FORMAL INTERNET & EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Owner
Nitewalk Design, Las Vegas, NV • March 1999 -
Present
- Owner of Internet consultation and creative services firm with a primary focus on offering complete Internet solutions
- Reformed LLC in Colorado after relocating in July of 2008
- Acting C.T.O. for Congregation Har Shalom, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Clientele include media/production firms, hospitality & casino groups, executive services, non-profits and private individuals
- Services include database and web development, user interface design, staff training, education and project consultation
- Administrate, manage hosting solutions for Nitewalk Design clientele and other business partners
VP, Technology
PCR Marketing Group, Inc., Las Vegas, NV & Miami, FL • August 2006 -
March 2008
- PCR Marketing Group empowers real estate developers to maximize client acquisition through a broad range of services customized for each project.
- Responsible for creating branding and awareness campaigns
- Maintain and grow third party vendor relationships
- Manage technology solutions suite of Real Estate Developer tools including online web portals and e-mail campaign services
- Serve as account liason and attract new clientele
IT/IS Director
Streamline Tower LLC/Westgate Capital LLC, Las Vegas, NV • April 2005 -
July 2006
- Contractual position to manage technology aspects of maintaining ongoing needs for development and sales offices of Streamline Tower, a currently-under-development dowtown Las Vegas high-rise condominium project (due for completion in Fall '07)
- Additionally acted as Accounts Payable Controller for Streamline Tower sales & marketing budget. Handled invoicing, discrepancies, payments, and reconciliations for vendors. Created monthly budget requests to master accounting based upon researched analysis and projections. Managed monthly commission reconciliation with Prudential, the in-house Realtor in this project
- Researched, evaluated and made recommendations for the purchase and/or use
of software, hardware and new technologies towards supporting sales and development staff needs
- Responsible for daily administration and maintenance of corporate LAN including
workstations, laptops, wireless networking, vpn access, file servers, backup systems, etc...
IT/Production Associate
Media Underground, Las Vegas, NV • August 2004 - February 2005
- Assistant to IT Manager of 'end-to-end' television production facility in Las Vegas
- Accepted position at reduced salary to develop skills within a studio production environment
- Active in all aspects of production including but not limited to; robotic camera operation, machine room maintenance, stage management, grip/electric, master tape operator, production assistance, general IT duties
- Maintained staff computers, installed upgrades, troubleshot mail server issues and network expansion
Chief Information Officer
MoviePartners, Inc., Las Vegas, NV • May 2001 - June
2004
- Responsible for overseeing growth and integration strategies for family of
independent film community oriented websites
- Work with CEO and CFO and make recommendations on TCO and ROJ aspects of
technology investment strategies
- Work with previous owners/developers/staff of acquired sites on
integration towards future planned global ERP solution
- Determine outsourcing development needs, research technology, define
online revenue opportunities, set growth projections
- "Acting" position through consultation/stock/ownership package
under private arrangement with Nitewalk Design
Technical Director
Style Wise Interactive, Las Vegas, NV • March 2000 -
July 2002 (acting July '02 - May '03)
- Maintained duties as "Acting Technical Director", consulting for
an additional year after resigning former W-2 status
- Researched, evaluated and made recommendations for the purchase and/or use
of software, hardware and new technologies
- Duties included initial consultations, development, deployment and
maintenance of custom programming for SWi clientele
- Responsible for administration and maintenance of corporate LAN including
workstations and Intranet development server
- Responsible for administration of dedicated server hosting approx. 60+
domains running Win2000 Server, IIS5, WARFTP, ColdFusion Application Server
and WebTrends statistical reporting
Support Specialist
The Vertical Alliance Group, Plymouth Meeting, PA. October 1999 o
January 2000
- Responsible for enhancements to graphical interface for VerticalTracker™,
an integrated suite of web management tools
- Continued adaptation of VerticalTracker™ print media into Internet
documentation for due diligence presentations
- Assist VerticalTracker™ lead technical programmer in integration of custom
interface design for client websites
Webmaster
KLAS-TV Channel 8, Las Vegas, NV • February 1997 -
February 1999
- Responsible for overall management of major website for Las Vegas CBS
Television affiliate
- Bridged content with RealNetworks, Zip2, CBSNow, StockPoint, WorldNow
Online, and other KLAS-TV partners
- Integrated web technologies, such as ColdFusion, Java, JavaScript, SQL,
ASP, HTML, etc.
- Assisted engineering dept. in development and implementation of
NT4.0-based Intranet
- Assisted Infi.Net (KLAS-TV Affiliate ISP) in POP Server maintenance and
hardware upgrades
- Administrated 500 stream RealVideo™ Server including encoding, editing,
and archiving live content
- Administrated IIS Web Server, JobConnection database and Interactive
Division NT4.0 Intranet
Web Administrator
Skylink Networks, Inc., Las Vegas, NV • July 1996 -
February 1997
- Managed daily website administration for ISP
- Developed Internet sales strategies for company including online pricing
guide and sales guidelines
- Created graphic elements and code for www.skylink.net, www.lvegas.com and
client websites
NT Administrator, Internet Content Writer/Developer
Vegas.Com (Digitainment, Orix Systems, Granite Gate Resorts),
Las Vegas, NV • September 1995 - July 1996
- Responsible for daily administration of WinNT3.51-based Intra/Internet for
WWW Publisher
- Designed graphic elements and code for www.vegas.com and client
websites
- Worked closely with Unix Administrator for co-hosting of web content using
NFS (Hummingbird) systems integration
- Daily use of IIS1-2.0, NS Commerce Server1-2.0, Java (limited), HTML, Perl
CGI, and other web-content publishing utilities
TECHNICAL SKILL SET
General Applications:
- Microsoft Office & BackOffice Suites (PowerPoint, Excel, Access,
SQL2000, Exchange, IIS, Media Server, etc.)
- Macromedia StudioMX Suite (Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, etc.)
- CD/DVD multi-media production, and numerous other assorted applications,
software development environments and Internet publishing tools.
Languages:
- Skilled: HTML .96-4.2, CFML 2.0-MX, SQL,
JavaScript
- Implementation ability: PERL, XML, XSL, WML, WAP,
J2EE, ASP.NET, PHP, DHTML
Server Administration OS and Middleware:
- Windows OS 3.1/3.5/4.0/95/98/Me/XP/2k/2k3/Vista/7 (Pro & Advanced)
- ColdFusion 2.0-CFMX Application Server, Microsoft Internet Information
Server 1.1-6.0
- Mac OS 3-X.1, DOS 6.2, O'Reilly Website 1-3.0
- UNIX-based kernels (BSD, SCO, LINUX, etc.) - routine shell management and
programming
- WarFTP Daemon, WebTrends Log Analyzer, RAS (Timbuktu, PC Anywhere,
AT&T VNC, MS Terminal Server) & related tools
Digital Media Design:
Skills: conceptual design | storyboarding | photo editing,
alteration & restoration | interface design & development | web
imaging techniques, including bitmap and vector-image animation | print media
layout, composition, proofing & publishing
- Adobe creation & management programs — Acrobat, PhotoShop,
Illustrator, ImageReady, Font Folio, GoLive, InDesign, PageMaker, Premiere,
Streamline, Type Manager & related tools
- Macromedia creation & management programs — Flash, Fireworks,
Flex, Fontographer, FreeHand, Shockwave & related tools
- Other industry-standard tools such as PhotoImpact,Photo Express & Gif
Animator (Ulead); PaintShop Pro (Jasc); ImageComposer & PhotoDraw
(Microsoft); CorelDraw, Corel Trace & Photopaint (Corel); QuarkXPress
& many Xtensions (Quark) as well as dozens of the lesser-known tools
required to produce moving and still images of higher than industry-standard
quality
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Certifications:
- Allaire Certified Cold Fusion Application Developer — 2001
- Allaire/Macromedia Certified Web Site Developer — 2002
- PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.4 People Skills I & II — 2002
Awards:
Honors bestowed in 2000 while part of the Style Wise Interactive
Team (SWi):
Honors bestowed in 2001 while part of SWi:
- Working In Communications E-Media Awards: Best
Corporate Website > bankwestnevada.com
- Working In Communications E-Media Awards: Best
Professional Services Website > stylewise.com
Associations:
- Current — FastCompany Magazine
CircleOfFriends (CoF) — Las Vegas Cell
Networld+Interop Alumni | Internet Business Alliance of Nevada (IBAN)
Las
Vegas Internet Chamber of Commerce (LVICC)
- Recent — HTML Writers Guild (HWGA), Las
Vegas Advertising Federation (LVADFED), Las Vegas ColdFusion Users Group
(LVCFUG), International Webmasters Association (IWA)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Film/TV Production related employment history also available online •
- Coffee — Ten years of coffeehouse and
restaurant managerial and supervisory experience
- Bookstores — Four years of bookstore, art
gallery and other retail-oriented managerial and supervisory experience.
- Politics — Previous paid involvement in Las
Vegas city council, Nevada state senate and state assembly election
campaigns
- Radio — Eight years of event and fundraising
related volunteer work for community radio including the University of
Nevada's KUNV 91.5 and National Public Radio regional affiliate KNPR
89.5/88.9
- Print — Five years of steady freelance
writing (articles, interviews, features and editorials) for music and arts
& entertainment publications serving Las Vegas & the Southwest
- Musician — Six years as professional
guitarist performing and recording with local Las Vegas bands.