Experience:

September 2001 - Present: Various articles published on the O'Reilly Network, including features on DHTML, Apache, and other web technologies.

December 2001: Co-authored "Designing with JavaScript,"published by O'Reilly & Associates.

July 2001: Wrote two chapters of "Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" by Jennifer Neiderst (O'Reilly & Associates, 2001) on JavaScript and Dynamic HTML.

September 2000 - September 2001: Web & Information Designer, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Responsibilities included the design and information architecture of Safari Tech Books Online, a joint venture between O'Reilly and Pearson Education, using CSS, HTML, and XML; the design of the company intranet, using CVS, CSS, and HTML; and numerous other design, research and marketing projects using Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, JavaScript, Perl and CGI.

Spring 1995 - Summer 2000: Various freelance projects and web sites; for portfolio samples and URLs, please write billpena@yahoo.com.

June 1998 - September 1999: Online Creative Designer, Chaffee & Partners. Responsibilities included site design for all new clients, information structure, e-commerce site architecture and Flash animation.

Spring 1998: Student Manager, Student Consulting Program. Responsibilities included computer cluster maintenance, troubleshooting, networking, and managing a team of approx. 20 tech support personnel.

1997 - 1998: Computer Consultant, Student Consulting Program, Center for Information Technology, Brown University - technical support in PC, Macintosh and mainframe platforms and networking for students, faculty and staff.

Education:

Spring 2000: Honors Thesis - Hypercubes: A Biography - which premiered April 20th. Hypercubes is a multimedia gallery installation using Macromedia Flash, Adobe Premiere, VHS and sound visualization software, based on an original hypertext novella released on the Internet.

Spring 1999: Undergraduate Teaching Research Assistantship (UTRA) grant awarded for teaching assistantship in Advanced Electronic Composition (EL111) with Robert Coover, T.B. Stowell Professor of English .

Summer 1998: Undergraduate Teaching Research Assistantship (UTRA) grant awarded for interactive installation involving motion and proximity sensors based on MAX and iCube, video editing in Media100 , Adobe Premiere, and After Effects, and Director Lingo scripting.

1995-2000: Brown University BA major in "Digital Arts and Media" (interdisciplinary independent major in media studies, computer/information science and fine arts).

1992-1995: Phillips Academy, Andover : high school; graduated with honors.

Skills:

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Web/Programming Languages: HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, JavaScript, XML, Perl, CGI, Java

Operating Systems: Windows 95-98, NT, 2000, XP; MacOS 7 through X; Linux, Solaris

Applications:

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and After Affects
• Macromedia Flash, Director, Fireworks, Dreamweaver
• MPEG, Quicktime, RealMedia, and Windows Media production
• Avid, SoundEdit16, Media100, and other media authoring environments 
• Apache, SSH, CVS, Samba, VPN and other network servers under Linux

Technical Skills: Object-oriented programming; Windows, MacOS and Unix networking; web server administration; PC hardware installation and repair; systems administration.

Special Accomplishments:

1998-Present: Papers, fiction and essays on digital culture included in the syllabi of various college hypertext courses, including at Brown University, the University of Calgary, Virginia Commonwealth University, National University, and the University of Louisville.

Fall 1999 - Spring 2000: Resource Artist sponsorship awarded by Brown University for honors thesis, Hypercubes: A Biography.

1995-1997: Baritone Soloist and asst. conductor in University chorus; soloist in concert tours to locales including Portugal, Spain, France, Puerto Rico, California, and New York.