BiblioTechOwner
May. 2008 - Apr. 2010Owner, BiblioTech, L.L.C.
I am the owner of BiblioTech, L.L.C., which provides specialized product development, research, and writing projects. I have utilized my background in finance, education, linguistics, and information science to build a unique and outcome-driven business. Below are examples of some recent projects: Taxonomy/Thesaurus Development * Created a faceted taxonomy for a story-based language learning application utilizing elements of Wordnet, ConceptNet, CommonWords, and OpenCyc. * Created the technical specification required for transforming the taxonomy into useful code by developers. Product Development * Developed heuristics for a custom stemming algorithm to determine parts of speech. * Developed user-centered product specification for an online game. * Created storyboard mock-ups for an online story-based application. * Provided competitive market analysis and business plan modeling for online social network. Specialized Research * Conducted a systems analysis and provided a technical architecture and business processes playbook for a content management solution for an international travel company. * Provided an analysis of current age-of-acquisition research to determine method for the purpose of creating language-learning methodology. * Provided a summary of current academic research in readability metrics. * Supplied a niche market analysis for new online community targeted to fathers to inform strategic investment decision. Specialized Writing Projects * Developed custom lesson plans for a start-up devoted to teaching financial literacy to children. * Adapted a collection of classic stories into several different levels of readability for younger readers.