Product / Program Manager
with veteran experience focused on Internet development, media production, and interactive gadgetry. Well versed in the complementary disciplines of Business Management, Creative Content, and Technology.
Business:
Client relationship management, account management, team management, project management, sales engineering, facilitation, oral and written communication.
Creative:
Interactive art, interaction design, product design, fabrication, audio production, video production, audio and video editing, sound synthesis, photography, performance, illustration.
Technical:
Software development, Internet application development, technical analysis, web standards, best practices, content management, search engine optimization, physical computing.
Condé Nast Publications:
Lead Front End Web Developer and Senior Analyst for Condé Nast's flagship style.com sites -- providing technical expertise and heavy lifting to develop the Condé Nast fashion brands (Vogue, GQ, etc.) for the Web.
Leading the effort to rebuild the front end architecture as an elegant framework of economical templates.
Exodus Communications:
Appointed Technical Account Manager for Merrill Lynch, our biggest account in the East, preceding crucial negotiations for contract renewal. Participated in 3 months of negotiations leading to successful renewal, achieving approximately $14 million in recurring annual revenue. Managed client relationship as Engagement Manager.
Project Manager implementing the New York Mercantile Exchange's online trading site. Responded to the call to drastically accelerate the schedule when the World Trade Center attack shut down the physical trading floor. We quickly launched three days later, shattering the previous record level of transactions.
Informed executive management at the accounts at one of our New York data centers that it was closing, and retained all but two by persuading them to move to another Exodus facility. Supervised the physical relocations. Finished the project in five weeks - saving the company over $1 million in monthly operating expenses.
Instinctual Media:
Invented and constructed interactive devices that respond to physical gesture to create audio and video. Designed and installed responsive environments you may shape with your presence and activity. Invited to exhibit and perform in galleries and museums in New York, Switzerland, and Brazil.
