Timothy Allen

2204 Oakwyn Road Lafayette Hill, PA 19444

email: flipper {at} PeregrineSalon {period} com sl: FlipperPA Peregrine

Skill Set

Expert Programmer: PHP, C, Javascript, LSL (Second Life), mark-up: (X)HTML / CSS, XML Also experienced in: Perl, Java, ASP, Visual Basic, CDnow SDK, Pascal Expert Database Experience: MySQL programming, tuning, administration, and replication Also experienced in: Oracle SQL & PL/SQL, MS SQL Server 2000 Specialized Libraries and APIs: cURL, Open SSL/SSH/SCP, XML-RPC, ImageMagick, GD, Upstanding ClientBanking, MISER core banking solution, TTS with Festival, LAME audio encoder, ffmpeg video encoder Other Technical Abilities: Linux system administrator (6 years); shell scripting; version control (rcs / subversion); cron; sendmail; Apache administrator (7 years); advanced Second Life content creator (building, texturing, scripting); advanced knowledge of video, audio and image formats, compression, and automation; cross browser compatibility; Google Apps administrator; Windows domain administrator (including Server, Exchange, SQL Server, Veritas Backup, & Blackberry Enterprise Server); Photoshop; Ventrilo administrator Non-Technical: Excellent team player and communicator; have been liaison between tech departments and other teams; have been team lead of many projects; experience in start-up environments and large, corporate environments; have negotiated complex contracts and worked with attorneys on technical contracts; described as very friendly, enthusiastic, and social; have planned large-scale events and conventions

Full Time Employment

Crompco Corporation (2003 - Present) Principal Software Engineer / Head of Technology Crompco purchased the web portal code from Digital Content Solutions (see below) and hired the DCS technology team in Fall, 2003. The award-winning Crompco web portal and underlying database has been recognized within the industry as the gold standard of maintaining testing records for gasoline stations. It is written in PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Flash, and automatically exports to many popular formats for reporting, such as Excel and Crystal Reports. Digital Content Solutions, LLC (2001 - 2003) Founder, Chief Technology Officer Digital Content Solutions created distance learning content management solutions and field data collection and testing web portals. Clients included The Einstein Academy, Flashlink, TRM Corporation, and Crompco Corporation. In 2003, the company amicably split. David Johns, the other founder, continued with distance learning under Digital Schooling, while Timothy Allen and the tech team moved to Crompco to become their technology department. (Renamed after split) BankPhiladelphia / USABancShares.com (1999 - 2001) Senior Software Engineer Developed program to accept applications for accounts, built customer service tools, engineered the database, wrote COBOL middleware applications for financial transactions, and a suite of marketing tools. (Since renamed Nova Savings Bank) CDnow.com (1998 - 1999) Senior Web Developer Member for the development team of CDnow's content management system. Helped develop the first digital music download store on the Web. Project lead for the Fast Forward Rewards Incentive Program. Recurring duties included bandwidth optimization: ensuring graphics were compressed as much as possible while still looking good, and ensuring cross-browser compatibility of HTML output. (Bought by Amazon)

Other Personal Projects

The Second Life Community Convention: Founder, board member of the not-for-profit organization (The Future United, Inc.), and lead organizer for the first three years. Helped found the not-for-profit organization (The Future United) which organizes the event. SLTrivia.com: Created a trivia game within the virtual world with over 40,000 trivia questions. There are over 50 locations throughout the virtual world to play, and teams can complete. Each location is part of an centralized, tracked advertising network, which covers the costs of the servers powering the game. SLBoutique.com: Founder of the web-based marketplace for content created with the online virtual world Second Life. Grew to a size of over 200,000 unique items, and nearly doubled revenues every other month during the first year. Sold after one year to the Electric Sheep Company (Founded January 2005, sold February 2006). Philadelphia Future Salon: Moderator of the monthly discussion group. Past Projects: Developed first virutal worlds presence for the University of Pennsylvania; Web Development Consultant for The Electric Sheep Company (sale of SLBoutique.com); volunteer for the Second Life Relay for Life; initial contract web developer for Doorway's Villa Vacations, Trans-Atlantic Books, The Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business at the Wharton School in U Penn; founded, developed, hosted and marketed PhillyMusic.com starting in 1993. Animated GIF 89a to SL Texture Conversion Developed a tool which converts any animated GIF file (the de-facto web standard) to a 24-bit targa compatible with Second Life, including the code necessary to animate the texture, in SL-compatible 2-bit exponential width and height format.

Academic Background

Oracle Developer (1999): Oracle Education Center, 400 Berwyn Park, 899 Cassatt Rd., Ste 210, Berwyn, PA 19312: Oracle SQL, SQL*Plus, and PL/SQL B.A., Individualized Major: Computer Aided Information Acquisition (Comp Sci/Psychology) (Class of 1996), University of Pennsylvania: Self-created major combining psychology and computer science to study user interface design and how it can be most effectively used, 14 course major. Senior thesis and project: Computers Aiding Information Acquisition included computer program interface studies on middle and high school students, research in human computer interaction, and development of an "expert author" system: devised as a planning scheme for information structure design. Included research into use of emerging three-dimensional technologies for use in education. The self-created individualized major is now a mainstream University of Pennsylvania major. The Episcopal Academy (Magna Cum Laude) (Class of 1992) 376 N. Latches Lane, Lower Merion PA 19163: Student from kindergarten through 12th grade graduation.

Recent Media, Press & Public Appearances

Philcon 2007 (November 17th-18th, 2007): Speaker on two panels (Second Life: Growth Pains and Tribulations; Virtual Worlds: Real Law) San Jose Mercury News (September 22nd, 2007): Virtual travel on Second Life Second Life Community Convention '07 (August 24 - 26th, 2007): Lead organizer, host, and panelist (Intellectual Property Law in Virtual Worlds). Philadelphia Action News (WPVI / ABC) (May 16th, 2007): Explained the basics of Second Life in a featurette. University of Pennsylvania (April 2nd, 2007): Guest lecturer for the course, Public Space, Public Life at the Annenberg School of Communications (COMM 300), on the topic of changing perceptions of space due to the emergence of virtual worlds. WFMZ TV News (February 21st-23rd, 2007): Featured in a 3-part segment for nightly news program for innovative work done on the Second Life platform for corporate training for Crompco. Second Life: The Official Guide (December, 2006): Featured in the first official book about Second Life, primarily discussing being a founder and lead organizer of the Second Life Community Convention. Philcon 2006 (November 18th, 2006): Speaker on five panels regarding virtual worlds (Introduction to the Metaverse; Evolution of Virtual Worlds; All That Glitters...Economies of Virtual Worlds; Educational Institutions in Virtual Worlds; Governing the Metaverse) Urbanite Baltimore (November, 2006): Featured in article about Second Life. Philadelphia University (November 10th, 2006): Jennifer & Timothy Allen spoke on the virtual fashion design. Philadelphia Future Salon (November 8th, 2006): Featured speaker on virtual economies. PANMA (Philadelphia Area New Media Association) (October 26th, 2006): Spoke on Web 2.0 technology and emerging 3.D technology. Philadelphia Inquirer (October 20th, 2006): Real suit over virtual property: An online world confiscated his empire. Second Life Community Convention '06 (August 18 - 20th, 2006): Lead organizer and host. Business Week (May 1st, 2006): Profile of Timothy Allen's activities with SLBoutique in Second Life. Business Week (May 1st, 2006): Article about using Second Life for Timothy Allen's real life company. CNBC's On the Money (March, 2006): A profile of Jennifer & Timothy Allen's activities within Second Life; re-aired often. The Guardian (January 23rd, 2006): Article about buying computer hardware for "fake" money. MTV News: (January 19th, 2006): Article about selling computer hardware for virtual currency. Democracy Island (January 6th, 2006): Grand opening of the New York Law School's "Democracy Island"; featured speaker East Bay Express (March 23rd, 2005): Early article in San Francisco newspaper about Second Life, featuring a full side panel.