My Resume

Education

Alvirne High School Hudson, NH
1998 - 2002
Sample of Classes Taken: Honors Bio, Honors Chem, Honors English, Organic Chem, Bio Chem, Biotechnology, Calculus, AP Anatomy & Physiology
University of Connecticuit Storrs, CT
Fall 2002 - Fall 2003
Sample of Classes Taken: Chemistry, Economics, Calculus, Eastern Lit
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH
Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
Sample of Classes Taken: Programming with Java, Marketing, Info Tech
University of Connecticuit Storrs, CT
Spring 2005
Sample of Classes Taken: Computer Architecture
University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
Fall 2005
Sample of Classes Taken: Programming with C++, Advertising

Professional Experience

Friend Lumber Company Hudson, NH
2000 - 2002
Positions Held: Cashier, Sales
Responsibilities:Cashiering, Stocking Shelves,Counting/Making Drawers, General Lumber Sales including Deck Estimates, Special Orders
What I Learned: Working at Friend Lumber during high school was great - I had flexible hours, good pay (comparitively to other high school students) and I was well liked and respected by the more senior employees. I learned a lot more about how a business is run through putting together cashier drawers, learning the order-po-invoice process, understanding vendor relations and having a much greater exposure to business software.
Friend Lumber Company Hudson, NH
2003 - Dec. 2008
Positions Held: Information Technology Director
Responsibilities:Desktop Support, Server Support/Maintenance/Installation, Custom Software Integrations, ERP/POS Support, Network Hardware Support/Installation, Software/Web Development
What I Learned: Essentially, a lot. I was already very adept at desktop support with Windows and server support came naturally. I now have an extensive working understanding of networking technologies both on a hardware and software level. In addition to supporting desktop and server OS's and traditional office suite software (Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2007), I was responsible for several design and estimation programs, including working interfaces between those applications and legacy ERP software and interfacing with vendors through EDI systems.
I also developed the company website through several iterations, including installing a web server internally to provide real-time product data to the website as well as a custom build customer interface showing account information in real-time. It is worth noting that while the code for the previous two features does still reside on the server, neither are currently implemented on the company's website.
Which leads to some important lessons I learned from my years as Friend Lumber Company's IT Director. While a store manager at the time and myself did work to bring the company "in to the twenty-first century" successfully on many issues - including switching from dot-matrix printers to laser printers with custom build dynamic layouts, introducing electronic document management and mobilizing our salesforce - there are certain boundries in technology, certain adament feelings about traditional business practices (read: oldschool), that are difficult to convince management to break away from.
Blue Panda Solutions Hudson, NH
2007 - 2009
Positions Held: Web Developer
Responsibilities:Coding and designing websites
What I Learned: I have worked on several web projects with BluePanda over the past year, including a custom social network built on PHP with lots of AJAX UI features. Putting together a social network from scratch was an invaluable excersize and working with the JQuery framework on the UI caused me to really fall in love with it over other frameworks that I had used in the past.
Chitika, Inc Westborough, MA
September 2009 - Present
Positions Held: Customer Service Representative, Sales Engineer, Director of Technology - Chitika Audience Group, Product Manager - Local Ad Exchange
Responsibilities:Product Development (Software Development and Business Development), Software Engineer, Professional Services
What I Learned: Working at Chitika has been a phenomenal experience. Chitika is a very high-pace, high-enthusiasm environment, akin to Silicon Valley startup. I've learned new hard skills including developing my technical prowess with regard to both software development as well as system administration. Learning within a culture that encourages clever solutions to complex problems has been refreshing and very rewarding.
I have also been able to develop my business skills, having a profficiency for managing and developing relationships with business partners. In fact, the number one reason I have been able to thrive at Chitika is the fact that the company atmosphere allows for me to use both my technical abilities as well as my business prowess.

Skill Sets

Software and Web Development
PerlHighly Proficient
HTMLHighly Proficient
CSSHighly Proficient
JavaScript (Barebones)Proficient
JavaScript (JQuery Framework)Highly Proficient
PHPHighly Proficient
ActionScript/FlashSomewhat Proficient
MySQLProficient
MongoDBProficient
Sphinx DBProficient
Server Technologies
ApacheProficient
LAMP/MAMP/WAMP Setup/UpkeepHighly Proficient
Email Servers (Exchange 2003/2007)Proficient
Linux AdministrationProficient
Windows Server(2000/2003/2008) AdministrationHighly Proficient
Microsoft Terminal ServicesHighly Proficient
Active DirectoryProficient

Personal Interests

All kinds of geeky stuff - biotechnology, nanotechnology... pretty much anything appended with technology.
Podcasts. I'm a devout listener of several podcasts including Jason Calacanis's This Week in StartUps, any football podcast from ESPN, and Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series (which I proudly admit to having listened to 80% of.)
Music. I play bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboard and drums.
Cooking. I love grilling, making barbeque sauces from scratch and anything spicy. I actually own an LLC called "Get Sauced" with a friend for selling sauces.
I enjoy concocting new ideas. Some are crazy and some, I think, are useful. I love looking at a problem and trying to find a clever way to solve it. I guess above all, my greatest skill is a critical-thinking problem solver.
Game theory. One of the most fascinating and overlooked (in the mainstream media) new sciences. I love the versatility of being able to quantitatively analyze all sorts of real life situations.

Mission Statement

To add value to the company I work for, as well as myself. I intend to do this by finding an environment I can thrive in by excersizing and developing all aspects of my skill set, both technical and business oriented. It is my belief that when I can apply both sides of this equation, I have a lot to offer to others and feel fullfilled myself.

References

Mark Jaffe
Friend Lumber Company
Owner/President
Phone: 603.598.6662

Paul Cardinal
BluePanda Solutions
Owner/President
Phone: 603.234.1031

Chris Wilson
Chitika Inc - Audience
Business Development
Phone: 508.524.0360