8/14/2005

John Krane
john@johnkrane.com

Objective: To continue creating and overseeing large-scale online communities and services.

Education: 
- Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology (2000)
- Masters of Science in Information Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology (2007)

Technical Skills: 
- PHP, 5 years experience
- ASP, 9 years experience, including database integration and VBScript
- HTML, 10 years experience
- CSS, 7 years experience
- IIS, 5 years experience in enterprise hosting
- Apache, 4 years experience in enterprise hosting
- SQL, 10 years experience
- MSSQL, 6 years experience enterprise sysadmin
- Java, limited exposure and concepts
- C++, 10 years various experience in OOP
- Adobe ImageReady/Photoshop, 10 years experience in web graphics
- MS Office, experienced in all applications
- Operating Systems, experience working in Microsoft Windows9x/NT/2000/XP/2003, RedHat Linux, Sun OS/Solaris. Microsoft Windows system administrator
- CAD/CAM, limited experience with 3D Studio Max, Pro/ENGINEER, DEdit
- Perl, 2 years limited programming
- WebTrends, 4 years experience in web traffic heuristics and statistical analysis

Training/Certification:
- SunGard SCT Luminis III Fundamentals (Documentum 5.x)
- SunGard SCT Luminis II Fundamentals (Documentum 4i)
- SunGard SCT PublisherStudio (formerly WebPublisher)

Professional Affiliations:
- Member, HTML Writers Guild (hwg.org)
- Member, International Webmasters Association (iwanet.org)
- Student Member, Association for Computing Machinery (acm.org)

Professional Assets:
- Familiar with user-centered design and web usability.
- Formal studies in psychology, perception psychology, HCI, and users' online habits.
- Production experience in Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS), including Active/Passive, Active/Active, and Network Load Balancing clusters
- Production experience with IIS and Windows web services in an Active Directory clustered environment.
- Microsoft Exchange 5.5 administrator, Exchange 2000 Web Services administrator.
- Deployed network cameras and surveillance.
- Possess excellent communication skills with experience in translating non-technical client ideas into technical specifications.
- Extensive experience as acting liaison between end users and technical staff.

Professional Experience:

Responsible for NJIT's primary domain, njit.edu. roughly 18,000 top-level pages.  System responsibilities included: platform maintenance, application upgrades, security patching, system optimization, scalability, and availability.  Development responsibilities include: promoting new content/archiving old content, hand coding, image manipulation, assisting others in content creation, content editing, maintaining portal content, programming and database integration, HTML design, standards compliance, advanced server configurations, and improving efficiency in web services and content deployment.  Created and deployed NJIT's first production Windows cluster environment for web services.  Deployed NJIT's first production Windows Server 2003 web services environment.  Act as NJIT's top liaison concerning web services.  Oversee student web developers and coordinate with department web content officers (WCO's).

Co-founded while a freshman in college.  Responsibilities include team management, web and e-commerce development, client proposals, research and development, hardware and software implementation, and expansion planning. Assisted in developing corporate business plan and operating procedures.  Was in charge of creating innovative and functional web sites and intranets for clients, including integration of ordering and inventory systems.

Executive duties included finanical planning, legal resolutions, and venture capital solicitation.

Responsible for customer service, floor sales, and inventory. Promoted to software and hardware support and installations. Assisted in store openings and closings. 

Extracurricular:

Responsible for installation and maintenance of all WindowsNT computers and accounts. Implemented RealAudio and MP3 SHOUTcast live-feed encoding.  Member of WJTB Executive Board.

Managed on-air personalities. Contacted and maintained relationships with record label executives, distributors, and artists. Member of WJTB Executive Board. 

Current Work Example:
http://www.njit.edu/ (2001-present) - More "webmaster" than developer, at NJIT I am responsible for all day-to-day operations of public web services to students, faculty, and staff.  I coordinate with a team of system administrators and content developers in the production of web-related material checked into Documentum, our content management system.  I report directly to the Executive Director of University Communications. My job provides a large degree of latitude and freedom to explore new web services and apply them to the education enterprise.

Archived Work Example:
http://www.seniorproject.com  (2000-2001, defunct) - "SeniorProject.com is a marketplace of ideas and project resources for college students. The site also generates exposure for college students doing professional-grade projects that would otherwise be disposed of by their department after submission. It was created as a senior project at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Points of note: Web site uses extensive ASP and VBScript. page content is almost entirely pulled from a database. Hierarchal category navigation system built entirely from scratch.  Database driven, can support an unlimited number of categories, sub-categories, and project entries. User registration integrated with cookies to allow tracking of session and registration information. Fully functional ad management system is in place including banner ad rotation, tracking, and reporting.  Advertising Media Kit is available for download.  Entire site was built in 36 days from 5/22/00 to 6/26/00. " (2001)