Ed Gioffre

Current

Business Solutions Engineer at eStara

Past

GUI Engineer at Ecompex
Associate Technical Manager/Project Manager at Siteworx
Senior Developer at Siteworx

Developer at Siteworx
Web Developer/Technical Writer at Titan Systems
Technical Writer at Cardsystems

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Education

The Chubb Institute
Pennsylvania State University
Moore College of Art and Design

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Ed Gioffre’s Summary

Ed Gioffre’s Specialties:

XHTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Photoshop, Web Accessibility Standards

Ed Gioffre’s Experience

Business Solutions Engineer

eStara

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)
GUI Engineer

Ecompex

(Computer Software industry)

November 2008 — December 2008 (2 months)
Associate Technical Manager/Project Manager

Siteworx

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Senior Developer

Siteworx

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Developer

Siteworx

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2004 — June 2006 (2 years)
Web Developer/Technical Writer

Titan Systems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TTN; Defense & Space industry)

August 2001 — July 2004 (3 years)

* Work directly with the Webmaster to design and maintain 6 web sites with over 100 pages using Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, Photoshop, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
* Develop web site templates using Dreamweaver, CSS and JavaScript to increase work efficiency.
* Design and maintain a multi-user database with forms, queries, and report generation for issue tracking using Access.
* Communicate effectively with project managers, developers, supervisors, and end-users.
* Develop policy, procedure, AIS support documents, and application user guides using Word, PageMaker, and Visio.
* Conduct weekly meetings with technology specialists and supervisors to resolve documentation issues.
* Plan production schedules and milestones for projects based on commitment goals.
* Assist in training other employees on various web and desktop publishing software.
* Received awards for exceptional employee performance.
Technical Writer

Cardsystems

(Computer Software industry)

July 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 1 month)

* Developed and maintained documentation for 3 new software development efforts and 4 product maintenance cycles for 2 applications using FrameMaker, Photoshop and Illustrator.
* Developed and maintained application help systems using HTML and RoboHELP.
* Developed, and maintained Requisite Pro databases over 20 documents for several projects including importing documents, tagging requirements, and developing project-wide requirements traceability.
* Demonstrated Requisite Pro to company employees and wrote a Requisite Web users guide for internal use.
* Wrote internal policy documents, and maintained a documentation schedule of over 20 deliverables.
* Interviewed and trained new technical writers.

Ed Gioffre’s Education

The Chubb Institute

2002 — 2003
Pennsylvania State University

Bachelor of Arts , Advertising , 1987 — 1997

Was a full time student while also working 30+ hrs a to pay for college expenses.

Attended classes in copywriting, statistics, campaign planning and management, and electives in computer programming, literature, and advanced cinema theory. (1987 - 1991).

Returned in 1997 to take additional classes in C++ programming.
Moore College of Art and Design

Desktop Publishing/Computer Graphics Certificate , Computer Graphics, Desktop Publishing , 1991 — 1991

Attended night classes while working full-time.

Studied a number of desktop publishing and computer graphics applications including QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Freehand, Illustrator, and Photoshop

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Ed Gioffre’s Interests:

training on new technologies, digital media manipulation (audio, video, photography), investing, non-fiction literature, fiction writing, community theater, jogging, and sport fencing.