Developer at Night Agency
Greater New York City Area
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- Developer at Night Agency
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- Research Specialist at Oliver Wyman - Delta Organization & Leadership
- Research Specialist at Mercer Delta Consulting
- Account Administrative Assistant at Fleishman-Hillard
- Adjunct Professor at Marymount Manhattan College
- Education
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook
- Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
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Chad Albers’s Summary
Business Professional with proven ability to integrate enterprise-wide software and web-based solutions that help organizations deliver on their value propositions. Unique combination business systems analysis and IT solution design. Demonstrated experience with software development, multiple programming languages, and new development technologies. Exceptional written, oral, and presentation skills to develop, document, and teach dynamic and engaging software training programs both virtually and in person. Track record of success in innovative, challenging, and team environments. Bilingual, fluent in English and German.
Chad Albers’s Specialties:
Programming, XML, HTML, XSLT, Java, PHP, Ruby, GNU/Linux, Debian, Open Source, Graphics Design, Training and Development, Research, and Writing
Chad Albers’s Experience
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Developer
Night Agency
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Developing websites using the full suite of web technologies.
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Research Specialist
Oliver Wyman - Delta Organization & Leadership
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MMC; Management Consulting industry)
May 2007 — March 2008 (11 months)
• Increased cost effectiveness of diagnosing client problems within two month by replacing the organization’s proprietary interview data coding software with superior vendor product
• Designed, in partnership with Vice Chairman of parent company, Marsh & McLennan (MMC), a web-based lottery to enable employees to “win” seats at CEO’s quarterly town halls, overcoming MMC’s limited IT resources and infrastructure that prevented CEO web casts
• Developed web-based solution to enable organizational consultant to easily build surveys based on 1000+ legacy, survey-item database and more quickly identify solutions for client issues
• Redesigned custom online assessment tool to evaluate CEO candidates for Fortune 500 media conglomerate
• Developed the curriculum and trained, in a two month period, over half the company on how to use new software application, using both in-person, online, and virtual classroom sessions to save company costs -
Research Specialist
Mercer Delta Consulting
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MMC; Management Consulting industry)
February 2004 — April 2007 (3 years 3 months)
• Redesigned company’s core software training modules and trained all incoming consultants and support staff on how to use software to service client needs
• Oversaw, as managing editor, the monthly publication of company’s review of latest developments in industrial-organizational psychology literature and industry trends, collecting submissions, writing copy, and supervising the publication’s graphics and layout
• Chronicled the professional lives of high-profile “failed” CEOs for company’s Chairman current book project
• Interviewed HR professionals to identify best practices in high-potential talent management to help client avoid talent shortage and accelerate development of its top talent
• Collected and organized 20 years of company’s positioning statements, identified prominent themes, and presented results to CEO and marketing team to help renew company’s position in marketplace -
Account Administrative Assistant
Fleishman-Hillard
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OMC; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 2003 — February 2004 (1 year 2 months)
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Adjunct Professor
Marymount Manhattan College
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — June 2003 (11 months)
• Taught “Effective Thinking” course to students in need of supplemental writing instruction
Chad Albers’s Education
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
Ph.D. , Philosophy , 1993 — 2001
• Completed 200 page doctoral thesis on the history of philosophical positions about friendship, called the "Specificity of Friendship"
• Translated and published an English translation of Walter Schulz's German essay, "On the Problem of Death" -
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Philosophy 1995 — 1996
• Studied 19th century Germany's movement of philosophical idealism, with special emphasis on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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University of Missouri-Kansas City
B.A. , Philosophy , 1990 — 1992
Graduated "with distinction" as Honors College
Scholar- Activities and Societies:
- Member of Phi Kappa Phi
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Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
Philosophy, Art 1988 — 1989
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Chad Albers’s Interests:
GNU/Linux, Debian, Open Source, new technology, philosophy, politics, art
Chad Albers’s Groups:
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RoR (Ruby on Rails) Open Source Network -
Epsilon
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