Programmer Analyst III at City of Fresno
Fresno, California Area
- Current
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- Website Administrator at Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
- Programmer Analyst III at City of Fresno
- Past
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- Technical Writer at Celestry Design Technologies
- Contractor/Programmer at Montage
- Web Developer at HiFive.net
- Technical Writer at UB Networks
- Sr. Technical Writer at Cadence Design Systems
- Technical Writer at VeriSign
- Education
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- Simpson University
- Cañada College
- Toccoa Falls College
- Northdene High School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Government Administration
- Websites
Edward Smith’s Summary
Application Developer, Programmer, and Technical Writer with experience in a wide variety of business and public sector applications. A creative thinker and top-notch communicator that can understand client requirements and translate them into efficient tools for work-flow automation.
Edward Smith’s Specialties:
Python, SQL, ESRI GIS Desktop tools, Web programming, enterprise mashups, documentation, project specs negotiation, database reporting, business data analysis. League of American Bicyclists League Cycling Instructor.
Edward Smith’s Experience
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Website Administrator
Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
(Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Designed and developed the current fresnobike.org Web site. Update the Website with new information from other board members and outside sources. Administer and manage all online and electronic activities, such as the FCBC presence on Flickr, and the FCBC blog at news.fresnobike.org. Utilize resources such as Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets to create multi-user office documents to run a county-wide Bike to Work Month campaign with more than a 1,000 participants over a variety of events spanning the month of May. These events require advance planning and coordination between different agencies including City and county governments, non-profit advocacy groups, the media and para-governmental organizations such as the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Manage online discussion and announcement groups using Riseup.net listserve services and Google Groups forums.
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Programmer Analyst III
City of Fresno
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Generate reports and queries for analysis of case management activities by querying enterprise data stores in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and other databases using Crystal Reports and ad-hoc queries in Microsoft Excel or ESRI ArcMap. Increase work-flow process efficiency with automated tools. Expose department activity on maps using GIS services provided by the information services department. Provide information to department management using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Assist administrative staff with computer applications. Prepare spreadsheets and mail merge templates for a variety of applications within the Planning, Building and Safety, and Code Enforcement divisions.
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Technical Writer
Celestry Design Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
July 2002 — January 2003 (7 months)
Streamlined tech-pubs work flow. Consolidated FrameMaker templates to a consistent look and feel. Prioritized documentation projects. Edited and wrote manuals, brochures, Web content, PowerPoint presentations, and industry journal articles.
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Contractor/Programmer
Montage
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2001 — January 2002 (7 months)
Created components of a Web-based account management tool for a startup in the software industry. Worked with Marketing to define specifications of the product and with Engineering to create mockups of the interface.
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Web Developer
HiFive.net
(Government Administration industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
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Technical Writer
UB Networks
(Government Administration industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
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Sr. Technical Writer
Cadence Design Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CDNS; Computer Software industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
I was a writer on a team documenting system on a chip design methodology for use in a graduate program curriculum for computer chip design.
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Technical Writer
VeriSign
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
Edward Smith’s Education
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Simpson University
BA , English , 1993 — 1996
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Cañada College
AA , English , 1991 — 1993
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Toccoa Falls College
1989 — 1991
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Northdene High School
Additional Information
Edward Smith’s Websites:
Edward Smith’s Interests:
Bicycling, the network as platform, open source
Edward Smith’s Groups:
Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
Edward Smith’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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