Jack Nork Email & Phone Number

Bethany, Ct, Us

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States

Woodbridge Ct

New Haven, Ct

Headed up the space assortment team for one of the largest food retailers in the US. Optimized full center stores as well as projects with the bread, breakfast and beverage aisles. Performed project tracking, reporting, value measurement. Worked closely with the development team to test new features and perform detailed QA testing before release.Also worked as a Systems Engineer for price optimization. Set up new clients in MS SQL and Informatica and automated weekly data load. Did measurement and acceptance rate review

Helped launch a Software-as-a-Service startup company working with fortune 500 retailers to optimize the layout of stores to increase sales/profits and decrease out-of-stocks. In charge of all client projects for companies such as Safeway, Conagra, SuperValu, Tops, Stop & Shop, Kroger and many more. Managed business analysts and project managers to make sure projects are completed on time and on budget. Responsible for architecture, setup and maintenance of the ROI Cloud-based server environment. In charge of all company technology including servers, firewall and phone systems. Work with New Business Team on sales materials. Work with strategy team to evolve and scale the software product.• Managed and lead a staff of 6 Business Analysts. • Lead and motivated team to hit project deadlines.• Helped grow accounts for ROI’s clients resulting in increased revenue.• Presented to senior management for clients such as Safeway and SuperValu• Developed an enhanced process used by all clients to cluster stores on multiple attributes using k-means statistical analysis to identify trends.• Worked on a new optimization method that allowed tradeoffs within a smaller area of the store (proximity area analysis) to maximize profits with reduced implementation cost.• Interfaced with client data teams and developers to make sure data was complete and accurately mapped into ROI systems.• Initiated and oversaw development of a complex online project management system using Google Docs.• Headed up knowledge management including the ROI Wiki, Google Docs collaboration and Yammer.• Re-architected cloud-based servers with Amazon Web Services to increase system performance by 200%.• Hardened systems to prevent SQL Hackers from accessing data and put monitoring system in place.

Montreal/Nyc

Led projects for Alloy NA clients including website builds, site architecture, technology platform migration, content generation, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, digital content projection and social media management. Work directly with clients to solve their digital marketing needs.

Bethany Ct

Bethany, Ct

Lead Mason Interactive as a forward thinking strategist as part of a well-established advertising agency. Responsible for overall vision, implementation and management of all digital initiatives for Mason’s clients including web, online marketing and social media. Manage the interactive team of full time and consultant employees as well as vendor relationships. • Utilized digital solutions to solve clients’ problems, streamline process, improve customer relationships, and ultimately provide a quality return on investment.• Project lead and chief strategist and architect for client technology projects such as Bruegger’s Enterprises, WNBA, Braun, Oral-B, Gardner Denver, United Way, Cookson Electronics, and Speedline Technologies.• Wrote programming specification and oversaw project work of both internal staff as well as contractors.• Headed the New Business Team for Mason Interactive. Responsible for generating new business leads and bringing new clients to the Agency resulting in millions of dollars of gross income.• Elected 2-term Chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies IT Committee. Organized national meetings with companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe.

Responsible for enterprise-wide network administration and implementation in North America. Responsible for disaster recovery planning and security. Handled all Citrix and Terminal Server administration. Performed all levels of network, server and printer set-up and support for Windows networks. Supported hundreds of employees nationwide. Initiated updates and software distributions on client PC’s using MS SMS, Kixtart and batch scripting. Performed 3rd-level support for regional LAN administrators and Help Desk.• Project leader for Citrix MetaFrame thin-client solution that saved the company millions a year in more efficient lease tracking for 25 Chrysler zone offices in the US and Canada.• Reduced costs by $700K annually by switching dial-in services from 800# to VPN. Continued activities involved monitoring and maintaining the system. Utilized 3Com Total Control ™ RADIUS server.