Mark Warrick

Current

• President at Fusioneers.com

Past

• Volunteer Political Consultant at Jim Walker for Santa Ana City Council
• Product Manager at RealtyTrac
• Interactive Project Manager at Freedom Communications

• Contracted Web 2.0 Strategist at AVST
• Interactive Project Manager at Freedom Interactive
• Project Manager at FOCI - The Orange County Register
• Contractor at Kforce Technology Staffing
• Project Manager at Specific Media
• Founder at 3F Bike Club
• CTO at ZapConnect.com
• Webmaster at Fishing Alliance
• Lead Internet Applications Developer at Good Products, Inc.
• Internet Applications Developer at Planet Media
• Lead New Media Developer at Net Explorer, Inc.
• Lead New Media Developer at Nuforia, Inc.
• Contracted ColdFusion Programmer at Autobytel
• Manager of Web Development at CTX Data Services
• I*Net Applications Developer at Online Connecting Point
• Web Programmer at Newport Internet Services
• Web Programmer at Delta Internet Services
• Web Designer at Verio

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Education

• Orange Coast College

Recommended

15 people have recommended Mark

Connections

209 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• Naymz.com Profile

Mark Warrick’s Summary

12+ years of professional website development experience (mostly ColdFusion and some PHP with Microsoft SQL and MySQL), about 7 years of Internet marketing and SEO experience and about 7 years of project management / product management experience.

Mark Warrick’s Specialties:

Brainstorming • Requirements Gathering • Competitive Research / Due Diligence • Business Opportunity Analysis • Technical Documentation • Technical Architecture Definition • Database Modeling • Project Management • Product Management • Team Building / Leading • Website Promotion • SEM • SEO • Internet Marketing Strategy Development • Internet Security • Web Software / Application Development • Security

Mark Warrick’s Experience

• President

  Fusioneers.com

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

  I created the Fusioneers.com Developer Network and consulting firm in 2000 to bring together all the best ColdFusion developers in the world. Since that time over 400 developers have joined the network. We specialize in ColdFusion web application development.

• Volunteer Political Consultant

  Jim Walker for Santa Ana City Council

  (Government Administration industry)

  October 2008 — November 2008 (2 months)

  As an unpaid volunteer, I providing strategy consulting and technical direction to Jim Walker's campaign for election to the Santa Ana City Council. My typical daily "job" duties included research, brainstorming sessions, technical planning and logistics as needed to assist Mr. Walker with winning a seat on the Santa Ana City Council. Although he didn't win this year, our combined efforts resulted in garnering about 40% of the votes.

• Product Manager

  RealtyTrac

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry)

  June 2008 — October 2008 (5 months)

  Provided strategy and direction to senior level executives and business owners of the company, identified new opportunities for enhancements to the company's products, wrote use cases and technical specifications, communicated daily with senior executives of the company to set expectations, negotiated with 3rd party vendors, lead cross-functional team meetings, anticipated risks and helped define and manage the scope of all projects during the entire lifecycle of development from conception to completion. In the process I personally created about another 20% of revenue opportunities for the company while protecting the company's long-held reputation and investment into technology.

• Interactive Project Manager

  Freedom Communications

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Freedom Communications is the parent company of Freedom Interactive.

• Contracted Web 2.0 Strategist

  AVST

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

  January 2008 — February 2008 (2 months)

  As a contractor, I helped AVST develop the first part of their Web 2.0 strategy for 2008: a multi-author blog with work flow tools. Additionally, I developed training documentation and presentation materials. The result is a controlled online community for their resellers, encouraging the exchange of ideas between thought leaders in the telecom industry and enabling a direct connection between resellers and senior executives of AVST.

• Interactive Project Manager

  Freedom Interactive

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2007 — January 2008 (1 year)

  My primary project while at Freedom Interactive was http://www.myochigh.com. I was involved in all aspects of the production of this website from conception to completion. I facilitated months of requirements gathering meetings, wrote the project documentation, created the structure of the system and directly managed a small team of web developers working on the website. I was also involved in the actual programming of the website itself utilizing PHP and MySQL in a multi-tiered, version controlled development environment. Collectively, there were about 40 people involved in this project.
  
  In addition to this website I also wrote specifications and developed a project plan to syndicate the company's http://www.ocvarsity.com website across Freedom Communication's other online properties and led the redevelopment of several other news web sites including http://www.oaoa.com, http://www.shelbystar.com, http://www.tribtown.com, and http://www.gastongazette.com.

• Project Manager

  FOCI - The Orange County Register

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

  FOCI is an acronym for Freedom Orange County Interactive

• Contractor

  Kforce Technology Staffing

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KFRC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2007 — January 2008 (1 year)

  Kforce placed me at Freedom Interactive as an Interactive Project Manager.

• Project Manager

  Specific Media

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  December 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  I oversaw the development of new products for the company throughout the entire life cycle from strategic planning to managing implementation.
  
  I regularly translated marketing requirements into technical documentation and acted as the main contact between a small team of web developers, graphics artists, and senior management of the company.
  
  I was also personally involved in the development process as well, helping out with graphics, PHP programming, MySQL database design, and all other logistics as needed.
  
  I was successful in promoting the company through search engine optimization efforts and search engine marketing efforts that have resulted in the company's various websites consistently being ranked in the first page of search results for nearly all relevant keywords on all major search engines.
  
  The company's corporate websites include:
  http://www.specificmedia.com
  http://www.retargeting.com
  http://www.behavioraltargeting.com

• Founder

  3F Bike Club

  (Sports industry)

  January 2006 — January 2006 (1 month)

  I founded and run the 3F Bike Club, an Orange County, CA based group of people who all enjoy mountain biking. The website (http://www.3fbc.com) serves as an informational portal and connecting point for future events.

• CTO

  ZapConnect.com

  (Medical Devices industry)

  January 2001 — August 2005 (4 years 8 months)

  I planned, developed and promoted the ZapConnect.com website and database since its inception several years ago. The site is a robust SQL database driven by ColdFusion of over 100,000 companies and 80,000 products. It features advanced searching technology that is hundreds of times more accurate than other search engines.I was responsible for all technical operations of the business including the development of the website itself, taking care of the co-located server, networking, hardware, planning, budgeting, and everything else necessary to make the business plan a reality. I also planned out all the marketing strategies, executed those plans, and measured the results of each test plan for effectiveness. The website is used by thousands of people a day in the medical field who find it 80% of the time on other search engines.

• Webmaster

  Fishing Alliance

  (Sports industry)

  March 2004 — June 2004 (4 months)

  The Fishing Alliance (http://www.fishingalliance.com), run by a life-long friend of mine, is a community of hundreds of anglers from all around the United States. I wrote this website in a combination of Cold Fusion and PHP utilizing both Microsoft SQL and MySQL databases. A set of web-based administrative tools I developed enables the owner of the site to manage most of the content of the site without my assistance. Some of the more interesting features of this site include:
  
  - An online store with PayPal integration
  - A photo rating system
  - A blogging system, editable by the owner of the site
  - Hundreds of fishing related articles
  - And a Directory of Fishing Related Links

• Lead Internet Applications Developer

  Good Products, Inc.

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

  November 1999 — January 2000 (3 months)

  Good Products, Inc. is also know as FireRiver.com . I reported directly to the president of the company. I wrote specifications and developed a prototype application of FireRiver.com with ColdFusion and Oracle. I also hired and managed contracted developers.

• Internet Applications Developer

  Planet Media

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  July 1999 — October 1999 (4 months)

  I wrote specifications and developed a sales lead tracking system for ATL Products (Quantum) with ColdFusion and SQL.

• Lead New Media Developer

  Net Explorer, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  December 1998 — June 1999 (7 months)

  While working for Net Explorer, Inc. (aka RedSky, Visigenic Software, INPRISE and now Nuforia), I developed an online catalog of Hasbro's Star Wars toys with ColdFusion and Oracle. I also coordinated and managed contracted developers.

• Lead New Media Developer

  Nuforia, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Contracted ColdFusion Programmer

  Autobytel

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; ABTL; Automotive industry)

  1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

• Manager of Web Development

  CTX Data Services

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1998 — November 1998 (6 months)

  CTX Data Services, a division of CTX International (a well known manufacturer of computers) is now known as Alorica Inc..
  
  Working directly for the president of the company, Andy Lee (President of Emagine Studios, Inc.), I wrote specifications and developed various applications used company-wide for tracking RMA's with ColdFusion and SQL. Some notable customers included Best Buy and Circuit City.

• I*Net Applications Developer

  Online Connecting Point

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

  December 1997 — May 1998 (6 months)

  Wrote various applications with ColdFusion, MS Access and PERL. Created layouts and web graphics.

• Web Programmer

  Newport Internet Services

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  May 1997 — August 1997 (4 months)

  Wrote various applications with ColdFusion, MS Access and PERL. Created layouts and web graphics

• Web Programmer

  Delta Internet Services

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

  September 1996 — May 1997 (9 months)

  Delta Internet Services was bought by Concentric. While employed for Delta Internet, I wrote various applications with ColdFusion and MS Access and worked on created layouts and web graphics.

• Web Designer

  Verio

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRIO; Internet industry)

  April 1996 — August 1996 (5 months)

  This was my first job in the Internet industry. The company was called Network Intensive at the time but was later bought by Verio. I was responsible for maintaining the company website.

Mark Warrick’s Education

• Orange Coast College

  Psychology, Marketing, Business Management, Accounting, Photography 1993 — 2000

  Cumulative GPA: 3.72 with 76 units complete

Additional Information

Mark Warrick’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• Naymz.com Profile

Mark Warrick’s Interests:

mountain biking, photography, computers, outdoors

Mark Warrick’s Groups:

Orange County Internet Marketing Mindshare, OC-Connected.com, OC Tech 2.0, Orange County Advertising & Marketing Associates

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