Myk O'Leary

Current

• Senior Developer at Pure Networks
• Owner at Blue Needle (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Developer at Viair
• Solutions Architect at Venturi Technology Partners
• Network Engineer at Ironlight Digital

• Web Developer at Fuse 2
• Web Specialist at Proxicom

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Education

• The Pennsylvania State University

Recommended

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Myk O'Leary’s Summary

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Myk O'Leary’s Specialties:

CSS based presentation; Dynamic content presentation via PHP, RoR (Ruby on Rails), JSP, ASP, etc; Bridging the communication gap between marketing/SMBs and the technology that enables them

Myk O'Leary’s Experience

• Senior Developer

  Pure Networks

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2004 — Present (3 years 10 months)

  I'm doing PHP, Rails, and Velocity based web application development. I work daily with complex Jscript, CSS, PHP COM interfaces, Rails CMVs, and Velocity to create browser based applications and web services.

• Owner

  Blue Needle (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  October 2002 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  Providing Internet consulting to SMBs.

• Developer

  Viair

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 2 months)

  Coded JSP pages using n-tier Java APIs to present corporate messaging data (Exchange/Notes e-mail, calendar, and contacts) to a wide range of devices supporting HTML, WML, HDML, UP.Alerts, and SMTP alerts.
  
  Viair was later acquired by Visto.

• Solutions Architect

  Venturi Technology Partners

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  November 1997 — September 2000 (2 years 11 months)

  Acted as solutions architect for current and prospective clients. Responsibilities included on site visits to determine competency level of client and suggest courses of action in regards to their networks, servers, and web site/data architecture.

• Network Engineer

  Ironlight Digital

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

  November 1996 — November 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  Set up, maintained, and supported 35 node mixed environment TCP/IP LAN comprised of Windows NT/95, Linux, Solaris X86, Mac OS 7.x/8, and HP network printers.
  
  Set up, maintained, and supported web sites, associated DNS, email accounts and news feed for 150+ clients.
  
  Set up, maintained, and supported temporary integrated TCP/IP environments for tradeshows and conferences. Responsibilities included cabling, router setup and configuration, provisioning of circuits, and troubleshooting of networks.
  
  Ironlight Digital later underwent a merger to become Novo | Ironlight.

• Web Developer

  Fuse 2

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

  May 1996 — November 1996 (7 months)

  As a web developer at Fuse 2, I worked on large sites for clients such as Sallie Mae, Sony, and Disney.
  
  I used HTML, CSS, and a small sprinkling of PERL to create templates and mass site re-designs.
  
  Fuse 2 was sold to Ironlight Digital where I transitioned to a different position.

• Web Specialist

  Proxicom

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

  August 1995 — May 1996 (10 months)

  Performed multimedia conversion of 15,000+ images for clients such as Office Max, 1-800-Music-Now, and Iterated Systems.
  
  Coded HTML for sites such as The Nature Conservancy, Volunteers of America, Travelers Property & Casualty, in addition to portal development for AOL and MarketPlace MCI.

Myk O'Leary’s Education

• The Pennsylvania State University

  BS & BA, Marketing & Telecommunications, August 1991 — December 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Theta Xi, University Concert Committee

Additional Information

Myk O'Leary’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Myk O'Leary’s Interests:

photography, hiking, mobile access to content

Myk O'Leary’s Groups:

iStockPhoto, DPChallenge, Board Member - Cherokee Bay Community Club (an 853 house private community), Courtyard at QAS, Seattle Lunch 2.0, Seattle Mind Camp, Seattle Photo Meetup, Covington Sports League, Mashup Camp

•    Startup Weekend member
•    Proxicom Alumni member
•    Theta Xi Alumni National Network member

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