Tom von Schwerdtner

Past

• Senior Web Developer at Bandzoogle.com
• Web Manager at PinnacleCare
• Co-Founder at Etria, LLP

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Tom von Schwerdtner’s Summary

Dedicated web professional with 8 years of experience developing and maintaining websites and Linux systems. Expertise in Linux system administration, web management and web application development. Technically savvy with a mastery of internet technologies and emerging web development technologies.

Tom von Schwerdtner’s Specialties:

Web Systems Analyst: Expert knowledge of web technologies, system administration, and technology usage patterns. Experience with a wide range of legacy and leading edge technologies provides required perspective to see attainable solutions to complex problems.

Web Development: Industry standard as well as leading edge web development technologies. Highly adaptable to new development environments. User interface design and usability. Standards based development.

Tom von Schwerdtner’s Experience

• Senior Web Developer

  Bandzoogle.com

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — July 2008 (5 months)

  Working on the continually evolving Bandzoogle.com sitebuilding system.

• Web Manager

  PinnacleCare

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  January 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  - Developed lead capture system using Python, Django Framework, MySQL and MVC design patterns
  - Developed e-newsletter archive system using PHP and the Zend Framework
  - Developed intranet site for research department using MediaWiki
  - Managed design development and deployment of B2B site PinnacleCare.biz using Radiant and Ruby on Rails
  - Managed multiple Plone CMS sites including PinnacleCare.com, YPO.PinnacleCare.com and CERN-Foundation.org
  - Served as web consultant on various internal and outsourced projects.

• Co-Founder

  Etria, LLP

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 10 months)

  Specialized in web application development for non-profits and educational institutions, key projects included:
  
  Quills (http://plone.org/products/quills)
  - Developed premier weblogging product for Plone CMS
  - Released code under an open source license. Still in development today.
  
  SchoolTool (http://schooltool.org/)
  - Worked on an international team of developers to build SchoolTool, an open source school management application.
  - Application built using Python (Zope 3) and test driven development methodologies
  - Played key role in developing user interface for calendaring and scheduling components including developing the original system theme
  
  Bio-IT World (http://bio-itworld.com)
  - Managed migration of content from legacy system to existing Plone CMS site
  - Integrated Plone CMS with 3rd party search platform (Vivisimo Velocity)

Additional Information

Tom von Schwerdtner’s Interests:

new technology, web application frameworks, web application development, user interface design, web architecture, strategic planning, operations

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