Chief Information Officer at Dexrex LLC
Springfield, Massachusetts Area
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- Advisor at Localocracy
- Chief Information Officer at Dexrex LLC
- Business Evangelist at Dexrex LLC
- Lead Information Architect at Dexrex LLC
- Past
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- Information Architect & Systems Analyst at Management Ventures, Inc.
- Research Intern at Management Ventures, Inc.
- Computer Technician at University Bytes
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Cristos Lianides-Chin’s Summary
Outstanding communicator, comfortable in both business and technical settings.
Chief Information Officer, responsible for technical infrastructure, establishing knowledge-sharing culture, and mid- to long-term strategy.
Information Architect involved with all aspects of site development, including conducting stakeholder & user interviews, creating content inventories, constructing flow diagrams, and sketching wireframes.
Business Evangelist, arranging partnership proposals and discussions, and interacting with online and offline business & user communities.
Systems Analyst responsible for configuring webserver and database environments for web applications, including MS SQL 2005, IIS 6 (Windows) and Apache 2 (Ubuntu).
Cristos Lianides-Chin’s Specialties:
system architecture, product design, project management, interface design, usability, Visio, Axure interaction design, user experience design, IxD, UX
Cristos Lianides-Chin’s Experience
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Advisor
Localocracy
(Public Policy industry)
December 2008 — Present (8 months)
Engaged in strategic planning, mission definition, and product design of Localocracy.com web application. Provided interface design and technical advice. Currently vetting candidates for CTO position.
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Chief Information Officer
Dexrex LLC
(Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Construct a knowledge culture as the organization grows, including building KB's for business and technical groups, and installing ticketing system for bugs. Liaise with contractors, including both server maintenance and marketing consultancies. Maintain internal technical infrastructure.
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Business Evangelist
Dexrex LLC
(Internet industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Responsible for monitoring and maintaining positive brand presence with various internet communities. Also engaged with potential partner companies through activities such as building business proposals and holding high-level technical discussions.
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Lead Information Architect
Dexrex LLC
(Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Develop user personas for public-facing webpages, as well as for the members-only web application. Work with graphic designer to produce wireframes, then consult with developers during coding/production to maintain design integrity.
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Information Architect & Systems Analyst
Management Ventures, Inc.
(Privately Held; Market Research industry)
January 2006 — January 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Gathered requirements both from product owners and from client feedback/testing. Designed user interfaces for web products (client-facing & internal). Maintained various server environments, including Windows Server 2003 (IIS + SQL 2005) and Linux (Apache). Actively researched work processes in other departments of the company, and designed technical solutions to improve their business processes.
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Research Intern
Management Ventures, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Market Research industry)
June 2005 — December 2005 (7 months)
Searched publicly-available information on a per-task basis, using both public & subscription-based search tools.
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Computer Technician
University Bytes
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — April 2005 (8 months)
Computer repair, telephone troubleshooting, custom builds. Worked on multiple computers simultaneously, including hardware and software problems; assisted customers with diagnostics and troubleshooting over the phone; built computers from assorted parts per customer orders.
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NCIIA Invention to Venture
Cristos Lianides-Chin’s Honors:
Management Ventures, Inc. -- MeeVee, 2006
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