SUMMARY:

• Senior level management of technology, marketing and mixed - discipline teams
• Hands-on member of the development and marketing teams
• Experience managing onsite and remote FTE and contract-based developers
• Strategic advisor for multiple digital publications and products
• Implementor of Agile/Scrum SDLC in both traditional and matrix-managed teams
• Experience developing websites and products for the following: Newspapers, Magazines, Event Companies, Directory / Listings, Real Estate, E-Commerce / Stores, Video and mobile-ready.
• Development of RESTful APIs for integration of 3rd party products with core web databases.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical: HTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript/JQuery, Perl, Perl OOP, CGI, PHP and PEAR, MySQL, Apache administration, Apache XSSI (SSI), Nginx, CentOS/Red Hat Linux, ElasticSearch, Advanced caching and load balancing techniques, XML, SSH, Crontab, Git software version control, Drupal CMS, Documentation and task/workflow management using Redmine, PangoScrum and Scrumdo.com, Coda IDE on Mac, Adobe Photoshop and Indesign, Apple iMovie and FinalCut Pro X, Munin and Nagios for remote monitoring, Regular Expressions, Data normalization, Authorize.net gateway, PayPal payment gateway, BoA/Payeezy gateway, OpenCart, Yii 1.x PHP framework, Xen Virtualization

Marketing Platforms and Competencies: Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Google Adwords, WUsage, Analog Log Analyzer, AWStats, Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO/SEM), OpenAds and Google DFP DoubleClick Ad systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chief Technical Officer and Director of Digital

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Evolution into responsive site development
• Planning and execution to gain buy-in from staff/management on formalization of product development strategies.
• Implementation of a new mobile and tablet “App” for accessing digital editions.
• Launch of a new e-Commerce storefront based on the OpenCart opensource platform.
• Implementation of load-balancing, redundant replication, and advanced caching techniques to stabilize web properties during “stampede” events.
• Development of an events listing and registration system for the new events wing of IL.

Confidential

Director

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and digital strategy for all properties, Including oversight of Drupal CMS development for all 60+ papers.
• Team-building amongst demographically disparate teams of people.
• Development and maintenance of web platforms on open source technologies with a focus on building around the Drupal CMS framework.
• Interviewing, hiring and firing of staff as necessary. Evaluate and establish formal job descriptions for all staff members.

Technical Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ground-up hands-on development, optimization and oversight of all web systems - comprehensive from hardware and software platforms to page layout and content management.
• Develop core systems on a LAMP platform using Perl OOP, PHP and MySQL under MVC architecture.
• Deeply i nvolved throughout the SDLC on virtually all new and existing application projects.
• Acquisition, hands-on installation and administration of all related servers.
• Work directly with all other departments to plan, architect and develop new and existing projects and products .
• Systems administration on Fedora Core 4/5/6, and CentOS/RedHat Enterprise 4
• Locate, acquire, train and manage vendors a nd employees.
• Key strategist and implementer in the companies’ very difficult change of culture from old-school print to new age media.
• Deployment/management of Google Analytics, Analog, WUsage and and Search Engine Optimization techniques.
• Streamlining of internal print-to-web production flows including the initiation of reverse web-to-print publishing flows.

Programmer/Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Development of new web-based server side applications in Perl. bject oriented methodologies under a Model-View-Controller (MVC) application architecture.
• Test-driven development based on Test::Harness
• Extensive documentation (via POD/Twiki) Technologies: Perl, CGI, OOP, POD, Wiki, TWiki, MySQL, CVS, Subversion, Solaris, Test::Harness

Web/Perl Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Website maintenance, modifications, and system automations
• Application design/development (Subscription engine, ad stats, print publishing integration)
• Support and develop 20+ client websites.

Technologies: Perl, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/DHTML. Apache

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Perl/CGI and PHP web development.
• Front-end website design and HTML coding
• Web server management

Technologies: HTML, CSS, Server Side Includes (SSI), Adobe Photoshop, FTP, SSH, Apache, CentOS/Linux

Webmaster/Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Perl/CGI Development
• Web design layout, and HTML coding
• Shopping carts and inventory management system for 75,000+ products, delivered via drop-shippers.
• SSL encrypted e-commerce and CardService International payment gateway integration.
• Back room management system for company staff to manage order flow and fulfillment.

Technologies: HTML, Server Side Includes, Apache, Adobe Photoshop, FTP, SSH, Perl, CGI, SSL.