Senior web developer at about.com
Sacramento, California Area
- Current
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- Senior Web Developer at about.com (NYTCO)
- Web Administrator at Global Change Associates
- Member at WWWAC
- Member at No End
- Principal at Electronovelty
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- Webmaster at Amulet Gemstones and Jewelry
- PHP Architect at more.com
- Web Administrator at San Francisco Giants
- Webmaster at Riker Networks
- Webmaster at Levi Strauss
- Web developer and administrator at Apple Computer
- Webmaster at QuickQuote
- Developer at MicroPro
- Education
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- Sacramento State University
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Phil Glatz’s Summary
Long time programmer/developer with a strong interest in usability and design considerations, have often acted as the bridge between web site front ends and backends.
Extensive experience with Unix/Linux system administration and programming, software installations, customization, database design and interface, and ecommerce systems.
Currently working mostly with Drupal and Zen Cart.
Phil Glatz’s Specialties:
Integration of Open Source technologies to create dynamic and robust web server backends. See http://www.electronovelty.com/ for more details.
Phil Glatz’s Experience
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Senior Web Developer
about.com (NYTCO)
(Public Company; NYT; Internet industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Member of team of developers for consumersearch.com, one of the highest traffic Drupal sites. Provides comparative reviews and product information to inform and educate consumers.
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Web Administrator
Global Change Associates
(Environmental Services industry)
December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)
Developed and maintained five informational and ecom web sites.
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Member
WWWAC
(Internet industry)
1999 — Present (10 years)
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Member
No End
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
March 1997 — Present (12 years 5 months)
Member of a group of designers and techies who help one another and try to humanize the net.
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Principal
Electronovelty
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
September 1994 — Present (14 years 11 months)
Independent web developer with skills in backend integration, systems administration, and usability.
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Webmaster
Amulet Gemstones and Jewelry
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)
December 1996 — November 2001 (5 years)
Webmaster and system administrator, designer, created interactive features and database integration.
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PHP Architect
more.com
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
December 1998 — September 2000 (1 year 10 months)
Designed front/backend integration for a large ecom startup, developed PHP organization and module design, designed custom marketing technical features, worked with designers to create overall style sheets.
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Web Administrator
San Francisco Giants
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Sports industry)
April 1997 — March 2000 (3 years)
Website administrator, system administrator, designed site architecture, created interactive features, integrated various features with database, created banner ad system.
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Webmaster
Riker Networks
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Banking industry)
February 1998 — November 1998 (10 months)
Designed backend architecture, specified and installed hardware, created interactive features, developed secure private messaging system for pre-IPO communications of startups.
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Webmaster
Levi Strauss
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
April 1997 — October 1997 (7 months)
Webmaster for company-wide intranet during transition from Unix to Windows servers. Responsible for 4 international points of presence.
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Web developer and administrator
Apple Computer
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Media Production industry)
November 1996 — April 1997 (6 months)
Worked on backend development for Apple Music webcasts, webmaster for 1997 Grammy netcast.
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Webmaster
QuickQuote
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Insurance industry)
February 1995 — October 1996 (1 year 9 months)
Developed site for early online insurance site, systems design, perl backend, user interface design.
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Developer
MicroPro
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1980 — June 1986 (6 years 1 month)
Software developer, created and maintained various versions of WordStar
Phil Glatz’s Education
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Sacramento State University
BA , Music, Computer Science , September 1967 — February 1972
- Activities and Societies:
- KERS, Symphony, Marching Band
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Phil Glatz’s Interests:
usabiity, web development, cultural ephemera
Phil Glatz’s Groups:
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Able Minds
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