Entrepreneur and Consultant
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- Consultant at Boredat
- Founder at Who's Going, LLC
- Co-Founder at Submrg, Inc
- Developer at Mochi Media LLC
- Consultant at MSHC Partners, Inc.
- Founder at Zip-code-boundaries.com
- Member, Board of Advisors at TailRank
- Founder at Tagalag
- Developer at Mogopop/Talking Panda
- Past
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- Developer at Bobby McFerrin, Inc
- Editor at Avisian, Inc
- Founder and Editor at RFID News
- Developer at California Chamber of Commerce
- Developer at Apple, Inc.
- Developer at Pheedo
- Developer at HomeValuesAndListings.com
- Developer at Donna Karan / LVMH
- Developer at Technorati
- Founder at Memeufacture.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Developer at Masters of Branding
- Developer at The Village Voice
- Developer at Oven Digital UK
- Education
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- Florida State University
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John Wehr’s Summary
Innovative IT professional with a fundamental knowledge of the internet and interface design.
Founder of Who's Going LLC and SubMrg Inc.
Feel free to get in touch for any reason via email at johnwehr@gmail.com, on AIM at 'wehriam', or on Skype as 'wehriam'. Additional contact information is available at http://johnwehr.com.
John Wehr’s Specialties:
Extensive expertise in a number of computer languages, electronic publications, semantic analysis, system administration and web development. Experience in traditional and non-traditional marketing, journalism, merchandising and mass retail environments.
John Wehr’s Experience
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Consultant
Boredat
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Founder
Who's Going, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
Who's Going helps you meet new people through events and activities.
* Seamlessly integrated geocoding and geolocation localize interaction
* Cutting edge social software features enable new methods of communication
* Analytical tools help consistently refine the site and push viral expansion
* Integration with a number of third party APIs help users post rich content
* Development and design best practices ensure a consistent, high-quality experience -
Co-Founder
Submrg, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Upcoming feed management service. Details pending release.
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Developer
Mochi Media LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Periodically assist the rapidly expanding casual gaming advertising network with a variety of technological and marketing concerns.
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Consultant
MSHC Partners, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Consulting the prominent political advertising group on e-commerce initiatives.
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Founder
Zip-code-boundaries.com
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Developed and marketed a ZIP Code boundary database and related software for use with mapping applications.
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Member, Board of Advisors
TailRank
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Assisted with the leading internet meme-tracker's information architecture and design.
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Founder
Tagalag
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Widely heralded web identity management tool allows user to "tag" each other by email address. Combined with geolocation data, Tagalag becomes a literal map of meta-information about people.
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Developer
Mogopop/Talking Panda
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
November 2004 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Authored a Flash based iPod emulator for Talking Panda's iLingo translation products. Assisted with editing marketing materials. Maintained the company's online presence. Worked with Zondervan to port religious materials onto the iPod platform.
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Developer
Bobby McFerrin, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
October 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Worked with the team at Bobby McFerrin, Inc to shift their Macromedia Flash based site to an open, community driven portal.
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Editor
Avisian, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
March 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 10 months)
Developed and maintained a highly customized, Movable Type based CMS for Contactless News, CR80 News, RFID News and Secure ID News, each a leading publication in the automatic identification industry. Developed advertising inventory management systems, user management systems, and paid subscription services. Oversaw a massive architecture overhaul that sparked a substantial growth in traffic, with over 250,000 unique visitors in January of 2006.
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Founder and Editor
RFID News
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
July 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Founded the leading RFID publication with more than 85,000 unique visitors in December of 2005. RFID News is an established thought-leader in the expanding and controversial industry. Affiliated with Avisian, Inc in March of 2004.
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Developer
California Chamber of Commerce
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2005 — October 2005 (2 months)
Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop Calchamber.com content.
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Developer
Apple, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
August 2005 — August 2005 (1 month)
Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop Apple's internal "Information Systems and Technology" website.
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Developer
Pheedo
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
November 2004 — February 2005 (4 months)
Conceptualized and developed a PEAR and Smarty based PHP based advertising and billing system for a leading RSS and weblog advertising system.
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Developer
HomeValuesAndListings.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
October 2004 — January 2005 (4 months)
Worked with Blue River Interactive Group to develop a PEAR and Smarty based PHP based real estate listing system linking prospective leads with agents. The system includes Authorize.net billing and authorization functionality.
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Developer
Donna Karan / LVMH
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MC; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)
April 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Developed and maintained the Spring, Fall and Winter 2003 "New York Stories" dkny.com websites as well as the Spring and Fall 2003 donnakaran.com websites. Built a PHP/MySQL based sweepstakes management system and produced all Flash content.
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Developer
Technorati
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 2004 — July 2004 (1 month)
Developed online applications to assist in the manual and automated classification of weblogs. Created an aggregator that tracks linking patterns in political weblog communities.
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Founder
Memeufacture.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
November 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 4 months)
Developed and designed the widely cited, Python based multi-language weblog aggregator. Memeufacture uses a combination of editorial selection and bi-hourly spidering to monitor topics from distinct online communities:
* Conservative Politics
* Liberal Politics
* Law
* Apple Computers
* Design
* Top Weblogs
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Developer
Masters of Branding
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 4 months)
Developed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications in Python, Visual Studio and Macromedia Flash for Fortune 50 companies. Installed and demonstrated RFID systems at Wal-Mart headquarters, as well as being a member of the installation group for the first ever live RFID smart shelf. Represented Masters of Branding at the June 2003 RFID summit in Chicago, Illinois.
Created media and applications for L'Oreal Brands (Maybelline, L'Oreal Professionnel, Garnier Fructise, Matrix) Revlon, P&G, Coty, Prada, and International Paper, while working with large retailers such as Wal-Mart and CVS. Conducted retail audits for Coty, DKNY, and Prada. -
Developer
The Village Voice
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)
Worked with a small web development team to produce the weekly Village Voice website, winner of the 2001 National Press Foundation's Excellence in Online Journalism Award.
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Developer
Oven Digital UK
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)
Lead programmer in London for Oven's 'presentation tool' multinational project, integrating an Oracle database, Macromedia Generator and XML communication protocol. Primary internal rich media developer.
John Wehr’s Education
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Florida State University
B.S. , Computer Science , 1998 — 2002
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