Anthony Ruggeri - aruggeri@aruggeri.com

OBJECTIVE

A position of responsibility requiring a wide range of technical and non-technical skills, in a dynamic, progressive technology organization dedicated to delivering quality software solutions.

SUMMARY

A driven and results-oriented professional with seven years of professional application development experience in Internet, intranet, and Windows environments.  Multiple programming languages, platforms, and tools.  Participation and leadership throughout project life cycles.  Excellent creative, analytical, and technical capabilities with project and people management experience.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Visual Basic (all versions), Javascript, VBScript, Java / J++, ANSI C, Borland C++, informal VC++ with ATL.

Technologies: COM / DCOM, ActiveX, ADO, ASP, HTML / DHTML, UML, OLE, CSS, informal XML, CGI, TCP/IP.

Platforms and Tools: Windows NT 4.0, MTS, MSMQ, IIS, SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0, Windows 3.x / 95 / 98, Internet Explorer (all versions), Netscape Navigator 3.x, informal Windows 2000, DOS, UNIX.

Software: Microsoft Project 98, Office 95, 97, and 2000, Adobe Photoshop, Visual SourceSafe, Macromedia Director, Visio, Forte, Rational Rose.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1999-present InvestorForce.com (formerly PlanSponsorExchange.com), Wayne, PA
Director of Site Architecture, Technology Manager

• First technology hire and one of the first 10 employees.
• Led the effort to transition source code, release management, and production support for the site from a vendor to a rapidly growing internal development team.
• Designed a user registration and security system utilizing custom COM objects, database schema, and ASP standards.  Led the migration of the site from Site Server to this new system.
• Acted as development manager, site operations manager, and configuration/build manager during changes in executive management and until individuals were recruited to fill those roles.
• Designed a source code management methodology to use Visual SourceSafe as a flexible release-tracking and automated build system.  Implemented enhancements to allow parallel testing and release of multiple independent projects to a single web site.
• Technology lead on a knowledge management product that coordinated input from three different vendors and evolved from an outsourced solution to one built and maintained by internal staff.
• Provided support and advice to members of the development team concerning architecture and design, technology choices, and "legacy" code.

1998-1999 Southwestern Bell Cellular One (formerly Comcast Cellular), King of Prussia, PA
MIS Team Leader

• Managed of a mixed team of up to thirteen employees and consultants working disparate projects, including performance reviews.  Key participant in efforts to improve methodology and process.
• Provided technical leadership on projects for Finance, Sales and Marketing, and other business groups as well for MIS itself.  Responsibilities included both management and technical tasks.
• Participated in multiple project phases including planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and support.
• Charter member of an Architecture Team tasked with reviewing project solutions and technologies, and synthesizing a long-term strategic technology vision for the department.
• Attended Microsoft TechEd 99 in Dallas, TX to evaluate and compare current best practices for DNA development.

1997-1998 Coretech Consulting Group, Inc., King of Prussia, PA
Consultant

• For Delmarva Power (currently Conectiv), developed a Windows 95 install program and client interfaces for ReachOut 7.0 (a remote access system) using WinBatch and Visual Basic 3.0 on a Banyan Vines network.
• For Corestates Bank (currently First Union), developed active server pages, VB5 COM objects, Access and Oracle 7 database interfaces, and user interface and object documentation for an Internet banking project.
• For Comcast Cellular (currently Southwestern Bell Cellular One), led the content development team utilizing Microsoft DNA architecture to build Internet and intranet applications.   Designed interfaces and architecture, wrote code and documentation, managed up to 6 people, and participated in object design and data modelling.  Technologies included IIS 4.0, MTS 2.0, DCOM, and SQL Server 6.5.

1993-1997 Formal Systems, Inc. (currently Pedagogue Solutions), Princeton, NJ
Technical Consultant

• Developed a variety of custom and commercial software using C++ and Visual Basic against the win16 and win32 APIs.
• Developed multimedia and web content with Director 5.0 and IconAuthor.
• Coordinated project development requiring input from multiple authors and artists, and built frameworks and tools for use by non-programmers.
• Made hardware purchase decisions and handled upgrading, in-house software tools, and network administration.
• Composed and produced music soundtracks and engineered digital sound.
• Interacted with clients throughout design, development, and delivery.

1988-1993 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Pew Fellow in Systematics, Curatorial Assistant

• Performed in molecular systematics research in the Entomology, Malacology, and Ornithology departments, including DNA hybridization analysis.
• Designed new data entry system for Department of Malacology using QuickBasic 4.0.

EDUCATION

1991-1995 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

• A.B., Department of Molecular Biology; GPA 3.7.
• Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Molecular Biology.
• High school valedictorian; Westinghouse Science Talent Search semifinalist; SAT 1450.