Web Developer at Cronin & Co. and Owner, Tremorworks, LLC
Hartford, Connecticut Area
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- Web Developer at Cronin & Co.
- Co Founder / Game Designer at Tremorworks, LLC (Self-employed)
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- Web Developer at Search Marketing Solutions, LLC
- Development Specialist at Education Connection
- PC / Network Technician at Hologic
- Database Engineer / Website Designer at Amber Lighting
- IT Professional at Can Am
- Student IT Professional at Danbury Public School System
- Technical Support at Internet 84
- Education
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- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Danbury High School
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Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Summary
Mid level professional with 8 years Information Technology experience spanning both the corporate and educational sectors. Expertise includes developing Open Source software to fit the needs of an organization, particularly in the area of server-side applications, CentOS, Gentoo, and Debian Linux system/server installation, deployment, management, support, and imaging, Wordpress, SEO, Terminal Services, Moodle, ELGG, and LAMS. Experience in web development with PHP and MySQL, and web content management.
Great communication and social skills. Able to work with people in a variety in different environments. Project management skills with small to mid-sized teams. Ability to adapt to different team dynamics and work styles.
Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Specialties:
PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, Wordpress, Expression Engine, Nagios, Open Source solutions, Software adaptation, Apache, Bind, Lighttpd, TinyDNS, SEO, Communication, Moodle, ELGG.
Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Experience
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Web Developer
Cronin & Co.
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Provide PHP/Rails web development for a multitude of Cronin's clients. Notable work done for Benihana, McDonalds, Amica, Alouette Cheese, CL&P, and Twinings USA. Provide server support for company's Debian Linux server, including the setup of Subversion, prepping the server to handle Ruby on Rails applications, and writing a Rails continuous integration service.
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Co Founder / Game Designer
Tremorworks, LLC (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Founded Tremorworks in 2006 as a independent game publishing company with hopes of providing new and innovative table top games to the public. Published 5000 copies of Elementalis, a dice game of my own design, and over 1000 copies of Sean Boyle's HDL Role Playing System and it's two modules: Demongate High and Perfect Horizon. Manage company assets and advertising, as well as sales and customer support. Oversee all company projects.
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Web Developer
Search Marketing Solutions, LLC
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
November 2007 — May 2008 (7 months)
Responsible for managing all company Gentoo servers, trac, Wordpress installations, Article Dashboard installations, Linux desktops, and other miscellaneous technical duties. Monitor an implement instances of company's custom PPC engine. Perform SEO on all company websites, and make sure new content is posted to all said sites.
Initiated planning on several large company projects, including our SEO initiative, web 2.0 social platform project, and had taken over planning and implementation of parked domain pages. -
Development Specialist
Education Connection
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)
April 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 6 months)
Responsible for installing, managing, maintaining, and monitoring a Moodle and ELGG on line environment with over 1600 active users on a custom installed CentOS 4.3 Linux Server. Customized Moodle, ELGG, and Wordpress to better fit the needs of the department. Helped coordinate both the IT Leadership Academy and the CT Governor's Innovation Challenge. Provided in-school professional development for both teachers and students participating in the IT Leadership Academy. Helped develop a plan for a Terminal Server lab using Ubuntu Linux for our Access / Gertrude Fielding school in Danbury, CT. Active member in the planning and coordination of Education Connection's Promotion of Open Technology for Education (PromOTE) initiative, especially in the areas of Terminal Services and Product Evaluation.
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PC / Network Technician
Hologic
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HOLX; Medical Devices industry)
February 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Provided Windows 2000/XP, Oracle, and Agile technical support and trouble shooting for over 200 Hologic employees in the Danbury, CT office. Responsible for nightly server backups as well as maintaining and trouble shooting a Definity phone switch and Octel voice messaging system for all employees’ phones. Setup and maintained Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers for file and application sharing, DNS, Exchange and Active Directory. Setup and migrated data from an old Windows 2000 file server to a Windows 2003 EMC NAS. Maintained a Nagios server to monitor server health and uptime. Regularly communicated with technicians from the Bedford, MA office about company wide technology upgrades and services. Maintained HP LaserJet printers by replacing toner, drum kits, rollers, and fusers.
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Database Engineer / Website Designer
Amber Lighting
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Built and maintained a custom MySQL database with a PHP front end which helped increase inventory efficiency by around 75%. Designed and maintained the company website.
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IT Professional
Can Am
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
Can Am is contracted to provide all technical work for Credit Suisse First Boston. Provided Windows 2000 technical support and trouble shooting for all Credit Suisse First Boston employees, including those on trading floors. Built and maintained new and used computers in the Break/Fix department so First Boston employees suffered minimal downtime in case of machine failure. Provided HP Laserjet printer maintenance as needed throughout the building. Involved in preparing a disaster recovery site in NJ in case of catastrophic events at the NY facility.
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Student IT Professional
Danbury Public School System
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
Worked during the largest technological update in the Danbury Public School system's history, installing over 521 new Dell machines in the high school and rolling over older machines to the middle and elementary schools. Maintained older machines that needed to be moved into other schools.
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Technical Support
Internet 84
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
Provided technical support for Internet 84 customers. Built and designed websites on a contract basis for customers. On site support for all Internet 84 servers.
Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelors in Information Technology , 1999 — 2003
Minor: Creative Writing
Concentrations: System Administration, Information Security, Web Development- Activities and Societies:
- Security Practices and Research Student Association (SPARSA), Board Game Club
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Danbury High School
High School 1996 — 1999
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Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Interests:
Board Games, Reading, Writing, Music, Geocaching
Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Groups:
Lego League, Healthy Children Healthy Minds
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RIT Alumni Group - Rochester Institute of Technology
Robert C Kalajian Jr.’s Honors:
The Publicity Club of New England Bell Ringer Award, 2009
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