Lance Cleveland
From Deep Thought
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Bio
I am an business technologist and Internet guru located in Mount Pleasant, SC, a suburb of Charleston South Carolina.
I have been working with computers since 1982 when my father brought home a Digital Equipment Corporation Rainbow. My first program was written that summer in BASIC and spanned a dozen 5 1/4" floppy disks. I have been involved with Internet technology since 1995, starting with a focus in the eCommerce discipline and branching out into more diverse business-centric solutions.
My latest venture, Cyber Sprocket Labs, is a consulting firm focused on providing advanced Internet technology to small and medium sized businesses. My role for clients typically focuses on business objectives and how technology will support those objectives. I translate "geek speak" into common business terms and translate business goals into actionable technical tasks, a rare skill that I have found to be invaluable to many businesses.
If you want to discuss your business needs and how I can help make your ideas a reality, please drop me a line at lance@cybersprocket.com
History
- Born
- Went to school
- 1985: Raster Technologies, QA Electronics
- 1986: Masscomp, Computer Operator
- 1987: Cognos, Computer Operator & private consultant to Jeff Papows COO US HQ
- 1990: Recital, Senior Software Engineer
- 1992: BS Computer Science/Applied Mathematics, UMass Lowell
- 1997: Founded ProActive Web Marketing, first company
- 2001: Sold entity: The Lobsternet
- 2002: Bought out partners: ProActive Electronics
- 2003: Sold entity: Dutchbulb
- 2005: Founded Charleston Software Associates
- 2006: Merged to form Cyber Sprocket Labs
- 2006, June: Married Karen, first wife (just kidding honey)
- 2006, October: Welcome Nicolas, first born
- 2007, April: Launch of official Cyber Sprocket HQ
Tech Tools
Some of the tools I use on a daily basis:
- Komodo Edit - A free code editor that actually works.
- SecureCRT - full blown commercial Secure session app (telnet/ssh). Putty is good but this interface is just a touch better.
- Applian - various capture and editing tools for streaming multimedia.
- Picasa - photo management desktop software & web publishing system by Google.
For Fun
- Musical Import
- Eye Candy
Lyrical Import
"...time is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite who's chokin' on the splinters." - Beck
"Does anyone know the combination to this life and where they keep it?" - Limp Bizkit
"Life is a lesson, you learn it when you're through." - Limp Bizkit
Lancisms
"Don't break anything." (does that include an iPhone?)
Q: What kind of music do you like?
A: "Music that doesn't suck."
History According To Google
Resume
A web copy of an outdated resume.
eCommerce
- Lobster Net & Click Trade Affiliate Marketing
- Fast Company About Lobster Net, while I was running the show we got a lot of press
- Microsoft Info Dispatch, yeah - I really was the lead speaker in an informercial for Microsoft... and yes, I still have video on VCR tape (wow, I'm old)
- ClickZ Article About Lobsternet & Affiliate Marketing, yeah another quick blurb about our affiliate marketing stuff
- GemsDirect, only here because I think it is funny that they are still using the logo I designed 10+ years ago, and I am as far from a graphic designer as you can get.
Tech Geek
- mod_perl contributions
- Outdated Resume
- Perl Contributions, CPAN
- Rarebrain, Advisory Board for Rarebrain Technology Solutions
- WebTV Resource, our original foray into custom web content back in 1996; all content and code was donated to Iacta and Net4TV in 1998.
Pet Peeves
Objectives on resumes
99% of the objectives are mindless drivel. Who made this a "standard" in resume writing anyway?
- To work for a Company that would provide steady hours through-out the work week. - Yeah, that's what I always wanted to do with my life, work a steady job.
- To secure a position with a company whose mission is the pursuit of excellence. - isn't that every company or do some companies actually persue mediocrity? Maybe this person only wants to work for Ford?
- To further enhance my skills in order to become more rounded - awesome, does that mean this person is looking for more ways to not do anything on the job and get fat?
- utilizing my interpersonal skills - Ahhh, someone that likes to talk a lot, a wonderful objective for your career, finding something that let's you do that.
- obtain a position in a challenging field - really? Like becoming a nuclear physicist. I never thought of a janitor position or an admin position as one people would consider challenging.
- to help an organization to achieve important objectives - good thing, we don't want people helping us achieve unimportant objectives, especially if that if your objective.
Incorrect word usage
Yeah I do it too, but it still drives me insane.
- Bases (a physical item, the foundation of something) versus Basis (an abstract concept)
- Site (place or location) versus Cite (mention as an example)
