Mel Reyes

Current

• Director of Client Engineering at eMusic.com
• Owner at MR Technical Solutions, Inc. (Self-employed)

Past

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect at Pepsi Co.
• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect at PepsiCo
• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer at Priceline.com

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect at Modem Media
• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect at Modem Media/Poppe Tyson
• Consultant - Web Master/Architect at GTE Service Corporation
• Consultant - Internet Software Engineer/Architect at Philip Morris International
• Consultant - System Administrator at Smith Barney
• System Administrator at Nielsen Marketing
• System Administrator at Kraft General Foods

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Education

• Pace University-Pleasantville/Briarcliff Campus
• Pace University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Mel

Connections

269 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Company

Mel Reyes’s Summary

My experience includes a potpourri of different technologies, languages and systems, primarily focused around database and application or web integration. Looking to find a position that has opportunities with various systems and integration points.

I'm an active contributor, application and extension developer in the Mozilla Community and technologies. I've also authored, "Hacking Firefox" http://www.hackingfirefox.com/ and created the eMusic Download Manager and Remote XULRunner application http://emusic.mozdev.org/. My Mozilla extensions can be found here: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/

Mel Reyes’s Specialties:

Mozilla Community contributor and developer, author of Hacking Firefox, Project Management, System & Database Design/Development, Architecture and Implementation utilizing ASP, JSP, Perl, PHP, JavaScript and SQL Server/Oracle databases.

I have a lot of generic Linux and UNIX administration and programming experience with Fedora, Ubuntu, Solaris, AIX, Perl and Shell scripting.

Mel Reyes’s Experience

• Director of Client Engineering

  eMusic.com

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

  September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)

• Owner

  MR Technical Solutions, Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  February 1995 — Present (14 years 6 months)

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect

  Pepsi Co.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PEP; Consumer Goods industry)

  July 2001 — August 2006 (5 years 2 months)

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect

  PepsiCo

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PEP; Consumer Goods industry)

  July 2001 — August 2006 (5 years 2 months)

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer

  Priceline.com

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  April 1999 — March 2001 (2 years)

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect

  Modem Media

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  February 1998 — April 1999 (1 year 3 months)

• Consultant – Internet Software Engineer/Architect

  Modem Media/Poppe Tyson

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  February 1998 — April 1999 (1 year 3 months)

• Consultant - Web Master/Architect

  GTE Service Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Services industry)

  August 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 6 months)

• Consultant - Internet Software Engineer/Architect

  Philip Morris International

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Tobacco industry)

  August 1995 — January 1996 (6 months)

  Organized, planned and implemented a custom Data/Document Repository system using Netscape Communication Web Server. Created project plans, specifications, costs analysis, and demonstrated prototype and finished product to key senior managers and executives.

• Consultant - System Administrator

  Smith Barney

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  March 1995 — August 1995 (6 months)

  Organized and implemented software and hardware compliance project to standardize configurations, installations and collect inventory information.

• System Administrator

  Nielsen Marketing

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

  March 1993 — February 1995 (2 years)

  Full system administration for entire office.

• System Administrator

  Kraft General Foods

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  June 1992 — March 1993 (10 months)

  Full system administration.

Mel Reyes’s Education

• Pace University-Pleasantville/Briarcliff Campus

  BA , Management Information Systems , 1988 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi Delta, Debate, Radio Station

• Pace University

  BA , Management Information Systems , 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Mel Reyes’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

Mel Reyes’s Groups:

Alpha Phi Delta Fraternity, Mozilla Organization Add-ons Editors, Mozilla Community

•    Executive Suite
•    Alpha Phi Delta Alumni Network
•    Mozilla Gecko Extensions Developers
•    Modem Media Alumni Group
•    Priceline Alumni

Mel Reyes’s Honors:

My Mozilla Extensions featured:
- Download.com - June 19, 2008 & December 26, 2008
- PC Magazine - May 13, 2005 & June 28, 2008
- PC World Magazine - January 30, 2007 & January 08, 2008
- C*Net - November 10, 2006 & August 1, 2007
- InformationWeek - February 21, 2006 & March 30, 2006

Software featured:
- on TechTv on October 10, 2002
- on MaximumPC's CD
- in PC First Aid Magazine
- Voted PC Magazine Recommended 1999
- Featured in PC Magazine March 1999

Mel Reyes’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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