Category 4 Design

11.2005 - present, Charlottesville, VA | www.category4.com

Over the course of almost ten years in business Category 4 has created highly integrated web sites that combine elegant designs with powerful yet easy to use custom applications embracing new technologies as they become available.

Senior Project Manager
On a daily basis, managed the work flow of a team of designers and Project Managers through all life cycle phases web development projects, led meetings with development teams and clients, and performed Information and User Interface Design:

Relevant Experience
• Managed up to 2 Project Managers;
• Managed Development Teams of up to 5 people;
• Collected and organized design and technical materials and specifications for web design projects;
• Managed development schedules and budgets for web development projects;
• Performed Quality Assurance checks and debugged custom programming;
• Led Internal development and priority meetings;
• Led kickoff meetings with clients and development team;
• Presented site designs to all levels of organization decision makers including company owners, C.E.O.s, and County Board of Supervisors;
• Led client meetings to determine web development specifications and requirements;
• Based on client and internal meetings developed database specifications and programming requirements for programming team;
• Extensive graphic user interface design work with Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Visio;
• Led meetings with development team and project contacts at regular intervals to maintain project specification, budget, and schedule.

Fresh Brewed Media

12.2003 - 11.2005, Charlottesville, VA | www.freshbrewedmedia.com

Fresh Brewed Media maintains several websites that cover a broad range of subjects of interest to investors of all types.  A team of financial experts blends with a top-flight design team to ensure that Fresh Brewed Media’s content is always hot, rich, and bold.

Director of R & D
On a daily basis managed the operation of three websites www.investorsobserver.com, www.wallstreetsecretsplus.com, and www.marketintelligencecenter.com, published 2 semiweekly email newsletters, and performed statistical analysis of website metrics to judge the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

Relevant Experience
• Managed 2 back-end programmers (asp & asp.net);
• Managed an editor that maintained a list of rotating contributing authors for the websites;Performed routine maintenance on multiple web servers, and co-located servers;
• Maintained DNS, MX, and registrar information for all FBM Administered all internal email accounts for all FBM websites.
• Extensive graphic design work with Adobe Photoshop;
• Developed, published, and updated HTML newsletters;
• Maintained opt-in mailing lists with less than 5% bounce rate, greater than 90% successful deliveries, and less than 0.01% complaints;
• Maintained relationships with all newsletter advertisers resulting in a $20,000 - $30,000 per month revenue stream;
• Configured and managed 3 remote email servers for delivery of the newsletters.
• Maintained real time stats on clickthroughs and conversions during marketing campaigns;
• Monitored site traffic with Awstats reporting software.

FirstNET of Virginia

09.2002 - 10.2003, Charlottesville, VA | www.firstnetva.com

FirstNET Corporation is a combination of web design and hosting, network installation and administration, and Internet Service Provider.  FirstNET has been doing business in Virginia for over seven years.  The FirstNET employees are experts in technology, with over 27 years of combined technological experience.

Internet Service Consultant: On a daily basis developed new relationships with potential customers.

Relevant Experience
• Contacted new businesses, and identified technological needs;
• Developed customized solutions based on client needs;
• Incorporated information uncovered in Client Needs Analysis into a concise business plan for potential advertisers.

Web Developer: Developed websites for clients.

Relevant Experience
• Extensive graphic design work with Adobe Photoshop;
• Developed, published, and updated HTML Web Pages;
• Wrote and implemented JavaScript, and PHP;
• Registered, configured, and published Domain Names for customers;
• Set up and managed email services for clients.

Technical Support: Performed diagnostic analysis and trouble shooting for clients experiencing technical difficulty.

Relevant Experience
• Fixed connectivity issues;
• Repaired hardware;
• Diagnosed DNS issues, and mail server problems;
• Performed a variety of updates, installations, and virus removal.