
Owner, Alex's Coupons
Greater Seattle Area

Owner, Alex's Coupons
Greater Seattle Area
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
October 2001 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Owner of Alex's Coupons (http://www.alexscoupons.com), one of the premier coupon sites on the Internet. In December 2005 Alex's Coupons generated over $900,000 in sales for our merchant partners.
Alex's Coupons offers the latest deals and coupons to consumers, while educating them about Childhood Cancer. I started Alex's Coupons back in 2001 to help raise money for my daughter Alex's treatment for Leukemia. Alex was diagnosed at the age of 10 months and over the past seven years has undergone 2 Cord Blood Transplants, multiple rounds of chemo, total body irradiation, experimental treatments, etc... Alex is now over 3 years post 2nd Transplant and is doing great. Each month Alex's Coupons donates 10% off our profits or $1000, whichever is larger, to Cancer related charities.
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Design industry)
June 1995 — December 2005 (10 years 7 months)
Operate a Web Design and Internet Development Consulting Firm with over 150 current and past clients. Services include:
* Web Site Development
* Graphic and Interface Design
* Internet scripting and programming (JavaScript, Java, CGI and Perl)
* Internet Marketing including search engine placement and banner ad development
* Copywriting and copyediting.
* Coordination of clients online alliances including partnership and affiliate programs
* Internet site maintenance
* Internet server installation and maintenance
* Database administration and connectivity
* Search Engine development and administration
* ECommerce application development
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
August 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 2 months)
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the support and management of a Novell 3.12 & 4.1 (SFT 3) Local Area Network comprised of 600 Windows-based PCs, 15 file servers and 600 end-users with real-time links to other PC LANs and external Hosts.
* Responsible for the support and administration of two HP9000 K400 servers running HP-UX 10.01.
* Supervise and manage the System Operations staff of four Help Desk Administrators.
* Responsibilities include performance reviews, hiring of staff and setting departmental priorities.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1994 — July 1995 (1 year 7 months)
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the support and management of a Novell 3.12 & 4.01 LAN comprised of 650 Windows-based PCs, eleven file servers and 650 end-users with real-time links to other PC LANs and external Host computers.
* Responsible for the support and management of a remote Novell 3.12 LAN comprised of 60 Windows-based PCs, two file servers and 60 end-users with real-time links to other PC LANs and external Host computers.
* Responsible for the budgeting, evaluation, installation, trouble-shooting, and upgrading of all Network and PC hardware, software and peripherals.
* Supervised and managed the Novell Operations staff of three PC Technicians at two sites. Responsibilities included performance reviews, hiring of staff and setting departmental priorities. Acted as liaison between my department and upper management.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 1991 — January 1994 (2 years 7 months)
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the support and management of a Novell 3.11 LAN comprised of 60 PCs, 10 Macintoshes, one file server, and 70 users and a Wide Area Network comprised of 19 file servers and 450 users.
* Supervised and managed the PC Operations staff of four Systems Analysts at three remote sites. Responsibilities included performance reviews, hiring of staff and setting departmental priorities.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
April 1989 — July 1991 (2 years 4 months)
BA, Literature & Language, 1983 — 1987
1979 — 1983
Shakespeare, Basketball, Politics, Travel, Intelligent Conversation, Entrepreneurship, Playing Guitar, Songwriting, Scrabble, Genealogy, Kayaking
Gnomedex, Affiliate Summit
SXSW finalist award (Online Community) in 2001 for Redjellyfish.com