- Product Development & Management
- Project Management
- Roadmap Implementation & Management
- Technical Writing
- Agile Process Management
- JIRA Software
- 24-Hour Development Cycle
- Global Team Management
- Recruiting
- C-Level Experience
- Investment Presentations
- Operations Management
- Business Modeling
- Business Strategy
- Investor Relations
- Marketing and Brand Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Employee Reviews
- HTML, CSS
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- PostGreSQL
- React
- Ruby / Ruby on Rails
- Git/GitHub
- Infrastructure & Maintenance
- Security Planning & Compliance
IT & Project Management Consultant
Company: G2D Group
Aug 2017 – Present
1 yr 10 mos
Huntington, New York
G2D develops, manages and brokers commercial and residential real estate across Manhattan and Long Island. Consulted on technological operations, policy, services and equipment; configured and deployed infrastructure, firewall, routers, switches and user hardware; deployed and managed backoffice services and user administration; implemented IT policies, procedures and best practices; managed IT and communicational services and vendors.
Chief Technology Officer
Company: SIMPLENIGHT
May 2014 – Jun 2017
3 yrs 2 mos
New York, NY
Hired to architect and build founder’s vision; recruited over 50 engineers and designersfrom around the world; developed policies, procedures and workflows for a 24 -hour development cycle; established a roadmap for software development and releases; oversaw team leaders and project managers: UX, design, infrastructure, QA, developers; worked closely with CEO and board developing and implementing business strategy; pushed more than 1million lines of code in 9 months; developed MVP that helped raise institutional investment ; participated in pitches with VCs, and sales presentations with vendors, partners and channels.
Cofounder & Chief Technology Officer
Company: Cuzie
Jan 2011 – Dec 2014
3 yrs
New York, NY
Conceived and cofounded Cuzie.com, a web-based, video recruiting platform that quantified, matched and assessed candidates for posted jobs. Raised $3.5M in seed/angel investment. Oversaw all technical aspects of the business; UX, design, systems, front/backend development, QA, systems, unit testing; authored multiple Patent Filings; developed policies, procedures and workflows for a 24-hour development cycle, established a roadmap for development and releases; oversaw team leaders and PMs of UX/Design, Systems, QA, Front/Backend Devs; participated in Investment pitches for VCs and Sales presentations for vendors, partners and channels; absorbed previously founded startup, ReyesPearson International.
Director, Information Technology & Managed Services
Company: BrandWizard
Mar 2002 – Feb 2010
8 yrs
New York, NY
BrandWizard is an Omnicom Group subsidiary providing digital brand management SAAS for Fortune500 companies. Hired to build founder's hosting services division; Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer; built and rolled out hundreds of servers and networking equipment; managed day-to-day operations of company's IT and hosting business; Managed Services business generated more than 33% of company's revenue and most profitable revenue stream; oversaw P&L and forecasted annual finances; managed assets and client relationships; oversaw compliance of Sarbanes Oxley; utilized networking skills overseeing infrastructure, such as firewall & security management, penetration testing, vulnerability testing, load balancing, web/db/app services, hardware deployment, and vendor services.
Senior IT Executive
Company: Raw Communications
Oct 2000 – Mar 2002
1 yr 6 mos
New York, NY
Raw captured live, financial reports from public companies and satellite streamed video to traders and fund managers. Installed satellite dishes, services and networks on rooftop of the largest financial institutions, such as the World Trade Center, Fidelity Building, American Century, AIM, Northern Trust, Brandes, GE Financial, and Alliance Capital and others; traveled to all major cities in the US to major financial districts and trading floors; managed team of engineers conducting installations and maintenance projects; push projects amidst bureaucracies dealing with building unions, vendors, suppliers, contractors and security personnel; contributed direct input with R&D; skilled in multiplexing, routing, fiber/POTS lines, IRD satellite receivers and management servers; worked closely with sales, client project and executive management.
Systems and IT Support Engineer
Company: US Interactive
Feb 1999 – Oct 2000
1 yr 9 mos
New York, NY
US Interactive went public on the Nasdaq as one of Silicon Alley's most prominent Web Consultancy companies with 13 global offices. Early hire, company grew to over 2,000 users worldwide; deployed and maintained user computers and web servers for all offices worldwide; maintained user computers and software networking equipment and domain controllers; fought through the Melissa virus catastrophe; completed Microsoft Certified Systems Engineering certification.
PC Support Specialist
Company: Sullivan & Cromwell
Feb 1998 – Feb 1999
1 yr 1 mo
New York, NY
S&C serves as one of the most prestigious, international corporate law firms in the Financial District. Assigned to the historic Microsoft Anti-Trust Trial in Washington DC as lead tech support engineer supporting the IT needs of famed NY Partners, John Warden, Steve Holly, their associates, executives and counsel of Microsoft as such Bill Gates, Steve Balmer, Jim Allchin, Paul Maritz and Bill Neukom and other executives; supported office of over 500 attornies and over 1,500 staff worldwide on a Novell Network; supported 12 global offices and private home users via remote control LanSight and Cytrix WinFrame.
Duck Hunt Game
A simplified, desktop version of the classic Nintendo first person shoooter, video game. Use your mouse to aim at ducks flying around, then click to shoot. Go ahead, play it!
HTML | CSS | Javascript | GitHub
Full Stack, Social Network
A full-stack, social media CRUD application for General Assembly graduates.
HTML | CSS Flex | Javascript | Auth | React.js | Express | Rails | PostGreSQL | GitHub | Heroku | Photoshop
Picture Puzzle Game
A simple image puzzle that utilizes drag-and-drop. Place random pieces from one side of the board to its proper position on the other to complete the picture. I developed this game as a course project.
HTML | CSS Flex | Javascript | GitHub | Original Photography | Photoshop/Lightroom |
Freelance Website
A website I developed for a client as part of a bigger re-brand project. I worked closely with their executive team in developing their brand, and collaborated with their sales and content writers for the website.
HTML | CSS | Javascript | WordPress | Original Photography | Photoshop/Lightroom
API Integration & Retrieve
By utilizing fetch to integrate into Marvel's API, I created a search tool that retrieves Marvel characters from it's catalogue that match submitted character strings.
HTML | CSS Flex | Javascript | Node | React | Fetch | Marvel API | GitHub | Heroku | Photoshop
React.js App & Message Form
A portfolio website built entirely as a React.js app. Each section serve as components in this single page app. Message form delivery is handled through Netlify hosting services.
CSS Flex | Javascript | Node | React.js | Netlify | Google Fonts | Photoshop/Lightroom
Phone: (646) 403.7500
New York, NY
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