Aaron Fry, Berkeley, CA PROFILE I have more than a decade of experience in budgeting, designing, implementing and managing complex web application projects. I have expertise managing high tech clients and leading teams in web development. I plan to apply my background and experience in web technologies toward sustainable business ideas. EXPERIENCE PRESIDENT/FOUNDER, NETSPROUT, INC. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2001-2008 • Under my leadership and vision, Netsprout focused on building complex Web 2.0 applications and applying simple and intuitive web interfaces for projects including The Webby Awards’ complete submission and voting management systems, Autodesk’s Family Minder, CampusU’s social networking, Online News Association’s submission and voting management system, IRA Services’ user account access, Vend Marketing Institute’s survey and training tools and San Francisco Arts Commission’s blog and hosting solutions. • Led company's growth from a personal web development contracting business to a successful incorporated organization. • Managed business development. Skills included creating proposals, requirements documents, project scope documents and creating strategy guidelines to help us clearly focus on our market. Resulted in retaining over 50 clients. • Managed daily business operations including budgeting, bookkeeping, and project management. • Controlled all aspects of human resources including recruiting and hiring 7 employees, defining roles and responsibilities, and implemented a goal/milestone program to encourage growth. • Guided the company to remain a technology leader by constantly evaluating new technology trends in the market and provided training to employees so they would be ready for new demands. • Communicated with clients to establish deliverables and schedules and to understand budget. Translated these findings into a project scope that internal employees could understand and implement. • Supervised a team of programmers. Because of my strong understanding of the technology, I was able to work closely with designers and programmers and offer valuable guidance and support during development, testing and delivery of projects. • Applied my knowledge of a wide range of open source technologies including Ruby on Rails, PHP, Perl and MySQL to build Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. Our sites and applications were designed using standards based markup and our development process included version control, deployment automation and unit testing. SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD, QUIOS SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2000-2001 • Responsible for determining which technologies to use for internal projects at a web based text messaging company. • Worked primarily on the Planet Quios project, to develop a mobile reporting web based community. This service allowed journalists and other users to send text message reports via a mobile phone, that would instantly be posted to the website. CONSULTANT, XPEDIOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1998-2000 • Responsible for meeting with clients to gather project requirements, offer solutions within budget constraints and determine priorities for short deadlines. • Built applications while staying in constant communication with the client to manage feature requests. • Independently built online entry submissions, public voting and administration tools using Perl Mason and MySQL on a RedHat Linux system. • Created Creditland.com tool allowing users to search for a wide variety of credit cards as well as apply online with realtime acceptance/declines from the credit bureau. WEB DEVELOPER, OMIX REDWOOD CITY, CA 1996-1998 • Worked directly with clients to determine project scope and timeline. • Managed client feature requests on an ongoing basis through project completion. • Used a wide range of open source technologies including Perl (ISQLPerl, DBI), TCL scripting and SQL to query Oracle and INFORMIX databases. • Key projects included an e-commerce application for reselling online storefronts, Alain Pinel’s public MLS listing search, Goodcompany.com’s online dating community and Headland Digital Media client websites which included Doonesbury Electronic Hall and Printmaster. WEBMASTER, FUTURELABS, INC. / QUARTERDECK LOS ALTOS, CA 1996 • Implemented an online Conference Center on a Unix System in Perl that allowed users to create meetings, launch TalkShow's document conferencing software and allow other users to join the conference. EDUCATION California State University, Chico, CA — Bachelor of Arts, International Relations San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA — International Relations Program San Francisco City College — Extended Education, Internet Development Foothill College — Work Exchange Program (Munich, Germany) Foothill College — Extended Education, C Programming & SQL Courses SKILLS Business/Management: Project management, requirements gathering and scope management, client management/relations, bookkeeping / accounting (Quickbooks), business strategy, contract negotiation, proposal development, team management Programming Languages: Perl (Mason), Ruby (Ruby on Rails framework), PHP (CakePHP framework), TCL, SQL, JavaScript (AJAX via Prototype framework), XML, W3C compliant XHTML, CSS Software/Tools: Ruby on Rails, Subversion, Git, Apache, Capistrano, nginx, Mongrel, VI, TextMate, Basecamp, Highrise, Adobe Flash & Photoshop Operating Systems: Unix (Solaris, BSD), Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu), Mac OS X, Windows XP Databases: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, mSQL, SQLite Certifications: RH133 - System Administration Red Hat Linux, Marimba Consultant Program APIs: Authorize.net, Skipjack, Optimal Payment, YourMembershipAPI, Google Maps V3 API COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT World Affairs Council of Northern California, member Berkeley Ecology Center, member 4 Season Permaculture Certification Course, Regenerative Design Institute (In progress) INTERESTS Gardening, Permaculture, biking, skiing, German language, technology and green building. 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