Web Developer at Self - Employed
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- Web Developer at Self - Employed (Self-employed)
- Creator at Twitual
- Creator at Ping-O-Matic
- Developer at WordPress
- Proprietor at Mental Collective (Self-employed)
- Creator at The War on Spam
- Past
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- Developer at MailChimp
- Sr. Developer at Crowd Favorite
- Developer at Free IQ
- Sr. Software Engineer at StayOnline
- Contractor at Automattic
- Independent Contractor at XLT Software
- Lead Web Developer at AAA Cooper Transportation
- Developer at MyPHPBlog
- Programmer at Bifulco Infosystems Corporation
- Systems Manager at Multitronics, Inc.
- Systems Coordinator at Multitronics, Inc.
- Education
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- Auburn University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
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Dougal Campbell’s Summary
I am a Web Developer, Unix System Administrator, and Programmer interested in a wide variety of technologies and their uses. I have a very broad knowledge base, which gives me a distinct edge when developing "glue" applications to tie disparate systems together.
Dougal Campbell’s Specialties:
Back-end and front-end web programming, Perl, PHP, ASP, XHTML/CSS, Photoshop, Database development and administration, Digital and film photography, Unix (Linux/FreeBSD) System Administration
Dougal Campbell’s Experience
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Web Developer
Self - Employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Internet industry)
November 2009 — Present (1 month)
I am available for web development projects, particularly those based around PHP or Perl, and with a special interest in working on WordPress projects.
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Creator
Twitual
(Internet industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
I created Twitual to explore the intersections and differences between a user's friends and followers on Twitter. This project is currently in an alpha stage of development, but is available to the public.
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Creator
Ping-O-Matic
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2004 — Present (5 years 8 months)
Created a "blog service pinger" which aggregated pings to various blog index services. Later partnered with fellow WordPress developer Matt Mullenweg to create the Ping-O-Matic (http://pingomatic.com/). This enhanced version of the ping aggregator includes an XML-RPC interface, and is the default ping service for the WordPress CMS.
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Developer
WordPress
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)
A PHP and MySQL based blogging platform, licensed under the GPL. WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
Highlights of my contributions to the project include:
* Added metaWeblog and MovableType API support for external blogging client software
* Added support for "HTTP Conditional GET" to aid in caching to reduce bandwidth consumption
* Added support for "Custom Post Fields" (AKA Post Metadata)
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Proprietor
Mental Collective (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2001 — Present (8 years 10 months)
Freelance web design, graphics, programming. http://mentalcollective.com/
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Creator
The War on Spam
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Internet industry)
June 1997 — Present (12 years 6 months)
Created a web site dedicated to information about how to combat junk email, including links to news stories, anti-spam software, online services, new laws, etc.
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Developer
MailChimp
(Internet industry)
May 2009 — October 2009 (6 months)
MailChimp is a powerful email system for designing, sending, and tracking sophisticated email campaigns. I am responsible for developing client-facing and back-end code features.
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Sr. Developer
Crowd Favorite
(Internet industry)
December 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 5 months)
Crowd Favorite provides web development and web application customization to a variety of clients. Past clients include Yahoo!, TechCrunch, and the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital webzine. My projects include WordPress customization as well as from-scratch web application development, using PHP, Perl, Javascript, XHTML, and CSS.
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Developer
Free IQ
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2007 — December 2007 (8 months)
Free IQ provides multimedia content hosting, e-commerce, and affilliate sales services. My duties include back-end programming using Perl and MySQL, and front-end programming and design using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. My programming projects have included integration with third-party social bookmarking services, and the creation of Atom/RSS feeds for content syndication. Other duties include management of a subversion repository for source control.
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Sr. Software Engineer
StayOnline
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
December 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 6 months)
StayOnline is the premiere provider of wireless internet access solutions for the hospitality/lodging industry. I am responsible for maintaining a large Perl application written around the HTML::Mason framework and the Class::DBI database abstraction library. This application provides a web portal which controls authentication and authorization controls which guests must use in order to gain access to the internet.
Major projects included leading a team effort to refactor the portal rendering code in order to better separate the business and display logic (using an MVC design). This gave us a very flexible system in which we can easily create new templates to provide customized functionality for specific customer requirements. The system is hierarchical, and functionality/look-and-feel can be overridden by a hotel chain as a whole, or down at the level of individual sites within a chain. -
Contractor
Automattic
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — March 2007 (2 months)
Adding Atom Publishing Protocol support to the WordPress.com blog hosting service, and also porting the work to the main branch of the WordPress open source code base.
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Independent Contractor
XLT Software
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2004 — November 2004 (6 months)
Administered Linux server for an upcoming product site for XLT Software. Web programming, primarily in PHP and MySQL. Created a web-based user management tool, a template parsing class, and a "single sign-on" authentication class to be integrated into other portions of the web site.
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Lead Web Developer
AAA Cooper Transportation
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
March 2000 — June 2004 (4 years 4 months)
Developed and maintained web content and applications, including shipment tracking/tracing, freight bill details, online pickup requests, and similar B2C and B2B functions. Used tools such as Visual C, PerlScript, JavaScript, JSP, ASP, IIS, FrontPage, Eclipse, WebSphere, and PhotoShop. Integrated data from mainframe and AS/400 systems into a Windows NT based web server. Used film and digital photography, Adobe Photoshop, and other tools to create and modify graphics for web and print use.
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Developer
MyPHPBlog
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 7 months)
MyPHPblog is a weblog application written in PHP for those wanting a free and easy way to create their own 'blogs'. MyPHPblog allows for the collaboration of many users into a single blog and creation of multiple blogs all from a single interface.
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Programmer
Bifulco Infosystems Corporation
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1999 — March 2000 (9 months)
Programmed in Visual FoxPro. Projects included: inventory management, delivery scheduling, and EDI communications with Medicare computers for a medical supply company; report generation for a solid waste disposal facility scale house; and setup of an internal Unix mail server for BIC customer use.
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Systems Manager
Multitronics, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Automotive industry)
August 1995 — July 1999 (4 years )
Managed multiple systems for a manufacturing and warehousing company. Administered Win NT network, barcode labeling and scanning systems, and phone system. Provided reports to Multitronics customers via direct dialup and the World Wide Web. Designed and implemented client/server software in FoxPro and C for real-time inventory management using RF (wireless) barcode scanners. Managed migration from a Novell Netware based network to Windows NT. Managed ADViCOM®, the Internet Services Division of Multitronics. Performed hardware and software upgrades for UNIX systems. Fielded customer queries and resolved technical issues. Wrote utilities in various scripting languages, including Perl. Created and maintained customer web pages using HTML, CGI, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript.
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Systems Coordinator
Multitronics, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Automotive industry)
February 1993 — August 1995 (2 years 7 months)
Administered Novell network used for manufacturing and warehousing operations. Assisted in the development of a custom inventory control system written in-house with Microsoft FoxPro. Provided internal technical support for office, manufacturing, and warehouse inventory operations.
Dougal Campbell’s Education
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Auburn University
Computer Science 1988 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Electrical Engineering 1985 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Performed in two plays at DramaTech
Additional Information
Dougal Campbell’s Websites:
Dougal Campbell’s Interests:
computers, programming, graphics, photography, electronics, jazz, gadgets, community theater, r/c, science fiction, technology, Scotland, bagpipes
Dougal Campbell’s Groups:
Gunters, The Lumber Cartel, DramaTech, Canton First United Methodist Church softball team, Clan Campbell Society North America
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Atlanta Perl Mongers
Dougal Campbell’s Honors:
Presenter at WordCamp Birmingham 2008, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet
Dougal Campbell’s Contact Settings
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