Pete Ruckelshaus

Current

• High School Computer Science Teacher at Twin Valley School District

Past

• Chief Internet Architect at Netplus Marketing
• Freelance Developer at International Direct Response, Inc.
• Freelance Developer/ColdFusion Lead at RedTettemer

• Software Engineer at Patron Solutions LC
• Web Design Manager at Bentley Systems, Inc.
• Senior Designer at Bentley Systems Inc
• Senior Software Engineer at Reuters
• Webmaster at Broadreach Consulting Inc.
• Senior Web Designer at Bank One / First USA
• Lead HTML Programmer at Reality Online, Inc.
• Web Designer at Pete Ruckelshaus Design (Self-employed)
• Leading Yeoman at U. S. Navy

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Education

• Cabrini College
• Temple University
• Methacton HS

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Pete Ruckelshaus’s Summary

After 12 years in the tech industry as a web designer, programmer, and manager, it's time to give back and do my level best to inspire the next generation of web talent.

Pete Ruckelshaus’s Specialties:

User interface & usability; bandwidth-efficient, standards-compliant, cross-platform design; design standards & consistency; prototyping; internationalization & localization; content management.

Pete Ruckelshaus’s Experience

• High School Computer Science Teacher

  Twin Valley School District

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year)

  I teach Web Design I, Web Design II, Computer Science I, and Computer Science II at Twin Valley High School in Elverson, PA.

• Chief Internet Architect

  Netplus Marketing

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)

  Performed numerous roles, including lead developer, specification writer, database administrator, and technical application architect for several large, high-profile projects.

• Freelance Developer

  International Direct Response, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  December 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 3 months)

  Manage technology-related issues, including desktop support, server administration and management, application development.

• Freelance Developer/ColdFusion Lead

  RedTettemer

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2006 — October 2006 (4 months)

  Lead ColdFusion developer.

• Software Engineer

  Patron Solutions LC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 4 months)

  Primary technologies: Macromedia ColdFusion MX, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. Responsible for maintenance and code updates. Additional responsibilities include IT & networking support, server setup, maintenance and support, hardware purchasing.

• Web Design Manager

  Bentley Systems, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  December 2000 — May 2003 (2 years 6 months)

  Responsible for project planning, managing the maintenance, design, and development on all Bentley Systems web properties (60+ active domains); also acting as senior developer and primary demo builder. Responsible for managing, training, and mentoring 5 direct reports, as well as guiding numerous personnel assets outside of my department. Current project is porting several extensive static web sites over to a content managed solution employing Allaire Spectra as well as custom Cold Fusion tags, spiders, and intelligent agents that I created. Technologies employed include XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, Cold Fusion 4.5 and 5.0 Enterprise, Allaire Spectra 1.5.1, SQL, Active Server Pages, Oracle 8i and Windows 2000/IIS web servers.

• Senior Designer

  Bentley Systems Inc

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2000 — December 2000 (10 months)

  Senior designer and primary interface support for a multimillion dollar online project and information management application. Provided support to a development team of 12, as well as developing partnering and branding methodology and implementation for this project. Technologies employed include Java Server Pages, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and DHTML.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Reuters

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; rtrs; Internet industry)

  November 1999 — May 2000 (7 months)

  Lead designer and co-lead developer for an internationalized, co-branded, self-service internet brokerage product utilizing a proprietary Java Servlet/XML based server side scripting language.

• Webmaster

  Broadreach Consulting Inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1999 — November 1999 (7 months)

  Wide variety of duties including project management, configuration and maintenance of Windows NT/IIS servers, web design, user interface design, copy and specification writing, online marketing, ASP/VBScript and Cold Fusion programming, and graphics production. In charge of both public web site and corporate intranet.

• Senior Web Designer

  Bank One / First USA

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)

  April 1998 — May 1999 (1 year 2 months)

  Senior designer on very large scale project. In charge of company's site standards including branding, user interface, and style guide. Web design and HTML authoring. Site prototyping and implementation. Developed for IIS and Java web servers.

• Lead HTML Programmer

  Reality Online, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 4 months)

  HTML authoring and web design. Conceptualization and implementation of preliminary designs. Intermediate graphics and user interface work. ASP Implementation and development in a Visual Studio collaborative environment. Some JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheet, Dynamic HTML, and Desktop Channel creation. Dublin Core Metadata. Familiar with Microsoft IIS and NT Server, VBScript, Java, JavaBeans, and other web technologies. Provided HTML training and support.

• Web Designer

  Pete Ruckelshaus Design (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  May 1994 — January 1997 (2 years 9 months)

  Web design and HTML authoring to suit client needs. Maintenance of web server and network.

• Leading Yeoman

  U. S. Navy

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  November 1984 — February 1994 (9 years 4 months)

  Reported directly to Executive Officer. Supervised five office staff, ultimately responsible for all administrative functions of a 150 person command as well as administrative quality control, processing of incoming and outgoing correspondence, mail, personnel pay and benefits matters. Produced a high level graphical presentation highlighting the ship's highly classified mission during a five month Mediterranean deployment. Prepared and presented crew training lectures. Assisted the Command Security Manager and Automated Data Processing Security Officer on matters of classified information and Personal Computer security. Qualified in Submarines. Navy Achievement Medal (2), Navy Good Conduct Medal (2), Navy Sea Service Ribbon, Navy Overseas Service Ribbon. Honorably discharged from active duty at E-6 paygrade. Maintained TS-SCI Security Clearance. Duty stations included USS MIAMI (SSN755), USS PHOENIX (SSN702), and COMSUBLANT REP Northwood, UK.

Pete Ruckelshaus’s Education

• Cabrini College

  M.Ed., Secondary Education - English, 2003 — 2006

  PA Teaching Certifications:
  * English (Secondary)
  * Social Studies (Secondary)
  * Business & Computer Technology (K-12)
  * Technology Education (K-12)

• Temple University

  BA, English, History, January 1994 — August 1999

• Methacton HS

  Diploma, AP, 1981 — 1984