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Scott M. Tann
328 N. State Street Westerville, OH 43082
(614) 899-2908

Programming Expertise

  • Programmer since 1991, web application developer since 1998
  • PHP (incl. Zend, CodeIgniter, Cake), Ruby (incl. Rails), XML, SOAP/Web services, some Perl
  • AJAX, Javascript (jQuery, Prototype/Scriptaculous), HTML, CSS, Apache/LightTPD
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MSSQL, 4th Dimension; Magento, X-Cart; Wireshark, SNMP; Visio & Office
  • Version control: Git, Subversion, CVS
  • Advanced shell scripting: Bash, PowerShell

Traditional and internet telephony

  • SIP client configuration, operation, and troubleshooting, Asterisk IP PBXs, Class 5 softswitches, MUXes, session border controllers, voicemail servers
  • Layer 3 switching, QoS/DSCP, SIP trunking, circuit emulation, TDMoIP, subnetting, vLANs, WiMAX

Operating systems

  • Unix/FreeBSD, Linux (Red Hat, Cent OS, Ubuntu), Solaris 10, Macintosh OS X
  • Windows Server/XP/Vista/7

Freelance technical writer and journalist

Fluent in French, some Spanish, German, and Russian


Current Projects

Cincinnati Bell Technical Solutions, Cincinnati, OH, March 2011 - present
Senior Application Developer, subcontractor to General Electric

Refactored "Touchless Build" for General Electric, a Zend application that allows users to initiate virtual server builds

Migrated "Touchless Build" to DynamicOps; wrote shell scripts for new workflows

Added reporting functions to "Tiered Security" Network Segregation Application, a PHP/Zend packet analysis application

Channeltivia, Fremont, CA, March 2010 - present
CTO & Chief Data Architect

ChannelShark offers campaign management and "Channel as a Service" functionality to IT vendors, distributors, and VARs

Digital Pottery, Westerville, OH, October 2001 - present
President

Firm specializing in web development, VoIP consulting, technical writing, and app development for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

Previous Projects/Positions

Resource Interactive, Columbus, OH, February 2011
Promedia Ohio, Columbus, OH, Periodically from July 2009 - present
Tracer Media, Columbus, OH, June - September 2010
Welspun USA, Columbus, OH, July - August 2010
Health Compliance Associates, Columbus, OH, September 2009 - February 2010
Quest Software, Columbus, OH, July 2009 - August 2009
383 Inc, Columbus, OH, August 2008 - May 2009
ValTech Communications, Reynoldsburg, OH, July 2005 - August 2008


Education

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, September 1987 - June 1991

  • Bachelor of Arts, graduated cum laude
  • Columnist, Daily Pennsylvanian; Prose editor, Penn Review
  • Varsity Track


Columbus Academy, Gahanna, OH, September 1983 - June 1987

  • Graduated in First Quintile, with honors
  • Varsity Soccer & Track