Web Architect

Posted on: 2006-07-01

Andrea M Weisberger, MCP 4544 Rosewood Ave Jacksonville, FL 32207 Telephone: 904/ 739-7776 Email: [email protected] SUMMARY A results oriented leader and manager with expert level technology, presentation, research, and communication skills, able to deliver quality results on tight deadlines, allocate resources and delegate responsibility. Key Capabilities: ·Creative problem solver, decision maker and team player with proven ability to consistently exceed goals. ·Excellent ability to work independently, or as part of management team, under high stress conditions. ·Superb organizational, research skills and highly developed critical thinking and problem resolution ability. ·Superior communication skills with expertise in general and technical writing, editing, and training. ·Strong programming and database knowledge of various open source and proprietary languages ·Persuasive and professional presenter with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels Over 10 years of Leadership Experience includes: ·2 years of development experience resulting in successful grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as private funding sources ·Over 6 years as program administrator responsible for hiring and evaluation of others in an academic setting, as well as team lead in technology sector. ·Over 7 years of professional presentation experience including national and local venues ·Over 10 years of general and technical writing experience, publications include a book, numerous articles in philosophy, religion, and science journals ·Over 10 years experience in instructional design, curricula creation, teaching, research and assessment Over 6 years of Technology Experience includes: ·6 years administering applications in DOS, Windows 98/ ME/2000/NT/XP, Unix/Linux based platforms ·2 years of infrastructure administration and scripting, including webserver adminstration, on a Windows Server platform ·4 years of webserver administration and scripting on a Linux platform ·4 years of graphic element creation for web based applications ·6 years of usability experience in developing user friendly web applications ·6 years administering applications in DOS, Windows 98/ ME/2000/NT/XP, Unix/Linux based platforms ·6 years of web-based courseware design and development ·6 years of application programming, including e-commerce development ·6 years of data modeling, database design and administration ·Over 6 years of expertise with a wide variety of applications including: Homesite, Photoshop, Macromedia Director, Adobe Acrobat, Visio, Microsoft Office Suite, Webtrends EDUCATION & TRAINING ·PhD, MA - Vanderbilt University ·Dual BA degrees - Florida International University ·AS - Computer Information Systems - Florida Community College Jacksonville ·Microsoft Certified Professional SKILL SET Skill Name Skill Level Experience Curricula Design Expert 15 years Teaching, Writing Expert 15 years Program Manager/Leader Expert 7 years HTML Expert 7 Years PHP Expert 6 years Web application Development Expert 6 Years Database Administration Expert 6 years MySQL 4.0 Expert 6 Years SQL Advanced 6 years Javascript Advanced 6 Years ASP Advanced 5 years DHTML Advanced 5 years CSS Advanced 4 years Data modeling Advanced 4 Years Apache Advanced 4 years IIS Advanced 2 years XML Advanced 4 years PDFLib Advanced 1.5 years Visual Basic 6.0 Intermediate 2 years Photoshop, Acrobat Intermediate 3 years EXPERIENCE 2004 - Present Web Architect-Quality Images, Jacksonville, FL ·Developed online tool for large format print provider wishing to gain web-to-print business ·Construction of one-of-a-kind B2B user friendly variable data print system for fulfillment of online print jobs generates approximately one-quarter of $1,000,000 in sales per year from approximately 300 franchises nationwide, and provides PDF soft proofs of documents online, interfaces with back-end ticketing system for in-shop work flow. ·Created ecommerce components/APIs for websites ·Installed, Designed, modeled and administered database systems ·Created email marketing blasts for new products ·Created web graphics, banners, interface images, miscellaneous graphical elements ·Designed infrastructure architecture, purchased systems for expansion, researched offsite solutions for intrusion detection, secure colocation, as well as in-house hosting ·Provided FTP and mail services solutions Roles: Leader, infrastructure architect, application developer Serve as Chief Information and Technology Officer for executive staff on issues of infrastructure design, hardware and software acquisition. Report directly to President and Vice President of company. Participate in interview and hiring decisions for IT staff. Designed and implemented custom software applications to meet client needs, specifically web-to-print application with extensive reporting capacity, and ability to create dynamically generated, variable data web documents. Administer webserver (IIS) for creation of new virtual websites, create custom B2B, B2C applications as needed. Technologies & Tools Used: PHP, ASP, HTML, Javascript, DHTML, XML, MysQL, PHPMyAdmin, PDFLib, HomeSite, Photoshop, Acrobat, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server, IIS 6.0, FTP, Imail, HTTPS 2003 - Present Adjunct Professor-University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL ·Created curriculum, assessment tools, presentations for both in-class and online courses. Technologies & Tools Used: Blackboard v. 6.0 2000-2004 Senior Web Developer-Rockpointe Broadcasting Corp, Jacksonville, FL ·Chief programmer/software developer for multi-million dollar webcourse/webcast provider of continuing educational materials to healthcare professionals. ·Programmed all web applications. Web based courseware included streaming media in RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, Director Shockwave, and QuickTime formats; realtime assessments which issue online certificates of credit/participation, registration/login form pages, validation, email reminders. ·Programmed live webcasts which relied on time sensitive events/triggers for real time assessments, program completion, streaming media ·Wrote and edited technical materials; created reports of web etrics/statistics; offered technical support to clients; created online help documents; created transcripts. ·Developed and implemented custom slide/image library applications which allow medical professionals to select, rearrange through "drag and drop," and then download images and accompanying notes into PowerPoint slide sets from a library of images. Users may also upload new images to the online libraries. Development of this proprietary software saved the company from purchasing a $50,000 package with similar capabilities. This application/website won a gold award for medical communications in the National Health Information Awards program. ·Created online assessment tools for CME/CE certification of medical professionals which included: writing the technical questions about state-of-the-art medical lectures presented at national conferences, and programming a testing system which limited opportunities for test taking and required a passing score. Participants were apprised of correct/incorrect choices upon completion and online certificate issued. ·Created online document summary sites with presentations from national conferences, including real time presentations, for large clients such as: American Heart Association, NASPE, American Diabetes Association, American College of Physicians, among others. ·Installed, Designed, modeled and administered database systems Roles: Team lead, senior developer, database administrator. Responsible for training junior programmers, project lifecycle completion within deadline, communicating with multimillion dollar clients on software needs, modeling of data and data mining, report construction. Reported to managing director as well as company president. Technologies & Tools Used: PHP, ChiliASP (now SunASP), HTML, Javascript, DHTML, XML, HomeSite, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Acrobat, Windows 2000 Server, Redhat Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin, WebTrends, OSCommerce, SSH, FTP 2000 Network Intern-Donald D. Zell Urban Resource Center, Jacksonville, FL ·Assisted in the management and design of network in an NT client/server environment of approximately 400 workstations with LAN/WAN connectivity to print/file and application servers. Technologies & Tools Used: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 98, TCP/IP, Visio 1998-1999 Associate-Kumquats, Inc., Educational Management Consultancy, Jacksonville, FL ·Conducted training for proprietary educational institution Tools Used Created customized curricula 1998-1999 Instructor-Kaplan Educational Center, Jacksonville, FL ·Prepared and taught Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) courses for students attempting to gain admittance to law schools nationwide. Tools Used: Proprietary Kaplan teaching materials 1991-1998 Program Administrator/Dept Chair/Professor-Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL ·Hired, evaluated, supervised faculty within department ·Chaired and served on committees ·Contributed to constructing university-wide policies, wrote articulation agreement for department to interface with state institutions for transfer of credit, represented dept to national accreditation body. ·Wrote and received grants (NEH and private funding sources) for research and course development ·Created new minor program ·Served as advisor to student organizations ·Organized a national conference on Health Care Ethics ·Organized events with other local universities ·Functioned as media spokesperson on a number of topics ·Co-founded Women's Center ·Published in peer reviewed journals ·Presented at national and local conferences ·Created and taught over 10 different courses Roles: Administrator, Advisor, Instructor Responsible for assessment of major and minor program as well as supervision of faculty. Acted as advisor to two student groups, and student major. Worked as instructional designer, creating new curricula and revamping older curricula for accreditation purposes. Served as Secretary/Treasurer for statewide professional organization, responsible for budget for annual meeting. Headed up search and recruitment efforts for new faculty, appointed to serve on committee to restructure universitywide core curriculum. Taught a wide variety of courses. 1992-2004 Ethics Consultant-Shands Hospital. Jacksonville, FL ·Consultant for hospital wide Ethics Committee ·Reviewed policy documents, advised on bioethical dilemmas, provided educational materials and presentations, and functioned as an "on-call" consultant. 1985-1991 Research Assistant-Vanderbilt Univ. Biomechanics Lab. Nashville, TN ·Assisted in research of Biomechanics Laboratory ·Wrote and edited articles and reports ·Co-authored scientific articles published in peer reviewed journals ·Conducted experiments, analyzed and digitized statistical data ·Created computer based presentations, and managed database. Tools Used: Scribe (mainframe program), ANOVA statistical analyses, Plot/graph proprietary applications, Aldus Pagemaker, Gait analysis software, Stress testing/mechanical testing machinery (MTS), DOS, Windows 3.1