Resume
 

Objective

Act as the hub and driving force for business and information systems coordination. Lead strategy and direction as a technical expert, team consultant, advisor and mentor. Cut through bureaucracy while defining and following design standards and best practices. Evaluate and conceptualize emerging technologies. Be involved in all aspects of project planning and management. Cut through red tape, get stuff done.

Experience

May 2001 – present, Staples, Inc. Framingham, MA
Principal Programmer/Analyst, North American Delivery IS – Staples.com

  • Project and technical lead
  • Systems design
  • Subject matter expert on content management (Interwoven Content Center) and deployment, user experience (usability and visual design), perl, regular expressions, javascript, css, rss, xml, xsl, html, jsp and windows/unix shell scripting.
  • Considered by management to be the “go-to guy” for fixing late projects, production issues and design problems that may require alternative ideas.
  • Quick thinking and acting without sacrificing quality.

Highlights:

  • Track lead for UE, deployment and CMS – Corporate Advantage site re-platform.

    • Managed project plan and tasks for 5 associates on-site and remote.
    • Worked with project leadership and other track leads to report on status and to coordinate and combine efforts for co-related tasks.
    • Designed and developed content deployment application and process.
    • Performed development tasks on jsp, css, js, html, Interwoven Content Center, perl and web server configuration.
    • Quality of code going into QA was so clean that release date was brought in five weeks.
  • Technical Lead for Staples.com – Customer Reviews, Online Chat, Interwoven Content Center
  • As an avid health and environmentally aware associate, I regularly bicycle to work and promote the benefits of healthy eating, exercise, alternative transportation and environmentalism with my fellow associates. I have made several presentations with the MetroWest/495 Transportation Management Association, who host various events at Staples home office, including bike to work day and alternative transportation sessions.
  • Lead member of the Staples Soul bike team, riding in the Rodman Ride for kids to benefit the Mazie Foundation.

August 1998 – May 2001 Monster, Maynard, MA
Technical Manager, Product

  • Designed, integrated and built content management and source control tools and processes.
  • Documented development processes, product requirements and use-cases, instructions and help.
  • Built web products in a team environment using Photoshop, Visio, SQL Server, Access, ASP, VB Script, Visual Studio. Performed daily maintenance on the site home page.
  • Assisted in the hiring process.

September 1996 – July 1998 Various Education/Music Positions

  • Communicated with school music teachers to assess the needs of their programs. Worked with product pricing through contact with suppliers. Discussed sales floor issues with store management and sales staff.
  • Directed a 70 member, 7-8 grade band. Worked with other music faculty to update music curriculum.


Volunteer Work

2006 – present, Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson
http://UCMH.org

  • Re-launched web site using open source technologies – Wordpress, PHP, MySql, Apache.
  • Assist church staff in maintaining the web site content.
  • Record, produce and publish audio podcast.
  • Evangelize the use of technology for accessibility, communication and environmentalism.
  • Moved traditional printed newsletter to online, resulting in a 70% cost reduction and decrease of our environmental “footprint.”
  • Organize bike to church event for Earth Day each year.

2006, Marlborough Newcomers and Neighbors Club
http://MarlboroughNewcomers.com

  • Re-launched web site using open source technologies.
  • Wrote instructional documentation and performed training for club leadership on publishing and maintaining the web site.
  • Transitioned monthly newsletter from Publisher/PDF email distribution to web. All aspects of the newsletter are now automated, including content submission, distribution and printing. Reduced an 8 hour per month task to a matter of minutes.

Education

May 1996 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
Bachelor of Music – Music Education

Technical Skills

Apache, 4 years.
Wordpress, 4 years.
MySql, 4 years.
JSP, 4 years.
IBM Websphere Commerce, 4 years.
RSS, 4 years.
ImageMagick, 6 years.
CSS, 8 years.
Perl, 7 years.
XML and XSL, 8 years.
Regular Expressions, 7 years.
PHP, 8 years.
Interwoven Content Center (Teamsite), 8 years.
Photoshop, 8 years.
JavaScript, 10 years.
HTML, 11 years.

Example Web Sites

http://Staples.com
http://CorporateAdvantage.com
http://UCMH.org
http://MarlboroughNewcomers.com
http://MiddlesexCentury.org
http://BenCode.com