Richard A.G. Esmonde
M.A, B.S.E.E., B.A
641 Central Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117
Telephone: 415 412 3669
Email: richard@richardesmonde.com
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IT Manager		( Jan '07 - Present )
( Archimedes Inc, 201 Mission Street, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 )
IT integration, management, web development and design:-
  • Responsible for IT infrastructure within Archimedes, its maintenance, support, project mgmt and integration
    • Applications
    • Client & Server Support
    • Email
    • Network
    • Phone
    • Web



Senior Web Integrator		( July '03 - Nov '06 )
( PGP Corporation, 3460 West Bayshore, Palo Alto, CA 94303 )
Reporting into the IS & T department. Developed and maintain corporate applications, specifically:-
  • Responsible for technical facets of all Marketing web pages and campaigns involving third party ASPs
  • Integration of PGP’s web site under auspices of Cascade Server (Content Mgmt System)
  • Setup and integration of Google Mini Search engine
  • Responsible for all PHP development integrating with SalesForce.com and DART ad service.
  • Create all Marketing email templates.
  • Analyze business needs, develop PRDs, create development proposals and scope projects
  • Responsible for all PHP development driven by Oracle and MySQL backend.
  • Propagation of leads into Salesforce CRM via cURL and PHP Salesforce API.
  • Responsible for 'single sign-on' within PGP - MyPGP.
  • Responsible for Wiki administration using Confluence and Jot.
  • Developed, adminstered and maintained Corporate Intranet
  • Update and Maintain the PGP Corporate Website
  • Update and Maintain the PGP Partner Portal
  • Introduced Vestris Search Engine to Corporate Web Site
  • Responsible for the setup and administration of Corporate eCampaigns (subscription based bulk email)
Richard Esmonde, Independent Contractor( Oct '02 - Jul '03 )
Richard Esmonde Web Design( May '99 - Oct '05 )



Web Developer		( Sept '99 - March '02 )
( ChemConnect Inc, 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94108 )
  • Java Proxies to Administer and render Chemical News on Internet Trading Floors.
  • Perl script to FTP third party site, download a file, unzip it, convert it to HTML and write this data to an Oracle database.
  • Java Proxy to render ChemConnect’s ExchangeWatch module.
  • Developed, tested and maintained environments for Corporate Portal on Development, QA and Production Solaris Servers.
  • Created all online documentation for Market News Portal.
  • Administered Epicentric Portal Server matrix beneath Market News Portal
  • Developed a client side JavaScript based Performance tool ( PerfTester ).
  • Designed and managed corporate IntraNet ( CGI via Perl, HTML, JavaScript )
  • Setup and administered Perl based chat room software, ( Ultimate Bulletin board )
  • Designed Front end UI for Chemical Industry News Portal, Market News ( formerly My ChemConnect ).
  • Developed Training Demo's for Sales Force in HTML and JavaScript.
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Systems Integrator( June '95 - March '99 )
( Applied Materials, Corporate IS & T Desktop & Server Division, 3105 Kifer Road, Santa Clara, CA 95051 )
  • Designed and Managed a Microsoft client-server Applications and Standardization Test Lab to mimic the Production environment.
  • Managed contractors ( NT Server Administrators ) and hardware vendors for Rack Mount Servers, Filers, RAID Storage solutions.
  • Managed NT Server Consolidation within North America to reduce total cost of ownership.
  • Managed Corporate NT Server Standards (vendor selection, configuration, backup and administration guidelines).
  • Managed the setup and administration of divisional Master File server accommodating 600 users.
  • Managed the setup and configuration of a Y2K test environment.
  • Managed the acquisition of all Compaq/Dell NT server hardware.
  • Consultant for the integration of NT client server projects within corporate IS & T headquarters.
  • Authored proposals for Clustering, Terminal Server and Hierarchical Server Management.
  • Authored proposals for backend storage, ( i.e. how to cope with terabyteís ).
  • Resolved network connectivity problems ( lost packets ) across WAN
  • Set up and managed an applications support helpdesk.
  • Authored Test Procedures and troubleshooting documentation for 'in-house' Software Applications.
  • QA of Engineering Change Order ( ECO ), Customer Engineering Specials ( CES ) and Data Warehouse apps.
  • Database administrator for ECO and CES apps and Novell 4.x Server Administrator.
  • Trained technical support personnel in apps. support.
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R&D Engineer( June '94 - March '95 )
( Telegen Corporation, 353 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, CA 94404 )
  • Analysis and development of an Automatic Carrier Selection device.
  • Product Test supervision at Alpha and Beta stages.
  • Characterization of possible failure modes by board level analysis.
  • Schematic validation of CAD plots.
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Product Engineer ( Contract )( Sept '93 - June '94 )
( Sandisk Corporation, 140 Caspian Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 )
  • Memory module failure analysis and yield enhancement through defect management.
  • System level troubleshooting of RMA-ed Flash EEPROM memory cards in a DOS environment.
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Education
San Francisco State University( Aug '06 - Present )
  • Masters in Industrial Design with an emphasis on Product Design.
University of Dublin, a.k.a. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.( Oct '87 - May '92 )
  • Masters and Bachelors in Mathematics.
  • Bachelors in Microelectronic and Electrical Engineering.
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Skills
Languages:HTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, XML, PHP, SQL.
Database:Oracle, MySQL.
Web Servers:Apache 1.3.x/2.x.
Containers:Tomcat.
Op. Systems:FreeBSD, Red Hat Linux, MS XP/NT/2000, Mac OS 7 - 10.
Collaborative Software:MediaWiki, Confluence, JIRA, Subversion, Bugzilla.
Graphics:Photoshop, Image Ready.
Protocols:TCP/IP for NT ( certified ).
Hardware:Internal components of Intel based platforms, Rack Mount Servers and Apple computers.
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Familiarity
Languages:ActionScript, Perl, JSP, Java.
Database:Ingres.
Web Servers:MS IIS.
Containers:JBoss, WebLogic.
Op. Systems:Solaris.
Collaborative Software:Jotspot, WordPress, Perforce, CVS.
Graphics:Flash MX, Illustrator.
Protocols:NetBEUI, IPX/SPX.