Innovator, Entrepreneur, and Admirer of all that is Business and Technology
Knoxville, Tennessee Area
- Current
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- Speaker at Industry Conferences
- Senior Flash Developer at Scripps Networks
- Past
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- Multimedia Instructor at ITT Technical Institute
- Director of Multimedia at Digital Energy DVD
- Web Designer at Medallion Sign Co.
- Web Designer at GoTrain.net
- Training Engineer at Ken-Mar Tools
- Education
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- University of Tennessee
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Tim O'Hare’s Summary
I've experienced a successful career as an innovator and Flash Developer focusing on video products. With an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong understanding of making ideas come to life quickly, I find the strategy of an idea more rewarding and mostly enjoy molding ideas into businesses. I involve myself with products, presentations, and conversations in order to bridge the gap between business and technology, in turn creating products that enable users to better their lives.
I am a former University of Tennessee pole vaulter and pole vault coach, now focusing my time developing new ideas, blogging, speaking and admiring all that is business and technology.
Tim O'Hare’s Specialties:
Management & Leadership:
• Leader of creative and technical teams
• Establish and define product requirements
Design:
• Experience, interaction, and visual design
• Visual design patterns
Technical:
• Flash, ActionScript, Flash Remoting, Flash Video, Flash Media Server, Flex, AIR, Flash Lite, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS, XML, Omniture, DART
Misc.:
• Public speaker
• Resourceful technology purchasing
• Test strategies
• A/B and Multi-Variant testing strategies
Tim O'Hare’s Experience
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Speaker
Industry Conferences
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2005 — Present (2 years 8 months)
• Omniture Summit 2008: Optimizing the Customer Experience Using Rich Media Technologies
• Omniture Summit 2007: Enhance Your Customer’s Experience Using Rich Internet Applications
• NAB 2006: Scripps Networks and Flash Video
• NAB 2006: Adobe Theater Presentation - Flash Media Server — HGTV
• Adobe MAX 2005: HGTVPro.com’s Interactive VoD Player — From Ingest to Ad Tracking -
Senior Flash Developer
Scripps Networks
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ssp; Online Media industry)
November 2003 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Responsibilities are to lead, research, strategize, conceptualize, prototype, design and develop Flash Platform applications, widgets, and components for sites including but not limited to HGTV.com, FoodNetwork.com, DIYNetwork.com, FineLiving.com, GACtv.com, HGTVPro.com, FrontDoor.com and Recipezaar.com.
• Developed new video strategies increasing video plays and unifying the viewing experience
• Participated in multiple disruptive innovation experiments
• Participated in a pilot team of 3 members used to research Scripps’s innovation efforts and the ability to generate and build new businesses
• Developed new strategies to monetize video content and advertising integration resulting in higher click through rates than standard banner advertising
• Developed Food Network’s first Chumby widget titled Recipe of the Day
• Developed Food Network’s first Facebook application titled Cupcakes
• Responsible for 40+ applications, widgets, and components -
Multimedia Instructor
ITT Technical Institute
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2002 — May 2003 (10 months)
Responsible for instructing basic and advanced techniques in Flash, ActionScript, Director and Lingo to students obtaining an associate’s degree in web and multimedia
• Succeeded having students develop basic OOP concepts with no prior development experience -
Director of Multimedia
Digital Energy DVD
(Online Media industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
Directed a small team of designers and developers in the creation of multiple web, CD and DVD applications; assisted in the development of new business ventures.
• Directed the design of print materials and DVD menus for WIVK’s 50th anniversary party which hosted the top current and past country music stars for unplugged sets and award presentations
• Directed the menu design for a special edition Britney Spears DVD which included a montage of performances from her 2001 - 2002 tour “Dream Within a Dream”
• Conceptualized and prototyped multiple new business applications including ideas for air charter brokering, digitizing medical records, and leave-behind sales applications -
Web Designer
Medallion Sign Co.
(Privately Held; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
May 2002 — August 2002 (4 months)
Designed and developed web applications and demos for the sign surveying industry.
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Web Designer
GoTrain.net
(Online Media industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Designed and developed online learning modules for the Environmental Health and Safety industry while being an authority on “Interactive Exercises”, a rich internet application that tested the user on a specific task taught in the module
• Designed and prototyped an in-house application that would allow Instructional Designers the ability to choose from pre built components to build customized learning modules in return decreasing time to market by almost 50% and allowing visual designers the ability to be more creative for future components -
Training Engineer
Ken-Mar Tools
(Privately Held; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
May 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 4 months)
Provided design assistance to mechanical engineers in the production of automobile, assembly line racks.
Tim O'Hare’s Education
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University of Tennessee
BFA, Graphic Design, August 1995 — May 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Pole Vaulter for the University of Tennessee track and field team.
Additional Information
Tim O'Hare’s Websites:
Tim O'Hare’s Interests:
• Start-ups • Technology • Entrepreneurship • Innovation • Product Evangelism • Pole Vault • College Football
Tim O'Hare’s Groups:
University of Tennessee Lettermen's Club
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Legitimate P2P to enhance video experience member -
Adobe Flex Developers member -
PureMVC Developers member -
Adobe Flash Media Server Developers member
Tim O'Hare’s Honors:
2006
CableFAX Program Awards - Best Web Play for Scripps Networks Interactive Universal Video Player
Participant of Omniture ActionSource – Patent Pending
2005
Macromedia Site of the Day - HGTVPro.com Best Practices Video Player
Scripps Networks Interactive Presidents Award
2004
Macromedia Site of the Day - Sherwin Williams Paint Visualizer on Food Network
2003
KAF Gold ADDY® Award (Industry Self Promotion) - “Digital Energy DVD (Website)”
KAF Gold ADDY® Award (Industry Self Promotion) - “Digital Energy DVD (CD)”
KAF Special Judges Award - “Digital Energy DVD (Website)”
Silver Omni Award (Sports) – “MackAttack (Website)”
Silver Omni Award (Programming) – “Digital Energy DVD (Website)”
Bronze Omni Award (Special) – “Digital Energy DVD (Website)”
Bronze Omni Award (Graphics) – “Digital Energy DVD (Website)”
1999 – 2001
Southeastern Conference Scholar Athlete Honor Roll
1995 – 2000
University of Tennessee Men’s Track and Field Letterman (pole vault)
Tim O'Hare’s Contact Settings
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