Patrick Roanhouse

Last updated January 12th 2011
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Patrick Roanhouse


+1 (410) 929 2008

http://www.plan8.tv

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

Plan8.TV Media, Founder / Producer / Host, Baltimore, MD (January 2011 - present)
Live video producing. Coverage of technology and social media events.

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The Plan8 Podcast, Producer / Writer / Host, Baltimore, MD (September 2008 - present)
In charge of content production, copy-writing, publishing, product reviews, product acquisition, search engine optimization, and social media outreach. Developing Audio and video work flows for automation for the production of video and audio podcasts in MP3, AAC, MP4, and M4V formats. Editing & Color correcting video in Final Cut Pro as well as integration of layered raster and vector graphics. Simple web design using a CMS, CSS, HTML, and Javascript. Website administration

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Plan8, IT Consultant, Baltimore, MD (September 05 - Present)
Integration of Linux Servers solutions & Apple clients. Installation of Asterisk PBX. Blackberry Enterprise server Integration. Managed system imaging. Hardware diagnostics & repair. NFS management and administration. Multiple platform network management. LAMP Administration. Firewall IDS security deployment. Website administration.

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BmoreFIBER, Co-Organizer, Baltimore, MD (February 10 - present)
I organized and developed the addressing, presenting, and developing for the bid to bring the Google 1gbps FIBER project to Baltimore city. I developed use cases for gigabit fiber in Baltimore. I did brand development, video editing, graphic design, community outreach, media production, and social media management.

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TEDxMidAtlantic, Chairperson (June 2009 - present)
Helped in organizing several TED spin off events under the TEDx moniker. These included TEDxMidAtlantic 2010 in Baltimore, TEDxOilSpill, and TEDxMidAtlantic 2011 in Washington DC.

Some of my duties included speaker relations, venue organization and planning, and AV tech setup for streaming video of the events.

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Baltimore Node, Organizational Logistics Director, Baltimore, MD (May 09 - Present)
Co-organized a 501(c3) classified community space where people with common interests in technology can collaborate. Organized and taught sessions such as "Introduction to Electronics", "Soldering", "basic electronics theory", & engineering related skills.

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Annapolis AppleSlice, Vice President / Programming Chair, Severna Park, MD (December 06 - September 09)
Organized talks and training sessions on topics such as "The History of Internet Communication and how to stay connected to family using your Mac", "A Guide to Macintosh Security", "Macintosh Web server Basics with a MAMP setup", provided technical support to Appleslice members plagued by consumer computer problems

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Apple Inc (Retail), Mac Specialist, Annapolis, MD (July 04 - January 05)
Troubleshot Mac OS X Desktop/Portable & iPod customer problems. Recommended Apple platform solutions.

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Toad.net, Level 2 Tech Support, Severna Park, MD (June 02 - September 02)
Took business ISP tech support tickets for Gnu/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Server to help remotely trouble- shoot business class DSL/ISDN/T1/T3 configuration and support issues.

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Mac Medics, Repair & Diagnostic Technician, Millersville, MD (May 01 - May 02)
Repair tech for both Old World & New World Macs. RMA returns. Archival testing. On site maintenance and repair.

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EDUCATION:

  • Dual AS, Physics & Electrical Engineering, Anne Arundel Community College (02 - 05)

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TRAINING:

  • Mac OS X Leopard Server: Install & Setup Deployment Lab, Macworld SF, 2009
  • System Imaging & Deployment Lab, Macworld SF, 2009
  • Applecare Hardware Technician, Apple Computer, 2009
  • Applecare Support Technician, Apple Computer, 2004
  • Center of Applied Tech, Edgewater, MD - Cisco Network Academy Certificate, 2002

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SKILLS:

  • Unix-like, Linux, xBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 7
  • Programming (C, C++, Objective-C, Python, Perl, Javascript, PHP)
  • Simple website design (XHTML, HTML, CSS, XML, Wordpress)
  • Database Management (MySQL, SQLite)
  • Linux Server Administration (Bind, Apache, Lighttpd, Sendmail, Squirrelmail)
  • Network Deployment (Cisco Routers, Cisco VLAN switches, LAMP server administration, IDS)
  • Computer Diagnostics & Repair
  • Over the phone & remote assistance troubleshooting
  • Network documentation development and upkeep
  • Image editing (Raster image editing in Adobe Photoshop, Vector image editing in Adobe Illustrator)
  • Video editing (Apple Final Cut Pro, Video color correction)
  • Encoding and video compression workflow managing in Apple Compressor & Quicktime
  • Multi track audio editing (Protools, Logic Audio Pro, Audacity, Garageband)

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

  • HacDC
  • Baltimore Node
  • Baltimore Apple Professionals
  • JavaScript Meetup
  • Ruby on Rails Meetup
  • IGDA Baltimore
  • Washington DC Bloggers Meetup
  • Innovate Baltimore

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

  • TEDx Mid-Atlantic - Venue & Speaker Committee Chairperson
  • Annapolis AppleSlice - Vice President / Programming Chair
  • BmoreFIBER Community Action Group
  • Innovate Baltimore - Media Production Coordinator
  • Wide Angel Youth Media - Guest Teacher on Podcast development

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