Jon Whitney

Current

• CEO at Brainwashed
• Disc Jockey at WZBC

Past

• Interactive Developer at WGBH
• Coordinator of Web Services at Harvard University Library at Harvard University
• Adjunct Faculty at The New England Institute of Art

• Interactive Technology Manager at Arnold Communications
• Technical Support Specialist at MediaOne
• Programmer/Developer at Red Rocket
• Internet Production Manager at EF Education
• Production Designer/Content Coordinator at Community Newspaper Company
• Customer Support Specialist at TIAC

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Education

• Tufts University
• Boston University
• Northeastern University

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Recommended

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Connections

105 connections

Industry

Health, Wellness and Fitness

Websites

• Brainwashed Inc.
• Brainwaves Festival
• Killer Pimp Music

Jon Whitney’s Summary

I have been an interactive developer since 1994, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL technologies on Unix and IIS platforms, domain administrating using Apache, building and configuring multi-user content management systems (CMS), providing editorial and architectural direction, editing audio, video, and editorial content, supporting clients, and teaching at both collegiate and adult education levels.

I launched and manage an internationally regarded music and entertainment Web site from 1996 to present (brainwashed.com). Accomplishments include the launching of a tangential recording company and organizing large scale music festivals.

Jon Whitney’s Specialties:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CGI, Perl
Layout, data architecture and site management
Photoshop, Final Cut Studio, DVD Studio Pro
Quicktime and Windows Media Video editing and captioning
3+ years audio and video podcasting (audio and video editing, XML)
online editorial
Working knowledge of SQL, PHP, Flash, XML, XSLT, ASP, VBScript
Web development with Visual InterDev, IIS, Dreamweaver, Joomla
domain registration, management and third-party host relations
Five years technical support

Jon Whitney’s Experience

• CEO

  Brainwashed

  (Entertainment industry)

  April 1996 — Present (13 years 8 months)

  Site administration on Linux/Apache server including email, passwords and permissions, CMS development using Joomla, HTML, PHP, MySQL, CGI, JavaScript, UI, Architecture, layout, editorial content management, video production, audio Podcast production, radio stream administration, user interaction, music festival organization, record company operations.

• Disc Jockey

  WZBC

  (Entertainment industry)

  June 1995 — Present (14 years 6 months)

• Interactive Developer

  WGBH

  (Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 8 months)

  Technical production and lead on various WGBH, PBS, and external Web sites including HTML, CSS, SQL, PHP, JavaScript, CMS, video captioning with QuickTime and Windows Media formats, statistics collection and analysis; audio and video editing on DVD productions; and audio and video podcasting.

• Coordinator of Web Services

  Harvard University Library at Harvard University

  (Libraries industry)

  January 2001 — May 2005 (4 years 5 months)

  HTML, CSS, CGI, JavaScript, UI, Architecture, layout, editorial content management, Site administration on Linux/Apache server, internal support.

• Adjunct Faculty

  The New England Institute of Art

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  May 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 8 months)

  Instructor for semester-long Internet Technologies course.

• Interactive Technology Manager

  Arnold Communications

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2000 — October 2000 (6 months)

  Web resource management, architecture, user interface, site flow, programming, www.vw.com, www.arn.com

• Technical Support Specialist

  MediaOne

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 3 months)

  Customer support for High Speed Data cable modem connections

• Programmer/Developer

  Red Rocket

  (Retail industry)

  September 1999 — May 2000 (9 months)

  HTML programming with CGI and JavaScript in a JSP environment on Broadvision e-commerce server

• Internet Production Manager

  EF Education

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  March 1999 — August 1999 (6 months)

  Editorial and graphic content management for 3 major international products in an ASP environment, ef.com

• Production Designer/Content Coordinator

  Community Newspaper Company

  (Newspapers industry)

  December 1995 — March 1999 (3 years 4 months)

  Managed and created editorial and graphic content for over 50 commercial and community sites; Classifieds systems administration for over 110 newspapers

• Customer Support Specialist

  TIAC

  (Internet industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

Jon Whitney’s Education

• Tufts University

  Postbac Premed , Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biostats , 2009 — 2010 (expected)

• Boston University

  Web Application Developer 2001 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Multi-Tier Intranet, Extranet and Internet applications for enterprise needs. Technologies included Java, JSP, EJB, Applets, Jbuilder, MSSQL, IIS, InterDev, ASP.

• Northeastern University

  1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Jon Whitney’s Websites:

• Brainwashed Inc.
• Brainwaves Festival
• Killer Pimp Music

Jon Whitney’s Interests:

music, video, web management, information architecture, web development, podcast creation, dvd authoring, video editing, accessibility, festival organization