Devin L. Vagt                                                                                                                      (415) 282-6145
devin@tiki-lounge.com
 
 

   Objective:

            Part time or full time technical and creative internet consulting in the bay area.
 

   Related Work:

           Build Engineer October 2000 - February 2001
            Alexa Internet Building 37, Presidio, SF, CA. http://www.alexa.com
        Alexa internet maintains a large, search-engine-like web database, and as the build engineer I was
        responsible for maintenance, fixing any problem that came up, as well as changing code which constituted
        the core functionality of the company.  I also created software tools as needed for the other departments.
 
        Editorial Assistant, Researcher, Data miner   August 1998 - April 2000
        Alexa Internet  Building 37, Presidio, SF, CA. http://www.alexa.com
        As an editorial assistant I spent most of my time querying large data files for particular records relating
        to dates, times, URL's, names, etc., for purposes of fact checking and quality control.  In addition, I
        evaulated the quality and overall utility of the service by sampling the accuracy of the database and
        aggregating the data into meaningful generalizations and trends.  I often worked with user services in
        a technical support capacity.  Lastly, I created and maintained intranet sites for my department.
  
        Motion capture suit design and prototyping Summer 1997
            Analogus inc. 24 Shotwell street, SF, CA.
        At Analogus, I worked with a small team of technicians and designers to create working prototypes
        for a motion-capture apparatus. My time at Analogus was divided between steel and acrylic
        fabrication, electrical wiring installation and troubleshooting, and drafting technical drawings for new
        designs.

           Production Artist Summer 1996
            Protozoa, inc. 2727 Mariposa street, SF, CA. http://www.protozoa.com
        At Protozoa, I designed levels for 3d video game that was unique in that it was essentially nonviolent.
        This proved to be an enormous challenge.  My work involved bringing together the work of the 3d
        artists with that of the engineers, and fashioning from them something which would prove to be fun or,
        at the very least, interesting.

    Education:

            B.A. Magna cum laude in industrial art, interdisciplinary, SFSU 1999
            Two years at UC Santa Cruz studying art & film 1993-95
            Summer Session at Sonoma State University studying Lasers & holography 1989
            Ongoing seminars by Lee H. Vagt, D.C. on measuring twice, cutting once
 

    Experience:

            HTML, DHTML, CSS, Javascript, UNIX, Perl, Win 98, Win 2000
            Film production + Video production, digital and traditional photography

               All sorts of references are available upon request. In addition, you may peruse my website at:
           http://tiki-lounge.com/~devinv/ if you want to see a bit more about what I do with my free time.