About: Charles Johnson
I am a fast paced, hard working guy with a love for technology.
Summary:
Director of Information Technology with experience including technology management, interactive team building, business development and expert knowledge of information technologies, web application/software development, and digital marketing.
Specialties:
Focused on operations, product and developmental methodologies, digital marketing strategies, complex technologies, infrastructure, information architecture, and future technology direction.
Interests:
- Digital Marketing Strategies
- Web 2.0 Development
- User Interface & Information Architecture
- Fitness / Weight Training
- Robotics
- Apple products
Quote:
“Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having, which come as a result of hard fighting.” — Henry Ward Beecher
Online Resume
OBJECTIVE
To leverage and further develop my abilities in building effective interactive teams, technology management, user-experience process development, business development and digital marketing.
COMPUTER SKILLS
- - Adobe Creative Suite 4 (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, ect.)
- - Cross Browser/Platform Testing (Linux, Mac OSX, Windows, Safari, Mozilla, Netscape, IE6/IE7/IE8)
- - Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage, Power Point, Visual Studio .NET, VB.NET
- - Bentley Systems MicroStation, CATIA V5, 3Ds Max 6.0
- Languages: HTML, DHTML, XHTML,CSS, AJAX, JavaScript(including scriptaculous+prototype), PHP5, Ruby on Rails, XML, ColdFusion, ASP/.NET, C#, C++
- Operating Systems: Mac OSX, Linux, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000/ME, XP Professional/Home, Vista
- Object Oriented: OOP, OOPHP, DOM
- Database: SQL, MySQL, MSSQL
- Source Code Mgmt: CVS (Concurrent Versions System) & SVN (Subversion)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Team Detroit 01/2010 – Present
Ford NextGen Build Director
- - Build master focused on build operations, product and developmental methodologies, digital marketing strategies, complex technologies, infrastructure, information architecture, and future technology direction.
- - Manage patch/build updates to the ford.com and lincoln.com websites requiring merging of assets from internal developers and external third party entities from individual SVN branches and repositories into various dev, qa, & trunk environments. Also responsible for maintenance of internal dev server environment.
CJPS Enterprises 03/2008 – 11/2009
Director of Information Technology
- - Identify demographics & target audiences, monitor, evaluate, and implement online marketing strategies including pay-per-click campaign set-up & maintenance, ROI/conversion rate improvement, click fraud analysis, organic search engine optimization, and website analytics
- - Manage our internal & external IT staff responsible for technical and web application needs of each of our clients and as well as our proprietary intellectual property portal
- - Manage product selection, purchasing, implementation, network management, security, hardware/software maintenance, and disaster recovery
pushtwentytwo 10/2007 – 03/2008
Senior Web Developer/SEO Specialist
- - Coordinate the creative design needs and web development aspects of web-based applications
- - Develop site architectures, wireframes, database design, and web applications / websites
- - Evangelize the importance of SEO and educate others on the techniques and strategies
Evosyst: Web Solutions 05/2007 – 10/2007
Web Developer/User Interface Architect
- - Developed web applications and software modules utilizing ASP.NET/MSSQL and OOPHP/MySQL
- - Developed user interfaces, site architectures, navigation schemes, and HTML prototypes
DTE Energy Company 10/2006 – 05/2007
Information Architect
- - Worked and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure user-centered design, usability methodology, and effective ethnographic research and analysis
Trademark Productions 02/2006 – 10/2006
Senior Frontend Web Application Developer
- - Coordinated frontend development team and graphic design team to produce superb UI
- - Developed web applications via XHTML, PHP, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, and XML with MySQL DB
EDUCATION
- - Pursuing Bachelors of Computer Engineering Degree, University of Michigan
INTERESTS
- - Web Technologies Entrepreneurism
- - Digital Social Media Marketing Strategies
- - Martial Arts (Judo, Aikido, Jujutsu)
REFERENCES
Available in downloaded resume