Marketing IT Manager at Rollins, Inc.
Greater Atlanta Area
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- Marketing IT Manager at Rollins, Inc.
- Owner at Art of Progress LLC
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- Senior Partner at Eleks, Inc.
- Consultant at Rollins, Inc.
- Project Manager at Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.
- Development Manager at Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.
- Senior Programmer at Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.
- Owner at Used-Disks, Inc.
- Web Technologies Evangelist at Developer Express, Inc.
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James Tharpe’s Summary
I'm performance-driven, goal oriented, and practically addicted to the Agile principles and methods that enable the teams I work on to succeed. I have experience from conception to sale in software development. Software is my world. I have written and implemented low-level APIs; helped to architect and implemented large-scale SOA solutions; and I have designed, normalized, and applied custom analytics to complex databases. I've managed teams, products, programs, and close-nit vendor relationships to deliver mission-critical applications and the technologies behind them.
James Tharpe’s Specialties:
Business analysis, project management, service oriented architecture (SOA), customer relationship management (CRM) software, content management systems (CMS), AJAX, XML, RSS, SQL, Agile processes, configuration management, offshoring, outsourcing.
James Tharpe’s Experience
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Marketing IT Manager
Rollins, Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ROL; Consumer Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (5 months)
My job is to research and communicate business-user and customer requirements to a widely varied target audiences from every-day consumers to agencies, developers, and executives. Responsible for requirements, architecture, design, and development oversight of technologies that drive business through the online channel for multiple nationally recognizable brands. Ensure that the impact of technology is positive, measurable, and continually improving.
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Owner
Art of Progress LLC
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years)
Art of Progress LLC is currently involved with researching several product and service concepts with target availability in 2008 and 2009.
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Senior Partner
Eleks, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Focused on business development through offshoring by analyzing business needs, recommend technologies, and implement solutions by utilizing experienced, cost effective offshore teams. Helped manage the creation of software products, maintained and integrated internal enterprise systems, automated business processes, and setup various websites.
Eleks's teams are experienced in an huge array of technologies, platforms, and languages. To name a few: UNIX, Linux, Windows, Java, .NET, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Microsoft SharePoint, AJAX, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Photoshop. -
Consultant
Rollins, Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ROL; Consumer Services industry)
December 2006 — October 2007 (11 months)
Business Analysis, Project Management, and Software Architecture for several SOA applications utilizing a variety technologies and platforms for web applications, web portals, web services. Aid in the development of continuous integration and other Agile strategies.
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Project Manager
Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Design, develop, and deploy redistributable applications. Responsibilities include: Task delegation, requirements gathering, writing design specs, designing automated test plans, and making sure each product gets "out the door."
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Development Manager
Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — October 2006 (10 months)
Understand, research, and communicate customer requirements to both internal and outsourced development teams. Identify and improve development and quality assurance processes and practices. Collect, analyze, and report on efficiency metrics and resource allocation across all departments. Respond to customer emergencies with minimal disruption. Work with team members to identify and reduce the need for multitasking. Oversee internal CRM upgrade and migration.
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Senior Programmer
Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 7 months)
ASP.NET application architecture and development. Designing and developing web-based n-tier CRM and time entry applications using the Microsoft .NET Framework (ASP.NET, ADO.NET, etc.), AJAX, JavaScript, and HTML.
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Owner
Used-Disks, Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — December 2005 (7 years 7 months)
Contracting/consulting on mostly web-based Delphi and .NET projects. Specializing predominantly in NetCLX, WebSnap, ExpressWeb Framework, IntraWeb, and ASP.NET.
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Web Technologies Evangelist
Developer Express, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2002 — April 2003 (11 months)
Communicating with customers & potential customers about core technologies. Developing sample application demonstrating advanced techniques. Coordinating partnerships and taking part in product evolution. Used ExpressWeb Framework and ASP.NET extensively (ASPxBars, ASPxGrid).
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James Tharpe’s Interests:
Department Management, hang gliding, economics, philosophy, learning, reading, metric collection/analyzing, eXtreme programming, Agile, fitness, history
James Tharpe’s Groups:
BMW Car Club of America, United States Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association, SBDC, BorCon Attendees
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