Summary

• Technical and Visual Project Lead who envisions, creates, and implements solutions that drive business and client success. Offers strong analytical, documentation, design, and customer - interface skills. Additional qualifications include:
• Accurately assesses client, co-worker, business, and system needs - resolves issues and creates solutions.
• Identifies patterns and establishes processes and scripts for automation and consistency.
• Reviews project deliverables to ensure alignment with requirements.
• Manage and prioritizes long-term and short-term projects completes deliverables on time.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Programmer / Data Migration Lead,

Confidential

• Creates and maintains scripts for the ingestion of daily data feeds XML, JSON into TownNews's products.
• Automates and tracks all custom project scripts for reusability.
• Builds data migration tools for ingesting large and complex new customer data deconstructs WordPress, Joomla and Drupal databases, scrubs data, and then imports in archival system.
• Works closely with Project Managers and Customer Support to solicit requirements for custom projects.
• TownNews hosts and provides content management systems for newspapers to create and maintain their website, such as editorials, classified ads, and display ads. The company hosts over 1,500 newspaper websites.
• Diagnoses and solves unknown error issues, often interfacing with customers and support team.
• Tests all code changes and writes technical documentation for software processes.

Programmer,

Confidential

• Provider of website hosting and development services to newspapers.
• Served as Project Manager to design and launch multiple websites provided client support.
• Developed and implemented in-house customer support tools.
• Identified and corrected software errors.

Web Designer,

Confidential

• Genium provides digital and print media for engineering, computer networking, educational, and environmental firms.
• Designed, implemented, enhanced and maintained many of Genium's websites.
• Updated the annual Drafting Manual, which provides engineers with digital and hardcopy manuals that describe current drafting standards.
• Designed numerous brochures and postcards.

Consultant,

Confidential

• Made modifications to GE's legacy benefits system to incorporate contract changes affecting pension, health care, and other benefits.
• Conducted unit and systems integration testing for system modifications.
• Developed and edited business process work flow diagrams.
• Designed and implemented functional documentation for benefits administration processes.
• Communicated with Benefits Manager and staff to understand requirements and resolve discrepancies.

Website Designer,

Confidential

• Graphically designed logos, magazine ads, conference displays and business cards.
• Wrote Help documentation for software.
• Designed and maintained company website.
• Provided FTMS Field Task Management Software for Palm Pilots.
• Confidential Contractor for GE Power Systems
• Created a CD-ROM for marketing a new fuel cell power generation product. Interfaced with GE marketing manager to understand requirements. Responsible for entire CD-ROM process: integration of content, testing, 3D animations, digital images, and corresponding written script.
• Developed web-based user interface UI for a large digital photo data base to reduce the time for photo search and retrieval. The database and user interface is used by GE Power Systems for creation of presentations and displays.
• Developed faster method for creating panorama from individual photos. This method plus IBM HotMedia was used to create virtual reality tours of power plants on the Web used by Power Systems and utility customers .

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner / Project Manager,

Confidential

• iLinea provides web consulting services and is also exploring mobile iOS application development.
• Drives overall business direction, project management, and marketing and sales strategies.
• Interfaces with customers, assesses requirements, and develops solutions.
• Designs graphics and UI/UX for mobile applications.

Client projects include:

• Designed website and logo for Armor Risk Management.
• Designed and implemented the E-commerce website for the Saratoga Cookie Company . Responsible for the graphical design and layout of the website, and the implementation of the osCommerce PHP and MySQL integration.
• Re-designed and implemented The Saratogian newspaper database for Saratoga Public Library to make the data content accessible from a Web browser interface. Defined librarian requirements and changed the business process for librarians to easily add or change information content in the database.
• Creation of multimedia, animated presentation for FaciliTech, Schenectady, NY. Customer uses presentation to market their software services, e.g., at the New York State Government Technology Conference.
• Designed various marketing displays for Mario Via Abruzzi and Bazil Restaurants, Rochester, NY.

TECHNOLOGY

• Programming / Scripting Languages: PHP, Linux Shell, JavaScript, Perl, Xcode, CSS and HTML
• Databases: MySQL, Microsoft Access
• Software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Multimedia: Adobe Photoshop
• Operating Systems: Mac, Linux, and Windows