Produced Emmy Award Winning Enhanced TV Application, Celebrity Mole, Yucatan

Brett Webb E-mail: [email protected]

Achievements

 Co-founder of World Wide Web site featured in Newsweek, Scientific American, Wired, Washington Post and many other notable publications  Produced Emmy Award Winning Enhanced TV Application, “Celebrity Mole, Yucatan”  Web site named as finalist of GNN's Best of the Net  Speaker and Panelist at various events, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “Altoids: Curiously Strong Street Artist”, and “The Southern California Conference on Technology, Employment & Community” at California State University of Los Angeles 

Experience

Technology Instructor School of Visual Arts, January 2005-Present  Taught technology workshops to MFA students  Consulted students on their Master’s Thesis

Freelance Technologist Ongoing Recent clients include:  SEIU Local 32BJ, I have been consulting with the largest Local union in New York City on their website  Funny Garbage, continue to act as Technology Director on a number of projects, as needed. Still involved in pitch processes of technology heavy projects  Deitch Projects, developed PHP/mySQL site and custom CMS for one of New York’s premiere art galleries  Riot Media, played role of Information Architect on the site for this new tween media company  Cathy Nolan, developed PHP e-card application for the illustrator Cathy Nolan  John Wieland Homes, Tech Lead for converting client surveys to a fully online experience, including large custom reporting requirements

Technology Director Funny Garbage, March 2003-November 2004  Involved in business development, scoping, requirements gathering, information architecture, client management, design, development, testing, delivery and maintenance for this top, creative driven interactive design studio  Created budgets, maintained project schedules, dealt with resource allocations and planning  Played many different roles within many different team structures, including System Architect, Producer/Project Manager, Creative Lead, Developer Selected Projects: Disney ITV, The N Website, Lego Clikits Website, Bloomberg.com Corporate Website, School of Visual Arts Website, ABC Celebrity Mole ITV Game (2004 Emmy Award Winner)

Co-Owner Wild Art Media, 1997-Present  Developed custom Online Store and CRM application for mail order business  Managed mail order business, including importing goods, inventory management, customer service, product development  Created a company that helps artists and art organizations take advantage of the Internet  Consult with artists in getting their portfolios or websites online

Assistant Curator Art Crimes, World Wide Web Site, September 1994-Present http://www.graffiti.org  Designed user interface with eye toward scalability and maintenance  Authored HTML code with an standards  Handled public relations, including conducting and giving interviews, speaking engagements  Created content, including articles, photos, FAQ, interviews, and other digitized content

Tech Lead Funny Garbage, November 1999-March 2003  Worked with Designers, Producers and System Architects to realize project goals on time and under budget  Created HTML coding standards and naming conventions  Played many different roles within many different team structures, including System Architect, Producer, Creative Lead, Developer Selected Projects: IFCtv.com, IFC ITV Channel, Knoll.com, Cartoon Network Website, BMG Corporate Management System (various sites), Cablevision VOD Menu system

Manager of Internet Applications and Imaging SCT/Mercy College, March 1998-November 1999

Interim Director of Distance Learning SCT/Mercy College, November 1998-February 1999

Assistant Director Communications, Admission and Financial Aid-USC, June 1996-March 1998

Systems Analyst Information Systems-USC, September 1990-June 1996

Computer Operator Information Systems-USC, September 1990-December 1995

Other Experience

Trunk, Ltd., 2003-2004 http://www.trunkltd.com/  Developed PHP/mySQL site and custom CMS for a clothing company.  Consulted and developed plan for future E-Commerce development and integration

University of Southern California Alumni Association Web site, 1998  Designed site, including user interface design, editing copy, and teaching client about updating procedures

Selected Technologies/Applications: PHP, mySQL, PostgreSQL, Smarty, PEAR, HTML, Dreamweaver, MS Project, Photoshop, Illustrator, javaScript, FTP, Telnet, Emacs, Pico, DeBabelizer, CGI, Access. Familiar with: ASP, .NET, JAVA, C, C++, tcl, PL/SQL, UML, XML, XSLT, Data warehousing, security, scripting, database and programming concepts and tradeoffs.

Education University of Southern California Three years completed toward Bachelor of Science in Computer Science