
Founder / CTO at Democratus
Greater New York City Area

Founder / CTO at Democratus
Greater New York City Area
For ten years I have been a designer, a usability expert, a database guy, a user experience designer, an information architect, a brand strategist, an interactive & front end developer, an art director, and a web technologist. I am currently a freelance developer and technology consultant in New York, NY.
Expertise and passion for:
* JavaScript, XHTML, XML, CSS
* LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl)
* Web Standards, Semantic Web, Microformats
* Web Services (XML-RPC, REST, JSON)
Strong knowledge and experience:
* Coldfusion
* Actionscript 2.0
* Databases (SQL, mySQL, TransSQL, MS Access)
(Government Relations industry)
September 2008 — Present (2 months)
(Internet industry)
January 1994 — Present (14 years 10 months)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2008 — October 2008 (4 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — September 2007 (2 months)
I relieved Rokkan's internal team by coming in-house and building the front-end and a very lightweight backend framework for Time Inc.'s first every corporate website... http://www.timeinc.com .
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 2 months)
• Helped identify and establish client’s business requirements.
• Managed lifecycle of projects involving technology resources.
• Developed, documented and taught agency’s methodology, workflow and process.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining functional, technical requirements and design documentation.
• Contributed to Information Architecture and User Experience Design, generated written and diagram documentation.
• Interfaced with clients, aided in new business development.
• Operated as technical hiring manager
• Participated in RFP response. Aided in proposal writing and copy editing. Responsible for definition of project scope and cost.
• Planned and scheduled all projects.
• Provided technical consultation in regards to creative process and creative direction.
(Public Company; Internet industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
(Internet industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
February 2006 — June 2006 (5 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2005 — September 2005 (9 months)
(Internet industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; E-Learning industry)
February 2003 — August 2003 (7 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 4 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
March 2001 — October 2001 (8 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
July 2000 — February 2001 (8 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year)
i design things, i fix things, i make things, i illustrate things, i make loud, i drink espresso, i draw things
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