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Competitive Landscape — Reno–Lake Tahoe Snapshot Reno hosts established web/SEO agencies with strong portfolios and reviews. Lake Tahoe/Truckee has boutique studios focused on design/branding with selective SEO. Observed Strengths Full‑service marketing packages (web, SEO, PPC, social). Design‑first boutique branding studios. […]
Education 2025 — Outskill: Generative AI Mastermind Webinar 2001 — California State University, Chico, CA — Advanced DB Mgmt; Oracle 8i SQL/PLSQL 1989–1994 — Stanford University, Stanford, CA — Programming Languages, Database Design, Operating Systems, Hardware Design 1972–1977 — BSEE, […]
Major Accomplishments Developed and maintained FreeBSD servers over multiple upgrade cycles; migrated stack to Postfix, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Apache, PHP, MySQL, WordPress—supporting hosting and MX for local clients (2004–present). Implemented AI‑agent content pipeline: keyword research → topical maps → briefs → […]
Field Applications Engineer Zycad Corporation — Austin, TX — 1985–1986 Responsibilities Provided pre‑ and post‑sales technical support for Logic and Fault Hardware Accelerators. Opened and managed the Austin, TX field office, ensuring zero‑downtime system support. Collaborated cross‑functionally with hardware designers, […]
R&D CAD Support Engineer Cirrus Logic, Inc. — Milpitas, CA — 1986–1988 Responsibilities Engineering support for proprietary Storage Logic Array (S/LA) design system; Quality Assurance, demos, product mgmt, training, docs, and technology files. Accomplishments Defined and executed zero-defect tape-out review […]
Product Development — Proof of Concept (Contract) QuickQuote — Incline Village, NV — 01/1997–09/1997 Responsibilities Designed RDBMS schema and OO modules to populate PDF applications via FDF; mentored junior OOP developer. Accomplishments Delivered PoC enabling online insurance applications integrated with […]
Web Design, SEO & System Administration Gossamer Computer Services — Reno, NV — 2001–2025 Responsibilities Web design, SEO, system administration; responsive upgrades; hosting and MX operations. Accomplishments Delivered page-one rankings for multiple client sites through ongoing SEO, responsive HTML5 rebuilds, […]
Project Manager & Perl Developer — Virtual Forms (Contract) QuickQuote Financial, Inc. — Incline Village, NV — 10/1999–01/2001 Responsibilities Led design and development of Virtual Forms, a web-based life insurance application system integrated with QuickQuote’s online quoting services. Managed project […]
Perl CGI Developer (Contract) QuickQuote — Incline Village, NV — 06/1997–12/1997 Responsibilities Designed and developed interactive Perl CGI applications for QuickQuote’s online life insurance quoting platform. Created web-based calculators, quoting engines, and visualization tools to improve user engagement and conversion. […]
Product Management — PRS 4.6 Release (Contract) ProtoCare Sciences — Santa Monica, CA — 11/1999–02/2000 Responsibilities Managed the final QA and release cycle for the PRS 4.6 healthcare application across HP and IBM UNIX platforms. Defined hardware and software requirements, […]