Nilauro Markus

Resume

Objective: To project manage a strong web development team in building applications and sites

Key Skills:

Project Management: all phases of project life-cycle, from private sector to large public clients
Design: from initial usage flow diagrams to fully functional creative mockups
Coding: advanced XHTML and CSS, tweaking JavaScript, PHP, ActionScript and other code
Teaching/Training: to people of all age groups and with all levels of computer experience
Languages: Native English, speak fluent French and German, some Spanish, limited Tamil

Education:

BS in Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 4.0 GPA, class of 2000

Work History:

Web Project Manager, Version3 Inc., 2004 - 2010
Version3 designs and implements online strategies for a wide range of public and private sector clients

Full-cycle Web Project Management of all Version3’s projects, including initial client contact, scope development and recommendations, managing developers and contractors, risk mitigation, reporting to stakeholders, client training and project evaluation
Custom Content Management Systems for mission-critical fire reporting website with up to 1 million views per day for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE), California Department of Emergency Services, and Board of Forestry
Comprehensive Web-based Accounting/Payroll Application for large company with multiple branches to track and pay for work performed by individuals and teams of hourly, salaried and commission-based employees
Web User Experience redevelopment by face-lifting, restructuring and providing easier access to information for small and large websites (over 1,000 pages)
Questionnaire Building Application provided to various companies as an online service to collect and report on their customers’ experiences
In-house Web Developer providing all web services for Entercom Sacramento, a large radio/PR firm, and for all of its website clients
Database Integrated Websites to mine information gathered from multiple online sources
Educational/eLearning and Interactive Websites using customized Flash interfaces, social media and various online educational packages including moodle for training and administering tests
Multimedia Websites with Audio, Video, Interactive Flash and integration of 3rd party systems such as real-estate loan processing and authorization
eCommerce Websites using customized 3rd party cart solutions
Small Websites for companies with limited budgets needing an initial or revamped web presence
Training/Teaching/Presentations to clients and stakeholders during and at end of project lifecycle
Writing Documentation and User Manuals for complex projects
Quality Assurance testing on complex projects and proposing solutions to issues

Executive Director, Auroville International USA, 2001 - 2004
Auroville International USA is a non-profit organization supporting the international township of Auroville

Management of all projects including fundraising, conferences and speaker tours
Presentations to the Board of Directors and to the public at small and large venues
Reported to Board on all projects, conducted Board meetings and prepared minutes
Developed Website for organization, from design/concept through writing and editing copy/content

Selective Portfolio

Public Sector:

CALFIRE: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
- Created custom Incidents Management System, receiving over 500,000 hits/day during fire sieges
- Created custom Content Management System for database half of the website
- Created custom application to put Redbooks (historical statistics) online in searchable format
- Maintained all aspects of the website
- Adapted state template to PHP with includes, etc
- Restructured and ported site with thousands of pages into new template
BOF: California Board of Forestry
- Designed & Project Managed development of Custom CMS
- Trained department on use
OES Office of Emergency Services
- Project Managed the development of a custom semantic web Content Management System
- Installations of the CMS can share data objects with each other
CFA: CA Fire Alliance
- Recently added Take Responsibility subdomain
- posters, audio/video, social media
California NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Redesigned their website, with a view on redoing all their websites across California
CA Department of Transportation – Get Across 80
- Worked with Ogilvy's design to create and maintain website
- Weekly updates on construction and traffic conditions on HWY 80
Sacramento Superior Court – immigrants in court
- Raising awareness for language/cultural issues in Sacramento's court system.
- Video for public
- Video and quizzes for in-house staff/employees

Private Sector:

Entercom Sacramento - Fusion Department
- Support for 5 top radio stations in Sacramento, CA
- Provided web support for radio stations
- Designed, built, project managed all websites for Entercom's clients
One Big Bin – Recycling center
- Multimedia site with Flash and video
Version3, Inc. - Corporate website
- Designed and maintained website
- Project managed all their web projects
- See the portfolio
Rate Us 1 to 10 – customizable survey generator
- Created a customized system to create and manage surveys
- Designed and built website
Sacramento Home and Garden Show
- Website
JavaCity
- Used Dreamweaver templates & library objects to keep consistency in site and design, while allowing client to maintain Website

Web Applications:

Created Content Management Systems

Custom CMS developed

BOF: Website
CAL FIRE Incidents (seamless with php site) Website
CFA: Website

CERES – semantic web

Not yet released
Non Disclosure Agreement
Reusable data objects can be shared between installations

Accounting application:
- OCCommunications

Email Marketing:

HTML Email layouts: Tribal Direct/StickyFish (Entercom), Vertical Response (AVIUSA)