Michael Capone

Current

• Presentation Layer Architect at Workshare

Past

• Web Technology & Product Consultant (Self-employed)
• CTO & Co-Founder at Six Madison, LLC
• Creative Director & Senior Developer at Novaurora

• Freelance Web Developer & Designer (Self-employed)

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Education

• University of Pittsburgh
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Websites

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Michael Capone’s Summary

Classically trained artist with entrepreneurial experience in branding, marketing and technology, with a strong emphasis on interactive design and implementation. Driven to create unique and practical technologies through a balanced application of form and function.

Michael Capone’s Specialties:

Unique experience in melding design and technology. Creating branding materials and front-end web design using all programs in the Adobe Creative Suite. Developing all stages of web software utilizing PHP (4 and 5), SQL, JavaScript, XML, CSS, and DHTML, with some experience with AJAX, JSP, Java, Flash, ASP, and Apache.

Michael Capone’s Experience

• Presentation Layer Architect

  Workshare

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2007 — Present (11 months)

• Web Technology & Product Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)

  User interface (UI) and brand design, and development of advanced web technologies, including dynamic database-driven applications.

• CTO & Co-Founder

  Six Madison, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2006 — September 2006 (6 months)

  Lead development of a software as a service (SaaS) product for the insurance industry, which included defining the software roadmap and product specifications and selecting the deployment architecture. Created the initial draft of a secure XML-based communications standard to be used by insurance special investigation units and their vendors. Conducted extensive primary and secondary research with potential customers and industry experts to help guide development.

• Creative Director & Senior Developer

  Novaurora

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 4 months)

  Oversaw the branding and design for print and interactive accounts, including billboards, magazine and newspaper advertising, and web interface design. Designed and developed web applications with an emphasis on interface usability, managed designers and programmers, and lead research and development efforts in e-commerce and object-oriented PHP programming.

• Freelance Web Developer & Designer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  July 1997 — December 2002 (5 years 6 months)

  Designed and implemented web sites and created branding materials for a variety of clients on the east and west coasts. Clients included consultants, artists, political candidates, and retailers.

Michael Capone’s Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  BA, Computer Science, 2000 — 2002

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Computer Science 1998 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Robert E. Cook Honors College

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