SUMMARY:

• A consummate problem solver with the knowledge and willingness to handle even the most difficult of initiatives, he has helped several start - up companies grow their products functionality and revenue.
• An excellent technology leader and mentor with strong loyalties because he leads by example, encourages staff to actualize their potential, and challenges all to take pride and ownership in what they build. He is also capable of effectively communicating from offshore QA to C-level customers.
• Unique because he not only understands project and product management but also is an experienced and capable software architect, developer IT/network manager and personnel manager. He has written software code in over a dozen languages; interacted with all the major databases, understands the nuances of successful digital presence (SEO, Ad serving, Analytics gathering and Social Networks), supported the major platforms and operating systems, and has a patent.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Team building & Leadership
• Product Development /SDLC
• IT Transformation/Cloud migration
• Technical Operations support
• Software Design & Development
• Troubleshooting & Quality Assurance

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: Adobe Creative Cloud, Chartbeat, DFP (Dart for publishers), Eclipse, Flash, GIT& GitHUB, Google (Analytics, G Suite, Tag Manager, Webmaster tools, Web Toolkit), Jira, Mixpanel, MS Exchange (2010 & 365), MS Office Suite (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word), MS Visual Studio, Parse.ly, SalesForce, Toad, Visio.

Databases: CouchBase, Clustrix, DB2, MariaDB, MongoDB, MS SQL Server (6.5 and above), MySQL (4 and above, MyISAM & innoDB), Oracle (8i and above), Paradox, and Sybase.

Operating Systems/Networks: AWS (Cloudfrount, EC2, Elasticbeanstalk, S3), Linux (CentOS, Debian, Red Hat, and Ubuntu), MS DOS, MS Windows (3.11-10), OSX (Kodiak - High Sierra), UNIX.

Programming Languages: Assembler, C/C++, C#, ColdFusion, Clojure, Drupal, FORTRAN, Grails, Java, JavaScript, Pascal, PERL, PHP, Python, ANSI SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL, RoR (Ruby on Rails), Visual Basic (2 - .NET), VBA, VBScript, VC++, XML/XSLT.

Project Management: Agile Unified Process (AUP); Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM); PMBOK, Scrum, SWEBOK, Waterfall

Architectures/Frameworks/Services: .NET, ActiveX, ADO, Ajax, CakePHP, Codeigniter, COM/DCOM/COM+, DDE, DHCP, DNA, Doctrine, Drupal, FTP, Firewalls, GRAILS., GORM, Hibernate 3.0, HTTP, ISAPI, J2EE/Java EE (EJB), JUnit/xUnit, LDAP, LAMP, MS Exchange, MS IIS, MSMQ, MS SQL Server, MTS, N-tier, Netbios, Node.JS, NT Services, OLE, OLEdB, ODBC, ORM, RAS, RDBMS, REST, SMTP, SOA, SOAP, TCP/IP, UML, WAP, WINS, XHTML, XML, Zend.

Web/Internet: .NET, Ajax, Apache, ASP, BEA Weblogic Platform, BizTalk, CSS, Drupal, HTML (W3C 3.2 & W3C 4.01), HTML5, ISAPI, JBoss, jQurery, JSON, JSP, MS IIS, Node.JS, Web Services, XHTML, XML, YUI.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE/(acting) CTO

Responsibilities:

• Successfully migrated company to AWS cloud.
• Reduced the number of systems by 40% with the goal of shrinking more.
• Eliminated the need for any further system capital expenditures and reduced monthly costs by 15%.
• Responsible for all the technical operations of the company including: DevOps, Help Desk, all vendor management, application/platform development, production outage response and security.
• Managing ~40% of the company with Help desk, DevOps, back-end application/platform and front-end member development teams.
• Executed the successful build out and move of physical offices in January 2016.
• Manage all contracts that effect development or technology.
• Restructured or eliminated contracts to reduce costs by $500,000/year.
• Arranged for external vendors to supplant certain functions that reduced labor costs by over $450,000/year.
• Sponsored and helped managed the re-platforming of the core systems from an antiquated and fragile system to a cutting-edge set of new technologies.
• Moved company towards PCI compliance.
• Moved the company toward a functional programming backend and trained developers in Clojure.
• Organized and executed multiple recruiting events at Confidential corporate offices.
• Acquired CTO responsibilities after departure in June 2017.

Confidential, New York, NY

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Responsibilities:

• Provided direction and council to the CEO. Proved that technical debt of existing Drupal-based system was more than investing in a newer platform.
• Rebuilt technology teams.
• Implemented foreign language versions of product.
• Increased customer confidence in the technical abilities of the company.

Confidential, New York, NY

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Responsibilities:

• Brought on as the bequest of lead investment firm, Cayuga Ventures, to be part of senior management and provide technology vision and management experience.
• Developed the algorithms that determine and schedule Ad distribution.
• Designed, architected and built the cloud-based CMS/Scheduler (which calculates the ad spots based on impressions and distributes them).
• Designed, architected and built the Bridge, which interfaces with the ATM and topper screens to deliver Ads, track plays and gather ATM transaction data.
• Implemented requirements gathering standards and worked with SMEs to specify the product requirements and build a product roadmap.
• Created the scalable product architecture and established the best tools and language to develop in (GRAILS/Java).
• Participated in obtaining financing and exclusive agreement with ATM manufacturer.
• Established hiring protocols and job descriptions.

Confidential, New York, NY

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Responsibilities:

• Principal architect of the news website, using a PHP-Zend framework, Smarty Templates and custom designed data architecture, optimized for high-performance and high capacity.
• Architected the object, data and code structure that powers the Confidential platform.
• Assumed responsibility for the approximately $3 million annual technology budget.
• Migrated all site operations to AWS Cloud.
• Continued/expanded scope of contract negotiations regarding any technical or operational initiative.
• Established company-wide policies and help-desk protocols that provided extremely efficient Agile-based technical and operational support.
• Represented company at multiple events regarding state of the publishing industry or CMS implementation.
• Spearheaded the development of the New York City Guide product, a revenue-generating product.
• Tripled the development and help desk team; added a project management team. Entire team remained stable through tenure and all are still with DNAinfo.
• Managed the expansion into the Chicago Market.
• Assumed responsibility for the technology needs for other organizations within the parent company’s portfolio.
• Managed the build out and moving of the organization into larger office space.

Confidential, New York, NY

TECHNICAL ARCHITECT/DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Worked with other executives and development firms to design and implement a CMS (content management system) that replaced the previous, out-dated one with a new open-source solution.
• Responsible for maintaining existing website (PHP/Oracle) prior to and post new site release.
• Responsible for maintaining Affiliate Marketing sites and ERMS system (C#/ASP.NET/MS SQL).
• Transforming the processes of the development department and entire group.
• Introduced first off-shoring effort for QA. The relationship has successfully been expanded and managed into include SRS implementation, outsourced development, database administration, and site monitoring.
• Performed daily responsibilities of direct supervisor, VP Digital Media Technology, during leaves and department re-organization.

Confidential, New York, NY

DIRECTOR, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Responsibilities:

• Directed development of the BEA Weblogic, J2EE and Oracle based flagship software solution and re-imaged it from a versioned, web-based reporting tool into a streamlined SaaS (Software as a Service) Business Intelligence tool that has seen an increase of >650% in sales and 300% in usage, plus a retention rate of >89%.
• Transformed the processes of the development department and entire enterprise from reactive to pro-active.
• Identified significant limitations in the existing product’s overall scalability. Designed and implemented (in process) re-design/re-development/re-platforming effort necessary to support continued growth in current markets and expansion into additional markets.
• Developed the Confidential Insights product-line concept delivering extremely profitable initiatives under its banner, including contractual deliverables to American Express.
• Assisted in a corporate re-financing effort; infusing $5MM into business and changing the majority shareholder.
• Developed direct high level relationships with several key customers, strategic partners, and previously hostile competitors in order to build better industry wide relationships for the company.
• Reviewed and executed legal Confidential (non-disclosure agreements) and other relationship contracts, only person other than COO and CEO permitted to due so.
• Initiated the copyright and trademark initiatives for the company and product lines.