Andrew Hopper

Current

Technical Lead at Puma

Past

CTO at Bean Group
CTO at Agentmaster, LLC
Principal Consultant at Hopper Consulting

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Education

Eckerd College

Recommended

2 people have recommended Andrew

Connections

175 connections

Industry

Apparel & Fashion

Websites

Andrew Hopper’s Summary

Web professional with proven record of developing and executing innovative, next-generation business model strategies. Offers 10 years web development experience with proven record of translating business requirements into web applications that stimulate revenue, reduce cost, and increase business efficiency.

Andrew Hopper’s Specialties:

PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, XML, Web 2.0 APIs, SOAP, REST, MySql, Postgresql, Smarty, AJAX, Zend, Apache, Linux, ORM, N-Tier, jQuery, Wordpress, Drupal, Java, JSP, Tomcat, Omniture, Google Analytics, Akamai, CDN, Load Balancers, Subversion, VOIP, Amazon EC2, SEO, SEM, XSLT, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Agile

Andrew Hopper’s Experience

Technical Lead

Puma

(Public Company; Apparel & Fashion industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Global technology manager for PUMA websites and interactive marketing.
CTO

Bean Group

(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

January 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 6 months)

Drove web strategies leading to growth from 12 to 100+ sales persons in only 2 years. Improved the quality of life for 100 realtors.

-Executed SEO strategies resulting in 200% increase in company revenue.
-Crafted software development procedures, from defining requirements through testing, deployment, revision control, and staging environments.

Development lead on:
o CMS allowing company to build websites for sales persons resulting in more successful recruiting efforts.
o BI application to manage leads that allowed for growth of sales force and increased cohesiveness of customer experience.
o Transaction management system allowing more efficient cash flow, sales forecasting, and geographically distributed management of transactions.
o Email-marketing system that notified users when property matching saved search criteria became available. System maintained communication channels between salesperson and customer increasing sales and return visits.
CTO

Agentmaster, LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2002 — January 2006 (3 years 5 months)

Key member of startup team that translated concept into commercially viable product. Oversaw product growth to 100+ clients and 2006 merger. Made finding homes fun and easy for customers.

-Implemented internal APIs for development of dynamic real estate websites.
-Established intranet to maximize sales efforts, enhance product delivery and strengthen customer support. Allowed collaboration across 3 different offices. Intranet support system resulted in 99% customer retention. Improved response/resolution cycle 500% and enabled 3 offices to collaborate on customer support.
-Migrated live web based products from Microsoft technologies to open source technologies resulting in 40% reduction in costs.
Principal Consultant

Hopper Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — 2002 (3 years )

Developed custom web applications using Microsoft SQL Server and ASP.

Andrew Hopper’s Education

Eckerd College

Computer Science, Mathematics

Activities and Societies:

Best Buddies, Eckerd College Homeless Outreach, EC Water Ski Club

Additional Information

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Andrew Hopper’s Interests:

Building, scaling, and tunning web applications. Solving challenging technology problems. Tennis, running, snowboarding, hiking, camping, surfing, scuba diving, boating, water skiing