Paul Nagai

Current

• Software Engineer at Visa

Past

• Senior Application Programmer Analyst (Electronic Publishing Specialist) at Visa
• Independent Contractor at Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• Program Manager, Senior Counselor at Righteous Boys' Home

• Counselor at LeRoy Boy’s Home
• Consultant at Pomona College, Seaver Computer Center
• CILT Unit Leader at Alta Sierra Boys & Girls Camp
• Counselor at Alta Sierra Boys & Girls Camp

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Education

• Pomona College
• Berkeley High School

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Industry

Financial Services

Paul Nagai’s Summary

I have over 17 years professional experience in electronic publishing development, sales, training, and evangelism. I have served as lead developer on several XML authoring / Content Managment projects, one of which reduced our customer's costs by $750k per year while increasing their output by 50%. I am a self-motivated team leader dedicated to efficient participatory decision making. I am recognized by customers, managers, and peers for my ability to communicate clearly and at role-appropriate levels, for my commitment to delivering quality on-time and on-budget, and for my personal honesty and integrity. I have a proven ability to work remotely and with outsourced and geographically dispersed teams.

Paul Nagai’s Specialties:

Languages: Arbortext Command Language (ACL), SQL, Java, Javascript, tcl, C/C++, Visual Basic, Cold Fusion, REXX

Arbortext Apps: Epic/Editor, E3/Publishing Engine, DCAM/Dynamic Link Manager/DLM, Architect, Styler, Digital Media Publisher/DMP

Other Apps: Documentum (Desktop, WebTop, DQL, Arbortext/XML integration), IBM BookManager Build/BookServer, Dynatext/Dynaweb, FrameMaker, Acrobat, MS Office (including Access and Project)

Technologies: XML, DTD, XSL, FOSI, HTML, Tomcat

Paul Nagai’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Visa

  (Financial Services industry)

  2001 — Present (7 years)

  Lead matrixed resources across multiple business units, gather requirements, and write specifications. Develop and enhance custom Arbortext applications (FOSI and Styler style sheets, DTDs, authoring environments). Deploy and customize Documentum Content Management Systems. Develop and deliver technical presentations as lead sales engineer with prospective customers.
  
  Key accomplishments: Led matrixed team of 6 on an XML authoring / Content Management project which reduced costs $750k/year while increasing authored deliverables by 50%. Automated an XML to HTML release system reducing biannual manual release efforts by 80%. Partnered with Arbortext product development to write detailed customer requirements for new XML cross-referencing product, Dynamic Link Manager.

• Senior Application Programmer Analyst (Electronic Publishing Specialist)

  Visa

  (Financial Services industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years)

  Architected electronic publishing system with eleven years (to date) of 100% availability delivering mission critical technical libraries used by mainframe, network, and distributed systems personnel at operations centers worldwide. Automated FrameMaker to HTML delivery process using Adobe FDK (FrameMaker API) and C/C++ reducing manual release efforts. Designed (in MS-Access) and implemented (in Cold-Fusion and MS-SQL Server) web publishing database application enabling same-day availability of new information (down from 3+ weeks). Converted a 600+ page document to electronically distributed WinHelp file.

• Independent Contractor

  Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

  (Utilities industry)

  1990 — 1994 (4 years)

  Developed applications for GML and IBM MasterSeries documentation projects in REXX and XEDIT. Developed GML style sheets and templates. Developed and taught BookManager course to 100s of users.

• Program Manager, Senior Counselor

  Righteous Boys' Home

  (Mental Health Care industry)

  1989 — 1990 (1 year)

  Provided crisis and emotional counseling, diagnosed clients, and created and implemented treatment plans for six boys.

• Counselor

  LeRoy Boy’s Home

  (Mental Health Care industry)

  1988 — 1989 (1 year)

  Provided crisis and emotional counseling, diagnosed clients, and created and implemented treatment plans for twelve boys.

• Consultant

  Pomona College, Seaver Computer Center

  (Higher Education industry)

  1984 — 1986 (2 years)

  Answered questions and resolved issues for faculty, staff, and students in VM, GML, Script, Waterloo Script, SYSPUB, SPSSx, and Pascal. Developed administrative and user utilities in REXX, EXEC1, EXEC2, and XEDIT. Taught classes of 8 to 10 students covering VM, XEDIT, CMS, CP, and Script. Changed local printer paper and ribbons, mounted and filed tapes, distributed system print jobs, and managed spinwriter print queue.

• CILT Unit Leader

  Alta Sierra Boys & Girls Camp

  (Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

  1986 — 1986 (less than a year)

  Customize development plan for each of 4 to 6 boys in the Camper In Leadership Training (CILT) program. Supervise the CILTs beginning leadership roles in the daily camp activities like classes, special events, mealtimes, and bedtimes. Evaluate the boys' general performance and progress toward specific goals. Determine which boys will be invited to return and advance to within the CIT program or, if they have completed the program, be hired as a counselor.

• Counselor

  Alta Sierra Boys & Girls Camp

  (Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

  1982 — 1985 (3 years)

  Foster an environment conducive to protecting and nurturing campers' physical and emotional health, safety, and growth. Supervise campers' daily routine including waking up, meals, classes, special activities, rest time, evening activities, preparing for bed, and outcamps. Teach classes including archery, riflery, and rock climbing. Help run unit and camp activities as required.

Paul Nagai’s Education

• Pomona College

  BA, Psychology, 1984 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Resident advisor (2 years) and sponsor. Nu Alpha Phi fraternity president. Fencing team.

• Berkeley High School

  1979 — 1983

Additional Information

Paul Nagai’s Groups:

PTC/USER (delivered Expert User presentation, "Arbortext Dynamic Link Manager: Cross Referencing and Beyond," at 2006 conference).

•    Pomona College Alumni
•    The Content Wrangler Community
•    Visa Alumni
•    XML and Related Technologies Network

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