Daniel McGauley

EXPERIENCE

MOTOROLA, INC. - GSM GROUP (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL), February 1997 to present
Full Time Contractor for the GSM division of the Cellular Infrastructure Group
Helped restructure entire development process of GSM digital communications systems by creating a cross platform database for developers, managers, and marketing personnel to organize the development, testing and release of their software and hardware. All programming for the GSM group had to conform to the strict guidelines of the SEI 3.0 standards.

MOTOROLA, INC - WNSG GROUP. (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL), November 1996 to February 1997
Full Time Contractor for the SESD division of the Cellular Infrastructure Group
Created the SESD internal and external Web site to help promote their cellular planning software. Single-handedly created all aspects of their site including content, HTML, data conversions, graphic design, layout, and CGI-scripts.

GIRL GAMES INC. (AUSTIN, TX), October 1996 to present
Freelance CGI and Server Administrative Programmer
Programmed all backend server scripts for Girl Games, Inc. and their subsidiary, Planet Girl . Girl Games designs software aimed at helping 5-18 year girls to better understand multimedia and the internet. Some of the work for them included a dynamic puzzle solving system, a dynamic post card system, a comprehensive chat system, and a questionnaire forum. Some of the work done for Girl Games, Inc. has made it into such publications as Time Magazine, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.

SWIETER DESIGN (DALLAS, TX), January 1997 to April 1997
Freelance CGI Programmer / New Technology Consultant
Programmed their back-end CGI scripts and I was a consultant for their high-end clients including American Airlines, Fox Sports, and The Image Bank.

OUTER LIMIT SOFTWARE (AUSTIN, TX), September 1996 to January 1997
Freelance CGI and Server Administrative Programmer
Created and maintained all CGI and server administrative scripts for Outer Limit Software. Jobs ranged from setting up a real-time credit card processing system to developing a versatile shopping cart system.

ASTROWERKS (DALLAS, TX), January 1996 to March 1997
Freelance CGI / HTML Programmer
Wrote and maintained all CGI scripts for Astrowerks and their clients, which included work for Texas Instruments, Ugly Mustard (the band), and Jack Tar Beach Resorts.

RJ KOLAR (AUSTIN, TX), May 1997
Freelance CGI / HTML Programmer
I assisted in a bid with RJ Kolar for the Pharmaco PPD account, and I continue to be a consultant for their Web projects.

NETCREATIONS (NY, NY), February 1997
Freelance CGI Programmer and System Administrator
I assisted with some of Netcreations more difficult system administration and CGI scripting problems that could not be handled in house. This included a Web server notifier that warned the administration if the Web server went down, and it automatically rebooted their system for them.

FORMAN INTERACTIVE (NY, NY), March 1996 to October 1996
Internet Programmer
Created and designed an independent project called Internet Creator which gives small to medium sized businesses the ability to create and maintain their own web sites, complete with shopping cart scripts and other advanced features. The product is unique in that it was the first fully functional application designed as a Web page, thereby allowing all platforms the ability to use the product. There is a version of the product available in most computer stores for Windows computers only. However, there is no need to download my program in order to be used. Instead, the program "resides" at a Web address thereby allowing people on all platforms the ability to use the program. The actual program is a combination of HTML, PERL, C, and JavaScript, all working together to create a full working application. As part of the creation of this software, I helped run a weeklong booth at PC-Expo in Manhattan where I interacted with thousands of people and ran non-stop demonstrations of my software.

NET PAGE, INC. (ROUND ROCK, TX), September 1995 to March 1996
Web Page / Internet Programmer
Designed all of Net Page's Web pages and performed a wide variety of functions for Net Page, including graphic design, HTML coding, CGI scripting, JAVA programming, VRML coding, and client relations.

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT - THE DIG (AUSTIN, TX), July 1995 to August 1995
Special Effects Artist / Designer
Designed all of the special effects makeup for Larry Appleby's feature film, The Dig. These effects included several gunshot wounds and corpse effects.

SOVEREIGN PICTURES - GUINEA MEN (AUSTIN, TX), February 1995 until July 1995
Special Effects Artist / Designer
Designed all the special effects for Tom LeGros' Guinea Men. These effects included foam and liquid latex applications, aging, open body cavities, special effect stunts and other daily special effects.

EDUCATION

I have a B.S. in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin. I graduated from the department of Radio/Television/Film with a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.57 on a 4.0 scale. Additionally, I have a strong educational background in mathematics, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and computer science, and I am currently returning to school to finish both a Math and Computer Science degree. I am also a member of the University of Texas Advanced Communications and Technologies Laboratory (ACTlab). I try to always enhance my programming/computer skills and to this date have several certificates from the Waite Group’s Online Ezone including, Java 1.1, Perl 5, Office 97, and Photoshop 4.0.

LANGUAGES / SKILLS

HTML 3.2	VRML / VRML 2.0	SERVER SIDE INCLUDES
PERL [including MacPerl and Perl for Win32]	SOCKETS (including HTTP,SMTP, FTP, and NNTP protocols)	WEB*FM / FileMaker Pro / FileMaker Pro Script / WebStar
PERL5 [certified by Waite Group]	GRAPHIC DESIGN [photoshop 4.0 certified by Waite Group]	Audio/Video [including streaming]
CGI	CSH / TCSH	Visual C++ 4.0
APPLESCRIPT	JAVASCRIPT (all versions)	C / C++ (not seeking work as a C++ programmer though)
JAVA 1.02/1.1 [certified by Waite Group]	NETWORKING PCs	Softwindows95 for Mac and Solaris for Win32

INTERESTS

In between the learning of new languages that seem to come out of the Internet every week, I also enjoy special effects makeup, mountaineering, De Loreans, disc golf, guitar playing,