Norman Harman

Current

Senior Technical Web Specialist at Austin American-Statesman

Past

Owner at Knoggin
Python Developer at StoryMash LLC
Linux Admin PHP Developer at Gimmie Gimmie Now Inc.

Co-founder at Not Another Corporation Inc.
Technical Operations Manager at Redflex Traffic Systems

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Education

University of Kansas

Recommended

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Industry

Computer Software

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Norman Harman’s Summary

I'm pragmatic.

Borrowing a phrase from my time in the US Navy I've always been the "can do" guy. *nix, win32, Novell system administration, Python/Perl/PHP/Java/VB/iPhone/Javascript development, HTML/CSS, my GimpFu is only half bad, tech support(blek), end-user training, soldering electronics, climbing utility poles, accounting, copy writing, expert testimony. Whatever needed to get done, I learned how and then did it.

I really hate the "Objective" section on resumes because, honestly, my desire is to make things go and that sounds dumb. But I'm simple and it's true. I don't want to be a Torvalds, Brin, or Allen. I'm not the Prima Dona, I'm one of the chorus that provides the foundation for the Dona to Prima. Give me a mess of a system/systems/company or the bare rack of a server room and some business requirements and I'll make it happen.

When everyone forgets I work there cause all of it just works, that is the shit.

Norman Harman’s Specialties:

Python, Javascript, JQuery, Django, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, PostGres, RedHat/CentOS.

Norman Harman’s Experience

Senior Technical Web Specialist

Austin American-Statesman

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

I work for the Technology Solutions Group that is responsible for the paper's online presence. http://www.statesman.com & http://www.austin360.com among others. Coding Java, Python, Perl, PHP, and administration of Suse/Redhat/Solaris systems are some of the fun this position offers.
Owner

Knoggin

(Computer Software industry)

1994 — 2008 (14 years)
Python Developer

StoryMash LLC

(Online Media industry)

March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)

I was lead architect and developer for this Django/Python powered MySQL backed site.

http://StoryMash.com - The future of collaborative community driven story telling.
Linux Admin PHP Developer

Gimmie Gimmie Now Inc.

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

May 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 1 month)

http://www.gimmienow.com
Co-founder

Not Another Corporation Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2000 — February 2004 (4 years)
Technical Operations Manager

Redflex Traffic Systems

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1998 — February 2000 (2 years 2 months)

Guided technical operations during Redflex's expansion from two to over thirty employees spread across three US offices

Norman Harman’s Education

University of Kansas

CS 1990 — 1992

Additional Information

Norman Harman’s Websites:

Norman Harman’s Interests:

Python, Erlang, Django, SICP, robots, games, RPG's, security, Xen/vm, Linux, history, Agile process

Norman Harman’s Groups:

http://www.eff.org/
http://www.fsf.org/
http://dnd.meetup.com/823/
http://roleplayers.meetup.com/413/
http://wiki.python.org/moin/AustinPythonUserGroup
http://www.seapig.org/
http://agileaustin.org/