DAVID CHAPLIN-LOEBELL

SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES

• Over a decade of experience helping organizations get the most out of technology.
• Strong management and leadership skills. Ability to work individually and as a member of a team.
• Strong software development, web development, system administration, and system integration skills.
• Experience with a wide range of hardware, software, network and database technology.
• Ability to communicate well and work closely with individuals from varied backgrounds.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

TLA Entertainment Group, Philadelphia, PA (2000 - present)

• Director of Software Development (2008 - present)
  • Promoted to Director of Software Development as job expanded to become a senior management role with a larger staff and more responsibility.
  • Hire, train, evaluate, and manage a staff of 9-12 employees, including web developers, designers, and technical operations staff.
  • Responsible for project planning and delivery on several major web and application development projects per year.
  • Develop specifications, project plans, adjust to rapidly-changing circumstances, and report status to stakeholders in other departments.
  • Coordinate delivery of maintenance and enhancements for all developed applications.
  • Manage maintenance and modification of infrastructure for web-based applications including servers, development environments, load balancing, network configuration, etc.
  • Work with CTO and network administrator on all major technology decisions, purchases and deployments within the company.
• Lead Software Architect (2004 - 2008)
  • Promoted to Lead Software Architect as I took on direct responsibility for the design and development process of all web and software development projects initiated within the company.
  • Hired, trained, evaluated, and managed a team of 5-8 employees.
  • Duties substantially similar to those listed above, but with less wide-ranging responsibility.
  • Hands-on responsibility for design of software systems.
• Database Administrator (2000 - 2004)
  • Initially worked as a part-time contractor, then hired full-time in 2003.
  • Administered and managed all database and middleware systems within the company.
  • Created data-management procedures and developed processes to make data more available.
  • Worked with CTO and Development team to plan infrastructure needs for the company.

Owner, Klatha.com, Philadelphia, PA (1996 - Present)

• Own and operate small business providing IT consulting, technical support, web hosting, web development, and database development to a wide variety of small-business and nonprofit clients.

Philadelphia Cinema Allliance/Philadelphia Film Society, Philadelphia, PA (2000 - present)

• As part of my position at TLA, provide technical management for website and ticket sales operations for the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance's two annual film festivals.
• Lead development and launch of a new design for each festival website each year.
• Led development of "Fester", a ticketing and reporting system used for the festivals, which successfully manages online, in-person, and phone sales of 100,000+ tickets, memberships, and donations per year.

Web Programmer, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, Philadelphia, PA (2004- present)

• Develop all front-end and back-end functionality for the festival website.
• Worked with the Theater Alliance of Greater Philadelphia's Tessitura consortium and outside vendors to deeply integrate website with third-party ticketing system.
• Develop applications to allow patrons to explore the festival's many offerings online.

Project Learn School, Philadelphia, PA (2005 - present)

• Technology Committee (2005 - present)
  • Work on all technical needs for the school: computer purchases and setup, troubleshooting, educational strategy, network configuration and infrastructure, software purchasing decisions, data management.
  • Participate in significant redevelopment projects for school's website, expected to launch Summer 2009.
  • Participate in project to migrate school's databases to a single platform.
  • Served as Technology Chair for school from 2008-2009.
• Administrative Committee (2007 - present)
  • Served as Secretary of the school's Administrative Committee (board), took minutes, and managed other board records.
  • As a board member, review financial, staffing, scheduling, and other organizational decisions.
  • Help to coordinate fundraising activities.
  • Serve as board liaison for technology issues.

Instructor, University of the Arts - Continuing Education, Philadelphia, PA (2007 - present)

• Develop and teach Continuing Education courses in web development, covering technology such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, AJAX, Flash, Google Maps, Wordpress, Drupal, and others.

SELECTED TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Development

• Microsoft SQL Server, including administration, performance optimization, T-SQL programming and stored procedures, database design, DTS Package development, and Replication
• MySQL
• Microsoft Access application development
• Filemaker Pro application development

Web application development

• Coldfusion
• PHP
• HTML/XHTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• JQuery and JQuery UI
• AJAX
• Development tools: Eclipse, Subversion, Ant, Dreamweaver, Aptana

Windows Network Administation

• Windows Server 2003/2008
• Active Directory and DNS
• SQL Server 2000/2005/2008
• Exchange Server
• IIS 5/6/7
• Desktop system management

Unix/Linux System Administration

• FreeBSD and Linux
• Apache Web Server
• Mac OS X Server, Mac OS X, Applescript
• MySQL
• Qmail, Vpopmail, Courier-IMAP, Spamassassin
• DNS Administration (BIND) and troubleshooting

Other Skills

• Software project management.
• Software Quality Assurance.
• Usability Testing.
• Documentation and technical writing.
• Enterprise software license management.

EDUCATION

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

• B.A., May 1998.
• Concentration in Community, Regional, and Environmental Studies.
• Senior project on Technology in Secondary Education.
• 52 Credits at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
• Substantial course work in Mathematics, Education, and Earth Science.
• Work experience while in college included cataloging and other tasks in academic libraries, Managing a cafe, and assisting with the production of a weekly television show.
• While in college, ran three student organizations: a cafe which was staffed by students and provided performance space for student projects; a group which sponsored concerts on campus, and a humor magazine.

Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA

• Held two different volunteer internships at the museum from 1991 to 1993
• Performed demonstrations and workshops, interpreted exhibits, prepared materials, and provided information for day and overnight museum visitors.
• Worked with Multimedia Developer on computer-based museum exhibit design, including Script Programming, Debugging, and testing devices with visitors.

Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Graduated 6/92 with A.B. degree and Barnwell honors.

REFERENCES and SAMPLES

available upon request.