COO at YuDeal
Asheville, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- COO at YuDeal
- Past
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- Internet Business Consultant at Wisdomology, LLC
- COO at The Scully Group
- Co-Founder at Wisdomology.com
- IT Director at Coca-Cola
- Project Scientist at Trinity Consultants
- Education
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- New England Conservatory of Music
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
James McMahon’s Summary
I've been managing interactive media projects and companies since 1994. Since then, I've managed
> Diverse and distributed teams from 1 to 100 people, in house, across the US, and offshore/international
> Startups, a web development agency, and departments of multinational corporations.
> Project budgets into the multiple hundreds of thousands, program budgets into the millions.
> Technologies including Java (Websphere), Oracle, SAS, SMS, LAMP, Ruby on Rails, Ajax, Flash, Flex, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures, SEO, iPhone. I keep my hands in the technology, so that I can understand the details.
> Tough issues: impossible budgets & timelines, legal vulnerability, cash flow challenges, developer burnout, crisis team shift-work, key vendors declaring bankruptcy.
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James McMahon’s Specialties:
Interactive marketing, internet, web 2.0, online communities, user generated content, project management, program management, strategy development, business plan development, personal growth, self help, non fiction, barbershop chorus directing, a capella arranging.
James McMahon’s Experience
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COO
YuDeal
(Internet industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Manage YuDeal operations: product development, marketing, HR. Advise CEO on legal & finance. And make the coffee, because we're a startup.
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Internet Business Consultant
Wisdomology, LLC
(Internet industry)
January 2009 — November 2009 (11 months)
Manage web projects, including creating estimate & proposal, writing business plan, developing schedule & plan, gathering requirements, developing specifications document with sitemap and wireframes. Manage development, communication, issues, risk, scope, budget & schedule.
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COO
The Scully Group
(Internet industry)
October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Managed all aspects of operations for small interactive marketing agency. Created project and program management methodologies and all accompanying templates (estimating, proposal, specifications, project plan, quality checklists). Managed strategic projects, hired & managed project managers.
Created & implemented development standards and processes (source code management, multi-tiered development/testing/production environments), introduced framework-based development in Ruby on Rails. Managed all aspects of finance. Outsourced HR management to PEO. Left because the work was complete. -
Co-Founder
Wisdomology.com
(Internet industry)
March 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Created award-winning global wisdom sharing social network. Responsible for finance, marketing & PR, technology. Left to help the Scully Group manage its operations.
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IT Director
Coca-Cola
(Public Company; KO; Consumer Goods industry)
February 1996 — March 2006 (10 years 2 months)
Managed multiple high-visibility, high-stakes projects & programs. Created first interactive intranet for marketing, managed Global Marketing’s intranet & knowledge management. Managed projects using internal, external, and overseas developers. Managed multiple redesigns of Coca-Cola.com from 2001-2006. Managed the award-winning CokeMusic.com.
Directed development of all US consumer websites including MyCokeRewards.com, and strategic web application platform (Service Oriented Architecture) for global sites. Grew my last project from a PowerPoint presentation to a $40MM strategic initiative. Left to start Wisdomology.com and move family to Asheville, NC. -
Project Scientist
Trinity Consultants
(Privately Held; Environmental Services industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year )
Conducted air pollution dispersion modeling, wrote utility software to analyze meteorological data. Left to study atmospheric science at MIT.
James McMahon’s Education
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New England Conservatory of Music
Choral Conducting 1994 — 1994
I studied both Music Education and Choral Conducting at NEC. Always a passion of mine, I was honored to study with Tamara Brooks, the choral conducting chair.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atmospheric Chemistry 1990 — 1993
Graduate study in atmospheric physics and chemistry with 1995 Nobel Chemistry Laureate Mario Molina. My research was on the chemistry of the ozone hole. In particular, I was measuring the reaction rates of ozone-depleting chemical reactions taking place on polar stratospheric cloud sulfuric acid ice crystals, investigating the catalytic actions of the pseudo-liquid supercooled H2SO4 layer on the outer surfaces of the crystals.
Graduate study in atmospheric physics and chemistry with 1995 Nobel Chemistry Laureate Mario Molina.
Co-authored article published in Science in 1993 (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/261/5127/1418), referenced in Nobel lecture (http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1995/molina-lecture.pdf). -
Harvard University
BA , Physics , 1985 — 1989
Coursework in quantum physics, advanced electronics, environmental science.
- Activities and Societies:
- Harvard Din & Tonics (16-man a cappella singing group): Music Director '88, President '89.
Additional Information
James McMahon’s Websites:
James McMahon’s Interests:
Web development, project management, program management, social networking, barbershop chorus, a cappella, choral conducting.
James McMahon’s Groups:
Meet The Geeks
Land of the Sky Chorus
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On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Obama for America -
Project Management Link - www.pmlink.org -
Project Manager Networking Group -
Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association -
Coca-Cola Current & Former Employees Group -
Harvard89 -
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce -
Remote Project Outsourcing Direct Management for Web Development, Software & Business Projects -
Land of the Sky Chorus
