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Nathan R. Yergler

nathan@yergler.net
San Francisco, California

http://yergler.net

Education

Purdue University

Fort Wayne, Indiana
2006

Specialized Course Work: Software Engineering,
System Analysis, Mobile Development,
Web Application Development

Experience

Creative Commons

Chief Technology Officer
San Francisco, California
April 2007 — present

Architect and manage development of Creative Commons software and
technology infrastructure. Design, develop and promote metadata
specifications for Creative Commons licensing. Evangelize
Creative Commons licensing and technology standards to
potential partner organizations. Assist partners with
implementation and integration of Creative Commons
licensing.

June 2006
April 2007
Senior Software Engineer

Originated prototypes to demonstrate uses of
Creative Commons technology, including enhanced search,
discovery and tagging of licensed content. Coordinated
contractor development for specialized projects. Assisted
with analysis and implementation of technology strategy.

June 2004
June 2006
Software Engineer

Designed and developed ccPublisher application which
allows users to upload creative works to the Internet
Archive for free hosting, resulting in over 4,000 software
downloads and 12,000 works contributed to the Internet
Archive in a six month period. Implemented developer
interfaces for Creative Commons technologies and
services.

Freelance Software Developer

Canterbury School
January 2007
May 2007

Developed application for generating student transcripts, merging structured student data with templates to produce PDF output. Implemented Django web application for manipulating transcript data.

California Newspaper Partnership
November 2006
May 2007

Developed software to power BayJams.com, a website designed as a place for people to connect to local bands and venues, utilizing Python and Django.

Canterbury School

Fort Wayne, Indiana
January 2001
June 2004
Assistant Technology Director

Developed web-based classroom tools to enable student –
teacher communication, including the ability to post
assignments and submit responses. Designed introductory
programming curriculum to be used with all incoming

freshman students and taught first year of the new
introductory course. Taught intermediate programming
electives.

Esteves-DWD

Decatur, Indiana
January 2000
August 2000
Information Technology Manager

Managed and facilitated expansion of internal network
throughout three locations nationwide. Developed custom
software for deployment to customers which enabled more
effective communication with sales personnel. Designed and
developed custom web application for Quality Control
department, resulting in more efficient access to customer
specifications.

Presentations

Rights for Machines: the Creative Commons Rights Expression Language,”
COMMUNIA Workshop on Technology and the Public Domain,
Politecnico di Torino, Italy, January 18, 2008.
Open
Source is my Day Job
,” University of Michigan,
March 19, 2007.
Cross
platform desktop applications with
Python
,” ACCU,
Oxford, UK, April, 2005, PyCon,
Washington, DC, March, 2005.
Using RDF with
Python
,” PyCon,
Washington, DC, March, 2005.
Developing
online classroom tools with
Zope
,” PyCon,
Washington, DC, March, 2004.
Teaching
programming with Python and
PyGame
,” PyCon,
Washington, DC, March, 2003.

Awards & Organizations

  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon,
    Internation Honor Society for the Computing and
    Information Disciplines; Inducted 2006
  • Delta Lambda Phi, National
    Social Fraternity; Inducted 1996; Alumni, 1998
  • Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout Award; awarded November, 1994

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