Interactive Director
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Interactive Director at FD (Financial Dynamics)
- Consultant at Freelance, Personal Consulting (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Product Management, R&D at Interactive Data Managed Solutions
- Senior Developer at Interactive Data Managed Solutions
- Website Architect at Headway Corporate Resources
- Corporate Training at Headway Corporate Resources
- EuroTrain Program Manager at Top Flight Leadership (now Nexlead)
- Head of Technology at Top Flight Leadership (now Nexlead)
- Education
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- Azusa Pacific University
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Jeof Oyster’s Summary
"Jeof Oyster is a skilled Internet professional whose expertise in web technology extends beyond basic programming or design skills. His user-centered design philosophy has led to the development of several successful websites and web applications that meet business objectives and remain cutting-edge and highly attractive to consumers and average web users. A top graduate of Azusa Pacific University's unique Business Web & Information Technology Bachelors program, his perspective encompasses all aspects of a business' mission, from primary product and order fulfillment to reporting and customer service."
Jeof Oyster’s Specialties:
Web Business Strategy
Web Marketing
Web Application Development
Rich Internet Applications
Information Architecture
Team management
Project management
User-Centered Interface Design
eCommerce
Strong understanding of web trends including social media and mobile platforms
Technical writing & documentation
Strong Technical Expertise including:
PHP5 & LAMP environments,Flex2.0,JavaScript,AJAX Methodology,SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL,XHTML,XML, Schemas, XSL-T, RSS, Adobe Creative Suite
Jeof Oyster’s Experience
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Interactive Director
FD (Financial Dynamics)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FCN; Public Relations and Communications industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
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Consultant
Freelance, Personal Consulting (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
June 1997 — Present (11 years 5 months)
Website and Information Architecture planning, PHP + MySQL website development, online store and eCommerce platform development, automated online scheduling system, content management systems, e-zine systems, EDI, project management.
Planned, Architected, Developed and Maintained the corporate website for this small consulting and leadership resourcing firm. Key projects included full information architecture, development of an eCommerce platform, a custom-built multi-user coaching session scheduling system that allowed customers to reserve coaching sessions with a user-determined schedule. System included a timed automatic engine to send reminders and charge credit-cards 2-3 days in advance of each session.
Led a corporate strategic planning project to redevelop the stagnating website. Focused on developing a true information architecture, this project involved interviewing all major stakeholders and developing a detailed web strategy for this multi-national organization. -
Product Management, R&D
Interactive Data Managed Solutions
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IDC; Financial Services industry)
January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)
Team successfully launched many different financial content projects for diverse set of clients including major media entities and financial institutions.
Key focuses on researching new technologies and developing innovative applications and interfaces for financial content and applications. Projects include development of Rich Internet Applications, rich user interfaces and experiences, data visualization & customized solutions.
Responsible for leading a strong, pioneer relationship with Salesforce.com to provide a turnkey, easily deployed plug-in application for Salesforce. Planned and executed the full product development cycle in a deadline-driven two week period.
Serve in a pre-sales capacity for business development as a subject matter and product expert. -
Senior Developer
Interactive Data Managed Solutions
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IDC; Online Media industry)
April 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 7 months)
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Website Architect
Headway Corporate Resources
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for managing the strategy, development, content creation and maintenance of the corporate web properties, including several specially-targeted pages, strategic micro-websites and customer-centric portals.
Planned, designed, and built interactive, intuitive mission-critical web applications for use by clients and candidates at various levels of technical aptitude.
Led key international web marketing initiatives alongside the Marketing Director for corporate and program promotion. -
Corporate Training
Headway Corporate Resources
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2005 — December 2005 (9 months)
Concurrent with my other responsibilities, I managed the corporate training program for a new CRM application being deployed across all offices. Key successes included strong adoption rate of the software among a technically non-savvy user base and writing the technical documentation.
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EuroTrain Program Manager
Top Flight Leadership (now Nexlead)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2003 — June 2004 (11 months)
Planned and managed the flagship international training experience, EuroTrain. Responsibilities included international student recruitment, travel coordination, training material development, scheduling travel for twenty-five people across five European countries, and coordinating efforts with international counterparts.
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Head of Technology
Top Flight Leadership (now Nexlead)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Managed all aspects of technology and especially web strategy for this national nonprofit leadership training organization. Developed the corporate website with PHP + MySQL templating system; developed proprietary eCommerce system.
Annually developed the website for the organization's major European training program, EuroTrain, which included many streaming media previews of the event. Site used flash for in-page features.
Annually developed and managed a live eJournal for the EuroTrain experience. Required the assembling and managing of a live, traveling production team that produced and published written updates, streaming media movies, and video updates from each student ever 3-4 days during the experience, dynamic photo galleries and Flash-ennabled photo slideshows.
Jeof Oyster’s Education
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Azusa Pacific University
BS, Business / Web & Info Technology, September 2001 — December 2004
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Jeof Oyster’s Interests:
emerging technology, world travel, city life, theatre, broadway, writing, GLBT, NYC, Web Development, PHP, LAMP, web design, human rights, marketing, communications
Jeof Oyster’s Honors:
Publications:
"Flexing PHP, Parts 1 & 2" - June-July 2007, php|architect
"The Job Interview: an Insider's Guide" - August 2007, php|architect
"Innovation On-Demand: The Salesforce.com Platform" - November 2007, php|architect
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