PAUL BOUTIN |
1835 Franklin Street San Francisco CA 94109 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Technical Support Manager - Built and managed team of support engineers for Z-Mail email application |
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Technical Support Engineer - Pre and post-sales support for NCD workstations in Unix environments |
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Software Engineer - Developed embedded, extensible configuration interface and UI library for NCD X terminals, a two-year project |
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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
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Education |
M.I.T. 1981-1985
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Computer Science (incomplete) with additional classes at Sloan School of Management |
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