Eric Bates

Current

Classifieds Internet Development Manager at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Past

Project Manager at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Web Developer at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Web Developer at CarrierPoint

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Education

Belmont Abbey College
North Carolina State University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Eric

Connections

128 connections

Industry

Online Media

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Eric Bates’s Summary

Web Development Manager with background in usability and design. Lead team of Ruby on Rails developers to deliver web applications using the Agile development methodology. Experience integrating with e-commerce systems as well as legacy systems and other web services. Focused on improving the user experience through the utilization of mash-ups, data visualizations and social networking features.

Eric Bates’s Specialties:

Project management, usability, web application design and development, e-commerce systems, web services, Ruby on Rails, legacy systems integration, searchable databases, user interface design.

Eric Bates’s Experience

Classifieds Internet Development Manager

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

- Manage eCommerce development team for the AJC's Internet Technologies Group.

- Manage development of Ruby on Rails applications employing the Agile methodology.

- Responsible for the development and operations of the AJC's online classifieds portfolio including ajcexchange.com, ajccars.com and ajchomefinder.com.

- Successfully deployed online classifieds ad order entry system in RoR in less than 3 months. The application employs web services and interfaces with 2 other legacy systems.
Project Manager

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

December 2003 — January 2007 (3 years 2 months)

Lead design and launch of new shopping website, ajcshopping.com, which was a 2005 EPpy Award Finalist for Best Internet Shopping Service.

Managed redesigns of the AJC's classifieds websites: ajchomefinder.com, ajccars.com and ajcclassifieds.com.

Managed redesign of web order entry system for classified ad placement, resulting in 30% increase in ad placement.
Web Developer

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

November 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 2 months)

Designed and managed content and interfaces for ajcjobs.com. Worked with engineering team to enhance and improve the ajcjobs.com platform. Skills include: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSP, XML.
Web Developer

CarrierPoint

(Online Media industry)

January 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 6 months)

Front-end development using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and Flash. Designed user interface for the company's public-facing website as well as their proprietary logistics web application.

Eric Bates’s Education

Belmont Abbey College

BS , Computer Information Systems , August 1997 — December 1999
North Carolina State University

Industrial Engineering 1993 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Phi Delta Theta, NC State Pipes & Drums