Quality Assurance Project

Vance Bell

**** ********* ***.

Philadelphia, PA 19104

URL: www.vancebell.com

Email: *****@***********.***

Professional Experience:

VP, Technology, SoftOrigins, Inc., Philadelphia, PA / New York City, NY. Feb. 2007 Present

www.softorigins.com

Manage and lead Web and interactive projects for this start-up provider of

integrated application development, interactive, and Web technology solutions.

Manage Web development and interactive projects

Develop project plans, specifications, application prototypes/wireframes

Manage project change orders and impact analysis

Develop RFP responses, proposals and estimates

Conduct business process and requirements analysis

Contribute to new business development as a technical representative

Oversee project teams

Contribute to user interface, design and development efforts

Contribute to application and Web site testing efforts

Director of New Media, Zigzag Net, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Oct. 1999 Oct. 2006

www.zigzag.net

Oversee production of Web and interactive projects for this provider of

integrated marketing, graphic design and Web technology solutions. Manage clients

ranging from Global 500 corporations to non-profit organizations.

Managed Web and interactive communications project from initial

consultation through successful launch

Developed and maintained long-term client relationships

Created and monitored schedules, deliverables and internal and

vendor resources to deliver projects on time and on budget

Develop and manage departmental process and quality assurance

measures

Developed user interface, general architecture and navigation

systems for client Web sites

Conducted search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine

marketing (SEM) efforts for clients and employer, including traffic

analysis and reporting

Provided short- and long-term Web strategy for clients

Developed RFP responses, proposals and cost estimates

Acted as technical representative in sales efforts with potential clients

Managed company-wide hardware and software purchases and related

vendors

Managed and trained junior developers and interns

Developed and/or edited client and in-house marketing and sales

materials

Contributed to technical innovation and overall business direction

Key Accomplishments:

Designed a patent pending Web application for lead disbursement

and management within the real estate market

Planned and managed the development of a custom eLearning and

assessment application for the Delaware County Police Department

Planned and managed the development of a custom, Web-based

content management system (CMS) product

Successfully completed over 100 Web-related projects for corporate,

non-profit, municipal and small- and medium-sized business (SMB)

clients in diverse markets

Web Developer, Zigzag Net, Inc., Philadelphia, PA June 1999 Oct. 1999

www.zigzag.net

Develop Web and multimedia projects for a corporate, educational and non-profit

clients.

HTML/DHTML/CSS development

Graphic manipulation and optimization

Creation of QuickTime VR movies, Streaming Media files (WMV and

Real Media)

Content Manager, Information Systems and Computing, Univ. of Pennsylvania Jan. 1997 June 2001

http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/

Develop content for the NewJour archive of new electronic journals and

newsletters. NewJour was the largest such Internet archive in existence

during the 1990s.

Research current and emergent electronic publications

Track upcoming e-publication releases

Monitor e-publishing industry trends

Create and edit written content for listserve and online archive

Freelance Web Designer/Developer Sept. 1994 Present

Provided Web design and development services to select regional clients

Including Rohm & Haas, University of Pennsylvania, W.W. Norton, Stewart s

Restaurants, Pleasant Motors, Powelton Properties, Question & Answer Knowledge

Market (QAKM), Surety Bond Associates, Donnelly Creative Services and

S.T. Hudson Engineering.

Proficiencies:

Project Management Direct Email Marketing

Team Management Client and Vendor Management

Web Design & Development Copyediting

Information Architecture Technical Writing

Proposal Writing HTML/XHTML

Web Application Design DHTML/Javascript/CSS

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) User Experience Engineering

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Usability Engineering

Skills:

HTML/XHTML/CSS/Javascript MS Office Suite

Macromedia Dreamweaver MS Project

Macromedia/Allaire Homesite MS Visio

Adobe Photoshop Axure RP 4.6 (application rapid

prototyping tool)

Macromedia Fireworks

Windows OS (95/98/NT/2000/XP)

Sorenson Squeeze

Mac OS (7.51-9.22, OS X)

Real Helix

Basic Unix/Linux

Sound Forge

FTP, Telnet, SSH

Various software packages for 360 view

and flat panorama creation Installing, troubleshooting and upgrading

PC and Mac hardware and software

Adobe Acrobat

Education:

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

College of Arts and Sciences/College of General Studies

Major: History of Art (19th and 20th century)

Secondary Major: English (Literary Theory).

Minor in Chemistry.

Graduate level studies in English, additional graduate and undergraduate coursework in Art History at Bryn Mawr

College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Undergraduate study with emphasis in the natural sciences (biochemistry, chemistry, biology).

Activities:

Editor-in-Chief, Other Voices The eJournal of Cultural Criticism, January 1997 Present

An award-winning, peer-reviewed, academic journal. Initially published at the University of Pennsylvania. Founding

editor.

http://www.othervoices.org

http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~ov

Oversee all operations of the journal

Manage and maintain web site and server resources

Develop peer-review network and manage peer-review process

Manage editorial group and delegate editorial workload

Expand range of contacts on behalf of the journal

Contributing Editor, NMEDIAC - Journal of New Media and Culture (http://www.ibiblio.org/nmediac/), 2002 Present

Webmaster, Council of Editors of Learned Journals (http://www.celj.org), 2001 2003

Board of Governors, International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (http://www.icaap.org),

1998 Present

Assistant Curator, "Networking Artists and Poets: Assemblings from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of

Concrete and Visual Poetry," Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, exhibited May-July 1997

(http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/network/index.html)

Founding and Planning Committee Member, Kelly Writer s House

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Writers_House), University of Pennsylvania, 1996-1999

Member, Philomathean Society (literary society), 1995 Present

Editorial Staff, Philomel (literary magazine of the Philomathean Society), 1996-1997

Honors and Awards:

College Alumni Association Research Grant, Assembling Art: A Decentered Aesthetic, 1996-1997

Milton Selig Scholarship in the History of Art, 1994-1995

Thune Travel Fellowship, History of Art, Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz: Assemblage, Allegory and Aesthetic

Experience, and Art Nouveau and Early Modern Architecture, 1994-1995

National Merit Scholar, 1988-1992

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