Community Architect & Catalyst for Hire
Greater Philadelphia Area
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- Community Architect and Catalyst for Hire at Dangerouslyawesome Strategies
- Fearless Leader/Co-Founder at Independents Hall
- Web Developer/Innovation Consultant at We Know HTML (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Web Developer at Empathy Lab
- Web Developer at Refinery
- Education
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- Drexel University
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Alex Hillman’s Summary
Community development & market innovation consultant with experience working for various sized web software initiatives: local business through Fortune500. Heavy emphasis on integrating web technologies into business processes. Creative problem solver. Solid team player. Passionate about the local and global technology community.
Alex Hillman’s Specialties:
Community and social engagement. Marketing that isn't all about you, the company. Start small and iterate. Fail early and often. Be authentic. Use open standards and tools to your advantage.
Alex Hillman’s Experience
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Community Architect and Catalyst for Hire
Dangerouslyawesome Strategies
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Projects include:
Unstick.me: Life and business coaching in the form of a private hour-long chat (text video or audio) about your specific problem, a loving kick in the pants and your next action step
IndyHall Labs: IndyHall Labs isn't an incubator. It's a catalyst. It's a community-powered research and development lab, designed to help you focus on what you're good at: creating things.
IndyHall: Independents Hall is a coworking space and community in Philadelphia. We are designers, developers, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, small business owners, telecommuters, marketers, videographers, game developers, and more. The common thread is this: we all know that we're happier and more productive together than alone. -
Fearless Leader/Co-Founder
Independents Hall
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Independents Hall is a community of freelancers, independents, work-from-home people, who have an interest in getting out of their dull work day and participating in a community that’s designed to support and encourage people who make a living doing what they love.
Leading this group through various events has been punctuated by the opening of a shared creative community workspace in Old City, Philadelphia -
Web Developer/Innovation Consultant
We Know HTML (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
* Design and development of various websites including Volvo International, Virgin Mobile
* Maintenance and consulting of business technology plans
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Web Developer
Empathy Lab
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2006 — December 2006 (10 months)
* Development and maintenance of several data driven websites for a number of large accounts including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, L A Weight Loss, Comcast
* Enhanced web site interfaces with AJAX technologies, as well as other advanced Javascript techniques.
* Pioneered new techniques for solving common development problems including IE png transparency, and building bulletproof XHTML based layouts.
* Participated in team environment
* Researched and developed uses and practices for new technologies
* Adherence to w3c standards for development when possible and appropriate -
Web Developer
Refinery
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 7 months)
* Development and maintenance of several ASP.Net data driven websites for a number of large accounts including Campbell's Soup Company, Sony Pictures Classics, Motorola
* Development and maintenance of internal applications for organizational use
* Participated in team environment
* Researched and developed uses and practices for new technologies
* Adherence to w3c standards for development when possible and appropriate
Alex Hillman’s Education
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Drexel University
Business , Business - MIS, Computing Technology , 2002 — 2006
My time at Drexel includs two 6 month co-ops, one at PNC/PFPC Bank and the other beginning my tenure at Refinery. After my 6 months at Refinery, I decided to continue working in the interactive industry and continue my studies part time. When the university was teaching "tables and frames" as part of a multi-part web development course, I decided that they were too far behind me and despite efforts to find alternative curriculum, was encouraged to move on with my self-guided education in the field instead of the University education.
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Alex Hillman’s Interests:
snowboarding, technology news
Alex Hillman’s Groups:
Alpha Epsilon Pi - Delta Rho, IndyHall
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Independents Hall
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