Marketing Project Manager

Ashish Kathuria *******.***@*****.*** 718-***-**** / 201-***-****

A versatile IT leader offers 10+ years experience in managing IT development/Integration and digital marketing teams. Provides creative and strategic thinking in the development and execution of innovative technology integration, providing deliverables that improve efficiencies, productivity, and revenue generation. Excels in building, motivating, and leading geographically dispersed technical teams, including offshore resources, in delivering quality assignments ontime/budget.

Drives Adoption of Improvements that Cut Costs and Enhance Corporate Operation and Technical Capabilities…

Saved Verisk Analytics $1.2M in 2014 and significantly improved web department infrastructure while maintaining 99.9% uptime through capacity planning and virtualization.

Designed, tested, and deployed Content Management System solutions that were tailored to client needs at Verisk Analytics; created and maintained PHP based web applications with support from Content Management Systems.

Launched Verisk Analytics’ first CMS driven website, consisting of 13,000 dynamic web pages and landing pages; also added the company’s Intranet / asset management procedures and systems.

Leads Digital Marketing Strategies that Enhance Web Presence and Improve Internal/External Communications and Systems…

Oversaw Web development/ social media integration for International Rescue Committee as well as creation of weekly newsletters for databases, graphic design efforts, and Search Engine Optimization using Google Analytics and Google Adsense.

Professional Overview

Senior Manager Corporate Systems – Verisk Analytics, New Jersey, US Feb2014-Present

Manages five direct reports for the IT Enterprise and Web Development team as well as Corporate System applications (PeopleSoft, People Fluent, JIRA, Confluence); administers annual budget planning for the department.

Leads team in updating and maintaining www.verisk.com and affiliated websites such as: www.info.isonet.com, isomitigation.com, cargonet.com, ner.net, www.veriskhealth.com, and 3ecompany.com.

Acts as an interface between corporate communications and IT department, ensuring company strategy and vision are executed; manages an offshore team and drives communications with the local development team.

Ensures proper maintenance of All Corporate System Applications

Directed team in integrating web properties with AWS (amazon web services)

Worked with several vendors to setup the Corporate System application for the company and introduced new internal communications technologies, tools, and procedures. (OKTA, SharePoint, SkyFence, O365 online, OneDrive, Concur, AWS migration, EDI document service)

Select Achievements

Implemented enterprise-level Integration for security and “single sign on procedures.”

Deployed enterprise-level Microsoft SharePoint for the company intranet.

Collaborated with “Amazon Cloud” team on server management and maintenance.

Increased sales accountability and performance by building and implementing an integrated salesforce platform that aligned with MS Dynamics and ERP systems as well as AEM ecommerce platform.

Maintained Office 365, including Exchange, Lync, CRM, BI, SharePoint, OneDrive, single sign-on, and skyfence.

Recruited and built a skilled team to increase efficiency and productivity.

Implemented cloud storage(AWS) and decommissioned old servers, saving $100K per year.

Launched companywide marketing automation system, web seminars, CEO blog, Cloud based internal project management tool, and document management system that integrated with Saleforce.

Professional Overview continued…

Senior Project Manager – International Rescue Committee, New York, US March2010-Jan2014

Managed six team members in various projects and marketing support functions; defined and drove creative strategy, marketing concepts, and design, production, and management of digital experiences.

Led, built, and motivated a team of world class engineers and developers in designing and implementing new ecommerce functionality as well as improving existing products and services.

Built comprehensive technical business plans for company partners and affiliates, including identifying, incubating, and bringing to market value added, repeatable partner service and solution offerings to support enterprise needs.

Leveraged flash design and development for landing pages, including Flash video and Rich media.

Directed marketing communication via e-mail campaigns, newsletter distribution, Sales force CRM, and Silverpop.

Maintained Linux Server via Apache and Redhat; also developed and managed online donation campaigns.

Project Manager /Digital Marketing Developer – Yellow Lizard, South Africa Sep2008-Feb2010

Led three developers and two designers in managing operation of touch screens, hardware, and software; served as liaison with suppliers and provided technical solutions to users.

Managed marketing department functions, including company branding, corporate and affiliated company websites, web content development, and online, e-mail, and cell phone marketing campaigns.

Supported various phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including planning, reviewing specifications, documentation, scheduling, development, testing, and user acceptance.

Head of Department /Senior Web Developer – Gold Creative, South Africa June2006-Sep2008

Managed a 12-member digital department in developing and maintaining corporate websites, providing search engine optimization, CMS, and e-Commerce services via ZenCart, Magento, and PayPal setup.

Supported online marketing functions, cell phone advertising, and e-mail marketing using Photoshop and html/CSS.

Updated and maintained the corporate website using Drupal, html, and CSS.

Created multimedia presentations with flash and xml, video production via after effects and premiere, and Flash integration (As2) action scripting; also implemented end-to-end custom Drupal sites and related upgrades.

Web & Graphic Developer/Designer (Contract) – The Admission, South Africa June2005-May2006

Oversaw concept, initial/web design, and implementation of projects for corporate clients; infused client image into design considerations for logos, advertising material, websites, CD ROM presentations, and promotional brochures.

Provided video editing and photography services for key clients, leveraging Flash, Freehand, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver; contributed to the design of interactive flash banners using Flash and Action Script.

Created and supported MySQL databases to interact with PHP scripts.

*Career Note: Prior professional experience includes Head of Department for Digtek Advertising in Uganda as well as Contract Web Designer for SAK Multimedia Corp. and Contract Interface/Graphic Designer for Sound Republic in the UK.

Education & Credentials

BSc, Honors Degree in Multimedia Systems – London Guildhall University, London, UK

Diploma in Software Engineering – Mathew Bolton College, Birmingham, UK

Technical Proficiencies: SharePoint, ERP, Cloud/Virtualization, Search Engine Optimization, e-Commerce, Drupal CMS, HTML, CSS, Flash, Javascript, Rich Media, Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver,

Amazon Cloud Services, MS Azure, Dockers, Code Repository (SVN, Github), Linux Redhat/Apache, Joomla, SDLC,

XML, Magneto, ZenCart, MySQL, Front Page, MS Visio, and MS Office

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