Richard Ortega

Current

Web Analyst at Pear Analytics

Past

Web Consultant at Freelance Web Consulting
Owner at Khrestos Learning Solutions, LLC
PC Technician at Circuit City

Men's Clothing Representative at Nordstrom

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Education

University of the Incarnate Word

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Richard Ortega’s Summary

IT professional services including statistical website analysis, user behavior analysis, marketing strategies, competitive analysis, strategic planning, business intelligence, and customer relationship management.

Interested in early-stage startups, high-tech small businesses, open source, and emerging technologies. Particularly found of web applications, widgets, and scalable services.

Working at the whole "Zen" thing... it's pretty cool.

Richard Ortega’s Specialties:

Knowledge Set:
Languages: VB.net, (x)HTML, CSS, PHP, Java, XML
Applications: Adobe Creative Suite CS3 (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash), MS Office 03-07 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), OpenOffice 2.2.1+.
Web Applications/Services: Wordpress 1.5+, Joomla, Drupal, Silverstripe, LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-Php) architecture, Google Apps/Sites.
Environments: Windows (2000/XP/Vista), Linux (Ubuntu, PCLinux2007)

Richard Ortega’s Experience

Web Analyst

Pear Analytics

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Specialized in high-level analytics, multi-variate testing, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, user interface, and social media. Delivered easily digestable, actionable dashboards and reports to senior management.
Web Consultant

Freelance Web Consulting

(Internet industry)

July 2001 — July 2008 (7 years 1 month)

Deployed, configured, and integrated content management systems and collaboration systems. Developed static and data-driven websites using Dreamweaver; programmed in PHP/VB/(x)HTML/CSS.

Deployed, configured, and maintained web-based software on shared/dedicated hosting on local/remote servers in a Linux environment. Offered small businesses the opportunity to enter the online market with cost-effective, open source solutions.

Integrated Google applications into websites including: Google Apps (intranet/collaboration), Google Analytics (tracking/reporting), Google Website Optimizer (multivariate statistics & advanced A/B testing), Google Webmaster Tools (website usability testing & search engine optimization), Google Custom Search Engine (user behavior), and Google Adsense/Adwords (search engine marketing).
Owner

Khrestos Learning Solutions, LLC

(E-Learning industry)

January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

Provide advanced learning technologies to facilitate training and education needs across all sectors.

We deploy learning management systems (LMS), content management systems (CMS), and other Web 2.0 technologies.
PC Technician

Circuit City

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CC; Retail industry)

July 2006 — March 2007 (9 months)

PC Technician, troubleshooted various technical problems in Windows (95, 98, Me, NT, 2000/Xp, and Vista) environments.
Introduced new workflow processes that lead to quicker turnaround on services, assisted sales team, and helped reform service business practices.
Men's Clothing Representative

Nordstrom

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JWN; Retail industry)

July 2005 — March 2006 (9 months)

Client relations for the Men's Clothing department. Assisted management during the store's Grand Opening phase. Performed exceptionally and earned the 2nd place award for most sales amongst Men's departments during Christmas.

Richard Ortega’s Education

University of the Incarnate Word

BBA , Information Systems , 2005 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

AITP Student Chapter: Founder/VP
Business Club: Member
Ethics Club: Member