Entrepreneur, Programmer, CEO, Blogger and Social Media Guru
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Co-Owner at LogoBids.com
- Consultant at Thinking Serious, Inc.
- Reseller at Red Condor
- Blogger at ThinkingSerious.com
- CEO at IER Solutions, Inc.
- Innovator at ATL Innovations, Inc.
- Co-Owner and Co-Founder at ThemBid.com
- Past
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- Owner at AboveTheLimit.com
- Research Developer at U.C. Riverside
- Research Developer at U.C. Riverside
- Education
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- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, Riverside
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Elmer Thomas’s Summary
My life goal is to create a positive impact for the greatest number of people over the longest period of time.
Today, that means helping businesses increase productivity and revenue through technology innovations that support the mission and goals of my clients.
Elmer Thomas’s Specialties:
Software management, design and development; productive systems; and internet ( Social Media ) marketing are my core competencies.
TECH SPECS:
OS: Windows or Linux
Server: Debian with Apache/MySQL/PHP.
Development Environment: Eclipse IDE with Subversion, Eventum and Trac.
Software Design Philosophy: Agile, Object Oriented Programming Methodology and Design Patterns.
Development Framework: Symfony.
Programming Languages: PHP, Python, C++, JavaScript (AJAX), XHMTL and CSS.
Elmer Thomas’s Experience
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Co-Owner
LogoBids.com
(Design industry)
July 2008 — Present (7 months)
We help end-users create a contest that can be viewed by tens of thousands of quality graphic designers worldwide. Graphics designers will compete with each other for the benefit of honing their skills, enhancing their portfolios and winning the final prize money offered. The end-user gets an affordable, high quality design within the time line and budget he or she sets. All of this is provided at a safe, friendly and user rated online environment.
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Consultant
Thinking Serious, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
June 2008 — Present (8 months)
Help with Software Purchasing, Design, Development, Management, Internet Marketing and Systems Integration.
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Reseller
Red Condor
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
April 2008 — Present (10 months)
I help you remove SPAM and false positives as an issue in your life.
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Blogger
ThinkingSerious.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
A blog that provides programming, design, business and productivity content for tech entrepreneurs living in a 2.0 world.
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CEO
IER Solutions, Inc.
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
We specialize in Rapid Application Development and Social Media Marketing. You vision it, we build and promote it.
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Innovator
ATL Innovations, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
At a rate of no less than four product/service launches per year, I assist in creating and managing the vision, creativity and resources necessary for our innovations. Our latest launch occurs on April 14, 2007 (check out the alpha demo at http://demo.thembid.com).
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Co-Owner and Co-Founder
ThemBid.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
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Owner
AboveTheLimit.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — August 2007 (4 years)
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Research Developer
U.C. Riverside
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 8 months)
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Graphical User Interface Design and Development for the U.S. Navy.
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Research Developer
U.C. Riverside
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2002 — January 2004 (2 years 1 month)
GPS Autonomous Automobile Navigation Managment and Development.
Elmer Thomas’s Education
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University of California, Riverside
Masters, Electrical Engineering, 2003 — 2005
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University of California, Riverside
B.S., Computer Engineering, 1999 — 2002
Additional Information
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Elmer Thomas’s Interests:
Programming, Reading, Exercising, CANI, Accumulating Masses of Wealth.
Elmer Thomas’s Groups:
Tuck Executive Program, NSBE, Riverside Technology CEO Forum, Digg.com, TechBiz Connection, OCTANe
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Elmer Thomas’s Honors:
Please see http://www.abovethelimit.com/content/view/14/33/ for a partial list.
Elmer Thomas’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
