Curriculum Vitae for Alexander Shusta

I'm currently working with enterprise grade content management systems on a project that spans multiple departments. In the future I'd like to move from implementing solutions to a role that allows me to creatively build completely original applications.


Current Projects

  • Web Content Management System Upgrade and Migration using Microsoft Office Server 2007
  • Creation of a reusable set of templates and supporting business logic for UCSC units to utilize in site creation
  • Server virtualization environment testing / proving lead
  • Identity and Rights management project team member for the UCSC Office of the Chancellor

Recent Completed Projects

  • Web Content Management System Implementation and Customization using Microsoft Content Management Server 2003 for the UCSC Office of Planning & Budget
  • Interactive Departmental Report Generation Tool for the UCSC Office of Institutional Reseach & Policy Studies
  • Information Architecture design and implementation for the UCSC Office of Planning & Budget

Technologies I Know & Love

Programming Languages
  • C# and the .Net Framework
  • Java
  • C in the Unix (POSIX compliant) environment
  • Javascript
  • PHP
Databases
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL Database Engine
Markup Languages
  • X/HTML
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML)
  • XSL Transformations (XSLT)
Operating Systems
  • Microsoft Windows 98, XP, Server
  • Unix-like systems (Debian Linux, Ubuntu, Solaris)
Web Servers
  • Microsoft IIS with ASP and ASP.Net
  • Apache with PHP, Ruby, and CGI extensions

Educational Background

  • B.S. Information Systems Management, University of California at Santa Cruz

Employment History

  • 2005 - Present: Programmer / Analyst (I and II), University of California at Santa Cruz
  • 2003 - 05: Freelance Web Designer, clients included NOAA, the Page & Eloise Smith Society, and UCSC Services for Transfer & Re-Entry Students
  • 2004: Cashier, City of Santa Cruz at Harvey West Park
  • Summer 2003: Intern / Associate, Migros Supermarket, Basel Switzerland
  • 2001 - 03: Warehouse Processor, Cheap Thrills Records, San Luis Obispo
  • 2000 - 01: Cash Auditor, Mervyn's California
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