Director, Business Development at Marco Tabini & Associates
Cincinnati Area
Director, Business Development at Marco Tabini & Associates
Cincinnati Area
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 1996 — Present (13 years 3 months)
Currently responsible for all facets of this small/mid-size e-commerce site (www.giftsforengineers.com), from web interface to customer service to order fulfillment and inventory management to researching new products. Main focus is on web interface and streamlining operations. Am also responsible for writing all site copy, marketing material, and coordinating marketing efforts.
(Internet industry)
October 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 1 month)
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 9 months)
Responsibilities include acquiring, coordinating, and editing new titles for the php|architect line of books.
(Internet industry)
September 1996 — December 2008 (12 years 4 months)
Currently manage sites and write web apps for numerous clients in e-commerce, warehousing and consulting industries. I also have acted as a consultant in partnership building and web development issues.
(Internet industry)
April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Post PHP news articles to the php|architect site.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
July 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 10 months)
As a regular contributor to International PHP Magazine, I have written articles on frameworks, cool sites that are using PHP in unique ways, and helpful tips for freelancers.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2005 — April 2007 (2 years )
Currently write a monthly news summary on PHP-related events. Also act as a moderator for the forums at PHPBuilder.com
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Developed and taught an e-commerce course in the Adult and Continuing Education Program (3 local campuses). While I'm currently on hiatus, I should be returning to this position shortly.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
March 2004 — February 2006 (2 years )
Co-authored several PHP-related titles, including "Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL", "Beginning PHP5, Apache, MySQL", and "Professional LAMP".
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 1992 — September 1996 (4 years 1 month)
Responsible for coordinating marketing efforts for this healthcare consulting firm. Responsibilities included managing current and potential client data, interacting between clients and sales and operations staff, and representing company at approx 10 trade shows per year. Set up and maintained database structure and tracking mechanisms using good ol' DBIII and Paradox.
BS , Organizational Behavior , 1989 — 1992
Graduated in 3 years with focus on Information Systems.
writing, painting, reading, running
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