Eric M. Andersen

e-Business Architect, IBM Global Services
131 Sherman Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3181
home phone: 617-469-9591
email: ema@netspace.org
WWW: ericweb.com, paperfolding.com

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SKILLS: Web Development: JavaScript, HTML, Dynamic HTML, CSS, JSP, XML
Technical training: Java, SQL, XQL; Net.Commerce, webMethods B2B Server, WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1
Consulting training: Issue-based Consulting (IBM Advanced Business Institute)
Platforms: Windows 95, 98, NT, AIX, Linux
Multimedia: Macromedia Director, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia SoundEdit, Adobe Premiere, Adobe AfterEffects, Media 100
Mathematics: Topology, Group Theory, Number Theory, Real and Complex Analysis, Differential Equations, Cryptography, Knot Theory, Chaos and Fractals

EMPLOYMENT: July 1998 to Present: e-Business Architect, IBM Global Services, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
High-level architecture, design and development for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce applications. Includes daily interaction with clients and requires a strong understanding of the client's business. Most recent projects include:
  • Technical project lead for StaplesLink 2.6, which includes various front-end enhancements as well as the implementation of a new product search, based on the AltaVista Search Engine (AVSE 3.0).
  • Technical project lead for StaplesLink 2.5, a 100,000-user B2B Web site offering contract-specific catalogs and pricing for Fortune 500 companies as well as a customized front-end for small- and medium-sized businesses.

    IBM StaplesLink Radio Ad - "StaplesLink.com is an IBM e-Business"

  • Development team lead for an 11-member front-end Net.Commerce (WebSphere Commerce Suite) development team, StaplesLink 2.0
  • E-commerce architect for StaplesLink.com 1.5; application design for enabling access to a B2B Web site via 3rd Party Procurement Systems including Ariba ORMS (punchOut technology, cXML), Intelisys IEC Enterprise (OBI), and Oracle Self-Service Purchasing (XML).
  • User Interface design and Net.Commerce development for StaplesLink 1.2
  • Web site design and development for StaplesLink.com, a Net.Commerce-based business-to-business Web site providing real-time, contract-specific pricing and inventory information; site design using NetObjects Fusion, development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, and Net.Data.
  • Shop UniFirst, a Net.Commerce-based e-commerce site; development in JavaScript and Perl.
  • A Lotus Notes/Domino-based Case Management System for the Web; development in Notes, JavaScript, and Dynamic HTML; on-site application training sessions at various client sites.
Summer 1997: Summer co-op at the Powersoft division of Sybase, Inc.
Marketing and Competitive Analysis for PowerSite, a rapid application development tool for building content-driven business applications for the Web. Included writing competitive briefs and comparative matrices, creating and maintaining the Beta Marketing Web Site, helping to create the external Web site for the product, and giving product presentations and demos to company employees, partners, and members of the sales force.

Summer 1996: Mathematics Researcher in Topology/Group Theory, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Mathematics research under Professor Neal Stoltzfus investigating the relationships between combinatorial maps, Schreier diagrams, and subgroups of PSL2(Z)
Wrote a research paper with my findings, gave numerous presentations of my research to faculty and students.

1995 to Present: Web Site Designer, Brown University Music Department
Independently designed and maintained the web site for the Brown University Department of Music

1995 to 1998: Teaching Assistant
Graded all assignments and assisted professors in teaching course material, served as a liaison between students and the professor
  • Semester I, 1995-96: Honors Calculus (Multivariable) - Professor Thomas Banchoff
  • Semester II, 1995-96: Honors Linear Algebra - Professor Jill Pipher
  • Semester I, 1996-97: Combinatorial Topology - Professor Thomas Banchoff
  • Semester I, 1997-98: Advanced Placement Calculus - Professor Walter Strauss
  • Semester I, II, 1995-97: Theory of Tonal Music - Professors Todd Winkler and Paul Phillips
Summer 1994 & 1995: Data Entry and Computer Assistant
Peterson's Guides, Inc., Princeton, NJ

Summer 1993: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Summer Science Award
Computer programming under the supervision of a physicist

EDUCATION: Sc.B., Mathematics at Brown University, Providence, RI magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, National Honors Society


AWARDS: Creator, designer, and developer of paperfolding.com, listed in PC Magazine's Top 200 Web Sites
REFERENCES: Available upon request.


Last updated March 12, 2003
by Eric