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New York, Ny, Us

The Jed Foundation is a non-profit organization that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults in the United States. JED partners with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse and suicide prevention programs and systems.

Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Us

*Achievements*+ Spearheaded the rapid growth of B Lab’s engineering, product, customer service, and IT teams+ Created & communicated vision for organizational structure+ Established application architecture built on industry standards and best practices+ Successfully led the relaunch of B Lab’s core platform - The B Impact Assessment+ Rolled out an internal management platform to replace legacy workflows and methodologies + Cultivated an atmosphere of efficiency that has spread throughout the organization+ Implemented many aspects of the Agile framework into the teams day-to-day+ Established customer satisfaction platform & team - greatly reducing ticket response time*Core Responsibilities*+ Lead B Lab’s Technology Department+ Engage with stakeholders across the organization to plan & execute B Lab’s 5-year product roadmap+ Prioritize functionality, features and enhancements across 3 consumer products+ Develop feature requirements documentation to improve development lifecycle while managing stakeholder expectations+ Plan bi-weekly sprints to maintain team focus and to meet organization priorities and deadlines+ Collaborate with design team to continually improve the user experience of our products to drive user engagement and retention+ Negotiate & manage vendor relationships+ Lead internal development to improve operational efficiency + Implement internal policies & protocols as the organization grows+ Solve technical problems as they arise while trying to prevent more in the future.+ Oversee Technology department budget+ Provide one-on-one time and guidance direct reports

Prolo (SOLD) is the best way to add a store locator to your website. In just a few minutes, you can have a searchable product finder running on your website making it easier for your customers to find your products. Prolo also provides analytics and insight into where customers are searching for your products.The finder is clean and intuitive as well as fully responsive so it works across all devices; desktop, tablet & smart phones.

New York, Ny, Us

Newly-created role focusing on expanding Ammirati’s revenue streams through the creation of innovative web products. Established product division at Ammirati dedicated to developing a web-based application utilizing a subscription model from ideation to roll-out. Own every aspect of the project spanning conceptualization, budgeting and business model development, pricing, application platform selection, development, QA & testing, marketing/advertising, and general management. Oversee 6-8 direct reports including front-end developers, UI developers, back-end developers, and interactive producers.▪ Created “Prolo”, a location services interface for small businesses capable of locating specific products at nearby retailers. Oversaw start-to-finish development, integrated Prolo (http://prolofinder.com) with Foursquare API to expand functionality.▪ Maintained oversight of entire development process including technical aspects of UI/UX, application architecture, feature releases, pricing model, and application development cycles.▪ Brought product to market in six months, immediately converting beta customers to paying customers.

New York, Ny, Us

Tapped to join Ammirati as a full-time resource to create an interactive department and spearhead technology and web product efforts. Recruited and hired technical team and maintained executive oversight of development of all website and applications created for Ammirati’s diverse client portfolio. Implemented development processes and created local, QA, and staging development environments. Worked closely with clients to roadmap projects, determine features sets, budgets and realistic development timeframes. Aligned expectations of multiple stakeholders simultaneously, effectively communicating with technical and non-technical people alike.▪ Developed a “middleware” application integrating Delivery.com with Yelp, acting as the project lead between Yelp & Delivery.com’s business and development teams.▪ Built a robust application for “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”, encompassing a scalable cloud service to handle heavy traffic with minimized loading time. Additionally built a custom video CMS with visual drag and drop for Jerry Seinfeld’s personal site.▪ Developed a character API for Marvel/Capcom used by fanes to build fan sites and promote video game titles.▪ Noteworthy clients include Nintendo, Pirates Booty, ForexLive, Sweet N’Low & BCorporation.▪ Implemented key systems such as version control using SVN and then GIT as well as bug tracking, daily SCRUM meetings and project management tools adding efficiencies throughout each aspect of a projects lifecycle.

Memorial is a revolutionary tool that allows one to create a beautiful and informative online obituary. Memorial also provides the ability to quickly disseminate important information as well as a place to honor those that have passed away.▪ Developed patent pending technology that guides the user through the process of writing an obituary.▪ Developed application architecture and logic.▪ Using A/B testing and analytical data, quickly rolled out modifications to the application to directly increase conversions.

Founded Alwayswater along with a partner to deliver websites, applications, and technology solutions to clients both large and small. Consulted with clients to develop customized solutions and leveraged advanced development skill-set to realize clients’ goals. Initially started as part-time project, and steadily grew activities into a full-time consulting practice.▪ Devised and developed “SuiteMatch”, a central project at Alwayswater. SuiteMatch (http://suitematch.com) is a web service that facilitates effortless discovery and sharing of extra office space. Drove project from inception to rollout and product maintenance.▪ Partnered with Ammirati on several mission-critical projects, eventually receiving an acquisition offer from Ammirati to join as Director of Technology in 2010 after working nearly exclusively for the firm for some time.▪ Clients included Audible/Amazon, FedEx, Vitamin Water, Rolex and Pepperidge Farms

Hired to modernize and standardize web development processes across all Campusfood.com development activities. Introduced quality-enhancing and cost-reducing structure encompassing QA procedures, release schedules, development timelines, and overall coordination and expectation-setting. Worked cross-functionally to align teams and stakeholders. Directed entire development team and reported to the CTO.+ Streamlined all web development activities within nine months, successfully transforming a non-optimized unit into a cohesive, functional technical team.+ Implemented mission-critical processes and controls which noticeably improved performance and output of the development team.

Created code for a forward-thinking video capture and playback software. Participated in the creation of an innovative surveillance product for parents – “ParentWatch”.