Jake Ortman

Current

IT Director and Ad Designer at Discover Sunriver Vacation Rentals
Manager and Editor at Bend Blogs (Self-employed)
IT Manager and Ad Designer at Sunray Vacation Rentals

Writer and Manager at UtterlyBoring.com (Self-employed)
Chief Geek at orty.com Technology Solutions (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

Installation Manager at ispi of Lincoln/Digital Partners
Online Director, Columnist at Oregon Daily Emerald
Online Intern at Statesman Journal

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Education

University of Oregon

Recommended

2 people have recommended Jake

Connections

68 connections

Industry

Internet

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Jake Ortman’s Summary

Who am I? I'm a Jake-of-all-trades geek who has the ability to pick up and learn just about anything (software or hardware) if I don't know it already. I'm a prolific blogger, having been featured in local and national media. I'm a web developer, having developed, designed, and troubleshooted dozens of Web sites. I'm an avid percussionist, having played with ensembles around the state of Oregon. But most of all, I'm a dad of two wonderful little girls.

Jake Ortman’s Specialties:

Online Journalism, Online Publishing, Print Layout and Design, Information Architecture, Systems Administration, Blogging, Photography, Systems Administration, HTML, PHP, Javascript, Photoshop, Indesign, Tech Support, Help Desk

Jake Ortman’s Experience

IT Director and Ad Designer

Discover Sunriver Vacation Rentals

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Hospitality industry)

April 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

In charge of providing technical support to vacation rental and real estate office, supporting over 30 employees and a variety of Windows platforms (95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003 Server). Responsible for Web site maintenance, marketing decisions, home photography, troubleshooting network and computer issues and telephone system issues. Responsible for design and implementation of e-mail and print marketing campaigns. Set up public wireless hot spot for Sunriver Village Mall, implementing all hardware and software to provide monitored access, firewall, content caching, and content filtering.
Manager and Editor
Bend Blogs (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

December 2004 — Present (3 years 8 months)

Webmaster, editor, manager, owner, chief geek, and gopher of Central Oregon's blog aggregator, indexing over 200 blogs from Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver, Lapine, Madras, Prineville, and more.
IT Manager and Ad Designer

Sunray Vacation Rentals

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Hospitality industry)

May 2002 — Present (6 years 3 months)

In charge of Web site design, scripting, and marketing along with maintenance and management of 20-client and five-server Windows NT/2000 and Citrix terminal network. In charge of setting up online property management system and connecting with in-house system. Enabled secure online booking system, created interactive and printable Acrobat PDF maps from Deschutes County GIS data, installed and marketed email list, setup and programmed events calendar, setup SQL databases, created PHP templates and scripts, setup weather and live web cam system, decided on vendors to add other features to the site. Was also put in charge of the bulk of the marketing implementation, both online and in traditional media. Worked to improve search engine placement, designed most of the advertisement and marketing materials (postcards, brochures, flyers, banners, online ads, etc...). I have final say on printers and supply vendors and make the bulk majority of decisions in that regard.
Writer and Manager
UtterlyBoring.com (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

May 2002 — Present (6 years 3 months)

Nearly-daily updated Bend-based blog, powered by the MovableType publishing system and some PHP hacks. Receives over 2000 unique visitors per day. Considered "Godfather of Local Blogs" by The Source Weekly.
Chief Geek
orty.com Technology Solutions (Sole Proprietorship)

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

January 2001 — Present (7 years 7 months)

Chief geek and head honcho for Web hosting and technology consulting company in Bend, Oregon. Providing Web hosting using a cPanel-powered Apache, PHP, Perl, MySQL environment. Provide custom computer, server and laptops as well as repairs and maintenance of those systems.
Installation Manager

ispi of Lincoln/Digital Partners

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

July 2000 — May 2002 (1 year 11 months)

VNews Installation Manager, customer support technician, production assistant, sales support. In charge of moving clients and staff through installation and setup processes, making sure deadlines were met and supporting sales team and over 200 University and corporate clients. Traveled around the country for in-person training and support.
Online Director, Columnist

Oregon Daily Emerald

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

March 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 4 months)

Online Editor, Columnist, Frelance Photographer. Was in charge of site design, administration, graphics, scripting, content, advertising and online exclusive content. Also provided late-night and on-call support for the Macintosh-based network, free-lanced photos, and worked with reporters on technology-driven stories. Wrote weekly technology columns for the online edition. Online Edition Awards: Collegiate Press Network: 1999 Gold Medal Award, 1998 Honorable Mention; ACP/U-Wire Online Newspaper of the Year: 1999 2nd place, 1998 3rd place; Student Society of News Design: 2000 3rd Place; SPJ NW Region: 2000 1st place; ONPA: 2000 1st Place; Pacemaker Finalist: 2000.
Online Intern

Statesman Journal

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

June 1999 — September 1999 (4 months)

Summer Internship. Researched and developed database-driven hosting and management solutions for online news content. Worked with Sales department to produce products for clients. Troubleshooted HTML coding.

Jake Ortman’s Education

University of Oregon

BS, Journalism, 1997 — 2000

Minor in Computer Information Technology

Activities and Societies:

Oregon Daily Emerald, Oregon Running Club, Campus Band