Andy Tomascak Email & Phone Number

Frenchtown, Mt, Us

Frenchtown, Mt, Us

Missoula, Montana, United States

Missoula County, Montana, United States

Manager of the Missoula Makers Club shop, specializing in custom fabrication using advanced machinery (industrial lasers, CNCs, welding, plasma cutting, electronics, networking, etc.)

Greater Seattle Area

Multitasked multiple projects for well known clients (Microsoft, T-mobile, Nortel, etc.) while interfacing and cooperating with other ad agencies such as Wunderman, Crispin Porter Bogusky, and Razorfish.Architected, coded and maintained the Microsoft.com/windows framework and codebase, which is shared across 60+ regional sites around the globe. This required significant localization expertise and excellent communication skills to interact with the local owners of all the different local sites, many of whom had little technical skill.Designed and coded navigation backend for Microsoft.com/windows site to remove complexity and burden from web developers and save hundreds of hours of development.Consultant for the SEO value of all pages, links, and site-layouts. Added hybrid static/dynamic sitemap to Microsoft.com/windows site to boost Microsoft's search presence considerably.Authored professional correspondence to clients, executives, and other partners where English may not have been their first language. Led meetings and conference calls with up to 70+ interenational participants.Setup and managed the TFS server for all projects, along with the addition of a build server for automation of builds. This provided the testing group up-to-date code for immediate feedback of a site or project, and allowed clients to view the project or site as it was completed in a secure, non-public manner. Rapidly learned and mastered cutting edge technologies before they become public, such as Silverlight and Surface.Communicated technical concepts to clients and executives using layman's terms to facilitate understanding.Team lead involved in hiring, training, and long-term mentoring of new employees. Acted as internal consultant for SEO, analytics tagging and tracking, and localization specialist on most projects.Professional Experience,

Setup and managed $500,000+ technology lab for research and development purposes. Lab consisted of multiple servers, dozens of clients, and equipment ranging from video booths to a cutting edge 3-D forensic laser scanner.Designed and implemented Web-based full media simulation and training program using Flash, ActionScript 2, Director/Shockwave and XML technologies. Currently used to instruct Navy personnel in both Florida and California.Worked at Program Office in Washington DC to implement new defense systems for surface ships. Maintained relationships with military leadership, contractors, and foreign consultants.Implemented standard code repository (SVN) and created automated backups, saving hundreds of man-hours of work when code was accidentally deleted or corrupted.Obtained a second Master's degree and certified in both MCSE and MCSD while fully employed.

Scout/Recon, Bosnian vet.

Masters Of Science, Systems Engineering Naval Post

Masters Of Science, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science