Systems Engineer at L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
- Technical Writer at L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
- Technician at L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
- Volunteer Web Site Developer at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
- Coder at Youth Tech Entrepreneurs
- Web Business Project Manager, Co-founder at Youth Tech Entrepreneurs
- Assistant Web Administrator at Massachusetts Department of Education
- Employee at Employment Resources, Inc.
- Printer Technician at Imaging Technologies
- Education
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- Northern Essex Community College
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Malden High School
- Malden Middle School
- Belmont Elementary School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
Christopher Parker’s Summary
Christopher Parker’s Specialties:
Ajax, CSS, Comet, Debian, Fedora, GNU, GNU/Linux, HTML, Java, JavaScript, L10n, Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Red Hat, Ruby, UNIX, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, XHTML, XML, accessibility, automation, free software, hardware, i18n, open source, standards, usability
Christopher Parker’s Experience
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Senior Business Analyst
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
November 2006 — Present (1 year 10 months)
I work at BBH as a contractor through Whitridge Associates, Inc.
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IT Director, Webmaster
Dr. Dan's Acorn Acres Cat Hospital (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Veterinary industry)
June 2006 — January 2007 (8 months)
● Influenced purchasing decisions concerning hardware and software
● Set up and maintain network infrastructure
.....○ Network wiring/cabling, IPv4/IPv6, Ethernet, 802.11g wireless
.....○ In-house cable fabrication
● Designed site tree and layout using W3C-compliant, browser-friendly XHTML and CSS
● Created all Web graphics with the GIMP
● Hosted Web site on self-administered, GNU/Linux-run dedicated server
● Managed Web presence (search engines, business directories, etc.) -
Level 1 PC Technician
BancTec
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — June 2006 (1 month)
Refreshed PCs, Performed QA analyses.
I represented BancTec at a client site--CSC/AON in Newburyport, MA--as a contractor through BravoTECH. -
Peer Tutor
Northern Essex Community College
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)
Tutored computer-related courses, including, but not limited to:
● UNIX® Concepts – Red Hat Linux 9
.....○ File system, process management, bash, sed, awk
● Web Development
.....○ PHP, Perl, MySQL, XHTML, CSS2, JavaScript DOM
● Intro. to Computer Science
.....○ CS Basics: Von Neumann Architecture, Binary Arithmetic, Encoding, Encryption -
Software Engineer
L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)
September 2004 — July 2005 (11 months)
● Developed custom unattended Windows XP deployment process, including:
.....○ HTML Application (HTA) GUI
.....○ Intelligent, self-writing batch files
.....○ Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts:
..........■ VBScript
..........■ JScript
.....○ Device driver installation with DevCon
● Designed complex Web services-based asset management infrastructure:
.....○ Central server software developed with Perl, SOAP::Lite, MySQL
.....○ Distributed client software developed with Visual Basic .NET
.....○ Hand-written WSDL medium
● Departmental collaboration with usemod wiki -
Systems Engineer
L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)
July 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 3 months)
● Engineered intricate control system GUI for mobile cargo x-ray systems using RSView SE and ME.
● Debugged RSLogix PLC automation code. -
Technical Writer
L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)
January 2003 — July 2003 (7 months)
Authored detailed and accurate installation & assembly procedures ranging from network printer installations to large-scale x-ray system assembly.
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Technician
L-3 Communications (Security & Detection Systems)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)
October 2002 — January 2003 (4 months)
● Assembled automated x-ray machines.
● Ran, documented ISO 9001 compliant tests with ASTM products.
I started work at L-3 Communications as a contractor through GCR Professional Services. -
Volunteer Web Site Developer
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)
November 2001 — June 2002 (8 months)
● Redesigned Professional Web site, www.glad.org:
.....○ Restructured site tree & directories
.....○ Applied CSS to design for standards compliance.
● Enhanced Perl-powered E-mail Script. -
Coder
Youth Tech Entrepreneurs
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
June 2000 — September 2000 (4 months)
● Developed Web sites using standards-compliant HTML 4.01, JavaScript, CSS, and secure XSSI:
.....○ Mass Networks Education Partnership
.....○ Students as Technology Leaders
.....○ SocialReturn.org (no longer online) -
Web Business Project Manager, Co-founder
Youth Tech Entrepreneurs
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
June 2000 — September 2000 (4 months)
● Co-founded student-run Web business.
● Managed a team of content writers, graphic designers, and coders. -
Assistant Web Administrator
Massachusetts Department of Education
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
November 1999 — June 2000 (8 months)
● Cleaned code and converted content from HTML 3 to HTML 4 using HomeSite 4 regular expressions.
● Updated content to include site templates with SSI. -
Employee
Employment Resources, Inc.
(Facilities Services industry)
June 1999 — September 1999 (4 months)
Landscaping, Moving Furniture in Malden Public Schools.
Looking back, this job was one of the most challenging jobs I've ever had. It pushed me to my physical limits, forcing me to confront and deal with my asthma on a constant basis. -
Printer Technician
Imaging Technologies
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)
March 1998 — April 1998 (2 months)
Refurbished toner cartridges.
Christopher Parker’s Education
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Northern Essex Community College
Associate's, Computer Science, 2002 — 2006
Transferred from Bunker Hill Community College
- Activities and Societies:
- Peer Tutor
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Bunker Hill Community College
Computer Science 2001 — 2002
Transferred to Northern Essex Community College
- Activities and Societies:
- Jazz Band
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Malden High School
1997 — 2001
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Malden Middle School
1995 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Marching Band, Concert Band
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Belmont Elementary School
1994 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Marching Band, Concert Band
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Lincoln Elementary School
1989 — 1994
Additional Information
Christopher Parker’s Interests:
distributed computing, free culture, software freedom, new technology, playing music
Christopher Parker’s Groups:
Free Software Foundation, Binary Freedom, Youth Tech Entrepreneurs, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MoveOn.org, American Civil Liberties Union, Folding@Home, Wikipedia, MusicBrainz
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Obama for America -
Google Group
Christopher Parker’s Contact Settings
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