Account/Project Manager at Tilbury Corp
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- US Account Manager at Tilbury Corporation
- Past
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- Owner/Developer at Paratrooper Web Productions
- Web Developer at Falkor Group
- Application Developer at Technium
- Intranet Webmaster at Chicago Title and Trust
- CAD Technician at Tomahawk
- Surveying Draftsman (CAD) at Landirks/LandMark Engineering (Sole Proprietorship)
- Parachute Rigger / Subsistance Supply at US Army
- Surveying Draftsman at Landirks/LandMark Engineering (Sole Proprietorship)
- Education
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- Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
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Mark Christianson’s Summary
I have been working with the Internet and its related technologies since its early popularity started in the early 1990s. Leveraging that skillset I have pushed myself to be able to handle the requirements of building, maintaining and managing the websites and client relationships.
Utilizing the skills and disciplines learned in the military has allowed me to transition from developer to management. The ability to manage people in an environment where 'quitting' is not an option forced me to learn to resolve issues in productive and creative ways which has been a powerful management tool ever since.
I am an active member of veteran organizations and use those ties to maintain a network of trusted individuals that I can call upon and recommend in various professional situations.
In the end I strive to do my best in all endeavors both personal and professional and surround myself with people who think and act the same.
Mark Christianson’s Specialties:
Web development on Microsoft Platform from HTML to .NET since 1994
Mark Christianson’s Experience
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US Account Manager
Tilbury Corporation
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)
I am an account manager in charge of US accounts primarily within the foodserice industry. My focus is ensuring clients in the US are taken care of throughout the lifecycle of our work developing web based solutions to extend sales and marketing opportunities. From initial sales meetings and project planning to milestone expectation management and recommending continuing technology after the initial project concludes, I am there at every step to provide technical advice and assistance.
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Owner/Developer
Paratrooper Web Productions
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 6 months)
During the hard times after the dot com crash I continued developing websites for local customers on my own. In August of 2003 I got together with a friend and we created a small partnership to provide websites and network services. It's a small part time operation that services primarily veteran organizations and small to mid sized local businesses.
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Web Developer
Falkor Group
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
November 2002 — March 2003 (5 months)
I worked in an independent consulting position in order to assist with the creation of an intranet based event management system. Tech (ASP, Active Directory, Oracle DB)
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Application Developer
Technium
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 1999 — November 2002 (3 years 1 month)
Technium was a Microsoft Gold Partner developing web solutions for its primary market in Chicago.
I was hired and spent most of my time working for INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE to develop solutions for thier Intranet via ASP and against mainframe systems (DB2) in order to streamline and provide advanced searching capabilities for its employees of truck related equipment and parts.
Additionally implemented my first .NET solution with a small team of developers and consulted on various sales situations requiring technical solutions. Sought to help advance myself and fellow developers with a LUNCH and LEARN type program where developers viewed tutorial videos on .NET at lunch and discussed its potential in our market. -
Intranet Webmaster
Chicago Title and Trust
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Real Estate industry)
March 1997 — November 1999 (2 years 9 months)
I was hired to help develop and manage the National Corporate Intranet from the CTT headquarters in Chicago. In this position I learned to develop sites, manage new content, handle departments and coordinate personnel who were providing near daily content.
One of the major solutions I implemented was a BEST PRACTICES website that allowed employees to enter in new ideas and route these ideas and practices to a group of high level management for approval and eventual implementation. -
CAD Technician
Tomahawk
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1994 — June 1996 (1 year 11 months)
Extended my CAD technical training in this position while working on digitizing older MacDonald Douglas airframe plans.
TomaHawk specialized in scanning old engineering plans and creating AUTOCAD files archiving and/or future use.
Skills: Large-scale scanner usage, Unix platform for scan modification, PC platform for AutoCAD, First usage of FTP and WWW via Mosiac browser. Began learning HTML during large file transfers. -
Surveying Draftsman (CAD)
Landirks/LandMark Engineering (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
November 1991 — August 1994 (2 years 10 months)
Returned to this company after military service and continued drafting skills while migrating to a PC based AutoCAD system. The move led me to full engineering drawings including subdivision, topographic and utility plans.
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Parachute Rigger / Subsistance Supply
US Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
August 1988 — August 1991 (3 years 1 month)
Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division
Trained Parachute Rigger and Rations Control Specialist
Served in support of Operation Just Cause and direct support in Operation Desert Shield & Desert Storm
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Surveying Draftsman
Landirks/LandMark Engineering (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
June 1986 — August 1988 (2 years 3 months)
Hand drawn surveying drafter hired originally for summer work during my high school years. During this time I created hand drawn PLAT OF SURVEY for home sales (real estate market). The summer job led to a regular job that lasted until I left to serve in the US Army.
Mark Christianson’s Education
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Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
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Mark Christianson’s Interests:
Family, New Technology, Military History, Veteran Issues
Mark Christianson’s Groups:
82nd Airborne Division Association, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign War (VFW), EA Games MOHA
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