internet.com - QuinStreet Corporation (Previously Jupitermedia) - Foster City, CA / Indianapolis, IN
Sept. 2000 to Present
Director, Software & Web Development Sites
Responsible for driving my area of the business including a focus on views, visitors, SERP, registrations, leads, and most importantly growing revenue.
Executed SEO, SEM, syndication, growth, social media and other initiatives.
Direct specifications for changes to sites. Work directly with CTO and senior technology management.
Work directly with sales staff to provide product ideas as well as collaboratively to serve clients such as Microsoft, IBM, AT&T, Intel, SalesForce, and Nokia.
Managed a staff of full-time and contract people including site managers and a community manager.
Managed the direction focus for all of Internet.com’s developer focused sites including Developer.com, CodeGuru (C++/VB/.NET), Gamelan (Java), DevX, VBForums, and more. Over two dozen sites with eight million unique monthly visitors.
Maintained revenue while drastically reducing staff.
Help in integrate the internet.com business into QuinStreet after being acquired.
Macmillan Computer Publishing - Indianapolis, IN
Mar. 1994 to Sept. 2000
Associate Publisher,
Sams Publishing (02/99 to 09/00)
Determine and manage the execution of a
publishing plan. Focus on Microsoft development technologies: programming
and database topics such as C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic, ASP/ASP.NET,
Visual Studio, SQL Server, COM/COM+, Exchange, Office, and much more.
Responsible for all aspects of budgeting,
planning, and staffing for my area of the business.
Managed a full-time staff of 12 people.
Provide technical and organizational
feedback regarding the overall department direction as well as content of
current projects to my staff, other management, and our clients.
Executive Editor/Title
Manager, MCP (9/96 to 2/99)
Determined
and executed the publishing of individual titles for the area of computer
programming for "expert" users on programming topics for all
Macmillan imprints including Que, Sams, Sams.net, New Riders Publishing,
the Waite Group Press, and Ziff Davis Press.
Fiscally
responsible for individual book projects that my team developed.
In
addition to primary focus areas, I maintained an understanding of
programming/development tools and programming languages including Visual
Basic, Java, C/C++, COM, ActiveX, and more.
Focused
specifically on Web Technologies for New Riders Publishing and
expert-level programming books for Que Publishing from 9/96 to 8/97.
Development Editor/Acquisitions
Editor (3/94 to 3/96)
Negotiated
contracts and determine fees to be paid for each project. These amounts
ranged from hundreds of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars depending
on the project.
Determined
acceptability of the materials received based on technical and
organizational issues.
Maintained
a working knowledge of current and upcoming programming technologies.
Initiated
and lead the creation of a software product that hit Entertainment
Weekly’s bestseller software list (The
Doom Companion).
Analytical Technologies (Anatec) - Indianapolis,
IN
Team Leader / Business Analyst /
Software Engineer
Mar. 1996 to Sept. 1996
Company was bought out. I worked at Macmillan
from March of 1994 to September of 2000 with the exception of this time.
Managed
a team of six full-time developers and a number of temporary programmers
on the project.
Oversaw
the process of designing and developing the key modules of a distributed
client/server system using Windows NT Server, PowerBuilder, Microsoft SQL
Server, Visual C++, Visual Basic, and more.
Set
direction, goals, and time estimates in coordination with the members of
my team.
Used
project planning, development, testing, and management tools.
Lead
code walkthroughs and reviewed code for maintainability, efficiency and
adherence to standards. Helped create, set, and document standards.
Aided
directly in the development process, creating Visual C++ DLLs.
USA Group - Fishers, IN
Programmer Analyst / Business
Analyst
Dec. 1991 to Mar. 1994
Lead
the planning, development, and testing of the key modules of a
large-scale, nationally-distributed, proprietary software package.
Managed
a team of 5 full-time and 10 part-time people.
Served
part-time on a large-scale, re-engineering project (mainframe to
distributed client/server). Applied Ernst & Young’s methodology
using ADW.
Analyzed
and determined features, created specifications and test plans, and
oversaw development and deployment.
Aided
in the development process using C/C++, Brief, Soft Ice, Bounds Checker
and PVCS.
Took
an active role in the evaluation of software tools and technologies to
determine the best fit for our needs.
Resort Condominiums International - Indianapolis, IN
Programmer Analyst
Feb. 1988 to Dec. 1991
Designed
and developed a number of stand-alone and distributed systems for diverse
functions such as order-entry/sales, training evaluation, time tracking,
inventory control, and statistical analysis.
Most
projects were PC-based, using C, IBI FOCUS, dBase, Clipper, Project
Scheduler.
Some
projects were mainframe-based, using COBOL, CICS, and JCL.
Took
an active role in the interviewing and hiring new PC developers and in
providing formal training, mentoring and supervision.
University of Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN
Adjunct Faculty
Jan. 2001 to Apr. 2001
Taught
Introduction to ECommerce . Taught a second level class on eCommerce.
Jan. 1990 to Apr. 1990
Taught
Introduction
to Computer Based Systems . This included teaching general computer
information and basic programming.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Sept., 2009
Authored Windows Live Essentials and Services:
Using Free Microsoft Applications for Windows 7
Apr., 2008
Authored Web 2.0 Heroes:
Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers
Apr., 2007
Authored Alan Simpson's Windows Vista Bible Desktop Edition
Oct., 2003
Co-Authored Windows XP in
10 Steps or Less
July, 2003
Authored Sams Teach Yourself the
C# Language in 21 Days
Dec., 2002
Co-Authored Sams Teach Yourself
C in 21 Days, Sixth Edition
Oct., 2001
Authored Sams Teach Yourself
C# in 21 Days
Dec., 1999
Co-Authored Teach Yourself
C for Linux in 21 Days
Oct., 1999
Authored Teach Yourself C in 21 Days,
Fifth Edition
Aug. 1997
Authored Teach Yourself C in 21 Days, Fourth Edition
Unpublished
Co-authorship credit: Application
Development Using PowerBuilder 5.0
Feb. 1996
Co-authored C: An Introduction to
Programming
Nov. 1995
Minor contribution to Visual Basic 4
Unleashed
June 1995
Authored Teach Yourself C In 21 Days, Premier
Edition
Apr. 1994
Authored Teach Yourself Advance C In 21 Days
Oct. 1993
Authored Teach Yourself C In 21 Days, Bestseller
Edition
June 1993
Authored Even You Can Soup Up & Fix PCs
July 1993
Minor contribution to On the Cutting Edge Of
Technology
Sept. 1992
Authored Teach Yourself C In 21 Days
EDUCATION
Aug. 1983
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
to May 1987
B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
24 of MBA courses
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Indianapolis .NET Developers Association (IndyNDA), President and Co-Founder
International .NET Association (INETA), Member
IndyTechFest, Co-Founder
Microsoft MVP, 2004-2010
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (Highlights)
Interaction Management
Batelle's Systems Analyst Training
Ernst & Young's ASD (Accelerated Systems Development)
Ernst & Young 's Navigator S. S. AT-BAIM
Microsoft University's Microsoft C
Information Builders Inc.- The entire FOCUS Developer's
curriculum
Numerous conferences such as VBITS, PDC, and TechEd
