Dave Chakrabarti

Current

• Project Manager at Chicago Technology Cooperative

Past

• Director of Programs at Grassroots.org
• Projects Coordinator at CTCNet Chicago
• Manager, Internet Marketing and Link Development at Norvax, Inc

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Dave Chakrabarti’s Experience

• Project Manager

  Chicago Technology Cooperative

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Management of sophisticated web development projects for the nonprofit sector, based on the Drupal content management system. Responsibilities also include Information architecture, internet marketing / SEO, and internal marketing.

• Director of Programs

  Grassroots.org

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  I work to bring emerging technologies within reach of nonprofit and community organizations. In short, I write / code / script so they don't have to. My work involves management of a volunteer-based client support system and developing resources for training and support. I also develop and maintain internal infrastructure to support the tools we make available to clients, and implement Drupal-based multisite solutions for our members. I develop content for Grassroots.org resource sites in areas of personal interest and experience, such as search engine optimization and nonprofit content management.

• Projects Coordinator

  CTCNet Chicago

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — September 2006 (9 months)

  I worked as an Americorps CTCNet VISTA with the Community Technology Centers' Network, Chicago. My responsibilities ranged from grantwriting to event facilitation to developing enterprise-grade websites for nonprofit organizations based on the Drupal CMS platform. I presented as part of a panel on Nonprofit Content Management Systems at the CTCNet national conference in Washington, DC in 2006.

• Manager, Internet Marketing and Link Development

  Norvax, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2004 — June 2005 (9 months)

  Managed internet marketing campaigns and link development for 200+ clients, primarily in the health insurance and mortgage industries, including Forsythe Financial Health and Fortis / Assurant. Trained interns in basic and advanced search engine optimization techniques. Wrote and distributed press releases, advised content creation teams, and implemented large search engine optimization projects spanning multiple websites and hosting providers.

Additional Information

Dave Chakrabarti’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Dave Chakrabarti’s Interests:

Emerging technologies, CMS, Drupal, SEO, FL/OSS, community wifi, travel, India, food, motorcycles, reading, writing.

Dave Chakrabarti’s Groups:

Community Technology Centers' Network

•    Grassroots.org

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