Founder at Hella Sound, LLC
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Founder at Hella Sound, LLC
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- Technical and Marketing Consultant at National Lending Associates, Inc. (Self-employed)
- Sr. Director, Web Development at Financialaid.com a CIT company
- Director, New Media at AldenEm, Inc (Sole Proprietorship)
- Rich Media Developer at marchFIRST, Inc
- Web Developer at Magnitude Network
- Education
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- DePaul University
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John Frenette’s Summary
I love the process of creation, whether the goal is an aesthetic solution or a functioning system. I love collaborative environments where the group can conceive something better than any one individual. I love driving a team to accomplish goals that are just beyond what they believed they could achieve. I believe in small-company innovation and large company structure. In a room full of designers I'm the best programmer; in a room full of programmers I'm the best designer. I have lead development teams through complex projects and business units through systems transitions. I am enthusiastic and fun to work with, and can be relied upon to produce rock-solid results.
John Frenette’s Specialties:
MANAGEMENT
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, technical project management, change management, human resource management
TECHNICAL
Web application technologies (ColdFusion/Fusebox, PHP 4), database development and reporting (MS SQL Server, MySQL), presentation layer development (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, learning Flex), learning Java
CREATIVE
Concept development, story-boarding, information architecture, interaction design, motion graphics, identity and print design
John Frenette’s Experience
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Founder
Hella Sound, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sports industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
A project many years in the making. As a hobbyist runner, I became frustrated by the lack of music that synced with my stride and kept me psyched during my run. I founded Hella Sound to produce premium running music - songs with durations of 30 minutes, available in speeds to match your running pace.
I am a contributing musician, developer, marketer, writer and designer for www.HellaSound.com. -
Technical and Marketing Consultant
National Lending Associates, Inc. (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Financial Services industry)
August 2007 — January 2008 (6 months)
• Technical adviser for lending institution
• Assessment of CRM vendors and offerings
• Design and development of marketing websites
• Search engine optimization and search engine marketing
• CPC ad campaign development and management
• Affiliate network research and assessment -
Sr. Director, Web Development
Financialaid.com a CIT company
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; cit; Financial Services industry)
April 2004 — June 2007 (3 years 3 months)
Worked with executives and department heads to define and develop solutions that fulfill aggressive business goals.
Managed the Web Development group on projects ranging from web-based call center systems, lead generation and application sites and marketing-driven online destinations.
Duties Included:
• Defining the department goals, processes and practices
• Maintaining a high level of developer productivity
• Project management and staffing
• Human resource management
• Application architecture, application development
• Querying, reporting
• User interface design and direction
Sites of Note Include:
• http://campusdirt.com
• http://mylenderlist.com
• http://financialaid.com -
Director, New Media
AldenEm, Inc (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
June 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 6 months)
AldenEm is a full-service marketing communications, advertising, new media and design group. I lead Em, the Interactive Department for this design firm.
Duties Included:
• Proposal creation
• Project architecture definition
• Budget management and definition
• Client presentation
• User Interface design
• Project management
• Interactive presentation design
• Client-side and server-side programming
• Animation
• QA/Testing
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Rich Media Developer
marchFIRST, Inc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — February 2001 (8 months)
Duties Included:
• Creative development
• Technical recommendations and consultation
• Creation of animated and interactive presentations
• Flash and ActionScript programming
• Sound design
• Music composition -
Web Developer
Magnitude Network
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1999 — July 2000 (1 year )
I was the prime contact for more than thirty-five clients, and managed the top three websites on our company roster.
Duties Included:
• Building and maintaining radio station websites
• Client-side development
• Graphics production
• Flash animation
• Account management
John Frenette’s Education
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DePaul University
BA , Sociology, Economics , 1997 — 2000
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John Frenette’s Interests:
running, music, kickboxing, graphic design, web development, cooking
John Frenette’s Contact Settings
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