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Senior Manager of Web Development
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jan 2014 - Present (10 years 10 months)
Managed a team of talented front end web developers based in the US and India within the web services department at Citrix. Managed projects using Agile methods as a certified Scrum Master to produce web applications, provided direction to the functional team through product planning and requirement definitions, defined release objectives, designed mockups and wireframes based on gathered requirements, and defined strategy and goals for the team.
Selected Achievements:
- Managed the development and assisted in the design of CourseBuilder application used to create SCORM based eLearning courses built on Fuel PHP, Mongo DB, and Apache.
- Managed and designed Google Universal Analytics implementation using Adobe DTM (Dynamic Tag Management) on several high profile Citrix websites including training.citrix.com, project.citrix.com, demo.citrix.com, and support.citrix.com.
- Managed and designed solution for collecting customer feedback using salesforce.com.
- Managed and developed several third party API integrations.
- Managed website updates and new features for websites built on Concrete5 and WordPress.
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Freelance Designer and Developer
Freelance
Jun 2002 - Present (22 years 5 months)
Worked as a freelance web designer and developer. Created websites, logos, user interface designs, and promotions for several small, medium and large businesses. Worked free of charge for several non-proï¬t organizations including Share the Stoke Foundation.
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Manager of Multimedia Development
Fort Lauderdale, FL
May 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year 7 months)
Managed a team of multimedia developers within the education department at Citrix. Managed the development and release of all media for deliverables produced by the education department, gathered and prioritized requirements from several stakeholders throughout the company, created funding requests and proposals for allocating capital in operating budget, recruited and hired members of the media team, architected new web based solutions for the business needs within the department.
Selected Achievements:
- Managed the media development for 60+ projects including several new products and new program announcements.
- Led in the creation of a new visual style that was applied to eLearning and other web properties and defined repeatable web update process to implement the new style.
- Led in gathering user feedback for new user interfaces through qualitative and quantitative user testing.
- Developed web services in PHP for several projects including project management applications and eLearning user note storage.
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Lead Media Developer
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nov 2007 - May 2012 (4 years 6 months)
Led a team of multimedia developers within the education department at Citrix. Designed media rich solutions for all deliverables, led the development, QA and release of all media, created complex media components that included learning activities, animations, user interfaces, and tools, identified and implemented new technologies, methodologies and techniques as well as industry standards and best practices, and managed style guidelines and media related processes used by the team.
Selected Achievements:
- Developed Adobe Air application for creating SCORM based eLearning courseware from DITA XML content and created HTML-based SCORM conformant course framework used in all eLearning courses.
- Led in the rollout and implementation of new department-wide project management system.
- Developed modules and several features used in a custom Learning Management System built on the Moodle LMS and led in the migration from the Accenture LMS to the new system.
- Developed several tools and utilities used by the department to increase productivity and improve quality.
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Lead Integrator
RWD Technologies
Merritt Island, FL
Jun 2000 - Nov 2007 (7 years 5 months)
RWD Technologies // Merritt Island, FL
Led a team of web developers in the eLearning department. Created and maintained new tools and templates for the integration team to use in order to increase workflow, designed style guides and prototypes for new clients, created icons and layouts for the internal software products group, designed and animated 3D characters, and provided management and troubleshooting for Learning Management Systems.
Selected Achievements:
- Developed SCORM conformant web-based training applications using Flash, HTML, XML, and JavaScript for several clients including: Ariba, Centocor, ConocoPhillips, Computer Associates, FedEx Kinko’s, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft, McAfee, Merck, Roche, Rockwell, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Symbol, Tyco Fire and Security, Verizon Wireless, and Vodafone.
- Gained experience in video production by creating training videos for clients, and worked in all areas of video production including shooting video, editing, effects, and DVD authoring.
- Created 3D and 2D animated characters used in video and web based training.
- Administered u360 Learning Management System.
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Graphic Designer
A Beka Publishing
Pensacola, FL
Jan 1998 - Jun 2000 (2 years 5 months)
Developed graphics and designed page layout for a wide variety of educational materials such as textbooks, handouts, and signage.