Summary
Professional Biography
I am an information technologist with over 30 years experience in application and web development. Over the past 12 years have specialized in developing Drupal websites as a developer, themer, and site builder. Proficient in leading an internal or external development team, liaising with contractors and managing client relationships.
Please feel free to look through the rest of this site and evaluate my experience. Contact me if you decide I can be of service to you.
Quick Stats
| Name |
Sean Reiser
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| Location |
Flushing, NY
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| Phone |
(347) 321-4338
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| US Employment Eligibility |
U.S. Citizen
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| Years Experience in Software Development |
30
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| Years Experience in Drupal |
12
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Experience
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06
NOWIndependent Drupal Contractor
2006 - present
- Design web strategies based on an evaluation of an organization's processes and upcoming needs
- Architect and develop websites using Drupal
- Develop custom modules
- Create bespoke themes
- Perform periodic
- Technologies include: PHP, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, MySQL Apache, Linux, APC, Drupal (versions: 4.7, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x) AJAX, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Linux, and Pantheon
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07
08Enfatico, Inc
2007-2008
Interim Development Manager
- Managed a team of 4 in-house programers and liaised with off-shore development teams
- Served as lead developer and technical architect for a job initiation system written in C#.NET using Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2005. This three tier web forms application allowed clients to request work from the agency and provided global visibility to work in progress reducing duplicate work by 45%
- Advised “C level” executives at Enfatico and Enfatico’s parent company, WPP, on the use and position of Social Media and Networking properties
- Designed and developed a capital expenditure system in C#.NET, using Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2005. This product included tracking of management and finance approvals of capital expenditures for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance purposes
- Implemented a blog, staff directory and wiki based on Drupal 6.0 for internal and client facing collaboration. Several custom modules were written in PHP5 giving employees access to internal HR databases and tools. A theme was implemented based on a design laid out by internally graphic design staff
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06
07thestreet.com
2006-2007
Lead Developer
- Designed and developed an automated mutual fund analytics engine in C#.NET using Visual Studio 2005, and SQL Server 2005. This application runs automated on a nightly basis, and determines a value for individual mutual funds based on the value and volatility of the component stocks in the funds
- Supported and maintained a legacy mutual fund rating system written in Visual FoxPro, C#.net, and Visual Basic 6.0 while developing the new analytics engine
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05
06IBM
2005-2006
Contract Programmer
- Architected a port of a CA-Clipper application to xHarbour
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01
05The Clayton Group
2001-2005
Programmer
- Supported and maintained a loan review system written in Clipper 5.2
- Designed reporting system in Visual FoxPro
- Ported a mortgage due diligence application to xHarbour, an open source compiler based on Clipper. This application is used by over 200 mortgage underwriters weekly ensuring mortgages sold on the secondary market are in legal compliance. The rules engine from this application was converted into a DLL for Clayton’s next generation due diligence system, which has a .NET front end
- Implemented 3DES encryption in VB.NET to encrypt data in stored in flat tables
- Separated UI, business rules, and data access into a three-tier architecture allowing a peel away strategy for porting the application from a DOS based application into a modern windows application
- Designed, coded and implemented a VB.NET application to import flat Clipper data tables into a data warehouse. The data warehouse is stored in SQL Server 2005. The application used SQL Server’s DTS to import the data
- Implemented a Blog and Wiki for internal team communications using Drupal
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98
01Citigroup (formerly AST Stockplan, Inc)
1998-2001
Vice President, Information Systems
- Supervised a team of 8 in-house developers in developing a stock plan administration system
- Served as liaison to offshore development teams
- Designed a disaster recover plan while was implemented in the wake of 9/11 with no loss of data or business
- Managed system and data migration plan for the merger of Citigroup’s and AST StockPlan’s systems
- Rearchitected ESPP process flow reducing processing time by 25% while increasing accuracy by 75%
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98The Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
1997-1998
Technical Officer
- Supervised a team of 8 developers supporting and maintaining a mortgage originations system written in CA-Clipper 5.2
- Automated the process of retrieving credit scores allowing fast approval of credit applications
- Designed and implemented an application running on the Palm Pilot allowing more efficient home appraisals
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95
97Law Journal Information Systems
1995-1997
Contract Programmer
- Maintained a vertical market application written in CA-Clipper, which provided New York State docket information to law firms
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93
95TitleServe, Inc
1993-1995
Technical Officer
- Designed, implemented and maintained CA-Cliper applications for the day to day running of the business including programs to track the status of title applications and billing
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88
93Computer Associates
1988-1993
Sr. Support Technician
- Provided online and telephone technical support for Computer Associates’ programming languages
Portfolio
I have 12 years experience developing Drupal websites.
I've had a role in building over 150 Drupal Websites for Non-Profits, Small Companies, Digital Agencies, Media Companies and Startups. Here is a selected sample of the sites I've worked on
Mrs. Dash
Mrs. Dash
I built a Drupal 7 website for Mrs. Dash. In addition to standard site building activities, custom FeedAPI feed processors were built to import recipes from B&G's propriety recipe database.
PBS
PBS
I was brought in to help PBS with 2 of the sites in their portfolio.
The site for the "This Emotional Life" program was having scaling problems during the airing of the program. I made changes to the site's cacheing scheme to reduce server load. Additionally, APC, memcache and varnish were implemented on the server to futher reduce load.
I also architected a Drupal site to serve as CMS for a Javascript front end. The CMS served as a middle tier between PBS's program scheduling database, content from a number of different sites run by the individual television production companies. The FeedsAPI was used to extract, transform and load data. The ServicesAPI was used to send JSON data to the front end.
Queens Library
Queens Library
I wrote modules to interface the Queens Library's Drupal 7 website to their legacy systems to allow users to check out materials schedule pickups and drop offs, and provide other member benefits.
I also implemented multilingual (i8n) for the site. I built a translation workflow into the site to allow remote translators to translate, verify and publish content.
World Cares Center
World Cares Center
I developed, enhanced and maintained the World Cares Center's Ready Responders Network, a Drupal based social network used to manage NGOs responding to a disaster. The site makes heavy used of Organic Groups to allow NGOs ease communications between responding groups.
24/Savvy
24/Savvy
I built 24/savvy.com, a women's lifestyle site in Drupal 7. Site makes extensive use of CCK, Views, Advertising, UserPoints and Signup Modules. I was responsible for routine server administration and maintenance.
Bravo TV for NBC Universal
Bravo TV for NBC Universal
I upgraded Bravo's website from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 which included Instituting best practices in the codebase. I removed business logic from theme and implemented the logic in modules.
Guideposts
Guideposts
I served as lead developer on the rebuild of the Guideposts website. I was brought in midway through the project when there were problems with the project. I rearchitected the site moving toward a framework which would be simplier for future development and content administration.
Pfizer
Pfizer
I architected Pfizer’s eSample and eDetail platforms built in Drupal 7 and oversaw offshore development teams including technical team leadership and code reviews.
Juicetyme
Juicetyme
I developed a brouchureware site in Drupal 6.x
Good Earth Beauty
Good Earth Beauty
I designed and developed Good Earth Beauty, a Drupal eCommerce site. The shopping components of the site make heavy use of ubercart.
DIY Seder
DIY Seder
I architected and developed a document generation site from the ground up in Drupal 7 including building custom modules to generate PDF documents from nodes using PrinceXML and interface with Lulu.
Alex's Lemonaide Stand
Alex's Lemonaide Stand
I performed routine Drupal 7 maintenance
Contact Me
Contact Me
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