PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Creative, results driven technology leader with proven Project Management/ Engineering experience.
Change agent and problem solver with a passion for technology and electronic media; skilled in grasping the big picture and implementing solutions.
Excels in developing and motivating highly focused teams that successfully meet and exceed company objectives.
6 years of experience in content management and web design/development
20 years’ experience with data communications and network architecture
Intimate and expert knowledge of Drupal CMS versions 6, 7 & 8
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Drupal Architect, Designer/Themer, Developer, Project Manager, Trainer
Network Architect, knowledge of data communication protocols
Unix, Linux, os x, ios, Windows
Version Control Git, SVN
Drupal/ PHP, MAMP WAMP LAMP, HTML/XHTML,CSS JavaScript, HTML 5, Apache, Adobe Creative Suite Final Cut Pro, Avid, Pro Tools
Drupal 6 to 7 updates & conversions
Drupal 7 to 8 updates & conversions
Git Version Control
Drush
ios & Android mobile development
ios & Android integration to Drupal
Drupal ios SDK
Unity Game Engine & C#
Understanding of Web Content Accessibility Standards
AppDynamics
ARIA Tagging
Website Links:
www.sciencewatch.com
www.endnote.com www.ip-science.thomsonreuters.com
www.finegardening.com
www.tauntonworkshops.com
www.tauntonworkshops.com
www.schoology.com
Experience:
6/01 - Present, EH Media Groupe Long Island, NY
Built Sites for inhouse clients using Drupal 7 & 8.
6/16- 6/16 Schoology New York, N.Y.
Using Drupal7, I built a marketing website promoting the
Schoology LMS.
1/16- 5/16 Rive video Red Bank, N.J.
Updated and redesigned the website of music video promotion company. Site was migrated from Wordpress to Drupal8.
4/15- 12/15 The Queens Library Queens, N.Y.
Using client provided wireframes I built a Program Marketing Site in Drupal 7.
2/14- 12/14 Taunton Press Newtown, Ct.
Supported the re-platforming and re-design of all the company’s web sites to Drupal 7, as well as continued the development of existing MVC sites.
Additional responsibilities included: maintenance and or upgrade of existing D6/D7 sites, load testing, writing functional documentation, performance and tuning. Interfaced with vendors to find the best support and hosting infrastructure.
7/13 - 8/13 Infosys International Plainview, NY
MTA See Something Say Something App
Drupal architect: Project consisted of developing and interfacing native ios & Android Apps to Drupal CMS back end .
5/04 - Present, EH Media Groupe Long Island, NY
Computer Based Media production:
Established EH Media Groupe, a web centric electronic media production company that specialized in servicing the needs of the music and entertainment industries.
Responsible for driving projects from conception to completion
Version Control Git, SVN
Drupal Hooks, Custom Modules
ios & Android Mobile Developement
Installation of Drupal CMS and Modules
Server configuration LAMP, WAMP, MAMP
Staff Management & Team Building
Project Management
Social Network integration
Music Production, Mixing and Mastering
12/98 – 4/04, Bassuk Bros. Realty Long Island, NY
Chief Technology Officer:
Provided executive leadership as head of IT for a privately held real estate trust. Responsible for all aspects of strategic I T planning, implementation and support. Engineered turnaround of IT’s performance and service levels. Managed and delivered multiple large scale projects on time and within budget.
My responsibilities included:
Technology Architecture & Integration
IT Delivery & Project Management
Budgeting & Cost Control
Organization & Staff Development
Analysis & Internal Consulting
07/98 – 12/98, Beth Israel Medical Center New York, NY
Consultant/Project Manager
As Engineer/Project Manager I coordinated the Z.E.N.Works NT Rollout for the Phillips Ambulatory Care Facility. The tasks associated with the Facility rollout project were as follows:
Supervision of a team that consisted of 2 engineers and 6 technicians
Coordination of Pre-rollout sweep
Coordinating and creation of Rollout schedule with Department Heads
Testing of Legacy Applications
Integration of legacy applications to Windows NT
Testing of alternative solutions for integration of Legacy Applications
Supervision of The Rollout of Z.E.N. NT PCs to all departments
Within the Phillips Facility
Throughout the course of the project I encountered the following Hardware/Software:
Compaq EN series PCs
Compaq Proliant Servers
Bay routers and switches
3COM Hubs
NT 4.0 Server and Workstation
Novell Z.E.N. works
Groupwise e-mail system
07/97 – 03/98, Itochu Technology/Bear Stearns New York, NY
Consultant/Project Manager
09/96 – 06/97, Nortel/Bear Stearns New York, NY
Consultant/Project Manager
I served as a consultant/engineer on the Nortel Implementation Team for the Bear Stearns Clearnet Project. The Clearnet Project was designed to link Bear Stearns with their corespondent clearance clients. Upon completion of Clearnet, smaller independent brokerages will be able to place trades, receive market data feeds as well as perform all aspects of client management in the same manner as many large Wall St. firms.
My Responsibilities and accomplishments while working on the project have Included:
Selection and coordination of hardware and maintenance providers
Evaluation and selection of computer and communication hardware
Supervising the design and construction of PC staging lab
Coordination of Beta Test client workstation roll outs
Evaluation LAN/WAN hardware
Evaluation and selection of client side Wan interfaces
Design and integration of client LANS to the Clearnet WAN
Development and implementation of time saving procedures for PC setup and configuration
Authoring of hardware and telco vendor RFI/RFP documents
Authoring client disaster recovery plan
Evaluation of Firewalls
Coordination of line orders with telcos
Post QA Testing of Clearnet software application
Integration of Market Data Services
ILX
ADP
Quotron
Open Bloomberg
SDS Marketwatch
Microhedge
Coordinated special projects that involved the creation of customized versions of various market data applications. I guided the development staff through changes that were necessary to help their particular applications meet the specifications of the Clearnet project.
SNA Server configuration and setup
Trouble shooting communication line problems with telcos
Integration of the Clearnet LAN segments into the Bear Stearns Network
Management of a technical staff of five
Software used or evaluated in the course of Clearnet is as follows:
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Backoffice Suite
Sun Solaris
Sun Solstice Checkpoint FW1
Stonebeat HA Firewall application
Sybase NT Open Client
SQL Anywhere
Cheyenne ARCSERVE/Disaster Recovery
SunScreen
Raptor Eagle Mobile
Alta Vista Firewall
VONE Smartgate Encryption
Aventail encryption software
02/96 – 08/96, Prudential Insurance Roseland,NJ
Consultant/LAN/WAN Engineer
11/93 – 02/96, Interlogic Techniques Ltd. New York, NY
Engineer
09/85 – 11/93, JP Technologies Long Island/NY
Engineer
03/85 – 09/85, Juliana Sound Services Ltd. New York, NY
Engineer
06/83 – 12/83, Texas Instruments Corp. Buffalo, NY
Instructor
Education
1990, Hofstra University
Unix and C Programing
1985, Novell Network Training
Certification
1984, University of Buffalo