Bradley Stec
818 SW 3rd Avenue, # 268
Portland, Oregon 97204-2405
United States
(+1) 503.888.3145
bstec@whereless.com
Summary

I am a professional with a marketing, database, web engineering, and management background. I have a passion for excellence and am pursuing a career in which I can use my skills to work with customers, build applications, create reliable solutions, and help peers and employees grow. I am secret certification ready.

Project Management Skills

   Competence
   Marketing: Program Management, Online Advertising, Campaigns, Events,
      Legal and Branding Aspects
   Sales: Field Account Representation, Presentations
   Training: Training Presentations, Mentorship
   Liaison/Consulting: Inter-corporate, Inter-divisional, Inter-departmental, Inter-national
   Legal: Corporate Contract Negotiation, Individual Contract Negotiation
   Mentorship: Web Authors, Junior Employees, Interns
   Writing: User and Reference Manuals, Web Site Copy Editing
   Management: Corporate Operational Policy, Recruiting, Hiring, Firing,
      Personnel Policy, Strategic Executive, Team Management,
      Programmers, Creative and Development Agencies,
      Project Management, Familiarity With Operating Policies
      (COBIT, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404)

Technical Skills

   Expertise
   Ecommerce: Authorize.net, ValetPay, PayPal (Verisign)
   Databases: SQL Databases, Schema Design, Web Application Design, XML/SOAP
   Scripting: Cross-Platform JavaScript, DHTML, Cookies, Visual BASIC
   Design: HTML/DHTML/XHTML, CSS2, CSS3, Adobe Photoshop, Graphics Formats
   Server Administration: Server Farm Architecture (security, scalability, redundancy)

   Competence
   Disciplines: Troubleshooting, QA, Version Control, UI Design, Content Classification, Log Analysis
   Server Side: PHP, ASP, Python, Perl, Awk
   Client Programming: JavaScript, ActionScript, VBScript
   Databases: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Access
      Microsoft Foxpro, Cold Fusion, O'Hanlon Database Solution, DBase, Paradox
   Server Administration: Novell v3.x, Microsoft Windows NTv3, NTv4, 2000 Server, XP, 2003 Server,
      RedHat, CentOS v4-v5, Debian, Ubuntu v7-v8.10
   Networking: IPX, TCP/IP, Modem BBS Technologies, Server Colocation and Hosting,
      Firewalls and Security
   Internetworking: Internet Domains and DNS, Web Servers, Internet Mail Technologies,
      Telephony & Chat Technologies
   Hardware: Intel Architecture, Motherboards, BIOS, CDROM Technologies, Technology Standards

 

Experience

Manager, ITPDX LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA -- January 2008 to Present

  • Organized and managed IT squad to handle the "Oprah Effect" for an ecommerce customer
  • Built-out and solidified medical practice consultation web application to version 2 (more reliable and robust using newer technologies).
  • Built-out and created syndication model for medical practice consultation web application.
  • Architected, designed, and developed online statistical survey analysis system.
  • Localized online statistical survey analysis for contact lens resales to 11 languages including several multi-byte languages and opened access to worldwide audiences.
  • Developed world-class ecommerce hosting operation for ecommerce hosting operation.
  • Developed content managed portal sites.
  • Completely overhauled existing ecommerce storefronts to new platform.
  • Developed customized ecommerce storefronts for several customers.
  • Architected and developed functional design specs for nation-wide real-time delivery service platform web application.
  • Assisted planning, sales, and installation of load-balancing hosted platforms.
  • Numerous smaller projects in LAMP, WAMP, WIMP, and Java technologies.
Manager, ITPDX LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA -- January 2006 to December 2007
  • Migrated complicated medical subscription service based on ColdFusion 5 to ColdFusion 7. Required MSSQL skills and ColdFusion programming. Also included ecommerce and plenty of JavaScript mathematics.
  • Architected, designed, and developed a community portal with paid subscription service site in PHP, MySQL and launched it on the load-balanced web environment previously created.
  • Architected, designed, and developed a performance benchmark statistics system aggregating multiple disparate sources of data into one intranet user interface based upon ASP and MSSQL.
  • Managed project to develop customized Firefox plugin to provide exact print layout control for FedEx label printing (including barcode generation). Performed a large part of the ASP, JavaScript, and MSSQL work involved in the integration.
  • Managed project to build corporate IT environment for brand-new company. Designed to keep it stable and low-maintenance so that average cost of IT service was kept under $100/m after installation.
  • Helped develop back-end functions providing XML cataloging and harvesting of published book data to be presented in an interactive multimedia format.
  • Assisted local company in identifying and remedying database and CPU usage overloads in an extranet portal application on Linux, MySQL, and PHP scripting.
  • Numerous coding and DBA services on small projects mostly in PHP and/or MySQL related.
  • Overhauled several office IT environments to facilitate our low-maintenance low-cost management model.
  • Restructured Moonbeam Consulting LLC business model for continued growth.
Manager, Moonbeam Consulting LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA -- June 2001 to January 2006
  • Developed reseller marketing model to create steady growth of clientelle.
  • Developed non-branded service model to allow internal marketing efforts which still integrate seamlessly with resellers' efforts.
  • Architected, developed, and deployed load-balancing clustered web servers supporting a java servlet-based ecommerce webapp -- handling $4 million in sales revenue for 2004.
  • Overhauled and stabilized web ecommerce platform based on ColdFusion and Oracle database.
  • Database maintenance and data acquisition for multiple businesses from auto club, insurance, cell phone accessory, real-estate management, and financial businesses.
  • Designed, developed, and deployed numerous extranet and intranet web applications for clients in the auto club, insurance, and financial industries.
  • Developed commercial quality mail server system with layered mail handling to provide rock-solid spam, antivirus, and relay control. Now providing mail service to over 100 domains and servicing over 1000 email users scattered across the country.
  • Rescued and recovered multiple companies from hacker attack -- forming new client relationships in the process.
  • Operational management for numerous e-commerce web sites.
  • Numerous firewall installations and network security consultations.
  • Numerous management projects requiring a host of contractor expertise.
  • Developed customized Internet portal web sites based on open source technologies.
  • Consulted and participated in jump starting several local start up companies.
  • Various web design/development projects utililizing myriad skills and abilities.
Sr. Software Engineer, RuleSpace, Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA -- March 2000 to June 2001
  • Strategically important role as part of a three man team to design, develop, and deploy the backbone technologies and feedback loop system of the Parental Control service for America Online.
  • Specifically responsible for communications systems and security between AOL operations and RuleSpace operations.
  • Worked with internal and external customers to understand requirements and design to satisfy.
  • Designed, developed, and deployed the service interface for internal staff to process feedback from AOL members and deliver corrections to the RuleSpace Context Recognition engines.
Web Operations Manager, RuleSpace, Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA -- July 1998 to March 2000
  • Managed team of web specialists in projects with marketing and product integration web sites.
  • Worked with internal and external customers to understand strategic objectives and design solutions to satisfy.
  • Drove content development with external and internal partners.
  • Managed execution of online advertising campaigns.
  • Designed, developed, deployed, and administered a suite of database driven service scripts (product or person registrations, FAQs, downloaders, mail handlers... et cetera). The system included ecommerce and database integration throughout.
  • Designed, developed, deployed, and administered a robust redundant server farm for web marketing.
  • Worked with international and domestic OEM partners to reproduce and tailor Web Operations systems.
Web MarCom Specialist, Intel Corporation -- April 1997 to July 1998
  • Consulted to Divisions at Intel Oregon and Intel Utah.
  • Liaison to Corporate Web Marketing to synchronize marketing efforts.
  • Designed, developed, and launched online service product and promotional electronic marketing programs.
  • Launched Intel's first-ever for-pay consumer online service requiring ecommerce purchase.
  • Developed standards and certification guidelines for Intel Web Authorship
Marketing Programs Manager, Intel Corporation -- June 1995 to April 1997
  • Managed and operated Networking Products Division Web site.
  • Drove content creation and maintenance of content.
  • Helped redefine lead gathering for my marketing group to include web-based marketing methods.
  • Numerous marketing programs and interactive projects (Web sites, online training programs, CDROM multimedia, online customer registration system).
  • Helped invent and establish the Intel Web Author's Club (internal web authoring community).
Director of Engineering, The Delta Group, Beaverton, Oregon, USA -- March 1994 to June 1995
  • Designed, developed and deployed online real estate marketing service.
  • Operated and sold real estate marketing service to over 10 brokerages servicing over 6 MLS areas from Washington to Nevada.
Dad, Stayton, Oregon, USA -- January 1994 to March 1994
  • Managed a household.
  • Programming and Consulting.
Director of Technical Services, Buffalo Products, Salem, Oregon, USA -- February 1990 to January 1994
  • Managed team of technicians: recruited, hired, trained, and coached my team.
  • Determined corporate strategy as member of Executive Team.
  • Built automated tech support help desk and resource system.
  • Improved overall corporate sales due to excellence in service and increased customer loyalty -- (70% of sales out in 1993 were attributed to repeat sales (many customers specifically attributing technical services as their reason for loyalty).
References Available Upon Request