
Director of Technology
Greater Chicago Area

Director of Technology
Greater Chicago Area
Creative technology director with the demonstrated ability to get things done. A special combination of people skills, technology, project management and communications. Fully competent in the technical and business expertise necessary to analyze and solve complex problems. Demonstrated experience in managing multiple cross-function projects while getting the very most out of staff. Extensive experience in people management, project management, e-Commerce development, web UI development, systems migration, solution implementations, Microsoft conversions, and process improvement.
eCommerce, Content Management, Web Development
(Entertainment industry)
2008 — Present (less than a year)
Multi-site, non-profit arts institution
Direct, with full accountability, all aspects of strategic and operational technology planning.
• Deployed multi site WAN integrating locations on the north side, two of which without existing infrastructure.
• Built point-to-point 802.11 network on custom directional antennae at each location, saving thousands of dollars.
• Deployed Active Directory domain, with customized schema, allowing for direct Mac OSX authentication.
• Deployed MS Exchange Server 2003, with additional MX failover, the latter built on Unix and spare hardware for additional savings.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years)
(E-Learning industry)
1992 — 2005 (13 years)
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Three teams reported to me: Web Development, Help Desk, and Network Administration.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Three teams reported to me: Web Development, Help Desk, and Network Administration.
(Online Media industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
(E-Learning industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
(Online Media industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
In my spare time, once a year or so, I direct plays. I'm currently the Producing Manager of Theater Wit, http://www.theaterwit.com. I am also very interested in fine art digital photography, particular quad and hextone inkjet systems.
Theater Wit, Chicago