Product Manager at Tribune Interactive
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Product Manager at Tribune Interactive
- Owner at IM1 Capital Group (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Product Analyst at Tribune Interactive
- IT Specialist at IBM
- Marketing Analyst at IBM
- Education
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- DePaul University
- Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
- Connections
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- Industry
- Online Media
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Nicholas Ionita’s Experience
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Product Manager
Tribune Interactive
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Online Media industry)
January 2008 — Present (9 months)
Currently leading strategy and development efforts on new and existing products.
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Owner
IM1 Capital Group (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
February 2005 — Present (3 years 8 months)
Rental Property Investment and Management.
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Product Analyst
Tribune Interactive
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Online Media industry)
May 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 9 months)
- Integral in all areas of the SDLC
-- Product Strategy, Analysis, Requirements and Design
-- Experience with Waterfall and Agile Development Methodologies
-- Identify future business opportunities and long-term strategy
--- Extended existing products onto Facebook and explored other syndication strategies
- TI Data Strategy Initiative
-- Development of a global taxonomy, data strategy, and SEO enhancements for TI's Newspaper.com’s
-- Led design and development of new consumer facing pages utilizing newly categorized content
- National Entertainment Product & CMS (Metromix.com)
-- Led strategy and design of key features including Faceted Search, an Entertainment focused Taxonomy, and Geo Mapping
-- Assisted during Development and Deployment; SCRUM sessions, Iteration Planning, Agile Story Development, Product QA, and Producer Training
- Newspaper.com Redesign
-- Led strategy and design of several product features including Organic Search and Geo Mapping -
IT Specialist
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2004 — May 2006 (2 years)
- Performed Business Analyst and Software Development roles
- Development experience in J2EE, JSP/Servlets/Struts Framework, SQL, etc.
- Major Client Projects included:
-- Data Analytics tool development for AC Nielsen
-- Hand held Device Guided Tour development for MoMA (NYC) -
Marketing Analyst
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 1 month)
Nicholas Ionita’s Education
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DePaul University
MSc, Information Systems, 2003 — 2005
Studies concentrated on Global Information Systems Strategy (traveled to Brazil to study outsourcing), Project Management, and Systems Archictecture.
- Activities and Societies:
- Computer Science Society, Graduate Student Association, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines)
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Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
BBA, Management Information Systems and Computer Science, 1998 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Pi Kappa Alpha
