Citizen

Citizen
Citizen

Citizen is our primary website ninja, ready to help you build your own website, and can fix things when they break. Citizen has been a freelance web designer and IT professional for over ten years and has worked on websites of all sizes. Citizen has previously worked as a Linux Technical Server Analyst repairing countless websites.

Citizen is also an awarded photographer thats been published in New York Times, Boston Globe, Village Voice, and Wall Street Journal. Besides offering just websites Citizen can provide stunning photography.

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Work Experience

Web Developer, Head Ninja

Cosmic Threads
(2/2014-Present)

Linux Technical Analyst

cPanel, Inc
(5/2012-8/2014)
  • Maintained an average client feedback of 9.5+/10
  • Performed maintenance on the cPanel LAMP stack on high traffic webservers with up to 80k domains
  • Wrote Bash script that monitored server health providing feedback through the prompt during maintenance
  • Employee of the month July 2014

Freelance IT Contractor & Photography

Citizen Photography
(6/2009-6/2012)
  • Provided system administration, networking and VPN solutions for branch & central offices.
  • Provided photography for large corporate events, weddings, and event photography.

Field Director, Photographer, & Videographer

Karen Montgomery Campaign for Maryland State Senate
(7/2010-10/2010)
  • Directed field operations of the Karen Montgomery for State Senate campaign
  • Managed, shot & edited eight videos in the final two weeks of the campaign and Campaign Photographer

Executive General Coordinator and Co-Founder

Sedazad
(4/2009-9/2009)

Sedazad was an group of individuals committed to fighting censorship

Web & Graphic Designer, Linux/cPanel SysAdmin

Villas by Linda Smith
(5/2009-3/2010)
  • Led web design team & created advertisements for publication

Photojournalism Intern

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
(2007)
  • Photographed live action Festival events in varying light situations.
  • Produced prints and digital images for promotion, publication and marketing
  • Edited and catalogued all images into archive.

General Coordinator, Security Coordinator, Safety Coordinator

Common Ground Collective
(2006)

Volunteered in number of capacities to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina

Photography Intern

Skip Brown Photography
(2005)
  • Assisted nationally recognized outdoor action sports and travel photographer
  • Work included assistance with indoor and outdoor photo shoots, Editing, and cataloging.

Assistant to the Coordinator for World Wide Web Activities

NASA Goddard Flight Space Center
(2004)
Accomplishments and Skills
Computer Skills
  • Expert in Adobe Master Collection, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere and more.
  • Linux and Unix systems and administration; Highly skilled in Windows & Macintosh OS X
  • Linux skills include MySQL, Perl&Bash scripting, Apache, Networking, Gen. Services, and overall Linux Kung-Fu
  • New Media skills including PHP, HTML, CSS, Drupal, WordPress, theme dev,Responsive Design, and more
  • Five Cisco certifications: CCENT, CCDA, CCNA, CCNA Security, CCNA Wireless
Photographs Published in the Following Publications
  • New York Times
  • CurtainUp Magazine
  • New York Social Diary
  • Boston Globe
  • Village Voice
  • Wall Street Journal
  • 15 Minute Magazine
  • Salisbury Daily Times
  • Berkshire Eagle
Graphic Design Published in the Following Publications
  • New York Times
  • New York Resident
  • Condé Nast UK
  • Caribbean Travel & Life
  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • Harvard Magazine
  • Princeton Alumni Weekly
  • The Pennsylvania Gazette
  • Cornell Alumni Magazine
  • Islands Magazine
  • Rob Report Collection