Chris Amato :: Project Manager
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Objective:
To empower and coordinate strong technical teams to build great web applications.
Available for contract or project-level work. Application design and development, team-building, deployments.
Experience:
Knectar Design, Northampton, MA 01060
Founder, August 2004 to Present
As the owner of Knectar Design, Inc., I have worked with many startup companies and small businesses as Project Manager, web programmer, and business strategist.
Technical Liaison, Programmer , June 2003 to August 2004
Programmer, Technical Liaison , May 2000 to June 2003
Founder, August 2004 to Present
As the owner of Knectar Design, Inc., I have worked with many startup companies and small businesses as Project Manager, web programmer, and business strategist.
Key Clients:
Hay Insight (division of Hay Group), Jersey City, NJ 07302- feedMashr.com. Conceived product, gathered requirements, built initial mockups. Created full functional and implementation specification documents through Beta. Designed SQL Server database schema, application architecture, and user interfaces. Led team of 3 developers and designers through development, deployment, and production. Launched Beta version in March, 2007. Built in ASP.NET 2.0, VB.NET.
- Flynote.com. Conceived product, gathered requirements, built initial mockups. Created full functional and implementation specification documents through Beta. Designed SQL Server database schema, application architecture, and user interfaces. Led team of 3 developers through development, deployment, and production. Launched Beta version in November, 2006. Built in ASP.NET 2.0, VB.NET.
- Dragonfly.com. Project manager for team of 5-7 programmers and designers. Designed initial product mockups for both web-based and desktop-based versions application with a web-services architecture. Responsible for task management, project time-line management, team coordination, hiring/firing, bug-tracking, milestone and progress reporting. Built functional specification documents for UI, middle-tier business logic, back-end batch processes and server process automation. Launched multiple versions of the application through 2004-2005.
- ArchitectureForArt.com. Application architect and project manager for ground-up development of a fully database-driven, client server ASP.NET content management system.
- Additional clients: Knectar Design, Inc. (main business website), UMass at Amherst Biochemistry, RoseTrust, Meetinghouse Research Group, Eugene Gallagos Photography, Prakasa Yoga, Designerless, ECE, Wej Knectar Design, Inc. (art),
Technical Liaison, Programmer , June 2003 to August 2004
- Spear headed initiative to migrate from legacy Excel/Access reporting system to centralized, web-based SQL Server data warehouse.
- Requirements-gathering and communication with third-party developers.
- Programmed reports in Excel VBA and MS Access VBA.
- Developed batch routines and automation processes to increase reporting efficiency.
Programmer, Technical Liaison , May 2000 to June 2003
- Took initiative in designing, programming first-use reports and reporting procedures for company. Excel VBA.
- Developed batch routines and automation processes to increase reporting efficiency.
- Technical liaison with third-party developers. Communicated requirements for web-based reporting system.
Project Management Skills:
Technical Specifications: Advanced use case, functional specification, implementation specification, and documentation writing.
Project Management: Requirements gathering, timeline/scheduling/milestones, quality assurance guidelines, creep prevention.
Team Building: Recruiting, outsourcing, team motivation, team communication and coordination, virtual, in-house, and extreme programming, hiring/firing.
Applications: Basecamp, Bugzilla, MS Project, MS Visio, WinCVS.
Web-Marketing: Google AdWords and AdSense configuration, development, maintenance.
Project Management: Requirements gathering, timeline/scheduling/milestones, quality assurance guidelines, creep prevention.
Team Building: Recruiting, outsourcing, team motivation, team communication and coordination, virtual, in-house, and extreme programming, hiring/firing.
Applications: Basecamp, Bugzilla, MS Project, MS Visio, WinCVS.
Web-Marketing: Google AdWords and AdSense configuration, development, maintenance.
Technical Background:
Languages: Proficient in ASP.NET, VB.NET, XML Web Services, XML DOM, Atlas (.NET AJAX) VBA for Excel, HTML, CSS, Web Standards/Validation.
Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Actionscript 2.0.
Databases: MS SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Access.
Web Servers: Microsoft IIS.
Applications: MS Visual Studio.NET, Visual Web Developer 2005, MS Office, Flash 8.0, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Rhino CAD.
Design: Strong, modern, Web 2.0 conscientious, web-standards compliant, CSS-driven web design.
Databases: MS SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Access.
Web Servers: Microsoft IIS.
Applications: MS Visual Studio.NET, Visual Web Developer 2005, MS Office, Flash 8.0, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Rhino CAD.
Design: Strong, modern, Web 2.0 conscientious, web-standards compliant, CSS-driven web design.
Education:
Baruch College, CUNY, NY , NY
One-year Certificate Degree in ASP.NET programming, 2002.
Brown University, Providence , RI
Graduate work in experimental rock deformation, 1999.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
M.S. Geology, June 1997.
Thesis on deformation and metamorphic processes.
Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY
B.S. Geology, June 1994.
One-year Certificate Degree in ASP.NET programming, 2002.
Brown University, Providence , RI
Graduate work in experimental rock deformation, 1999.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
M.S. Geology, June 1997.
Thesis on deformation and metamorphic processes.
Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY
B.S. Geology, June 1994.