Web and Application Developer, New Media Designer, Usability Expert and Strategy Consultant
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- VP of Technology, Internet Strategy at eStrategyFirst
- Past
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- VP of Technology at Petals Decorative Accents
- Sr Director of Internet Operations at The Wine Enthusiast
- Sr. Web Architect at Savvy Networks
- I.T. Support, Creative Assistant at Transnational Publishers, Inc.
- Tactical Aircraft Specialist at United States Air Force
- Education
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- Self Study
- SAP Business One Training
- College of the Air Force
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Bill Jackson’s Summary
Over 14+ years developing creative solutions & managing technology for a wide variety of industries and clients. Interface and usability expert with a savvy eye for design and a wide variety of industry experience and success.
Bill Jackson’s Specialties:
Flex, Objective-C, iPhone, Actionscript 3, Flash , asp.net framework, C#, Java, Jsp, Jscript, T-SQL, Javascript, jQuery - CSS, HTML, XHTML, XML, OOP, AJAX, Webservices, SOAP, DHTML, Asp, VBScript, Database Modeling & Development, Desktop Software Engineering, SAP B1,Google Analytics, Omniture, Offermatica, Usability, Web Standards, Interface Design, Ecometry, Endeca Navigation Engine, Marketlive E-commerce platform, Visual Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator, IIS, Windows Server Administration
Bill Jackson’s Experience
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VP of Technology, Internet Strategy
eStrategyFirst
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Act as the firm’s senior technical consultant with responsibility for all technical projects and deliverables, either directly or by managing internal or third-party technical resources
Provide marketing, merchandising and eCommerce management recommendations to estrategyfirst clients and prospects
Develop and carry out client site and strategy analyses and suggest solutions as part of client engagements as well as sales support initiatives
Work directly with estrategyfirst consultants and clients to help identify strategic opportunities and generate interest in relevant estrategyfirst products and services -
VP of Technology
Petals Decorative Accents
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 1 month)
* Personally developed critical business software interfaces to integrate a new warehouse management system, SAP B1 systems and entirely new call center and distribution center.
* Increased Internet-direct sales percentage to 30% through development and implementation of revenue generating programs such as SEO, hacker-safe certifications, affiliate programs and many other E-commerce initiatives including petalsdirectwholesale.com.
* Replaced numerous time intensive manual business processes with custom written XML based task scheduling software. This windows server application was constructed with a plug-in architecture for rapid concurrent development of tasks. -
Sr Director of Internet Operations
The Wine Enthusiast
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
August 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 2 months)
* Responsible for the uptime, graphic design and development of wineenthusiast.com, wineexpress.com, winemag.com, wholesale-direct.com and twepro.com generating in excess of $11 Million in annual revenue.
* Increased Internet-direct percentage of overall sales from 9% to 42% in five years through proactive e-commerce development initiatives and marketing efforts.
* Managed and mentored a dynamic team of 4 graphic designers and programmers to consistently deliver high-quality results on all development projects.
* Actively maintained the server health, configuration and maintenance for 4 application servers and 1 database server with 99.99% uptime during my tenure. -
Sr. Web Architect
Savvy Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 1998 — August 2000 (1 year 11 months)
* Designed and developed more than 20 client web sites and applications, managing the entire lifecycle from initial client meetings through development and into the maintenance phase.
* Created a custom dial-up access database system containing access numbers for the entire United States. Integrated web signup and automatic subscription processing saving thousands of man hours annually.
* Designed corporate identity for Savvy Networks, SavvySpace, Imaginamics and Iwantmydsl. Responsible for the design and production of logos, advertisements, sales & marketing materials, headquarter signage and employee attire. -
I.T. Support, Creative Assistant
Transnational Publishers, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
August 1997 — October 1999 (2 years 3 months)
* Maintained network and file share servers, ensuring consistent and reliable remote access from international authors, researchers and lawyers.
* Designed and developed transnationalpubs.com integrating the Miva ecommerce suite saving hundreds of man-hours in manual order taking and processing.
* Designed the cover of published title ‘Human Rights Law’ [ISBN: 978-1571053206]. -
Tactical Aircraft Specialist
United States Air Force
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
August 1990 — August 1997 (7 years 1 month)
* Granted Top-Secret clearance for maintenance and technology development of the F-117A Stealth Fighter.
* Served proudly in the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm.
* Recipient of several prestigious commendation and achievement medals as well as 2 honorary discharges.
Bill Jackson’s Education
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Self Study
Technology, Development, Design and Programming 1998 — 2007
Not all education comes from a classroom. I have taught myself several enterprise level programming languages and platforms through self study method such as books, the Internet, collaboration with industry experts and most of all experience.
I have successfully educated myself through sheer initiative, determination and intelligence. -
SAP Business One Training
SAP Business One Consulting 2006 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- SAP Business One Certified Consultant Course
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College of the Air Force
Aircraft Maintenance and Technology 1990 — 1997
Distinguished graduate of leadership school.
Air Combat Command Aircraft Maintenance Professional of the year 1994- Activities and Societies:
- Aircraft Maintenance and Technology Courses Spanning 7 years of active military service.
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Bill Jackson’s Interests:
Developing interesting, attractive and effective web applications and technology solutions.
Bill Jackson’s Groups:
United States Air Force Veterans Association
Bill Jackson’s Honors:
Design techniques published in a best selling book 'Effective Web Animation: Advanced Techniques for the Web' [ISBN: 978-0201606003]
Recipient of several prestigious commendation and achievement medals as well as 2 honorable discharges
Granted Top-Secret clearance for maintenance and technology development of the F-117A Stealth Fighter
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