Resume

Currently residing in the Greater Vancouver Area, British Columbia

EDUCATION

  • April 2002
    Bachelor of Arts, Political Science,
    Simon Fraser University,
    Burnaby, BC
    Concentration: politics and history of China, Canadian foreign policy and security policy

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • June 2009 - Present
    Proprietor
    Ethical Detergent, Vancouver, B.C.
    • Independent Drupal development and consulting
  • June 2010 - February 2011
    Drupal Developer
    OpenRoad Communications, Vancouver, B.C.
    • Drupal website building and Linux system administration
  • January 2008 - May 2009
    Community Support
    Raincity Studios, Vancouver, B.C.
    • Customer technical support via email, instant messaging, and phone
    • Documentation writing and forum support
    • Installation and configuration of websites powered by Drupal
    • Internal support following a development and ticketing process
  • September 2004 - December 2007
    Community Support
    Bryght, Vancouver, B.C.
    • Customer technical support via email, instant messaging, and phone
    • Documentation writing and forum support
    • Installation and configuration of websites powered by Drupal
    • Internal support following a development and ticketing process
  • August 2000 - September 2004
    Page / Circulation Assistant
    Port Moody Public Library, Port Moody, B.C.
    • As library page: shelve books, perform sweeps and assist with other miscellaneous tasks
    • As circulation assistant: utilize Dynix to check out books for patrons, check in and sort books to go back on shelves and register new library members
  • January 2003 - June 2003
    Teachers' Assistant
    New School @ Surrey [background paper by Lee Weinstein], Surrey, B.C.
    • Instructed at-risk youth in digital camera techniques and photo manipulation with Photoshop
    • Aided students with their Internet-based research projects
    • Provided on-site technical support to teachers and school-board staff
  • Summer 2001

    Internet Trainer
    Port Moody Public Library, Port Moody, B.C.

    • Created lesson plan for instruction about the Internet
    • Designed and updated flyers, pamphlets and posters for Internet instruction
    • Instructed Internet on group and one-on-one basis
  • Summer 1999
    Internet Trainer
    Port Moody Public Library, Port Moody, B.C.
    • Created lesson plan for instruction about the Internet
    • Designed online Internet tutorial for library patrons
      (no longer online)
    • Instructed Internet on group and one-on-one basis
  • Summer 1998
    Internet Trainer
    Vancouver Island Regional Library, Courtenay, B.C.
    • One-on-one instruction about the Internet
    • Tailored lesson plan to different computer skill levels

INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

  • December 2000 - Present
    Just a Gwai Lo
    • Personal weblog covering all my interests.
    • Writing
  • July 2001 - Present
    Personal Website
    • Travel and photo journals of China in 2000
    • Concept, design and writing
    • Valid XHTML and CSS
  • Dec 2001 - June 2004
    Vancouver Webloggers
    • Collaborative weblog with participants from the Greater Vancouver Area
    • Concept and design, with occasional writing
    • Sidebar 'tagboard' programmed using PHP and MySQL
  • May 2002 - October 2004
    China Weblog - replaced by Watching China
    • Weblog featuring analysis of current events relating to the People's Republic of China
    • Concept, design and writing, as well as researching links to other resources
  • April 2002 - March 2005
    MovableBlog
    • Weblog covering various aspects of Internet technology
    • Design, writing, aspects programmed in PHP
    • Valid XHTML and CSS
  • July 2003 - Present
    improvident lackwit
    • Weblog relating The Simpsons to current events
    • Concept, design, and writing
  • November 2003 - Present
    eriksson.ca
    • Family website
  • April 2004 - Summer 2008
    Urban Vancouver
    • Source for news about Vancouver, B.C., events listings, forums, and Vancouver-area weblogs
    • Writing, photography, and administration