Corey Cantrell Email & Phone Number

Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States

Smithfield, Rhode Island

We are FGX International Inc., the world’s leading designer and marketer of non-prescription reading glasses and value priced sunglasses. A subsidiary of Essilor International, we have built a portfolio of highly-recognized, well-known eyewear brands including Foster Grant®, Magnivision®, Gargoyles®, Anarchy®, Corinne McCormack®, SolarShield® and SolarComfort®. We also hold licenses for legendary brands such as Ironman, Body Glove, Field & Stream™ and Rawlings®.

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Corey is the chief technologist at Focal Upright, supporting the marketing team and leading the continued development of the company's eCommerce direct to consumer (DTC) efforts. He has integrated marketing technologies to re-invent the entire customer buying journey and post purchase workflows by eliminating friction points in the buying process, improving the interface on the customer facing websites, and automating all of the customer communications. Having a central role on the marketing team has allowed Corey to develop solutions to support marketing campaigns with technologies that provide real-time analytics and new depths of understanding customer behaviors all focused on growing online sales. Leveraging his background as a web developer, Corey has created several pieces of internal software used across the company. He streamlined sales and order management with a custom ERP application for sales and order management. Having identified the data silos existing within the organization, Corey created an API to allow data to flow between systems reducing errors and improving team efficiency. He created a web-based, augmented reality software that is deployed at tradeshows allowing customers to see themselves using the products while pointing out the various health benefits; data collected from this application has been a successful driver of online sales growth and new customer acquisition.---- Leads development of ecommerce direct to consumer efforts across Focal’s portfolio- Continually works to improve customer experience through technology, design and automation- Design, implement and track digital marketing campaigns to drive traffic and increase conversion- Architect and automate marketing workflows for customer communications- Complete development tasks for front end public websites along with complex back-end server code- Work across non-technical company departments to advise on software development and implementation

Lincoln, Ri

- Designed and architected presentation layer for Java applications using latest web technologies- Met with clients to translate user stories into functional specs, schedules, and UAT plans - Owned responsibilities for planning and coordinating work across multiple development teams- Planned and coordinated full product lifecycle including design, development, and testing - Developed sprint plans, project timeline estimations and facilitated daily team meetings

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Entrepreneurial venture started to build Drupal websites for small businesses in niche markets- Optimized code and content for search engine optimization, indexing and organic search- Promoted client websites through social media integrations and advertising campaigns

Providence, Ri

- Maintain and further develop Django based web application with over 50,000 users- Responsible for performance and cross browser testing to optimize application performance- Work closely with back-end developers to implement new features in bi-weekly releases- Assist in development of Chrome App and Extension using the Chrome Browser native API- Support informational Wordpress site promoting web application and features

Providence, Rhode Island Area

- Plan, wireframe and implemented new interface functionality for Django websites- Managed project development and schedules with remote international developers- Led front-end development with emphasis on legacy cross browser compatibility- Designed project graphics, logos, and other user interface assets for websites