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Andrew T. Siemer SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: Strengths: Successfully leads and manages technical projects and teams. Able to function at any level of the enterprise application development process. Clear communication with both technical and non-technical people. Superior strategic planning skills. Adapts well to ever changing requirements and circumstances. Well versed in technical and business planning. Ability to complete projects built from the ground up without any direct supervision. Programming: ASP, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, VBScript, VB, VBA, WSH, SQL, tSQL, ColdFusion, UML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, DHTML, Lingo, XML, Perl, Nunit Databases: SQL Server (7, 2000, 2005, Assemblies, Stored Procedures), Access (97 and up) Operating Systems: Windows (3.1, 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, 2003), Linux (Red Hat 7, 8, 9, 10) Networking: DNS, SMTP, POP3, DHCP, FTP, IOS, Cisco, SQL Server, Active Directory, IIS, ISA, mDaemon, WINS, Remote Administrator, PC Anywhere, Terminal Services, ColdFusion Server, MS Visual Source Safe, SourceGear’s Vault, Arial Campaign Manager, PMTA, LSMTP, Perforce Additional Skills: Visio, Visual Studio 6/7, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, MS Office, Unit testing, Application Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Technical Documentation (SRS) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Intermix Media, Inc. Software Engineer Jan 06 to present Creating a branded social networking application to support all of the FOX TV properties independently from a single shared web application (MyFoxLocal – in development now). Architect for SNAP WEB 2.0 API (REST based XML Web Services, C#, ASP.NET 2.0, SQL 2005) to offer Intermix community functionalities (blogs, forums, photo galleries, etc.) to the FOX Interactive Media companies. Developing the community features of American Idol website, [login to view URL]. Adding community features to the Fox Sports website, [login to view URL]. Documented existing SNAP (Social Networking Application Platform) applications (MySpace, American Idol, Fox Sports) to get ready for the next version: 3 tier WEB 2.0 API. Created bounce processing tool for MSN/Hotmail JMR complaint loop back (C#). Working directly with the CTO and other high level company officers to maximize the effectiveness of targeted email campaigns in order to significantly increase the traffic for Intermix’s many ecommerce and content sites. Maximized the efficiency of proprietary mailing applications to handle 20-30 million emails sent each day (Perl, C#, ColdFusion). Analyzed and documented the entire mailing infrastructure encompassing Boston, San Jose, Seattle, New York, and Los Angeles. Managed the development of many content based sites ([login to view URL], [login to view URL], [login to view URL], etc.) using many different technologies (ColdFusion, C#, Perl, AJAX). Responsibilities and Achievements: • Created Software Requirements Specification for MyFoxLocal sites – a branded application for all FOX TV properties • Designing and coding SNAP 2.0 as a Web 2.0 API (REST XML Web Service, C#, ASP.NET 2.0) • Analyzed and documented existing SNAP application (MySpace, American Idol, Fox Sports) • Analyzed and documented existing outbound mailing infrastructure • Managed and coded mailing applications written in ColdFusion, ASP, ASP.NET, C#, C++, Perl • Developing and managing high traffic content sites ([login to view URL], [login to view URL], [login to view URL], [login to view URL], etc.) • Part of the development team on the American Idol project and the Fox Sports project ([login to view URL], [login to view URL], ASP.NET, C#) • Optimizing the mailing applications to handle 20-30 million pieces of mail per day • Integrating Focalex applications at the Boston office with local installation of AdKnowledge (XML Web Services, C#) • Unit testing all applications (NUnit) • Working with Alena to enhance the delivery of their mailing efforts • Managing 50 servers (email, PMTA, application, web, and MSSQL) for daily high volume mailing Environment: Windows (XP, 2000, 2003), IIS (5, 6), ASP, ASP.NET 1.1-2.0, Perl, C#, Nunit, VB.NET, ColdFusion MX, XML, JavaScript, CSS, tSQL, SQL Server (2000, 2005), Project, Visio, Perforce, Visual Source Safe, Visual Studio, PMTA, LSMTP, SharePoint Point Vantage/Challenger One VP of Operations Jan 05 to Jan 06 Initially hired as the Senior Developer over a team of two ASP/C# developers, I was quickly promoted to Director of IT over the IS and IT departments with a staff of 7. Later promoted to the VP of Operations over the IT, IS, QA, and Fulfillment departments. In charge of strategic planning, infrastructure, and development. Selected, placed, subcontracted, and managed programmers, DBAs, network engineers, and other supporting technical staff. Provided services in the following areas: business planning, Internet business strategy, project planning and management, business process analysis, requirements analysis, software requirements specification (SRS) creation. Led all development efforts for the Challenger One family of companies (Challenger One, Point Vantage, Color Laboratories, and JDI Technologies). Migrated all systems from ASP classic to .NET (C#). Took a sister company’s B2B platform to the internet by integrating its business methodologies into our e-commerce platform with ASP.NET (C#). Integrated our e-commerce platform with Great Plains using MS eConnect and C#. Developed the first Customer Loyalty Program to enhance the existing customer relationship and make better use of internal marketing efforts ([login to view URL]). Extended the Loyalty Program into a Partner Program. Implemented the company’s first data warehouse to provide better reporting capabilities of past trends to allow the marketing department to be able to focus in on click campaign successes and failures to improve future advertising capabilities. Successfully oversaw the migration of the company’s many websites from ASP classic to ASP.NET (VB.Net, C#). Smoothly managed the technical integration of newly purchased company’s (JDI Technologies) and remote locations (Calabasas, Brazil, China). Managed the integration of the Intermix ink brands on to our e-commerce platform ([login to view URL], [login to view URL], [login to view URL], etc.). Was the lead architect for the ground up redesign of the company’s proprietary e-commerce platform ([login to view URL]). Managed all technical aspects of the ground up development of the new office building to house all of the company’s office, shipping, and warehouse resources. Drove the migration of all of the company’s resources from multiple physical locations to one centralized warehouse/office facility. Planned, purchased, and oversaw the installation of the company’s new data center. Researched and managed the installation of the new VOIP phone system. Designed and configured the call-center capabilities of the VOIP system for each of the sister entities. Researched and installed the company’s first wireless environment. 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Services commonly provided are the following: installation and configuration of business networks (client/server architecture, DNS, Active Directory, DHCP, WINS, IIS, SQL Server, File management), design and development of the company’s web presence (static sites to full n-tier e-commerce in various languages – ASP, ColdFusion, ASP.NET, C#, etc.), and development/management of the company’s databases (SQL 2000). I also provide on and off site tech support on an as needed basis. Training in various windows applications is also available. Responsibilities and Achievements: • Planning of customers systems, applications, and supporting services • Development of all applications – database, business objects, and UI • Documenting all processes/designs – UML diagrams, project outlines, tutorials, etc. • Planning and set up of underlying subsystems – networks, security, databases, servers, clients Environment: Windows (3.1, 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, 2003), Red Hat Linux (7, 8, 9, 10), ASP, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, UML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, DHTML, VBScript, WSH, Java, Perl The Grantsmanship Center Senior Developer Jun 02 to Feb 05 Led an IT team (2 developers) responsible for the daily maintenance of the network (Cisco, IOS, Linksys, Xincom), user’s systems, and servers (mixed Linux and Windows environment) - (mDaemon, Mail Marshall, Active Directory, Bind and Windows DNS, ISA, IIS, SQL Server 7/2000). Also responsible for all systems architectural aspects from design to development programming in various languages (VB, VBA, ASP [vbscript, c#, vb.net], ColdFusion, JavaScript, PERL, CSS, DHTML, SQL, T-SQL, UML) and general site administration for [login to view URL], [login to view URL], [login to view URL], [login to view URL], and the staff and information management portal. Currently rebuilding the company’s web presence with a brandable interface (see [login to view URL] and compare with [login to view URL]) and object oriented backend to provide various price structures for new and existing TGCI customers. This project is written primarily in ASP (classic and VB.NET) with a SQL Server 2000 backend using stored procedures and UDFs for most data access in an n-tier architecture. [login to view URL] Responsibilities and Achievements: • Designed and implemented branding logic on the primary customer facing site • Ground up design and development of a customer management system • Complete re-design of the primary customer facing site ([login to view URL]) • Re-design of 80% of the existing SQL Server database • Conducted root cause analysis for system outages/bugs and report to senior level staff • Migration of inline SQL calls to stored procedures and UDFs • Migration and integration from a Perl based forum to a customized ASP forum • All Perl functions converted to ASP/VB/.NET • All new development efforts documented in UML • Support of all network clients and components • Training provided to technical and non-technical staff on various topics • Evaluation of staff work habits and tools to streamline the customer handling process • IE tool bar developed as a client/server application to supply real time alerts to customers Environment: Windows 2000, XP, ASP (classic/.NET), C#, VB.NET, XML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, SQL Server 2000, Exchange, Cisco, Project, Visio, Visual Source Safe, Visual Studio