Brian Ales

Current

• Independent Technology/New Media Analyst at Ales Research

Past

• Client Liaison/Technical Manager at CyberCity Inc.
• Composer/Producer at Ales Music

Education

• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Recommended

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Connections

40 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• my blog
• my music

Brian Ales’s Summary

Eclectic background and interests, with a backgorund in both information technology (MS, NYU/Stern School of Business) and music composition/production (BA, New England Conservatory).

Brian Ales’s Experience

• Independent Technology/New Media Analyst

  Ales Research

  (Market Research industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  • Market Analysis clients include major international telcos
  • Software QA Testing/Programming for Ableton ‘Live’ Audio
  Production Application Suite, Ableton AG (Berlin)
  • Chief Contributor/Editor, digitalmissive.com (as site
  designer/webmaster, experienced with HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML,
  and PHP)

• Client Liaison/Technical Manager

  CyberCity Inc.

  (Computer Networking industry)

  May 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 5 months)

  Managed 180+ seats at over 2 dozen small business clients spread across the US and Europe at Manhattan-based IT consultancy/outsourced network administration firm CyberCity. Supervised and scheduled staff of 8 technicians performing network installations, server builds, and routine upgrades/maintenance/user support for multiple Windows Server/Exchange-based networks including multiple workstation platforms, high-end imaging peripherals, and a variety of mobile devices. Responsible for all client software and hardware purchasing as well as implementation of all client-side internet connectivity, (ipSec) VPN, DNS, email, and spam filtering solutions. In addition, managed implementation and maintained CyberCity's company-wide hosted online backup solution.

• Composer/Producer

  Ales Music

  (Music industry)

  January 1993 — January 2004 (11 years 1 month)

  Music composer/producer.
  • Extensive experience in the broadcast and online advertising industry: clients include Hewlett Packard, The New York Times, American Express, Nikon, Arm & Hammer, BellSouth, and Subway Sandwiches (among others).
  • Broadcast credits include ABC-TV, PBS, ESPN, and NPR (see www.brianales.com for additional credits and work samples).
  • Visiting Audio Production Faculty, Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada)
  • Sound Design Programmer/Software Tester for Ableton ‘Live’ Audio Production Application Suite, Ableton AG (Berlin)
  • Scored several independent films (including Hamptons Film Festival award winner ‘Upstate’)
  • Released 5 CDs of original music and one with renown jazz guitarist Bill Frisell.
  • As a recoding engineer/producer, worked with Lyle Mays, The Tokyo String Quartet, ECM Records, Ronnie Earl, Yale University, the Boston Pops, and Gunther Schuller.

Brian Ales’s Education

• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

  Masters , MSIS Program in collaboration with Stern School of Business (3.72 GPA) , 2001 — 2003

  As part of Master's studies, part of an NYU/Stern team at Morgan Stanley prototyping a XBRL (XML-based business reporting standard) Java/open source web application using Apache SAX XML parsing and an Apache Xindice (native XML) database backend.

  Activities and Societies:

  Member, New York Software Industry Association

Additional Information

Brian Ales’s Websites:

• my blog
• my music

Brian Ales’s Groups:

•    Radio & Television Professionals Network

Brian Ales’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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