
Director of Development Audible/Amazon
Greater New York City Area

Director of Development Audible/Amazon
Greater New York City Area
* Over 15 years of technology management and entrepreneurial experience with a focus on web-based software development, system integration and enterprise architecture
* Hands-on technologist; able to distill business needs into technology solutions by understanding all facets of the product life cycle (from business vision through deployment)
* Co-founder of two technology companies
* Practitioner of Agile Methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP) and Test Driven Development (TDD)
* Co-host of the weekly On Digital Media Podcast, which focuses on technology, creation, distribution, consumption and monetization of digital media and its effects on traditional media and marketing
Technical Business Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, XML, Web Services/SOA, SOAP, REST, XML-RPC, RSS, Open Source
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; ADBL; Information Services industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Directs all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) including the requirements analysis, architecture design, development, testing, deployment and ongoing support for all web-based applications and services.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Environmental Services industry)
January 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Led the technology migration of legacy ERP financial systems. Managed the PeopleSoft 8.4 ERP Support Team and oversaw the maintenance of the system.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
August 1999 — January 2003 (3 years 6 months)
* Managed Information Technology Teams including: Application Architects, Web Application Developers, Database Administrators, System Administrators, Project Managers, and Consultants
* Architect of the Onclave Portal Framework, which was an enterprise social networking / community portal framework with XML-based Content Management (CMS) and Collaborative Workflow features for rapid deployment and customer integration
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
February 1999 — January 2000 (1 year )
Chief Architect/Co-Founder and Lead Developer of social networking / community portal for teens and young adults, which acquired in 2000 by Snowball.com (IGN Entertainment, Inc.)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 1995 — April 1999 (4 years 2 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
January 1991 — March 1995 (4 years 3 months)
Computer Science
Web Technology, Mountain biking, Photography, Jazz
I'm the co-host of the On Digital Media Podcast: http://www.odmcast.com/