Senior Developer at Tree House Agency
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area
- Current
-
- Senior Developer at Tree House Agency
- Past
-
- Chair of the Department of Communication and Information Technology at The Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Director E-Marketing and Interactive Services at Donovan Advertising and Marketing Services
- Freelance Marketing & E-Marketing Consultant, Web Application Developer/Programmer at Freelance Interactive Consultant
- Director of Marketing Research at Ball Group
- Education
-
- Sample on-going learning
- Sandler Business Institute
- Pennsylvania State University
- Connections
-
53
connections
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Sean Buscay’s Summary
Objective
To help clients effectively achieve their goals on the Internet by serving them as needs analyst, strategic planning partner, and tool builder.
To meet clients’ needs with solutions in the following areas:
* Drupal web design and development
* Publishing and managing websites
* Information Technology and web applications
Professional Profile
Passionate about helping clients effectively use technology to achieve their business and organizational goals.
Over ten years experience as a professional interactive services provider working with national clients providing end-to-end services for creating, implementing, and maintaining web-based business and marketing solutions.
Served as Director of E-Marketing and Interactive Services in two advertising agencies, the Chair of the Department of Communication and Information Technology for a large North American non-profit, and as a freelance consultant, writer, and developer.
Experience in a variety of industries including consumer-packaged goods, financial services, telecommunications, high-tech, non-profit, US government, and destination/travel.
Sean Buscay’s Specialties:
Web Development & Design | Web Mastering | Database Optimization, Web Applications, & Content Management Systems | Programming & Extending Functionality to Websites & Intranets | User Interface Engineering | E-Marketing & E-Business Strategic Consulting | Search Engine Optimization | Web Ad Design | Shopping Cart Development | Email Marketing & Campaign Tracking | Web-based Market Research | Usability Testing | Marketing Communications & Brand Consulting | Research/Statistical Design & Analysis
Sean Buscay’s Experience
-
Senior Developer
Tree House Agency
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Tree House prides itself on being your go-to resource for web theming, design, and development resources.
I work with a team to provide:
* Custom PHP/MySQL coding (e.g., Drupal modules and custom db queries)
* Website architecture planning
* Create Scope of Work, requirements analysis, etc.
* Code review
* Installation and configuration of Drupal-powered websites
* Patch existing modules for additional functionality
* Security updates
* Client contact contact and management -
Chair of the Department of Communication and Information Technology
The Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
(Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2003 — June 2008 (4 years 7 months)
Built a department and team to provide the communications, knowledge, & information technology systems that empowered the organization to maximum effectiveness.
Migrated website from a large static site to a Drupal powered site, realizing the following benefits:
* A website based on a system & standards that are widely supported in the business and non-profit communities, providing many new support options
* A standardized system to make updates in a timely fashion & provide better support
* Improved search capabilities for visitors to easily find content relative to their interests and needs
* A better audio system, improved video postings, an easier way to syndicate content & enable users to subscribe to our content
Focused the tight resources on the following:
* Growing & Enhancing the Website
* Database & Fund Raising Software (large-scale database support and training)
* Staff Development
* Technical Support & managing a Help Desk -
Director E-Marketing and Interactive Services
Donovan Advertising and Marketing Services
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 3 months)
Developed E-Marketing & Information Technology strategies for clients, implemented plans, & achieved outstanding results.
Helped solve marketing & business needs with communications & technology solutions. Conducted technology, information, & Internet communications needs assessments to develop & implement strategic plans for clients. Developed & maintained websites, intranets, & content management systems for a variety of clients in a number of industries. Provided training & support on content management systems. Provided networking & technology troubleshooting & maintenance support.
Member of the agency’s New Business Development team. Recommended and developed the new business and sales strategy. Developed & built the contact management system. Procured initial sales leads and continued to help generate new leads. Facilitated and coordinated the development of new business material. Wrote new business proposals and met with prospects as part of new business pitches. -
Freelance Marketing & E-Marketing Consultant, Web Application Developer/Programmer
Freelance Interactive Consultant
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2001 — October 2001 (10 months)
Developed E-Marketing strategies and solutions to meet clients’ marketing and business needs. Provided interactive services and web design and development services to various business clients and advertising agencies. Provided networking and web hosting support and maintenance.
Facilitated and directed strategy sessions with business clients, at the CEO/President level, to develop technology and web communications solutions to business, sales, marketing, and information problems they faced on a daily basis.
Developed database-driven web applications for businesses and organizations to improve processes, increase revenue, and decrease costs. -
Director of Marketing Research
Ball Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1997 — January 2001 (4 years 1 month)
(Work Included: Web Design, Database Programming, and Internet Research)
Developed and implemented marketing plans to help clients achieve their business/marketing goals.
Conducted website usability testing, web surveys, and database programming for clients. Worked with designers to provide programming and development assistance on various client websites. Set up and trained clients on database-driven contact management and project management systems.
Worked with clients and internal team members to develop marketing, sales, and marketing research solutions that solved client’s business and marketing needs (typically developing new markets, new customers, new products, or new sources of revenue).
Sean Buscay’s Education
-
Sample on-going learning
Sample on-going learning 2008 — 2008
A list of development books I have read, mastered, and applied to my work in the last six months:
* Pro Drupal Development by John K. VanDyk and Matt Westgate
* Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
* The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks by Rachel Andrew
* Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites by David Mercer
* Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application by 37signals
* The PHP Anthology: Object Oriented PHP Solution, Volumes 1 & 2 by Harry Fuecks
* The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beaird
* Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8 by Rachel Andrew
* AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications by Cristian Darie, Bogdan Brinzarea, Filip Chereches-Tosa, and Mihai Bucica -
Sandler Business Institute
Sales, Marketing, and Business Leadership Training 2001 — 2001
Training included: Time Management and Goal Setting, Team Building and Communication, Hiring and Termination, Delegation, Leadership Roundtables, Systematic Selling, Setting Goals and Developing a Formula for Success, Creating a Prospecting Plan, Stress Management, Motivation for Employees, Negotiation, Transactional Analysis
-
Pennsylvania State University
B.S. , Applied Behavioral Science , 1995 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate with High Distinction, The International Honor Society in Social Science (Pi Gamma Mu), The National Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi), The 1996-1997 Penn State University at Harrisburg, Outstanding Behavioral Science Student Award, Various scholar awards and scholarships received
Additional Information
Sean Buscay’s Websites:
Sean Buscay’s Honors:
Professional Memberships & Honors
* Drupal Association Individual Member
* The International Honor Society in Social Science (Pi Gamma Mu)
* The National Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi)
* The 1996-1997 Penn State University at Harrisburg, Outstanding Behavioral Science Student Award
* Various scholar awards and scholarships received while at Penn State and Lee University
* American Marketing Association
* Market Research Association
On-line and Off-line Community Activities
* Founder of the popular Christian web developer community: Christian-web-masters.com
* Volunteer Web developer and Web master for the Strasburg Community Parks Foundation
* Boy scout Parent and Volunteer
* Technical support for multi-media learning presentations in Strasburg-Lampeter School District
* Member of SitePoint.com forums since March 2002
* Member of Drupal.org and the Drupal Association
Sean Buscay’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
