Todd A. Ridgway
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Park Way (831) 469-0345
Santa Cruz, CA 95062 toddridgway@yahoo.com
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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Education & Training |
§ Bachelor of Arts, Business Economics, 1988 University of California, Santa Barbara § Certifications in process: MCSE, CCNA, Compaq, NetApp, EMC. |
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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. |
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O/S |
Windows 95/NT/2000, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, BSD, Macintosh. |
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Languages |
French: reading knowledge, moderate speaking. |
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