Paul Bingman

Current

CEO and Consultant at Railroad Movie Consultant
Owner at Edgewood.net

Past

Contractor at Solution Logic
CEO, Founding Partner at Northwest Software Partners
Manager, Programmer at Control-C Software

Train Dispatcher at Burlington Northern Railroad
Telegrapher and Station Agent at Burlington Northern Railroad

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Industry

Internet

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Paul Bingman’s Summary

Back-end web programming in PHP, Perl, MySQL, PostGres, SQLite.

WordPress installations, theming, plugins, custom forms.

Web sites using HTML/XHTML, Ajax/JavaScript, CSS.

That custom web application that needs an experienced but innovative touch.

Paul Bingman’s Specialties:

Web programming on the LAMP stack, other languages, and other platforms. Problem solving, project management.

Paul Bingman’s Experience

CEO and Consultant

Railroad Movie Consultant

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Story and details consultant for directors, screenwriters, playwrights, and authors wanted to get the right feeling and accurate details in their works. I have several years of working experience in many areas of Class 1 railroads, as well as decades of research and observation. I'll help you get it right.
Owner

Edgewood.net

(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Internet industry)

October 1993 — Present (16 years 2 months)

Internet programming and technology consulting. Server setup and maintenance. Programming in PHP, Perl, and SQL. Web sites with HTML/DHTML/XHTML, JavaScript, CSS. Business model, information architecture, determining and exceeding client needs.
Contractor

Solution Logic

(Internet industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )
CEO, Founding Partner

Northwest Software Partners

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

October 1988 — September 1993 (5 years )

A small software consulting and contracting business. Several contracts with Microsoft, Microfield Graphics, Denon, and other local and foreign companies, mostly developing device drivers and doing operating system ports.
Manager, Programmer

Control-C Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1982 — September 1988 (6 years 9 months)

Managed a team of up to 12 engineers and support people on various programming projects including device drivers, operating system ports, custom applications, reverse engineering, and ports of a custom PostScript clone. Wrote much of the code for the first legally-produced clone of the IBM PC ROMBIOS. Supported a clone of a Business BASIC interpreter.
Train Dispatcher

Burlington Northern Railroad

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

April 1979 — January 1982 (2 years 10 months)

Directed movement of trains via radio, train order, phone, and wire (telegram). Organized locomotives, crews, and traffic. Responsible for rules compliance, safety, and productivity.
Telegrapher and Station Agent

Burlington Northern Railroad

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

June 1976 — April 1979 (2 years 11 months)

Handled train orders and clearances; controlled interlocking towers and ran CTC machines. Station work including waybills, demurrage, organizing pickups and setouts, directing switch crews, customer relations. Travel in the Pacific NW, often to remote places.

Additional Information

Paul Bingman’s Websites:

Paul Bingman’s Groups:

DevGroup NW, BarCamp, WebVisions, PDX Web Innovators, OpenCoffee Club, Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung, Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, Friends of Forest Park, NW Film Center.

Past chair of the Linnton Neighborhood Association and Linnton Community Center. Past member of the NW Coalition Board., BarCampPortlandMeetup, Lunch 2.0