Vinoj Zacharia

Current

• Web Designer at Element Fusion
• Owner at The Designs Bakery (Self-employed)

Past

• Web Developer at Third Degree Advertising
• Language Trainer at Microsoft
• Operations Director at Sooner Information Network

• Operations Director at Sooner Information Network, University of Oklahoma

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Education

• University of Oklahoma - Price College of Business
• University of Oklahoma

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Connections

96 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• The Designs Bakery

Vinoj Zacharia’s Summary

I feel I've always been at the fore-front of technology meeting any mass of people, and I continually want in.

When I was in grade school, I was one of the youngest System Operators for a BBS in NY, and as I went through middle and high school, I continued with this passion. In 1998, I created Norman High School's website, which garnered the award for 'Best Educational Website of 1998'.

In college, I was the Operations Director for The Sooner Information Network, which set the standard for college-based portals in the US, by conducting one of the largest online student elections in history. I was also able to increase advertising revenue from $3,000 a year in banner-based advertising revenue to $48,000 a year in just 18 months.

Here, I also sold the product student after student, faculty member after faculty member, to get it to the state it's at right now- with a 100% penetration in the University of Oklahoma student body.

After college, I've worked with companies large and small, in varying fields. I make sure however to keep myself diving headfirst into all opportunities where technology can make life easier for people.

Vinoj Zacharia’s Specialties:

Web Design: CSS, XHTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, ActionScript, Flash, PHP
Business: Strong communication skills, negotiation, selling, arbitration, course development, management of resources (people/multiple projects)
Technical: C, COBOL, Pascal, MySQL, Access, Visual Basic

Vinoj Zacharia’s Experience

• Web Designer

  Element Fusion

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year)

  1. Design websites based on meetings with clients and their input, using Photoshop and Illustrator. 2. Responsible for creating XHTML and CSS valid sites of approved designs, and integrating into ElementFusion's proprietary Water, Sky, Light Content Management System (CMS).

• Owner

  The Designs Bakery (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  December 2006 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  The Designs Bakery started in late 2006, as an afterthought. I realized that there were people who appreciate nice, clean websites, and one that is standards-compliant. As a result, with all my new sites, I make sure that the sites are simple and easy to use, and also coded in XHTML.
  
  What does that mean to the customer? It means that there are going to be less errors no matter which browser your clients are using, like a mobile device. It also loads faster. Faster equals shorter time. And if time equals money, then the customer makes money by potential clients looking at the website quickly and easily.
  
  Check out http://www.thedesignsbakery.com for more information

• Web Developer

  Third Degree Advertising

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  I am responsible for taking website designs created by our creative team and converting them to a fully accessible website for clients. This usually includes integration with Drupal (a content management system), PHP, and MySQL.
  
  There is also site maintenance of previous sites that have been built by Third Degree that I attend to, whether it's modifying links, adding pages, or even entire navigation system changes.

• Language Trainer

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  March 2005 — August 2005 (6 months)

  Designed coursework for over 200 students, from American accent to phonetics and culture. Worked at Microsoft as a one-on-one personal language pathologist along with conducting interviews for Microsoft hires.

• Operations Director

  Sooner Information Network

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 1999 — May 2004 (4 years 9 months)

  The Operations Team was split into two parts, Marketing and Advertising. Marketing's task was to 'spread the word' of the website and get it recognized, as well as forge partnerships with on and off campus groups. This would be a two way opportunity for both groups to piggyback off each others' contacts and networking.
  
  The Advertising team made sure that SIN was funded through banner ads placed on the website. In the time I worked with advertising, revenue went from $3,000 a year to $48,000 a year.
  
  The Director's job was to make sure both teams worked synchronously and to manage all the interns that were working for us, while making SIN both a necessity to students at the University of Oklahoma and also financially stable.

• Operations Director

  Sooner Information Network, University of Oklahoma

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2004 (5 years)

Vinoj Zacharia’s Education

• University of Oklahoma - Price College of Business

  1998 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Sigma Pi

• University of Oklahoma

  Drama, Theatre, 1998 — 2004

Additional Information

Vinoj Zacharia’s Websites:

• The Designs Bakery

Vinoj Zacharia’s Interests:

Photography, Theater, Films

Vinoj Zacharia’s Contact Settings

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