Mark Krynsky

Current

Director of Web Production at X PRIZE Foundation
Web Producer at X PRIZE Foundation

Past

Project Manager at CitySearch
Senior Project Manager at Traffic Marketplace
Web Producer at Knowledge Kids Network

Technical Project Manager at Dvd.com
Director of Development at Express.com

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Mark Krynsky’s Summary

I have performed both hands-on and management roles spanning a broad range of Internet projects for over ten years. I have strong knowledge of web development life-cycles and what is necessary for successful implementations. I have worked closely with internal departments, 3rd party vendors, and senior management. I have a passion for web development that's translated in my work ethic.

Mark Krynsky’s Specialties:

Project / Product Management
Content Management Systems
Social Media Services
Website Production
Technical Specification
Website and workflow wire-framing
Ecommerce
Bi-Lingual (English / Spanish)

Mark Krynsky’s Experience

Director of Web Production

X PRIZE Foundation

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Web Producer

X PRIZE Foundation

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

• Managed migration of company websites to the Drupal CMS platform as well as a new datacenter.
• Managed development of new site in a partnership with Google. http://www.googlelunarxprize.org
• Deployed and trained staff on use of new online project management service
Project Manager

CitySearch

(Public Company; Online Media industry)

October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

• Managed new contextual ad server platform project
• Worked with DB Architects and BI team to define data captured for analytics
• Created functional specification documentation
• Documented and created Visio flow diagram for code release process
• Maintained Wiki site with PMO process documentation
• Provided process flow for new project initiations
Senior Project Manager

Traffic Marketplace

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 5 months)

• Managed development of ad server and advertiser / publisher network campaign administration system. Includes backend, internal, and external interfaces
• Worked with business team to help define new products and created functional specification documents with detailed design and user interface wire-frames
• Worked with cross-functional teams to determine project timelines and release dates
• Managed complete development lifecycles, and worked closely with QA
• Created user documentation and provided training with new product releases
• Provided support for Ad Operations and other business units for daily production issues regarding ad campaigns and publisher assistance
• Created ad-hoc reports based on custom queries of SQL data
Web Producer

Knowledge Kids Network

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

October 2003 — April 2004 (7 months)

• Documented and managed production process for weekly publishing of E-commerce site as well as necessary daily updates
• Work with Marketing on new product additions, campaigns and promotions, managing implementation and ensuring timely execution
• Manage relationship with fulfillment vendor to track order status, inventory status, product pricing and addition of new products which includes mapping of XML files to Broadvision database
• Provide trafficking of ads for America Online using insertions and MPT Tool
• Provided support to Customer Service for product, order, and billing inquiries
• Worked closely with QA to test changes to store during the weekly publish
• Managed several projects that included adding features and functionality
Technical Project Manager

Dvd.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

August 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 11 months)

• Managed implementation of an automated drop-ship process. Defined project scope, gathered vendor requirements and mapped processes and data which proved a cost effective and efficient method to target specific orders and limit our inventory risk
• Managed the ongoing development of website content management system. Worked with marketing and editorial teams to add new tools and features to improve usability. Researched outside vendors and managed integration of their streaming movie trailers
• Researched merchant banks to provide credit card processing for e.System ERP package on AS/400. Performed the setup, providing support between merchant and software vendor and installing the software
• Managed various website projects for departments using Microsoft VB, ASP, SQL, and COM. Documented requirements and meeting with IT to translate into a project plan.
Director of Development

Express.com

(Internet industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )