Todd A. Ridgway

233 Park Way                                                                           (831) 469-0345

Santa Cruz, CA 95062                                                     toddridgway@yahoo.com

 

Objective

Keep working to buy more studio Gear. Someday I'll make hit records

Experience

2005– (present)      Data Return LL.                            Pleasanton, CA/ Dallas TX

Senior Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales)

§     Provided technical consulting for complex Web outsourcing solutions.

 

2003– (present)      Greenote Studios                         Santa Cruz , CA

Consulting Services

§     Recording Services, full-service Project Studio

§     IT consulting.

 

 

1998–2003 (present)      Navisite Inc.                                 San Jose, CA

Senior Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales)

§     Provided technical consulting for complex Web outsourcing solutions.

§     Designed and implemented network, hardware, and applications architectures for complex websites, including portals, e-commerce, ASPs, and retail. 

§     Provided integration consulting for Cisco router/switches, Akamai, Oracle/Veritas MS SQL Clustering, Layer 3-7 Load Balancing solutions, Compaq, EMC, NetApp, Sun storage systems, Sun, Compaq, and Dell hardware.

§     Sold comprehensive solutions to Fortune 500 and start-up companies alike, serving as technical interface to bridge knowledge gaps for prospectives’ engineering VPs and other executives.  Skillfully identified opportunity, articulated client’s needs, developed solutions, and presented value.

§     Conducted partner training; presented at trade shows and conferences to audiences of 10-300 throughout the United States and via the Internet.

 

1997–1998                    Live Picture                                Campbell, CA

Systems Engineer (Pre/Post-Sales)

§     Facilitated server software sales to enterprise companies.

§     Implemented and integrated web solutions for for fortune 500 customers.

§     Conducted software training demonstrations for audiences of 10-300 throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

 

1996–1997                    Live Picture                           Scotts Valley, CA

Technical Support Engineer

§     Supported full product line on Windows, Mac and Unix platforms.

§     Trained and supervised new employees. 

§     Optimized support structure, through database development and implementation of online FAQ’s.

§     Tested and provided feedback for all new products.

 

 

1995–1997                    Microsoft/Netcarta                 Scotts Valley, CA

Technical Support Engineer

§     Managed online cartography project, supervised eight employees.

§     Maintained an online archive of 20,000 Web Maps.

§     Identified workflow problems, simplified and standardized processes to automate entire project.

§     Provided high-level support to tier one customers.

 

 

 

1994–1996                    CS Audio-Visual                       Santa Cruz, CA

Multimedia Producer

§         Managed production of six CD-ROM titles for clients including MCA Records, Apple Computer, and EMI Records.

§     Digital Video, Digital Audio production.

 

Education   & Training

 

§     Bachelor of Arts, Business Economics, 1988                                                  University of California, Santa Barbara

§     Certifications in process: MCSE, CCNA, Compaq, NetApp, EMC. 

Software Knowledge

HTML, JavaScript, Web Servers, IIS, Server side applications. Netscape, FTP, UNIX, Administration, Multimedia applications, Filmmaker Pro, Access, Visual Basic, PERL, Active Server Pages, Java, and Visio.

 O/S

Windows 95/NT/2000, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, BSD, Macintosh.

Languages

 

French:  reading knowledge, moderate speaking.