Eric Small

Current

VP Product Engineering at GOOD Worldwide, LLC

Past

Director, Consumer Product at Citysearch / IAC
Systems Architect at Dreamworks SKG
Sr. Programmer & Team Lead at NBC Universal (formerly Universal Studios)

Sr. Web Architect at DiamondCluster International
Internet Team Manager at Adbot, Inc (defunct)
Web Systems Specialist at Tribune Media Services

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Eric Small’s Summary

Product Management and Social Media professional with extensive technology background and team management experience. Specializing in the media, entertainment, syndication, and online advertising industries with knowledge of content management systems, the social web and communities, SEO tactics, and usability.

Turned on the Citysearch Twitter account at http://twitter.com/Citysearch.

Résumé available on request.

Eric Small’s Specialties:

Web communities, social media, usability, web content management systems (WCM, CMS), digital asset management systems (DAM), SEO.

Eric Small’s Experience

VP Product Engineering

GOOD Worldwide, LLC

(Publishing industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Member of the overall company leadership team and VP of the web technologies component of GOOD Worldwide. Assisting in defining the product management road map and leading in establishing solid product development lifecycle standards.

Leveraging past experiences in social media projects and online community growth , as well as Local architectural knowledge to enable local leaders to "do good in the world" with the help of like-minded local and worldwide friends, business partners, and non-profits.

Report to President.
Director, Consumer Product

Citysearch / IAC

(Public Company; Internet industry)

October 2005 — May 2009 (3 years 8 months)

Director-level product management and social media professional with strong technology background. Tasked primarily with user-generated content and community development efforts using scalable content collection and 3rd-party social media tools. Tasked with Web Content Management projects, ongoing operations projects, and emerging technologies. Report to VP of Product and Marketing.

Tenure included management of the project team of 8 developers charged with web site and back-end application development. Performed project management duties inclusive of time estimates, scoping revisions, change control, project planning, and leadership in intra-departmental communications. Hands-on work with technology ranging from data architectures and design patterns to Perl, PHP, and enterprise Java languages.
Systems Architect

Dreamworks SKG

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DWA; Animation industry)

August 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 2 months)

Senior-level systems designer and developer on physical and digital asset management systems, help-desk ticketing system, and marketing applications. Introduced the department to new techniques for application development, such as the use of the formalized Use Case as part of the application development methodology. Created object models, test plans, and deployment scripts as necessary in the process of completing projects.
Sr. Programmer & Team Lead

NBC Universal (formerly Universal Studios)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Entertainment industry)

October 2001 — July 2004 (2 years 10 months)

Web systems lead architect and developer for TV production, sales, and distribution units. Designed and developed global Web applications using OOA/D techniques to meet internal and external client needs, directing development team members and external vendors.
Sr. Web Architect

DiamondCluster International

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; DTPI; Management Consulting industry)

January 1998 — June 2001 (3 years 6 months)

Lead team architect in a business strategy and technology solutions consulting firm. Established development and business process standards, integrated third-party components, and developed dynamic sites and n-tier online applications.
Internet Team Manager

Adbot, Inc (defunct)

(Internet industry)

July 1997 — December 1997 (6 months)

Team manager in charge of product development in this online advertisement distribution start-up, in competition with the likes of DoubleClick (current subsidiary of Google). Provided high-level strategy and planning for Internet and intranet development. Oversaw the projects of full-time Unix administrator, web developers, and Java application developers, along with regular Java programming and design duties for back-end systems management.
Web Systems Specialist

Tribune Media Services

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

April 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 4 months)

Programmer for a media syndication unit of the Tribute Company. Developed multi-threaded, object oriented C++ application with TCP/IP sockets for automated, dynamic Web products using Sybase. Developed key technologies for Chicago Tribune sites, including the Chicago Cubs website, online weather, stocks, and sports scores sites. Developed Java applets for display of dynamic content layered over static images and textual content.

Eric Small’s Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.S. , Mechanical Engineering , 1990 — 1995

Full-time student, typically working part-time to pay for college expenses, while active in the sports-related Bands programs. Managed the Marching Illini undergraduate staff in support of the organization on roadtrips, bowl games, home games, and special concerts and appearances.

Activities and Societies:

Marching Illini (staff), Basketball Band (staff), resident hall night clerk, Dean's List

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Eric Small’s Interests:

Avid fan of Battlestar Galactica and Lost, Casual hobbyist interest in astronomy and quantum physics. Active blogger, Twitter'er, Facebook, Friendfeed, and other social media tools user.