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Innovative IT professional with a fundamental knowledge of the internet and interface design. Extensive expertise in a number of computer languages, electronic publications, semantic analysis, system administration and web development. Experience in traditional and non-traditional marketing, journalism, merchandising and mass retail environments.
Working knowledge of recent versions of the following: PHP, Python, JavaScript/ActionScript/ECMAScript, MySQL, XHTML/CSS, AJAX technologies, Macromedia Flash, *NIX shells, Perl, Apache, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and Microsoft Windows. Limited Ruby and Ruby on Rails experience.
B.S., Computer Science, 2002
Who’s Going helps you meet new people through events and activities.
Guided the prominent political advertising group on social e-commerce initiatives. Details pending release.
Periodically assist the rapidly expanding casual gaming advertising network with a variety of technological and marketing concerns.
Developed and marketed a ZIP Code boundary database and related software for use with mapping applications.
Assisted with the leading internet meme-tracker's information architecture and design.
Upcoming feed management service. Details pending release.
Widely heralded web identity management tool allows user to "tag" each other by email address. Combined with geolocation data, Tagalag becomes a literal map of meta-information about people.
Authored a Flash based iPod emulator for Talking Panda's iLingo translation products. Assisted with editing marketing materials. Maintained the company's online presence. Worked with Zondervan to port religious materials onto the iPod platform.
Worked with the team at Bobby McFerrin, Inc to shift their Macromedia Flash based site to an open, community driven portal.
Founded the leading RFID publication with more than 85,000 unique visitors in December of 2005. RFID News is an established thought-leader in the expanding and controversial industry. Affiliated with Avisian, Inc in March of 2004.
Developed and maintained a highly customized, Movable Type based CMS for Contactless News, CR80 News, RFID News and Secure ID News, each a leading publication in the automatic identification industry. Developed advertising inventory management systems, user management systems, and paid subscription services. Oversaw a massive architecture overhaul that sparked a substantial growth in traffic, with over 250,000 unique visitors in January of 2006.
Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop Calchamber.com content.
Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop Apple's internal "Information Systems and Technology" website.
Conceptualized and developed a PEAR and Smarty based PHP based advertising and billing system for a leading RSS and weblog advertising system.
Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop a PEAR and Smarty based PHP based real estate listing system linking prospective leads with agents. The system includes Authorize.net billing and authorization functionality.
Developed and maintained the Spring, Fall and Winter 2003 "New York Stories" dkny.com websites as well as the Spring and Fall 2003 donnakaran.com websites. Built a PHP/MySQL based sweepstakes management system and produced all Flash content.
Developed online applications to assist in the manual and automated classification of weblogs. Created an aggregator that tracks linking patterns in political weblog communities.
Developed and designed the widely cited, Python based multi-language weblog aggregator. Memeufacture uses a combination of editorial selection and bi-hourly spidering to monitor topics from distinct online communities:
Developed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications in Python, Visual Studio and Macromedia Flash for Fortune 50 companies. Installed and demonstrated RFID systems at Wal-Mart headquarters, as well as being a member of the installation group for the first ever live RFID smart shelf. Represented Masters of Branding at the June 2003 RFID summit in Chicago, Illinois. Created media and applications for L'Oreal Brands (Maybelline, L'Oreal Professionnel, Garnier Fructise, Matrix) Revlon, P&G, Coty, Prada, and International Paper, while working with large retailers such as Wal-Mart and CVS. Conducted retail audits for Coty, DKNY, and Prada.
Worked with a small web development team to produce the weekly Village Voice website, winner of the 2001 National Press Foundation's Excellence in Online Journalism Award.
Lead programmer in London for Oven's 'presentation tool' multinational project, integrating an Oracle database, Macromedia Generator and XML communication protocol. Primary internal rich media developer.