Chris Sutton
808 Pioneer Hill Road
Olga, WA 98279
206.355.3055
chriskate@gmail.com
Professional Experience
Smalldog Net Solutions
Owner
2009 to Current
iFLOOR
System Architect
2001 to 2008
Developed and maintained custom ERP software system that ran the various business units of iFLOOR including iFLOOR.com and multiple iFLOOR retail locations across the country and remote offices in the Philipines.
Wrote custom ERP systems in perl and mod_perl with a PostgreSQL database, and Apache webserver. Software runs on Linux servers.
Evolved software systems over serveral years to accommodate and meet growing customer and employee demands. Developed shopping cart, product catalog, product search and navigation using integrated Endeca software, various payment methods like Verisign Payflow Pro, Paypal, online check processing and Bill Me Later.
Developed and improved employee backend systems including order and sample fulfillment, product catalog, pricing, promotions, coupons, image processing and color analysis, document scanning and faxing, customer lead management and CRM, accounts receivable and accounts payable, purchasing, warehouse management, inventory, point of sale, cart/quote management, website content via integration with Bricolage CMS, chat via Wildfire jabber chat server, real time management reporting with dynamic graphs and maps.
Accommodated direct vendor access to purchase orders and accounts payable reports.
Automated back-end interfaces including real-time freight quotes, order fulfillment, payment processing, email marketing, EDI, integration with Solman accounting system, and weblog processing and analyses.
Responsible for the hardware and network systems running software system, included managing multiple linux servers, exim, spam assassin, system backups, salesperson linux desktops via LTSP, IPSec VPN tunnels to remote locations, Asterisk VOIP phone system, system monitoring, and firewalls.
Built and managed the development, testing, training, and release environment using CVS and Subversion and a collection of perl and bash scripts to move code between sandboxes, staging, testing and production.
Creative Works
System Administrator
2000 to 2001
Responsible for hardware, software, and network system supporting 50+ office of advertising agents.
Developed job tracking and timesheet system in mod_perl and PostgreSQL. Supported Windows, and Macintosh desktops and Linux servers.
Served multiple remote offices.
Bozell Worldwide
Director of IT
1997 to 2000
Responsible for hardware, software, and network system supporting 100+ office of advertising agents in multiple locations.
Developed a job tracking system in Perl and PostgreSQL, having discovered the stability and flexibility of the Linux OS.
Migrated office from MS Mail to Exchange, and then to a Unix based mail system.
Automated several accounting functions using Expect.
Supported Windows, Macintosh desktops and Linux and Windows servers.
CH2M Hill
Help Desk; Graphic Design
1990 to 1997
Worked in the IT department for large engineering firm at the helpdesk supporting Windows desktops and servers.
Migrated 300+ employee company email from MS Mail to Exchange.
Worked in the Graphic Design department creating report graphics, and other engineering design documents using Aldus Freehand.
Developed filing and time tracking system using Userland Frontier scripting environment.
Supported Macintosh users in the department.
Education
University of Washington Bachelor of Arts, 1993
Other Interests
Electric car conversion, Porche speedster kit car, Welding, Woodworking, Solar power, and other random tinkering.
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