Hugh McNally

Hugh McNally

Webby-nominated website developer, 20+ years in personal computing, specializing in interactive media and education

Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut (Greater New York City Area)
Industry
Online Media

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Hugh McNally's Overview

Current
Past
  • Manager of Online Products at Scholastic
  • Manager of Online Products at Grolier
  • Co-host at Da Sports Show
  • Senior Programmer/Analyst at Citicorp Mortgage
  • Programmer at Gessler
  • Programmer at Microcomputer Workshop

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Education
  • Fairfield University
  • Fordham University
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Hugh McNally's Summary

Webby nominated website developer with proven success in managerial, production, technical, and content-creation areas. Currently focusing on the use of interactive technology for education, non-profits, and small businesses.

Specialties

Web site production, teaching, technical management, online presence establishment/growth, writing for the interactive media.

Excellent at evaluating current / emerging technologies for appropriate use to complete a given task. Skilled at explaining the features and benefits of technologies to non-technical people.

Conversant in most LAMP-related technologies; recent focus on popular publishing platforms (Wordpress) and user experience creation (jQuery).

Hugh McNally's Experience

Web Site Developer / Online Presence Strategist

Independent Consultant

March 2008 – Present (3 years 11 months)

Develop web sites and online presence/promotion strategies for small businesses and non-profits in western Fairfield County, CT and environs. Focused on providing client with low-cost, highly effective SEO strategies and implementation. Guide and advise clients on how to leverage social media, craft online content, and set up online advertising for immediate and long term branding impact.

Client list includes:

New Canaan Teen Center (www.newcanaanoutback.org)
Don Perras, Ph.D. (www.donperras.com)
Brookfield Craft Center (www.brookfieldcraft.org)
Positive Planet (www.positiveplanet.net)
Nina Sutton / One Smart Mother (www.onesmartmother.com)
Marriage and Family Therapy of Trumbull (www.mft3.com)
Inner Transformations (www.innertransformations.com)
Luc's Cafe / Restaurant (www.lucscafe.com)
Kolinsky Wealth Management (www.kolinskywealth.com)
Brian Torff (www.briantorff.com)
Ironwood Gallery (www.ironwoodgallery.com)
Nec-A-Nec Woods (www.necanec.com)
Yarmouth Materials (www.yarmaterials.com)

Adjunct Professor of Interactive Media

Quinnipiac University

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

January 2002 – Present (10 years 1 month)

Teach (online and on campus) technical, media, and business aspects of web development including client-side and server-side scripting (CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Perl), content preparation, usability, and marketing strategies to undergraduate and masters students earning a degree in interactive media. Typical coursework involves guiding students in delivering a commercial-quality website and having them collaborate with classmates in the process.

Senior Producer

Streetplay.com

Public Company; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry

September 1999 – Present (12 years 5 months)

Nominated by the Webby Awards for Best Sports Site of 2004, Streetplay.com is a non-profit project of a handful of volunteers who are dedicated to celebrating and documenting the experience of childhood play in New York City and other urban centers.

Responsibilities
o Establish and maintain a professional-grade website: visual and content design (writing, editing, photography, etc.), promotion, administration
o Implement SEO / audience-growing techniques, including a blog, Facebook page, YouTube channel, Twitter feed, e-mail newsletters, and web-based postcards
o Design, produce, write, and, as needed, code interesting content and features
o Find and select partners and services to further the site's viability

Major accomplishments

o Consistent recognition of the site by premiere media outlets such as Yahoo! ("Pick of the Week"), CNN.com, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, NPR "All Things Considered", and WNYC
o Collaboration with major cultural institutions as the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum of Natural History
o Collaboration with makers of 2010 documentary "New York Street Games" (www.newyorkstreetgames.com)

Graduate Assistant, Educational Technology Masters Program

Fairfield University

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

January 2009 – May 2010 (1 year 5 months)

Assistance of masters degree students taking educational technology courses while completing my own degree in the program. Responsibilities include helping professors in the classroom, teaching duties involving technical aspects (rudimentary HTML, Photoshop, basic audio/video editing), maintaining office hours for students, and answering students' questions via e-mail.

Mac Genius

Apple Inc.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry

May 2005 – March 2008 (2 years 11 months)

The Mac Genius is the most visible direct connection of Apple Computer to its customers; the two primary functions performed involve serving customers' technical needs at the "Genius Bar" at Apple's retail store and repairing/servicing computers. Assisted approximately 4000 people / year at the Genius Bar.

Owner

Home Computer Service

March 2001 – May 2005 (4 years 3 months)

o This business took advantage of the increasing need for computing support in the home, focusing on the northern Westchester area. The services I provided were system setup/support/upgrade, malware clean-up, purchase advice, and individualized instruction in computer use.

o I grew Home Computer Service through word-of-mouth and personal networking, supplemented by advertising in local newspapers and the use of flyers in local businesses.

Manager of Online Products

Scholastic

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SCHL; Publishing industry

November 1999 – November 2000 (1 year 1 month)

(continuation of position at Grolier Interactive after Scholastic takeover)

Manager of Online Products

Grolier

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry

February 1992 – November 1999 (7 years 10 months)

Responsibilities

o Develop commercial CD-ROM and web-based products, including content/GUI design and application development
o Establish and maintain all aspects of Grolier’s online products
o Install and maintain web servers used to deliver subscription-based web encyclopedia products and corporate sites: ensuring “24/7” site availability

Major accomplishments

o Managed the development of the first subscription-based online encyclopedia in the industry, the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (as well as other their encyclopedias that followed)
o Managed the 24/7 operation/uptime of all web products and services

Co-host

Da Sports Show

October 1995 – December 1996 (1 year 3 months)

Da Sports Show was the first regularly scheduled sports video talk show on the Internet. It starred Richard Hanley (now a regular on NPR's "Politics, Burgers & Beer" w/Faith Middleton) and myself and took a weekly irreverent look at the world of sports. During its run, DSS was featured in publications such as WebWeek and books about CU-SeeMe (the technology used to deliver the broadcast).

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Citicorp Mortgage

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; C; Financial Services industry

April 1989 – November 1991 (2 years 8 months)

o Design, develop, and implement MortgagePower Plus (MPP), the PC client of a "first of its kind" online mortgage origination system
o Creation of telecommunications API for use by development staff
o Source code version control management
o Employee of the Month, 5/1990

Programmer

Gessler

1986 – 1989 (3 years)

Designed and developed retail educational software aimed at teaching foreign languages to K-12 students.

Programmer

Microcomputer Workshop

1984 – 1986 (2 years)

Developed retail educational software to instruct in a variety of disciplines for the K-12 market.

Hugh McNally's Education

Fairfield University

MA, Educational Technology

2008 – 2010

Activities and Societies: Educational Technology Graduate Assistant, Alpha Sigma Nu

Fordham University

BA, Communications/Computer Science

1980 – 1984

Activities and Societies: Photographer, school newspaper

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