Nino Tasca

Past

• Internet CTO at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
• Director of Internet Technology at Ziff Davis
• Director of Internet Development at Ziff Davis

• Programmer / Analyst at Ziff Davis Media
• Senior Technologist at Urbanfetch
• Technology Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Education

• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
• Lehigh University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Nino Tasca’s Summary

Accomplished Internet IT executive and MBA graduate with a focus on creating business value through applied technology and innovation. History of career advancement due to a combination of strategic planning, hands-on experience, effective staff management and, most importantly, bottom-line results. Ability to direct a multi-million dollar budget by finding the right mix of people, process and technology.

Nino Tasca’s Specialties:

• Staff Management & Team Building
• Emerging Internet Technologies/Strategies
• Digital Asset Management
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Cloud Computing and SaaS
• Business Process Improvement (BPI)
• Agile Development Methodologies
• Outsourced / Offshore Development
• IT Project & Resource Management
• Software Product Management
• Vendor Management
• Scalable System Architecture

Nino Tasca’s Experience

• Internet CTO

  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

  (Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 3 months)

  Lead the Internet strategy and technology team for RFE/RL (22 web sites, each in a unique language). Team consisted of 25+ people in product mgmt, project mgmt, development, operations and design roles.
  
  • Defined and executed the strategy for turning RFE/RL from a radio broadcasting company into a multimedia organization with a focus on utilizing the Internet to reach target audience.
  
  • Orchestrated the product vision and roadmap for upgrading all RFE/RL web properties from several antiquated platforms into one integrated Content Management System. The new system - which increased traffic an average of 50% - allowed one centralized team to maintain all sites.
  
  • Launched a monthly event within RFE/RL called "Technology @ Work". Paired tech savvy employees with producers/broadcasters to teach entire organization how to utilize technology to become more efficient and better serve the audience.

• Director of Internet Technology

  Ziff Davis

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  Managed all technology teams - with a CIO/CTO level of responsibility - for the Ziff Davis Internet business (60+ web sites, $50M in annual revenue). The team consisted of 30+ people across the application development, quality assurance, operations/engineering and production departments.
  
  • Defined vision and executed a major upgrade from a Vignette Content Management System (CMS) to a home grown CMS built in ASP.NET. New system provided greater flexibility, reduced overall publishing time by 30% and saved the company over $250k per year in licensing fees.
  
  • Successfully outsourced a portion of software development to a team in Bangalore, India. The offshore development team helped increase overall productivity by 30% while keeping costs flat.
  
  • Negotiated a partnership with a Content Distribution Network (CDN) that reduced page download times by 50% while minimizing hardware costs and increasing uptime to well over 99.9%

• Director of Internet Development

  Ziff Davis

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2002 — June 2005 (2 years 10 months)

  Managed a team of 11 developers and designers responsible for all technical initiatives within Ziff Davis Internet. Created detailed functional specs and project plans while maintaining a budget of over $1M.
  
  • Architected a technology platform where web sites can be created in a matter of hours. Allowed Ziff Davis to launch over 30 niche sites and gain first mover advantage in emerging markets.
  
  • Designed a project process based on industry best practices which decreased development time, improved software quality and facilitated communication flow across departments.

• Programmer / Analyst

  Ziff Davis Media

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  March 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 7 months)

  Developed unique, dynamic websites for ten Ziff Davis brands (including www.pcmag.com, www.eweek.com, and www.extremetech.com). Conducted interviews with business users and customers to determine the needs of the system and created the technical specifications.
  
  • Produced XML/RSS feed application that allowed Ziff Davis to increase syndication deals by 200%.
  
  • Organized a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy which increased Google traffic by 33%.

• Senior Technologist

  Urbanfetch

  (Internet industry)

  January 2000 — December 2000 (1 year )

  Architected and developed an e-commerce web site which generated over $1,000,000 in monthly sales.
  
  • Designed and implemented a personalization engine which increased sales by 8%
  
  • Spearheaded an effort to improve the performance and scalability of the web site. The project reduced page load times and lead to an immediate positive impact on sales.

• Technology Consultant

  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; PwC; Accounting industry)

  August 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 6 months)

  Technology consultant, web developer and team lead focused on Internet technologies and CRM systems.
  
  • Lead a team of six consultants that designed and developed an online portal for a major travel booking company. Completed project ahead of schedule and under budget.
  
  • Developed a payment entry and allocation system that linked customer information with the company’s Kana CRM software. Decreased overall processing times by consolidating interfaces.

Nino Tasca’s Education

• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

  MBA , Management, Information Systems , 2001 — 2005

• Lehigh University

  BS , Industrial Engineering , May 1998

Additional Information

Nino Tasca’s Interests:

Triathlons, cycling, running, skiing, golf, scuba diving, international travel, cloud computing, reading non-fiction and, finally, a never ending quest to find the best burger in Manhattan

Nino Tasca’s Groups:

•    NYU Stern School of Business
•    The CIO Forum
•    Ziff-Davis Alumni

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