OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over eight years of experience as a technical project manager and analyst leadin
g Java & .NET web and client-server development projects through the full system
development lifecycle. Recent responsibilities include:
* Managing the implementation of site enhancements and new functionality for sev
eral Condé Nast websites while concurrently providing application support for day-t
o-day operations
* Managing the full life-cycle development of the mobile version of WWD (mobile.
wwd.com) – rated among the Top Five b2b Mobile Sites by MinOnline
* Partnering with editors & business users to translate business needs into full
y operational software
* Coordinating with marketing staff to perform web analytics to increase SEO eff
ectiveness
* Managing one direct report and overseeing a team of in-house developers & cons
ultants
* Employing the Agile methodology to accelerate development time, improve team e
fficiency, and maximize software quality
* Implementing and supporting Interwoven TeamSite, a 3rd party content managemen
t system
* QA testing and coordination of user acceptance testing
* Analyzing Oracle database schemas & using SQL queries to troubleshoot user and
application issues
* Providing regular status updates to executive management
WORK EXPERIENCE
Condé Nast, Manager of Technical Analysis New York City, NY July 2006 – A
ril 2009
Balanced the workload of the business, development, & testing teams based on bus
iness priorities and upcoming projects for three Condé Nast websites – Brides.com, WWD.
com, and FashionCareers.com
Brides.com
- Migrated editorial content data from an outdated website UI & taxonomy to an i
nformation architecture based on Web 2.0 concepts that led to a 25% increase in
unique page views
- Migrated the site search capability from Verity to Autonomy via the analysis o
f database schemas, creation of an intuitive UI for search results, establishmen
t of the business rules for search logic, full end-to-end testing, and ongoing s
ite maintenance
- Directed a technical analyst to create specifications for self-service homepag
e content management
- Created a new UI for presentation of editorial content including slideshows, a
rticles, & promotions
- Led a project to research best practices and implement SEO-friendly page title
s, alt text, re-directs, and meta descriptions
- Coordinated the development of & provided ongoing support for a custom built a
dministration tool
WWD.com (Women’s Wear Daily)
- Managed the mobile application vendor to translate functional requirements int
o technical specifications, set and monitor timelines, lead the testing effort,
and coordinate deployment
- Designed the information architecture for new editorial content
- Coordinated the monthly build schedules based on developer availability and bu
siness priorities
- Integrated InDesign Editorial content into the Interwoven TeamSite content man
agement system
FashionCareers.com
- Led the process to select an ASP for FashionCareers.com via RFP creation & ana
lysis, coordination of vendor demos, and providing input into the negotiation pr
ocess
- Managed the vendor relationship with the selected ASP and supervised the rollo
ut of the site on schedule and within budget

Draft, Project Manager New York City, NY June 2005 – July 2006
- Directed the holistic analysis of the business practices of a central agency d
epartment in order to redefine roles and responsibilities
- Constructed a training program designed to reinforce a revised business method
ology post-reorganization
- Conducted business requirements sessions involving 20+ stakeholders to documen
t current business processes and gather requirements for implementing a marketin
g workflow and digital asset management solution
- Established enterprise-wide technical architecture best practices for the impl
ementation of client extranets by evaluating leading 3rd party extranet tools
Christie’s, Business Analyst New York City, NY January 2004 – June
2005
- Defined business process workflows by creating and validating UML use case dia
grams for an enterprise-wide .NET application
- Led a team of business analysts to develop UML activity diagrams, gap analysis
documents, and service level requirements for high priority user workflows in o
rder to evaluate system effectiveness
- Established a global import practice by reverse-engineering an existing propri
etary system and standardizing activities and reports amongst the client sites
- Designed a system integration plan to allow for the information transfer betwe
en a 3rd party shipping system and the client proprietary system
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young New York City, NY June 2000 – November 2003
Financial Services Business Analyst – Merrill Lynch
- Coordinated and conducted business and technical interviews with key client re
presentatives in order to obtain current state requirements for a broker worksta
tion to be rolled-out to 27,000 users
- Led the Core Business Utilities requirements stream, including the translation
of client requirements and broker processes into Rational Unified Process use c
ases and managing the software defect tracking process
- Created vendor RFP documents in order to select a 3rd party broker workstation
provider via the translation of business and technical gap analyses into system
requirements
- Negotiated use case and technology requirement changes with Thomson Financial,
the selected broker workstation vendor
- Developed both the team and client repository structure for requirements, use
cases, and test scripts with Rational Tools (RequisitePro, ClearQuest, TestManag
er)
- Coordinated six teams of up to nine client employees each in order to properly
track the population of the data strategy database to integrate the client’s legacy
databases with the new broker workstation
SUPPLEMENTARY SKILLS
- Technical Product Experience – Mercury Test Director, SQL, Interwoven TeamSite, Ra
tional Tools (RequisitePro, ClearQuest, TestManager), Confluence Enterprise Wiki
, Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, Sharepoint
- Development Methodologies – Agile Development, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Uni
fied Modeling Language (UML), Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Softwa
re Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
EDUCATION
Baylor University, 1995 – 2000
- Bachelor of Business Administration – Specializations: Management Information Syst
ems and Marketing