RONALD TIDD
Bothell, WA | ron@tidd.net | linkedin.com/in/rontidd | tidd.net

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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Accomplished, resourceful IT leader and software engineer with 20+ years of
experience defining strategic objectives and applying technical leadership to
achieve solid business results. Currently focused on authorship and game
development, bringing the same engineering discipline to creative and product
work.

Broad background spans established companies, startups, dotcoms, and
mergers/acquisitions -- leveraging comprehensive knowledge of business, systems,
infrastructure, and software to translate requirements into sound solutions.

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KEY COMPETENCIES
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  - IT Management                    - Strategic Technology Planning
  - Software Development             - Network Infrastructure
  - Client/Server Architecture       - Data Center Operations
  - Project Management               - Team Building & Training
  - AI-Assisted Development          - eCommerce/Internet Technologies
  - Vendor & Contract Management     - Game Development

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EXPERIENCE
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AUTHOR & GAME DEVELOPER                                       2025 -- Present
Independent -- Bothell, WA

  - Co-authored "The Quiet Threshold," a hard sci-fi novel, using a custom
    AI-assisted writing pipeline (GPT-4o, Claude, Ollama local models)
  - Developing "Math Mage," an educational children's game with 100+ 3D
    assets, interactive math challenges, and a fantasy narrative
  - Managing full product lifecycle: writing, art generation, build tooling,
    web presence, and Kindle publishing

SYSTEM ENGINEER / TECHNICAL ARCHITECT, DIGITAL EXPERIENCE     2013 -- 2025
AT&T -- Bothell, WA

  - Designed, developed, documented, and analyzed technology systems for
    AT&T's digital platforms
  - Production support for AT&T websites utilizing AEM, Nginx, Apache
    Dispatcher
  - Wrote and maintained deployment automation, dashboards, and monitoring
    scripts
  - Managed contractors for daily operations across USA and India
  - Configured and developed against CDN APIs (Akamai, Instart Logic)

CONSULTANT FOR AT&T (ENGINEER, DIGITAL EXPERIENCE)            2012 -- 2013
YOH -- Bellevue, WA

  - Shell and Perl scripting, SiteScope, Nagios, Apache, WebLogic, Adobe CQ
  - Maintained, updated, and deployed to hundreds of servers across multiple
    data centers

SYSTEMS ENGINEER                                               2011 -- 2012
Silicon Mechanics -- Bothell, WA

  - Advanced technical support for end customers and production issues
  - Cluster configuration for high-performance computing solutions
  - Redesigned automated configuration and testing software for production

IT MANAGER                                                     2010 -- 2011
Tweddle Group Technologies -- Bellevue, WA

  - Maintained all computers and servers for the branch office
  - Design team for Toyota EnTune backend systems
  - Designed, programmed, and implemented deployment software

IT MANAGER                                                     2005 -- 2010
Leader International Corporation -- Port Orchard, WA

  - Built infrastructure: new building wiring, data center establishment
  - Developed dynamic PDF generation for web-served parts catalogs
  - Custom web reporting using Perl interfacing with Syspro ERP

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY                             2002 -- 2005
eAccelleration -- Poulsbo, WA

IT MANAGER                                                     2000 -- 2001
HealtheTech -- Seattle, WA

CONSULTANT FOR BOEING (CNC AUTOMATION, C++)                    1997 -- 1998
TAD Technical -- Seattle, WA

VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS                                     1995 -- 2000
TSCNet Internet Provider -- Silverdale, WA

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EDUCATION
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Capella University, School of Technology
  B.S., Information Technology -- specialization in Project Management

Edmonds Community College
  Coursework in programming and Unix administration

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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  - Built an AI-assisted writing pipeline that produced a full-length novel,
    one chapter per night, using a 4-model orchestration system running on
    consumer hardware

  - Windows program developed in C++ for Boeing that automated parts
    manufacturing, saving millions of dollars

  - Linux program developed in C for Clearwire enabling SNMP trap traffic
    routing based on selectable criteria

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TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Python, C/C++, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Shell scripting, SQL, HTML/CSS
Linux, Unix, macOS, Windows
Apache, Nginx, AEM, WebLogic
PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQL Server, Cassandra
Git, Subversion, Docker
Akamai, CDN management
Nagios, SiteScope, Wireshark
Active Directory, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SSH, VPN
AI/LLM tooling (Ollama, OpenAI API, Claude API, Meshy)
3D asset pipelines, Kindle publishing