professional
history:
editorial
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August 2001
to present: Ziff Davis Media
- I'm currently technology editor of Baseline, a brand-new Ziff-Davis
magazine for "C-level" executives.
- I write "Default Setting" , a regular column on the
impact of changes in the technology market on customers.
- I also write case studies and major case "dissections"
-- examples include articles on how
American Greetings creates and manages greeting cards, and how
GM digitized its entire automaking process from the cocktail napkin
sketch to the maintenance manual.
July 1999 to July 2001: Fawcette Technical
Publications
- I was editorial director of enterprise developer
publications group, which consists of XML Magazine (a bimonthly),
Java Pro( a monthly),
and content channels for Lotus
Developer Network, IBM
developerWorks, DevX and
other developer portals and electronic publications.
- I joined Fawcette in July of 1999 as editor-in-chief of
Enterprise Development.
Assumed leadership of JavaPro in October of 1999, and of XML Magazine
shortly thereafter.
September 1995 to July 1999: CMP Media's InformationWeek
- I joined the magazine in September 1995 as a technology editor,
writing product reviews and technical features for InformationWeek
Labs and compiling the magazine's "What's Hot" section.
- In 1996, I was promoted to senior technology editor, and
became responsible for assigning and editing the magazine's "First
Looks" new product reviews. I also began writing the weekly
"TechView" column.
- In 1997, I became managing editor of InformationWeek Labs,
managing the labs staff and the editorial calendar for technical
features and reviews. I continued to write the "TechView"
column weekly.
- You can find many of my articles on the CMP website by following
this link: CMPnet
Search results for Sean Gallagher
September 1993 to September 1995: Cahners Publishing's Government
Computer News
- I joined the newspaper as Associate Editor, Reviews in 1993.
In addition, I spent my first three months as acting network
administrator, assisting in the integration of the paper's
electronic pagination system with the corporate and pre-press agency
WANs.
- In early 1994, I took on the additional responsibility
of Software reporter, covering computer security, the software
industry (and database vendors in particular). I also began writing
a column in alternating issues on data communications issues,
called "Live Wire".
- Two of my reviews are still posted on the Government
Computer News web site.
August 1990 to January 1992: Independent computer consultant
and journalist
- Wrote software documentation, training manuals, training
video scripts, RFPs and other technical material for a variety
of clients--Group 1 Software, Simplicity Pattern, Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, Microprose Software, and others.
- Worked as a part-time teaching and laboratory assistant
at the University of Baltimore's Institute of Publication Design,
teaching students in desktop publishing and design software methods.
- Wrote articles for a number of technical and non-technical
publications, including Federal Computer Week, Computer Digest
(where I also served as a contract editor), and Global Trade.
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professional
history:
other
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January 1992
to September 1993: CBIS Federal, Inc.
- I managed a campus network integration project for the US
Army's Army Test Center (ATC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, overseeing
the installation and administration of a 500-node, multi-building
network and all related software and hardware.
- I also developed and deployed a helpdesk call management
database application, and scripts for driver management and
system configuration.
- As a freelance columnist, I wrote about network management
issues for Government Computer News.
May 1986 to August 1990: Officer, US Navy
- From 1988 to 1990, I was a staff officer at Special Boat
Squadron 2, a special warfare unit. I was in charge of computer
systems and security, general information security, intelligence
and training programs. I developed computer system training
for support staff members, and set system administration standards
for the squadron and its three subordinate units.
- My first tour of duty was aboard the USS Iowa, where I was
division officer for 2nd Division: a unit of 125 men, in charge
of cargo handling, ship's boats, and maintenance of the deck and
superstructure. I also was the departmental maintenance officer,
handling the maintenance database for a department of over 400
men and over $10 million in equipment.
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