Senior Developer: Multi-Platform at Algonquin Studios
Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area
- Current
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- President / CEO at Grape Soda Records
- Webmaster at Akron Bugle (Sole Proprietorship)
- Senior Developer: Multi-platform at Algonquin Studios
- Past
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- Owner at Radio.Speljamr
- Senior Webmaster / Application Developer at Appraisal.com
- Webmaster / Web Manager at Drew Candle Co.
- Technical Support at LocalNet
- Shipping at Standard Electronics
- Customer Service at Record Theatre
- Education
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- Lancaster High School
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Tim Finucane’s Summary
I have always had two major loves in life, computers and music. In the course of my professional career I have tried to always find ways to combine the two where possible. I am currently working on expanding my technical skills in the world of web programming/development. I specialize in database driven web sites, from content management to e-commerce and everything in between.
Tim Finucane’s Experience
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President / CEO
Grape Soda Records
(Music industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Development of an online digital distribution record label using Creative Commons licensing. This venture is on temporary hold due to time constraints.
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Webmaster
Akron Bugle (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 2003 — Present (6 years 9 months)
Design of the web site using Adobe Photoshop and HTML.
Development of the PressPointe content management system for periodical publication using PHP 4.0 and MySQL 3.23, 4.x.
Development of a subsciber management application that would integrate with the PressPointe CMS.
Implementation of a community forum using phpBB software.
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Senior Developer: Multi-platform
Algonquin Studios
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2001 — Present (8 years 5 months)
Assisted in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring key development employees.
Managed projects for several high profile clients including, Hodgson Russ LLP, Catholic Health Systems, and Rembrandt Charms. Also contributed to the programming on these projects.
Worked with a small team to design and deploy Algonquin Studio's primary data center for client hosting, including Windows Storage Server, Windows 2003 servers, Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 servers, and Cisco routers. Also helped deploy and manage a Qmail mail server and BIND DNS servers. Installed and managed Apache, PHP, and MySQL 4.1 on Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4
Contributed to the development of the core ASP.NET components used in all Algonquin Studios development projects, including the QuantumCMS 3.0 product. -
Owner
Radio.Speljamr
(Music industry)
May 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 5 months)
Production of an independent podsafe music show using Alesis USB8 mixer, MX990 microphones, Goldwave recording software, and Propaganda podcast software.
Deployment, modification, and maintenance of a WordPress 1.5 blog to publish the Radio.Speljamr RSS feed.
Deployment and maintenance of the Etomite Content Management System used to manage the entire speljamr.com domain.
Maintained membership in the Association of Music Podcasting and Podsafe Music Network. -
Senior Webmaster / Application Developer
Appraisal.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Managed both internal and external teams during development of several Appraisal.com tools.
Completed Version 4.0 of the Appraisal.com web site using ASP, PerlScript, and VBScript.
Developed and coded updates to Nationwide Appraisal Network Versions 2.1-2.3 using ASP and PerlScript.
Developed templates for Version 4.0 of the Appraisal.com web site using ASP, PerlScript, and VBScript.
Developed templates for Version 2.0 of the Day One web site using ColdFusion.
Designed the Database for Nationwide Appraisal Network V2.0 and Billing Engine using MS SQL Server 7.0.
Developed code for the Nationwide Appraisal Network V2.0 from scratch using PerlScript and ASP.
Developed code for the Appraisal.com Affiliate sign-up and Auto-Code Generator using Perl and CGI.
Developed code for Appraisal.com Affiliate reporting tools on the intranet using Perl and CGI.
Implemented tracking of web server statistics using Mediahouse Statistics Server 5.0. -
Webmaster / Web Manager
Drew Candle Co.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
May 1999 — January 2000 (9 months)
Graphical Design of all elements used on the Drew Candle web site with Photoshop and Illustrator.
Began design and development of full tracking system for orders.
Developed Perl code used to integrate the site with Beenz.com.
Developed all code used in the HTML layout of the Drew Candle web site.
Developed Access database used for tracking customers and orders.
Integrated Existing Site with the Open Market Shop Site package.
Raised gross income of site from $50/month to $11,000/month in a 6 month time period.
Designed, Developed and Implemented many marketing initiatives such as, games, contests, and email newsletters.
Developed shipping prices and shipping policy.
Handled many of the customer service issues, including orders, shipment of orders, tracking of orders, lost shipments, customer complaints, and returns.
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Technical Support
LocalNet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 1998 — March 1999 (5 months)
Assisted in some updates to the existing web site
Assisted customers in setting up their LocalNet internet connections on Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98,
Windows NT, and Mac OS 7.0-8.5 operating systems.
Helped resolve issues with modems and modem drivers.
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Shipping
Standard Electronics
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
September 1994 — September 1997 (3 years 1 month)
Ran UPS, Airborne, and RPS portion of the shipping dock.
Assisted with RA returns and preparing them for final return to manufacturers.
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Customer Service
Record Theatre
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
September 1989 — September 1994 (5 years 1 month)
Sold audio and video equipment in the companies downtown location.
Assisted customers in finding CDs and/or cassette tapes.
Checked in inventory and put inventory on sales floor.
Assisted in running the video rental counter.
Tim Finucane’s Education
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Lancaster High School
Regents Diploma , Math / Science , 1986 — 1989
Additional Information
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Tim Finucane’s Interests:
Mountain Biking, X-Country Skiing, Hiking, Camping, Reading, History, Astronomy, Music, Podcasting, Linux, Web Programming/Development
Tim Finucane’s Groups:
Association of Music Podcasting
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Music Industry Forum
Tim Finucane’s Contact Settings
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