Verifiable compute
dtrmn.io
Original research in computer arithmetic, licensed as RTL. Patents allowed. Additional filings pending.
RTLVerilogComputer arithmetic
Franchise management platform
franchise.press
A general-purpose franchise management platform on WordPress: one install can run an entire network, with a dedicated SEO-optimized site and geocoded store locator per location and franchisee-controlled content. Now in its second generation, readying its first deployment. A product of DTRMN LLC.
WordPressPHPStore locatorSEO
Analytics archive and GA4 migration
Pakmail.com
Archived the Universal Analytics record and implemented Google Analytics 4 in its place.
PythonJSONAI
Four-carrier package tracking
PostalAnnex.com
Added DHL to the custom Drupal package tracker: four carriers, one interface, tracked without leaving the branded site.
DrupalPHPXMLJavaScript
Label and confirmation integration
PostalAnnex.com
Integrated the backend shipping label and email confirmation system with the package tracker. Labels and emails link to in-site tracking with the tracking number autofilled.
DrupalPHPJavaScript
B.S., Information Technology
Capella University
Specialization in Software Architecture, cum laude.
Responsive theme
PostalAnnex.com
Responsive Drupal theme, eliminating the need for a separate mobile site.
DrupalPHPJavaScript
Package tracking module
PostalAnnex.com
Custom Drupal module implementing the FedEx, UPS, and USPS APIs under a single interface. Portable; also deployed on AIMMailCenters.com.
FedEx APIDrupalPHPXML
e-commerce / EDI integration
La Crosse Technology Store
Custom Magento e-commerce implementation with EDI integration into the enterprise backend for order fulfillment, shipping label printing, inventory and accounting.
MagentoEDISOAP
Weather Direct · La Crosse Alerts
La Crosse Technology
Weather Direct shipped in 2008 as, by the company’s own account, the world’s first internet-powered personal weather system: connected hardware, the hosted service behind it, and the recurring subscription that paid for it. A full year before the first iPad, five years before anyone in the building said Internet of Things. La Crosse Alerts followed in 2013.
Connected hardwareSubscription platformInternet of Things
Enterprise CRM Integration
La Crosse Technology
SOAP web services connecting website customer support forms to the Microsoft Dynamics enterprise CRM system. Eliminated the emails and manual case entry; response times improved.
PHPSOAP
Distributed Compute
La Crosse Technology
Interactive point-of-sale and instructional videos, online and at national retailers: Home Depot, Best Buy, Walmart. Built a render farm for 3D frames: distributed compute, bottlenecks, and managing corrupted frames arriving from random nodes primed me for thinking about the challenged of managing compute at scale.
Distributed Computing3ds MaxMental RayFlashAfter EffectsVegas Video
First webmaster, UW System
wisconsin.edu
The first webmaster the UW System administration ever hired, starting late 1998. Negotiated the wisconsin.edu domain away from Learning Innovations, built the first full version of the flagship site and the first system-wide content management system, and moved the administrative record off print. Helped coordinate the first Wisconsin Economic Summit, filmed it on MiniDV, and published play-by-play coverage to wisconsin.edu.
HTMLCSSJavaScript
Paper to digital
OmniPress
Document digitization at production scale: thousands of pages scanned, compiled, made searchable, and shipped online, on CD, and on DVD. Produced the Dodge Ram body shop repair guide in Macromedia Director.
HTMLAcrobatMacromedia Director
New Vision Vinyl Lettering and Graphics
First business
Founded a vinyl sign company: semi trailers, banners, plywood signs, vehicle lettering, magnetics, window and door graphics. Clients ran from the US Marine Corps to Taco John’s. Built the shop’s website, the start of serious web coding.
CorelDRAWGerber GS-15
Supercomputer substrate
Isola Laminate Systems
A temp job in the clean room, laying down copper and fiber-resin sheets: PCB substrate for Cray supercomputer motherboards. Also the plate scrubber after pressing, and the forklift.
Graphing calculator
Onalaska High School Math Department
An independent study with the high school computer department, senior year: wrote a graphing calculator, used as a teaching aid in the algebra courses for several years.
Turbo Pascal
Modula-2 on UNIX
UW-La Crosse
Attended university courses for college credit while still in high school. Worked in a UNIX environment; a game-changer.
Modula-2UNIX
Generative art
First program: a generative art hack that started from the Apple IIe bouncing ball tutorial.
Apple BASIC