Email: brads@greenlightlive.com
Objective: To utilize my technical programing and project management skills to work with business partners on critical business technology issues and deliver first class solutions.
Highlights:
- 8+ years web application development experience.
- Strong project management and workflow experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Track record of working with business users to determine needs and cost effective solutions.
- Designing and developing cross platform and cross browser web applications.
- Designing, implementing and administering databases and data driven applications.
Technical Skills
- Web Applications development, systems analysis, data integration, and management.
- Web 2.0, AJAX, Javascript, JSON, CSS, XML, HTML/XHTML, PHP, ASP.NET, C#, ASP/VB Script, ASP/JavaScript, SQL/TSQL, ADO, C, Visual Basic 6.0.
- Proficiency with all Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, administering Windows networks. Macintosh and Linux desktop administration.
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/2005, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft IIS 6.0, Microsoft Report Services 2005, Microsoft Share Point Server/MOSS 2007, Apache 2.
- Microsoft SQL Server 7, 2000 & 2005, mySQL, LAMP, WIMP, PostgreSQL, Oracle 8i, Microsoft Access, Dbase.
- Microsoft Commerce server 2000, OSCommerce and Commerce-CGI.
Employment:
SharePoint Developer, January 2008 to Present
SS&C Technologies, Windsor CT
Director of Training Services and Web Applications Developer, October 2005 to December 2007
Travel Sciences Inc, Hartford CT
Developer/Project Manager, 2004 to October 2005
Transcendigital LLC, Avon CT
Director of Web Development, 2002 to 2004
BHM+Partners, Westborough MA
Web Applications Developer & Project Manager, 2000 to 2002
Integrated Information Systems, Burlington MA
Web Applications Consultant/Developer, 1999 to 2000
IntraMedMD, Greenwich, CT
Data Management Analyst, 1998 to 1999
Warburg Dillon Read, Stamford CT
Education: BEng Manufacturing Systems Engineering (1998) University West of England, Bristol, England
Project Experience:
Travel Sciences, Inc
Directory of Training Services
Software Developer
Organizing and conducting training seminars and webinars for OpenTravelCRM, a Web 2.0 rich interactive customer relationship management application.
Developer for Travel Sciences primary software product, Travel Office Suite, used by travel agencies for booking air, cruise and land tours. Collaborating with a team of nine developers and Network Administrators. Inherited responsible for manual booking, commission, settlement and reporting screens for hotel, cruise and car bookings. Pages were incomplete and full of bugs, I was able to complete and make bug free in time for QA and launch of these additions to the Suite. Continue to add further capabilities at clients requests.
Technologies: Windows 2003 Servers, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005, Microsoft Report Server 2005, IIS 6, ASP/Javascript, AJAX.
Lead developer for a team of three to produce a marketable stripped down version of Travel Office Suite for hotel reservations, commission tracking and reporting with Microsoft Report Server 2005.
Technologies: Windows 2003 Servers, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005, Microsoft Report Server 2005, IIS 6, ASP/Javascript, AJAX.
Lead Developer for RoomRate.com and Airportandhotels.com, both public sites for online hotel reservations. Implemented ISAPI_Rewrite to fully utilize the extensive database of Cities and Points of Interest (POI) whilst easing the development and maintenance cycle of the site by consolidating over 200 pages, on each site, of static content into three dynamic pages. Created dynamic variables available throughout the site to help with SEO for the top 48 US and Canadian Cities. Improved the reliability of the booking process resulting in fewer abandoned searches. Build several administration tools for managing hotel and POI images, default text and contests entrants/winners. Improved the speed of hotel search results by utilizing AJAX to fetch room rates on the fly from the initial hotel results and display them sooner to the visitor. Added ability to view POI map of city and request driving directions by interfacing directly with MapQuest's API. Produced ad-hoc reports on reservations as required.
Technologies: Windows 2003 Servers, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, IIS 6, ASP/Javascript, AJAX.
Lead Developer for IMProvCenter.com, an online IM Bot portal and development application for the development and management of IM Bots for the MSN Network using Akonix's L7Builder and in partnership with Microsoft. Analyzed system requirements and managed work flow. Managed the delivery of licenses to over 3,000 qualified developers and the provisioning and testing of Bots on the MSN network. Responded to and redirected support requests to the appropriate resources. Produced ad-hoc reports on registrants and submitted bots as required.
Technologies: Windows 2003 Server, C#, .Net 2.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Technical Resource for Travel Sciences and IM Interactive Corps websites. Working with design department, completed a 100% redesign of the Travel Sciences site in 5 days.
Re-purposing the MSN IMProvCenter for AOL Bots, utilizing the same backend and work flow processes with an AOL centric look and feel.
Create C# Console Application to interface with Lucene search algorithm.
Technologies: Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft SQL 2000, ASP, Javascript.
Transcendigital
Project Manager and lead developer
Managing the maintenance and development of new tools to improve efficiency of marketing vehicles for world leader in commercial infrared cameras with sites in 32 languages. Trouble shooting, analyzing, diagnosing and resolving issues with the custom content management system (CMS), built-out of new tools and extended the capabilities of existing tools for managing the sites and tracking results of on-line and off-line marketing efforts. Along with the primary site, responsibilities included the managing of technical needs for four specialty sites focusing on used and rental cameras, training and conferences.
Technologies: Windows 2003 Server, ASP, IIS 6, MS SQL Server 2000.
Managing a team of SEO specialists and developers to analyze, recommend and implement SEO changes to a Medical equipment & clothing commerce site. Managed customer relations. Responsibilities also included maintaining the Linux hosting server.
Technologies: Linux, PHP, osCommerce, Apache 2, mySQL.
Managing a team of SEO specialists and developers to analyze, recommend and implement recommendations to an international furniture manufacturer/reseller with follow up reporting. Managed customer relations.
Technologies: Windows 2000 Server, ASP, IIS 5, MS SQL Server 2000, WebTrends.
Managed a team of three developers to build out a healthcare and retirement living site, for promoting their senior living communities (including micro sites) , healthcare services. fundraising, job posting and back-end HR management system. Worked with the client and advertising agency to plan the sites completion in phases and ensured that the schedules were met. Managed the partnership between developers and advertising agency, resolving issues with design, functionality and expectations to deliver the final product that met the users needs.
Developer
Connecticut Forum site development and maintenance
Wadsworth Atheneum site structure design/build/deployment and on going updates
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo site development and ongoing maintenance
RoomRate.com site tool building and prototyping for business development.
The Hartford informational sites for small/medium/large businesses, site maintenance and monthly code pushes.
Business development
Sought out new business opportunities with existing clients and brought in several new prospects.
BHM+Partners
Project Manager and lead developer
Designed, developed, implemented and project managed an e-commerce solution for Package Steel Industries, Sutton Ma., to extend their new marketing website and printed material to offer a convenient place for builders and owners of steel buildings to buy replacement and spare parts.
Designed, developed, implemented and project managed a dynamic Internet solution for health food specialists Arkopharma/Health from the Sun, Bedford, Ma., to promote their extensive range of Health Food supplements and retail outlets.
Worked with several colleges in the Boston area to update their web presence and web marketing to go hand-in-hand with conventional printed marketing; Resulted in over 50% increase in new online applicants.
Integrated Windows XP systems into Macintosh network environment. Enabled remote users to access office resources. Made and implemented recommendations on improving network and Internet resources resulting in savings of more than $3,600 in services. Drafted and implemented backup and recovery procedures for internal servers and workstations. Recommended and implemented website hosting changes, resulting in overall reduced cost of hosting and reduced administration; whilst increased uptime resulting in e-commerce sites generating over 100% more revenue compared to previous years.
Integrated Information Systems
Consultant/Developer and Project Manager
EMC Personic Job Posting and Resume Automation Managed a small team and accomplished development tasks integrating EMC's job vacancy and employee tracking system with Human Resource intranet and external job boards. Created intranet site (ASP, SQL) for employees to search and apply for job transfers or make a referral; posted resumes are automatically routed to the appropriate personnel. New job postings are automatically extracted from an Oracle View, parsed and posted to Monster.com, HotJobs.com, and AJB.
Integrated Information Systems: Consultant/Developer and Project Manager EMC Distance Learning Managed a small team that piloted and deployed third party distance learning tools within EMC. Tested in a simulated environment before integrating into the enterprise. Reported directly to EMC project management; coordinating EMC resources and Third parties to successfully install and implement the tools through all phases of project life cycle. Coordinated end users training, documented systems requirements and configuration, trained and handed off technical support to EMC Global Help Desk.
Integrated Information Systems Microsoft Share Point Portal Server Implemented Microsoft Share Point Portal Server. Designed and developed a central office Event Calendar for consultants to keep up to date with Partner events and training seminars.
Freelance
Stowevacation.com - is a rental property in Stowe Vermont. The owners were looking for a site that they could use to supplement their other advertising initiatives including paid listings and print ads. To assist with keeping the site up to date and adding new content, a Content Management System was built that enables them to easily change content, add new pages and upload images.
MimisConsignment.com & NEConsignment.com - is an upscale womens clothing consignment shop and online auction trader. They were looking for sites to help promote their business. Currently an online store is in development for expanding their womens clothing sales. Installed POS software and assist with maintenance and backup's.
Food411.com - is the ultimate online resource for gourmet foods, recipes, cooking and shopping. As they expand they are looking for ways to better manage their content and mailing lists. A database was added to collect subscriptions to their newsletter and an administration tool to help them export the list to mailing software.
CobblestonesOfLowell.com - is a gourmet restaurant in Lowell, Massachussetts. There were looking to update their previous website with a more elegant and upbeat user experience, whilst also making it a vehicle for promoting and expanding their functions and catering business.
ConstructionTrak.net - is an Internet based Project Management and Reporting system designed for construction related companies. As they were nearing the final stages of developing they were looking to have an external recourse audit the system, address bugs, add final functionality requests and project reports.