PAUL BOUTIN

1835 Franklin Street

San Francisco CA 94109

paul@paulboutin.com

 

Experience

freelance work

1997-present

Technology Writer

-       Masthead contributor to Slate, Wired magazine, Valleywag, BusinessWeek Online, Engadget

-       Published work in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New Republic, MSNBC, Reader's Digest, Salon, Outside, Cargo, InfoWorld, PC World

-       Guest expert on national TV and radio shows including Good Morning America, CNN, Fox, NPR, and BBC

 

Splunk

Feb 2006-present

Documentation Manager

-       Manage internal tech specs documents and online user manuals for Splunk's IT search software.

-       Develop built-in help modules for the Splunk Server.

-       Manage product language for consistency, clarity and conformity to industry and ad-hoc standards.

 

Condé Nast

2000-2001

Senior Editor, Wired magazine

       Assigned, edited and wrote articles including three cover stories and monthly Infoporn section; reviewed technical content

-       Appeared regularly on TV and radio to advance the magazine's reputation

-       Solicited nominees for Wired Rave Awards and participants for Long Bets project

 

Sendmail, Inc

1999-2000

Director, Sendmail.net

-       Led definition, design and launch of news and community site for high-end email administrators

-       Resolved conflicts among internal and external stakeholders

-       Created promotional events and press appearances to build traffic

 

Wired Digital

1996-1999

Product Manager, Hotbot

-       Managed the Hotbot search engine's Core Technology Group and managed evaluation and implementation of partner technologies

-       Led redesign and migration of Hotbot interface from Unix to NT that maintained #1 position in response time, page revenue, and reviews

-       Led technical aspects of winning and implementing cobranded deals with Earthlink, Netscape, Microsoft, Opera, and others

-       Launched news portal in six weeks to facilitate company acquisition

 

Engineering Project Manager

-       Managed design and launch of push-media channels for Microsoft and Netscape alliances, which launched early and served as showcases for their respective platforms (one was acquired by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)

-       Managed design and implementation of Wired News site and publishing system prior to the advent of commercial Web publishing software

 

Network Computing Devices

1991-1996

International Integration Consultant

-       Deployed and upgraded mission-critical installations in Europe and Asia

-       Succeeded in retaining and growing flagship Credit Suisse account

 

Technical Support Manager

-       Built and managed team of support engineers for Z-Mail email application

Technical Support Engineer

-       Pre and post-sales support for NCD workstations in Unix environments

 

Software Engineer

-       Developed embedded, extensible configuration interface and UI library for NCD X terminals, a two-year project

 

M.I.T.

1985-1991

Systems Analyst

-       Programmer, administrator, and project manager for MIT Project Athena, the largest networked computing environment of its time with 10,000 users

 

Education

M.I.T.

1981-1985

 

Computer Science (incomplete) with additional classes at Sloan School of Management