As of 2023, I have accepted a position with Akixi Ltd. as a Business Support Analyst, and am no longer accepting job offers.

 

In my time at Apple (2012-2022), I worked in both product support outreach and back-end administration (via Sprinklr), to ensure our customers’ messages got to the right place. I created, tested, and implemented rule sets for inbound tasks from multiple platforms, while balancing my existing workload and addressing the troubleshooting needs of my team. Additionally, I documented the procedures for updating, expanding, and maintaining these functions. Furthermore I collaborated in the development of our task management interface, provided UI and functionality feedback directly to the development team and tested new builds as they were released.

 

Outside of my professional career, I’ve worked to manage metadata and handle user tickets for the TheTVDB, offering direction and insight toward the end goal of providing the most accurate information possible to hundreds of applications and tens of thousands of end users worldwide. My passions include system/network maintenance, cataloging digital media, and solving unexpected technical mysteries that arise at 2AM.

 

From a young age, I taught myself to work with countless computer interfaces, modify compiled applications and games via hex editors, and solve minor technical problems with unreasonable urgency. My first serious website ran on an Apache web-server via a static dial-up IP address in 1998. By 1999 I purchased minimal web-hosting from a small-time provider, and subsequently created a miniature social network for my group of local and internet friends (years before such a platform would become popular in mainstream culture). I once wrote the obfuscation code for our PHP authentication system in a composition notebook during school hours, and implemented it by 4PM that day. My users would find ways to bypass and exploit the posting/login systems, and I would patch them before sunrise.

 

None of my education is formal, and a ton of my experience is abstract or from the sidelines, but my heart and soul go into every project I touch. It is my belief that you will want your project to be my next technical obsession.

 

Career

 

(2023)

Product Support Analyst
Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
Akixi Product Support
Akixi Internal Support


Business Support Analyst
Apr 2023 - Current

Apple Inc. (2012-2022)

Social Media Specialist
Oct 2015 - Jun 2022
Social Response Tier 2 Support

Sprinklr Admin
Feb 2017 - Jun 2020
Social Response Sprinklr Admin

Applecare Senior Advisor
Jul 2012 - Jun 2022
Apple Maps Verification
Apple Account Security
Apple Media Support
Beats Tier 2 Support
iOS/Mac Tier 2 Support

J2 Promotions (2006-2012)

System Admin
Data Migration & Recovery
Network Administration
System Maintainance

Graphic Designer
Graphic Art Creation
Photo Editing & Retouching
Vector Logo Reproduction

Printing & Production
Desktop Publishing
Dye Sublimation
Screen Printing
Spiral/Thermal Binding

CallTech (2004-2006)

Level 2 Technical Support Specialist (Verizon)
Cross-platform Internet Technical Support
Issue Isolation & Resolution

Sasco Specialty Advertising (2001-2003)

Graphic Designer
Engraving
Graphic Design
On-site Installation of Signage
Print Layout Production
Vinyl Plotting & Vector Conversion

Designs and Artwork
 
LOGOS
Various logos created over the years for websites and projects. The quality of these varies.
 

 

32X32 PIXEL ART (16 COLORS)
Scaled to 160x160 with no interpolation. xBRZ 5x upscaling on mouseover.


 
32X32 TILEABLE PIXEL ART (16 COLORS)
Scaled to 160x160 with no interpolation. xBRZ 5x upscaling on mouseover.

Ouroboros Azure Full Ouroboros Azure XBRZ

 
32X32 ANIMATED PIXEL ART

Spirit's Flame'

GIF format (22 colors/16 frames), scaled
to 192x192 with no interpolation.

 
64X64 ANIMATED PIXEL ART

6:05

WEBP format (811 colors/42 frames), scaled
to 256x256 with no interpolation.

6:06

WEBP format (519 colors/41 frames), scaled
to 256x256 with no interpolation.

Experience

 

Retro5.net:

Forum Moderation · 2014-2022

News + User Support · 2014-2022

 

Ubuntu:

Forum Moderation · 2007-2009

Gaming Central (Writer) · 2006-2008

 

WINE:

AppDB Maintainer · 2006-2021

 

TheTVDb:

Forum Moderation · 2010-2020

Facebook Moderation · 2010-2020

Metadata Management - 2010-2022

User Administration - 2010-2020

 

Ubuntu Gamers Arena · 2007-2009

 

Skills

 

  • General Experience
    • Linux Command Line · 15+ yrs
    • Metadata & DB Maintenance · 11 yrs
    • Social Media Product Support · 6 yrs
    • Sprinklr Adminstration · 3 yrs
    • Web Design & Maintenance · 20+ yrs
    • Forum Moderatiohn · 15 yrs
    • Graphic Design · 15 yrs
  • Hardware Familiarity
    • ARM ◉◉◉○○
      • A32
      • A64
    • iOS ◉◉◉○○
      • Apple A*
      • Apple M*
    • Mac ◉◉◉○○
      • M1
      • RISC
    • PC ◉◉◉◉◉
      • x86 (16bit)
      • x86 (32bit)
      • x86 (64bit)
    • SBC ◉◉◉○○
      • CHIP
      • RPi
      • Pine
    • Zilog ◉◉○○○
      • Z-80
      • Z-80 Clones
  • Languages & Scripting
    • BASIC ◉◉◉○○
      • BASICA
      • MS BASIC
      • QBasic
    • C ◉◉○○○
      • C
      • C#
      • C++
    • CSS ◉◉◉○○
      • CSS 2.2
      • CSS 3
    • HTML ◉◉◉○○
      • HTML3
      • HTML4
      • HTML5
    • Java ◉◉○○○
      • Java
      • JavaScript
    • PHP ◉◉◉○○
      • PHP3
      • PHP5
      • PHP7
      • PHP8
    • Python ◉◉○○○
      • Python 2
      • Pyton 3
    • Shell ◉◉◉◉○
      • Bash
      • Dash
      • Zshell
    • SQL ◉◉◉○○
      • MySQL
      • MariaDB
      • SQLite

  • OS Experience
    • Android
      • 2.2 - Current
      • BlueStacks
    • Apple Mobile
      • iOS
      • iPadOS
      • watchOS
    • BeOS
      • BeOS
      • Haiku
    • Linux
      • Arch
      • Debian
      • Fedora
      • Manjaro
      • Raspbian
    • DOS
      • DOSBox
      • IBM PC DOS
      • Free DOS
      • MS-DOS
    • Mac
      • macOS
      • Mac OS X
      • System Software
    • NAS
      • FreeNAS
      • ReadyNAS OS
      • Synology DSM
    • Windows
      • Microsoft Windows
      • OS/2
      • WINE