Scott Martindale

Full-stack web developer

Scott Martindale

Burlington, Vermont

ranvel@ranvel.com


Qualifications

- Extensive experience in transforming dynamic language learning centers with an emphasis on technology-assisted language pedagogy.

- Fluency in Spanish.

- Advanced knowledge of the Python and PHP programming languages, as well as zsh & bash for scripting.

- Thorough knowledge of HTML5 and CSS W3C web standards, including Section 508 Accessibility requirements.

- System administration of Linux and FreeBSD.


Recent employment

Assistant Director of IT (Residential Life)

August 2018 - Present

Member of department leadership. Supervisor of a two-person team. Serve as the lead strategist and implementation specialist for the department with a mobile computing infrastructure of over 100 devices. Manage home-grown web-apps. Identify weaknesses and inefficiencies in workflows. Monitor trends in client needs. Administer Active Directory OUs.

Achievements:

  • Migration of many end-of-line Laravel and Codeigniter web apps from PHP 5.5 to PHP 7.4
  • Optimized workstation deployment with custom imaging workflow
  • Implemented a workflow to duplicate digital signage content in an accessible format
  • Created a workflow to leverage scripted remote control of digital signage
  • Rolled out a self-hosted inventory management system (Snipe-IT)

Language Resource Center Director

August 2014 - July 2018

Build and maintain a Shaka video streaming player as well as feature enhancements using a three-stream VP9 adaptive streaming (DASH) setup. Stay up-to-date in streaming media developments and technologies. Discover or create software solutions for computer assisted language-learning, including DiLL. Maintain 25-system macOS lab. Teach one intermediate Spanish course per semester. Develop web apps. Manage utilization of physical lab space. Process media requests. Acquire foreign-language media. Create subtitles for media. Supervise student workers. Manage world languages MySQL film catalog. Debug classroom software. Provide troubleshooting. Reconcile department account. Certify quarterly financials. Administer and tune an ffmpeg FreeBSD transcoding box.

Achievements:

  • Developed in-house steaming video solution leveraging the Shaka video player
  • Created new solutions for pedagogy;
  • Mitigated copyright risks;
  • Doubled semester usage of LRC resources;
  • Processed native-language subtitles for most course media;
  • Delivered 100% satisfaction rate to faculty;
  • Successfully initiated adoption of two software packages by campus IT: Labstats & Cumulus clips.

Language Lab Coordinator

July 2012 - July 2014

Supervised student workers. Managed scheduling for students and classroom space. Maintained 38 system Windows & OS X lab. Managed software, including Sanako 1200. Inventoried and acquired all lab resources: software, DVDs, books, magazines and equipment. Created electronic assessment method on Desire2Learn (D2L) CMS. Proctored tests and substituted classes. Vetted language technology from vendors. Provided Spanish-language tutoring. Taught one beginning Spanish course per semester.

Achievements:

  • Created new workflows for highly-used electronic assessment;
  • Cataloged films using Drupal backend;
  • Innovated with time-saving methods for scoring oral assessments;
  • Supervised the installation of new classroom lab computers and saved university money by recommending a lower cost model.

Counter-Intelligence Agent

July 2010 - June 2012

Performed technical support services and troubleshooted afflicted systems. Work directly with customers to troubleshoot systems, create new technology solutions.

Achievements:

  • Promoted to full-time associate (hired as part-time).

Teaching Assistant

August 2008 - May 2010

Taught one general education beginning Spanish course per semester along-side a full course load. Courses instructed in Spanish. Conducted courses in the Department of Modern Languages CALL (Computer Assisted Language Lab) Lab. Curriculum involved the creation and use of technology-based learning materials such as PowerPoint presentations.

English Language Instructor

September 2006 - June 2008

Taught up to four courses a day for six days a week, ranging from beginning courses to advanced level students. Curriculum emphasized fast-paced instruction of speaking and listening, while also stressing writing and reading. Instructed in English. Lived and worked in Guadalajara, Mexico.


Education

M.A. in Spanish Studies

May 2010

  • Thesis: A Lacanian reading of Carlos Fuentes’ Aura
  • Focused on Iberian-American literature and Spanish language in actuality.
  • Three-semester teaching practicum for pedagogical techniques.

Diploma: TEFL

August 2006

  • Focused on grammar, phonetics and pedagogical theory.
  • 140 class hours classroom training, 8 observed classes.

Honors and distinctions

  • Teaching Assistantship, 2008 – 2010
  • Sigma Delta Pi, 2009 (Hispanic collegiate honor society)