Edward Smith

Edward Smith

Programmer Analyst III at City of Fresno

Fresno, California Area

Current
  • Website Administrator at Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
  • Programmer Analyst III at City of Fresno
Past
  • Technical Writer at Celestry Design Technologies
  • Contractor/Programmer at Montage
  • Web Developer at HiFive.net
Education
  • Simpson University
  • Cañada College
  • Toccoa Falls College
  • Northdene High School
Connections
23 connections
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

  • Website Administrator

    Fresno County Bicycle Coalition

    (Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)

    October 2007Present (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.

  • Programmer Analyst III

    City of Fresno

    (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

    September 2003Present (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.

  • Technical Writer

    Celestry Design Technologies

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

    July 2002January 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.

  • Contractor/Programmer

    Montage

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2001January 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.

  • Web Developer

    HiFive.net

    (Government Administration industry)

    19992001 (2 years)

  • Technical Writer

    UB Networks

    (Government Administration industry)

    19961998 (2 years)

  • Sr. Technical Writer

    Cadence Design Systems

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CDNS; Computer Software industry)

    19981998 (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.

  • Technical Writer

    VeriSign

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19981998 (less than a year)


Edward Smith’s Education

  • Simpson University

    BA , English , 19931996

  • Cañada College

    AA , English , 19911993

  • Toccoa Falls College

    19891991

  • Northdene High School


Additional Information

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Edward Smith’s Interests:

Bicycling, the network as platform, open source

Edward Smith’s Groups:

Fresno County Bicycle Coalition


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