Michael Kaplan Email & Phone Number

Southbury, CT, US

New York, United States

Provide best-in-class information technology solutions for all types of organizations, leveraging excellent communications skills and over twenty years of industry experience. How can I help you?

- Architected and developed a new cutting-edge platform (React/Recoil/Python) from scratch to address issues of maintainability, accessibility, and scalability present in extant systems- Instantiated a component library and design token system to carry forth new company branding efforts, and increase consistency across the core product.- Trained a new team.

New York, New York, United States

- Leveraged my background in Usability Engineering and Psychology to architect optimal front end experiences which successfully increased user retention and satisfaction.- Worked closely with data scientists to set up experiments aimed at better understanding the behavior and preferences of our user base and to implement creative solutions based on this.

Greater New York City Area

• Engineered top-rated e-business solutions for clients such as Chanel, L’Oreal, Novartis, IEEE, Westcon, Road Scholar, International SOS, and Christie Digital.
• Innovated new approaches to developing common core functionality aimed at reducing page load time and code complexity while maximizing reusability across the development team.
• Managed small teams of developers, ensuring on-time/on-budget delivery of high-visibility, high-quality code through code reviews, resource planning, and guided discussions.
• Served as a Business Analyst on key projects where I enhanced the system of requirements gathering and JIRA task breakdowns, leading to an immediate reduction of overhead costs.
• Planned and led a multi-day on-site training seminar for employees of a multinational client, educating them in the use and administration of a new web platform I helped to build.
• Conducted a highly-acclaimed product demonstration and training webinar for key personnel at Allegion, Inc.

• Designed, developed, and maintained branded e-mail tool which resulted in an average savings of $10K/month.
• Led the development and design of the Morgan Stanley University web portal, a major Firmwide initiative to enhance internal training offerings. Selected as principal team member for upcoming phase 2.0 planning and.
• Developed budgets and timelines and allocated resources towards the completion of web and design projects, utilizing efficient and creative methods to save cost
• Served as key liaison between Firm clients and development staff, managing relationships and prospecting new business.
• Key gatekeeper of Firm branding guidelines, monitoring their usage, and providing guidance thereupon in the form of discussions and visual aids.
• Collaborated with development teams to create rich, interactive applications using DHTML, Flex, CGI, JS scripting libraries, and ASP.net technologies.

Greater New York City Area

• Supported corporate event planning and internal marketing initiatives by developing custom websites, digital invitations, surveys, and branded e-mails.
• Utilized TeamSite and Lehman proprietary content management systems to develop and maintain departmental communication and information sources.
• Served as chief liaison to Corporate Communications department, handling training, support, and development of confidential correspondences
• Hand-coded a collection of over 100 branded and stylized internal event and conference invitation templates
• Authored procedural manuals and training materials to support client self-serve marketing initiatives

Purchase, New York

• Established look & feel and visual design components of internal risk management application developed for the Wachovia Corporation.
• Responsible for total redesign and content reorganization of Centerprise public website.
• Headed the planning and Implementation of data-driven navigation scheme, dynamic help system, and custom site homepage.
• Instituted a standard of coding best practices and style conventions which guided and ensured the production of quality maintainable JSP files.
• Reengineered content-heavy forms and page flows for improved usability and clarity.

Greater New York City Area

• Supported company e-mail marketing and response tracking division by developing stylish e-messages for clients such as Citizens Bank and the New York Knicks.
• Performed rigorous quality assurance testing on web-based projects to ensure optimal cross-browser compatibility and performance.
• Sliced and optimized images using Adobe technologies in accordance with strict performance, file-size, and design guidelines.
• Assisted in the development of a data-driven website using the latest in XML/XSL and Java-based technologies.

• Individually managed and executed development, publication, modification, and maintenance of Prudential intranet.
• Successfully increased usage of intranet by integrating business owner feedback into technological solutions aimed at productivity increases within lines-of-business.
• Utilized Vignette content management technology to build a new secure log-on portion of Prudential.com, and to lead page-creation and bug repair initiatives.
• Redesigned high-traffic intranet site areas to increase efficiency and maintainability using JavaScript and ASP.
• Managed cross-department updates of critical intranet files and linked libraries.

• Established visual design themes and performed maintenance and enhancements for custom corporate intranet portals using SAP technology
• Performed strategic comprehensive QA testing of a bilingual SAP-based corporate HR portal
• Developed optimal information sharing and collaboration techniques and trained new management staff in their use.
• Used HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, and CSS to produce web-based intranet portals, open-enrollment and employee self-service applications for Fortune 1000 clients.
• Created HTML prototypes demonstrating proposed site designs to ensure client satisfaction.
• Assisted in planning of initial concept, visual design, and information flow of several sites.

Ba, Psychology, Theater, Music

Drama/Theatre Arts And Stagecraft

Single term study abroad program.