Paul Smith

Co-founder, Developer

• Developed and launched a major new local news Web site with Adrian Holovaty, Daniel X. O'Neil, and Wilson Miner, funded by a grant from the Knight Foundation
• Developed custom maps for the site, the process of which I described in a A List Apart article

Senior Web Developer

• Lead developer, Civic Footprint
• Site development included main CNT site, Airhead, Travel Matters, secure donation site
• Implemented online mapping for sites including CityNews
• Managed all CNT Web sites and Web servers

Technology Director, Wireless Community Networks

• Deployed community wireless networks in underserved Chicago neighborhoods
• Aided emergency communications and telecom recovery in Gulf region after Katrina

Systems Administrator

• Designed and implemented CNT server and network infrastructure
• Maintained heterogeneous network of Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, and Windows platforms
• Implemented security measures (SSH, firewall) and policies

Co-Founder, Co-President

• Election Day Advent Calendar – concept, copy-writing
• Election Day Advent Calendar and Gerrymander Web sites

Co-Founder, Board of Directors

• Grassroots organization advocating for conversion of unused Bloomingdale railroad on north side of Chicago into a multi-use trail and greenspace

Student Intern, Molecular Information Theory Group

The Laboratory of Mathematical Biology (now know as Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program)

• Researched conservation of information of protein binding sites of the p53 tumor supressor gene