Jim Kingsepp

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https://hire.jimkingsepp.com

MAY 2010

TO PRESENT

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNICAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.

MCCALL PATTERN COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK, NY

(CSS Industries purchased The McCall Pattern Company in 2016.) Architected McCall’s application and data strategy across a number of platforms and operating systems while managing IT and pattern production teams.

• Implemented daily scrum and product backlog management for production teams.

• Automated Adobe InDesign document creation using PHP, AppleScript, and JavaScript.

• Automated the formatting of CAD and unstructured data for multiple channels using PHP, shell scripts, and AppleScript.

• Developed a web-based query tool of retail sales by units based on nightly feeds from our mainframe, eliminating a six man-day job and saving 250 sq. ft. of NYC real estate.

• Downloadable Patterns: a digital alternative to the paper version of our product; required bespoke EPS-to-PDF development.

• Image search for our mobile app and web sites; uses Google Cloud Vision, AutoML, and custom database.

• Digital Magazine: iOS-compatible digital magazine built with the Baker Framework.

• iOS Sticker App: sewing-themed stickers for iPhones and iPad.

• Brought on board to wrangle out-of-control web development project, stave off cost overruns and regain control of McCall’s online retail stores. Brought project under control three months ahead of schedule at a savings of roughly $10K per month.

• Integrated my web team into other parts of the organization, removing duplicate art department and merchandising functions.

• Led the major upgrade of McCall’s four ecommerce retail sites to Drupal 7.x, from RFP to launch in March 2016. These sites earned $3.9mln in revenue in 2017.

• Migrated McCall’s email marketing system from a bespoke system to a licensed package at a savings of roughly $50K per year.

• Wrote a RESTful API used to interface with Interspire’s Email Marketer.

• Instituted software development best practices such as source code control (Git), unit testing, documentation, and dev-staging-live server environments to ensure maintainable code.

• Rebuilt Kansas MIS department after the retirement of three-quarters of the COBOL programming and z/VSE staff.

• Taught the mainframe and web teams the basics of relational database design, RESTful architecture, object-oriented programming, and Agile development practices.

• Held frequent group and individual “tech sessions” to improve the technical proficiency of everyone throughout the organization. With over twenty years hands-on leadership of development and production teams, I have had great success fixing broken teams and improving work- and dataflows for organizations that need help getting initiatives underway or under control. Staten Island, NY 10302

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VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT ABC-CLIO, LLC SANTA BARBARA, CA

(ABC-CLIO purchased Greenwood in 2008.)

Lead a team of software developers, project managers, database administrators, and IT staff across four states, creating a suite of online educational products.

• Redesigned a merged ebook distribution platform with titles from four imprints.

• Migrated backend content formats from loosely tagged HTML to XML to set the foundation for more robust content development.

• Redesigned database product platform to support 24 database reference products.

• Worked with our partner to migrate and consolidate the hosting of Greenwood and ABC-CLIO online products, which included virtualized application servers.

• Lead integration of IT infrastructure from Greenwood offices to ABC-CLIO, including mail, web, servers, software licenses, and product datasets. DIRECTOR OF ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP, INC. WESTPORT, CT

Rebuilt Greenwood’s infrastructure to support the development of digital reference products for high schools and community colleges, working primarily in C#.NET.

• Launched eight new online products from 2005 to 2008; maintained and enhanced all products on a bi-annual schedule.

• Worked closely with Editorial to validate and prototype product ideas.

• Designed server farm exclusively for online products, providing faster response times and a more efficient customer experience.

• Created single access management system across all products, providing convenience for our customers and simpler administration for our sales staff.

• Provided project management and validation tools for the development of new DTD.

• Introduced bug-tracking software for use by entire organization.

• Instituted repeatable and documented program management processes, such as an abbreviated stage gate process, regular project team meetings, project plans, functional and technical specifications, and monthly project status reports.

• Established software development best practices, such as MVC architecture, source code control, and common development environment and database platforms. DIRECTOR OF ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, INC.

SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. NEW YORK, NY

(Springer SBM purchased Kluwer Academic in 2004.)

Inaugurated Kluwer’s first suite of online products, leveraging our rich print repository, with a team of developers and project managers in New York and the Netherlands.

• Established Kluwer Online, Kluwer’s suite of online products: e-books, online reference works and custom books.

• Working with the Production Group, integrated the creation of electronic content into existing print workflows.

• Served as Chairman of the XML Working Group.

• Migrated Kluwer journal content to Springer’s document delivery platform, as part of corporate merger in 2004.

DEC 2008 TO

MAY 2010

APR 2005 TO

DEC 2008

• Jim Kingsepp •

JUL 2001 TO

FEB 2005

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DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

WIZEUP.COM, INC. NEW YORK, NY

Rebuilt and managed a team of 25 production and quality assurance staff producing electronic college textbooks using proprietary software. DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

BUTTERICK COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK, NY

Built IT infrastructure: established email, web sites, internal servers, and network. SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

MOODYS INVESTOR’S SERVICE NEW YORK, NY

Developed database-publishing applications for Macintosh and UNIX in C/C++. OCT 2000 TO

JUN 2001

JUN 1996 TO

SEP 2000

• Jim Kingsepp •

JAN 1993 TO

MAR 1996

SKILLS & TECHNOLOGY

Team Building

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Project Management

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Agile Methodology

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Process Improvement

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Bitbucket / Git

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Apache

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Vagrant

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Google Cloud Vision

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PHP

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MySQL

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JQuery

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AppleScript

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Shell Scripting

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C / C++

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Ruby

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Python

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Java

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QuarkXPress

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Adobe InDesign

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Adobe Illustrator

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Adobe Photoshop

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CERTIFICATION

Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)

Scrum Alliance

https://www.scrumalliance.org/

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