Greg Rushton

• 15 Shirley Terrace, Randolph, MA 02368
• 781 710 1876
• gregory_rushton at uml.edu

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Experienced in Perl, JSP, Java Servlets, CSS, XHTML, ColdFusion, JavaScript, SQL, PHP, MySQL, XML/XSL
• Have worked with Weblogic, Oracle, Struts, Hibernate, Photoshop

Current Experience

Web Developer (2/2001–Present) Pearson Education/Prentice Hall, Needham, MA

• Performed the role of lead in-house developer working with a vendor-built J2EE Weblogic/Oracle application.
  Prentice Hall Successnet
  Scott Foresman Successnet
• Worked on miscellaneous Perl and Cold-Fusion applications for Prentice Hall's public web site.
  Prentice Hall School

Previous Experience

Instructor (1/99–present)

University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
Instructor for online courses. I have taught two years of Introduction to Javascript and four years of Introduction to Perl. Responsibilities include maintaining and updating class content, managing student submissions, providing timely and constructive feedback, maintaining a strong level of communication amongst students, and finally, dedication to their academic growth.

• UMass Lowell Online

New Media Producer (4/98–8/00)

Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston, MA
Worked on the implementation of Sametz designs for institutions such as Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Yale Molecular Biology Department, Radcliffe College, Joslin Diabetes Center, ACT Manufacturing, MIT Technology Review, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Projects involved the management of programming, scripting, and design professionals as well as the integration with outside vendors for database programming. Used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, ColdFusion, NetObjects Fusion, Dreamweaver, Homesite, IIS, Frontier, MySql on a regular basis.

• Sametz Blackstone Associates
• Millennium Pharmaceuticals
• Yale Molecular Biology Dept.
• Radcliffe
• Joslin Diabetes Clinic
• ACT Manufacturing
• MIT Tech Review
• Boston Symphony Orchestra

Project Manager (12/96–4/98)

University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
As a technical project manager, I created a departmental intranet, managed the scheduling and software upgrades of several computer labs, designed and implemented various web-based applications for department personnel and students, supervised student interns in the development of enhancements to the online education system, as well as maintaining a team of student assistants to maintain and update all of the office staff's computers.

• UMass Lowell Online

Sales Engineer (9/00–12/00)

Funk Software, Cambridge, MA
Pre– and post–sales technical support and implementation for Steel-Belted RADIUS. Generation of training materials for off-site client presentations. Use Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Oracle 8i, PL/SQL, Netscape Directory Server, LDAP technologies on Windows NT, W2K, and Sun Solaris platforms.

• Funk Software

Education

UMass Lowell

BS Civil Engineering, minor in American Literature (6/94)

UMass Lowell

Master's Education, specialized in Educational Administration and Technology in Schools (6/97)