Phil Glatz

Current

• Senior Web Developer at about.com (NYTCO)
• Member at No End
• Principal at Electronovelty

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Past

• 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

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Education

• Sacramento State University

Recommended

11 people have recommended Phil

Connections

111 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

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

• Senior Web Developer

  about.com (NYTCO)

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Member

  No End

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  March 1997 — Present (11 years 5 months)

  Member of a group of designers and techies who help one another and try to humanize the net.

• Principal

  Electronovelty

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  September 1994 — Present (13 years 11 months)

  Independent web developer with skills in backend integration, systems administration, and usability.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Sacramento State University

  BA, Music, Computer Science, September 1967 — February 1972

  Activities and Societies:

  KERS, Symphony, Marching Band

Additional Information

Phil Glatz’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Phil Glatz’s Interests:

usabiity, web development, cultural ephemera

Phil Glatz’s Groups:

•    Drupal member

Phil Glatz’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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