Jeremy Vaught

Social Media Director at Newt 2012

Location: Washington D.C. Metro Area
Industry: Online Media

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Jeremy Vaught's Overview

Current

Social Media Director at Newt 2012
Web Strategy and Development at Vaught Consulting LLC

Past

Director at Gangplank Avondale
Lead Blogger at Seesmic
Project Manager at Electric Sheep Company

Lead PHP Software Engineer at Fidelity National Financial
Software Engineer at UPS

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Education

Devry University
Multnomah Bible College

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Connections

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I make thing happen on the Internet in two primary ways, Social Media and PHP Development.

Specialties

social:
new / social media consultant, blog, blogging, blogger, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, wiki, project management, facebook, google+, twitter, flickr, etc

tech:
LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP5, OOP, Javascript: jQuery, AJAX, CSS, HTML: XHTML, HTML5, grid960, XML/JSON: RSS, API: oAuth/REST/SOAP, SSL, GIT, SVN, SSH: CLI, MVC, ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter, Zend, WordPress, (any other CMS or framework you need? I've used it too or can figure it out easily enough), PEAR, PECL, Smart, SMTP

Social Media Director

Newt 2012

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Political Organization industry

December 2011 – Present (6 months) Arlington, VA

Web Strategy and Development

Vaught Consulting LLC

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry

December 2005 – Present (6 years 6 months)

SOCIAL:
Focusing on client projects for Social Media Strategy and implementation as well as web development. Some examples are: creating and implementing strategies that include updating the client’s website/blog, Google+, Facebook and Twitter; identifying and engaging thought leaders in all areas of the web such as bloggers/youtubers/podcasters/etc.; planning and hosting online events to continue to build momentum; comment marketing; and more.

Some clients I have/have had:
*McCain 2010 - I was the Social Media Manager / Web Strategist
*Arizona Christian University - Complete site rebuild using ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter.
*acubushdinner.com - Former President of the United States came to do a fundraiser for ACU. It needed a special site. We delivered.
*Wes Gullett for Phoenix Mayor - Pretty much a fantastic looking completely custom WordPress site.
*yada, yada, awesome sites, yada

TECHNICAL:
If you are looking for techie phrases that make you feel as good inside as they do me, here we go:
LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP 4 & 5 (prefer 5)
OOP
Javascript: jQuery, AJAX
CSS
HTML: XHTML, HTML5, grid960
XML/JSON: RSS
API: oAuth/REST/SOAP
SSL: Credit Card Processing (authorize.net)
GIT, SVN, Beanstalk
SSH: CLI (*nix Command Line Interface)
FTP: Obvious? Sorry
Project Management: BaseCamp
MVC (Model View Controller)
ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter, Zend, WordPress, (any other CMS or framework you need? I've used it too or can figure it out easily enough)
PEAR, PECL, Smart
SMTP

That's everything off the top of my mind. I'm probably missing stuff. Just assume if you don't see it, I forgot to type it out.

Director

Gangplank Avondale

August 2011 – December 2011 (5 months) Avondale, AZ USA

Lead Blogger

Seesmic

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry

December 2007 – January 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Professional blogger for Seesmic. "Blog Editor" and "Community Blogger" have both been terms applied to what I do for the corporate blog at blog.seesmic.com.

Project Manager

Electric Sheep Company

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry

January 2007 – April 2007 (4 months)

Held the position of Project Manager overseeing the corporate builds in the virtual world of Second Life. Successfully ran multiple short and long term projects simultaneously. Participated in all stages of a project, including the creative design stage with the client, conception of the idea, and execution of the launch. Worked closely with the clients to convey their needs to the builders and scripters. Managed time frame, scope, and budget of the project to insure that the client’s expectations were being met. Even though I worked remotely, I was easily able to communicate with clients by using basecamp, phone calls, emails, and Instant Messages. Mediated between clients and creative teams when conflicts arose and resolved all discrepancies.

Lead PHP Software Engineer

Fidelity National Financial

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; FNF; Insurance industry

October 2005 – January 2007 (1 year 4 months)

As the sole corporate PHP developer, I created and maintained dynamic web sites and databases. I initially had to build my entire development environment and managed full implementation from development to deployment. In the course of my job, I initiated, planned, and executed every aspect of my projects. I effectively organized the budget, time line and scope of projects by maintaining communication with clients and providing appropriate documentation and deliverables.

Software Engineer

UPS

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; UPS; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry

1998 – 2005 (7 years)

District Software Engineer
Created applications to assist operations and management to complete tasks which were time consuming and provide valuable, timely information. I used VB.NET, SQL, VB6, and MSAccess to accomplish this.

Technology Support Technician
Troubleshot and resolved problems with networks, PCs, and applications both on site and at a regional help desk. Additionally I lead project teams to implement and upgrade new technology solutions integral to UPS’ core business.

Supervisor
Provided leadership for group of operations employees as a Supervisor. Skills include relationship building, time management, job assignment, job skill development, evaluations, and mediation.