Experience

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  Adventures Online

  • Marlborough, MA

  • WordPress Developer & SEO Practitioner and Coach

    • Aug 1997 - Present
    • Marlborough, MA

    I develop SEO-friendly websites. WordPress is my tool of choice. Throughout development and (subsequent) training, I focus on setting my clients up for long-term success. I make sure the website is sustainable and contains components that the search engines are looking for. I train my clients how to maintain their websites and how to add SEO. I prefer that they keep the content updated on their own and call on me for the heavy lifting. Oftentimes, I work with trusted partners including graphic designers, copywriters, videographers, P/R and Marketing professionals. We might be working on one of my projects, one of their projects, or, I might be doing custom programming for them behind the scenes. My favorite days are when I am challenged to get WordPress to do what it does not innately do. If my brain is spinning, it's been a very good day.

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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  • Information Systems Consultant

    • 1988 - 1997

    I started at Digital as a Senior Project Manager and worked my way to Senior Information Systems consultant. I worked on Locke Drive in Marlborough, in Franklin, and then in Hudson.( Hudson is where the Alpha chip was manufactured.)My responsibilities included custom design and development of programs and systems for internal departments like Materials Planning, Order Fulfillment, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing, and Purchasing. Most of the work was for "lights-out" processing, with some work for "paperless" processing (for the white rooms).

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  The Data Group Corporation

  • Burlington, MA

  • Technical Systems Analyst

    • 1987 - 1988
    • Burlington, MA

    Formal design and development experience on commercial software products. * Delivered first-ever, bug-free shrink-wrapped product. Responsible for development of the VAX-based version of a Repair Center module of a commercially sold Field Services software product. Managed three- to eight-person teams on projects lasting six to nine months. Coordinated cross-functional activities within the formal product development structure.

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  ASA Inc.

  • Consultant/Project Lead

    • 1984 - 1987

    Designed, Developed, Managed custom software systems (i.e. custom payroll system for client in Bermuda, custom Field Services system for large corporation in Stoughton, MA) for multiple clients. Prepared and negotiated contracts. Generated additional revenue-producing work. Managed two- and three-person teams on projects lasting one to several months. Feasibility study on Field Services applications and made build/buy recommendation to the management team.Designed, developed, and maintained internal Project Tracking System for managing software projects and billing clients.

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  Data Concepts, Inc

  • Lexington, MA

  • Project Leader

    • 1983 - 1984
    • Lexington, MA

    Delivered custom insurance applications to national insurer headquartered in Worcester, MA. Managed 8 - 13 systems analysts on a development project with a two-year, phased implementation plan. Researched and designed two Commercial Lines Insurance applications.Presented designs to management team for go/no go decision.Project Coordinator: Assumed management of six systems analysts on a custom development project midway through project. Re-worked project plan and produced to schedule.Systems Analyst: Developed and supported on-line insurance applications modules using proprietary fourth-generation language.