
VP, Web Development at Turner Broadcasting Inc.
Greater Atlanta Area

VP, Web Development at Turner Broadcasting Inc.
Greater Atlanta Area
Senior IT executive with 14 years’ experience and an exemplary record of leadership and problem solving. Shrewd manager who exudes calm energy and confidence and excels in strategic planning, high-performance team-building and delivery of mission-critical products and services in a fast-paced environment. Adept at leveraging human capital.
Front End Developement • New Media • Digital Media • Content Management • Social Media • Social Networking • Web 2.0 • Internet Architecture • Search • Requirements Gathering • Product Development • Strategy & Planning • User Experience • Technical Management
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
March 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)
Broad portfolio of responsibility for respected family of websites: CNN.com, CNNMoney.com, NASCAR.com, PGATour.com and SI.com. Significant P & L accountability with senior risk and vendor contract approval authority. Managed 8 direct reports and their teams (55-80 persons total). Lead the Web Development teams in Atlanta, New York, London and Hong Kong responsible for over a dozen websites and mobile services. Communicate with senior management for the various business units in setting direction and priorities for long term strategic goals. Allocate resources across business units and projects to maintain on-time delivery. Set departmental and employee performance goals.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
December 2000 — March 2003 (2 years 4 months)
Responsible for fulfilling the strategic technical objectives of general news efforts for CNN Interactive, including CNN.com, CNN’s seven international Web sites and content for mobile and wireless products. Spearheaded the development of software to support external content publishing. P&L oversight of multimillion-dollar budget. Implemented new processes for improved operations and issue tracking.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
March 2000 — December 2000 (10 months)
Responsible for Web development applications and browser-based content applications deployed as part of the CNN family of web sites. Front line team lead for record breaking 2000 Elections coverage.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
September 1997 — March 2000 (2 years 7 months)
Responsible for managing the day-to-day technical operations and integrating project implementation plans of the CNN Interactive sites.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
September 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Developed and maintained customer-facing and internal applications and scripts for CNN.com, primarily using PERL, C++, UNIX, HTML, CGI.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
November 1995 — September 1996 (11 months)
Handled day-to-day content publishing for CNN.com. Aided in design on initial sports automation process and feeds ingest.
BBA, Computer Information Systems, 1994 — 1996
C/C++ Certificate of Excellence
Civil Engineering 1987 — 1989
Organized basketball, digital photography, Blogs, RSS, syndication, emerging technologies, podcasting, gadgets
We Media, TAG
“RSS: Changing Web Dynamics"
Panel for Technology Association of Georgia, 2/2006
“Plugged In: Using the Internet for High School (and Professional) Journalism”
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation High School Journalism Project, 2002