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Experience & Education
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3rd degree Master Mason A. F. & A. M.; 32nd degree A. & A. S. R.
Young Freemasons
- Present 10 years 7 months
Social Services
I have been a Freemason since February of 2015, and was raised to Master Mason in June of 2015. I attained the 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite in December of 2015. This organization regularly engages in philanthropic events, blood drives, fundraising and community outreach initiatives. My local chapter is Ivanhoe #107 in Darien, CT.
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2013-14 Vice President of Education; 2014-15 "Outstanding Area Governor"
Toastmasters International
- Present 12 years 6 months
Education
I've been a member and regular contributor to Toastmasters International, a 501(c)(3) non-profit designed to assist people with their public speaking and communication skills, since joining the club in March of 2013 shortly after I joined Gartner.
From July of 2013 through June of 2014, I was our company club's Vice President of Education, helping us attain the highest club honor possible: the President's Distinguished Club award. From July of 2014 through June of 2015, I contributed to…I've been a member and regular contributor to Toastmasters International, a 501(c)(3) non-profit designed to assist people with their public speaking and communication skills, since joining the club in March of 2013 shortly after I joined Gartner.
From July of 2013 through June of 2014, I was our company club's Vice President of Education, helping us attain the highest club honor possible: the President's Distinguished Club award. From July of 2014 through June of 2015, I contributed to 4 clubs in Fairfield County as their Area Governor, helping all 4 clubs achieve Distinguished Club status (and one of the three clubs hadn't achieved this in 3 years; an additional two had never before done so).
In recognition of my contributions toward the transformation of 3 struggling clubs (and one strong one) into 4 very well-organized, successful clubs, I was awarded “Outstanding Area Governor” by the district leadership in late 2015. -
Founding member; board member
Southern New England Pagan Society
- 1 year
Civil Rights and Social Action
Although I am a Buddhist myself, I was one of the founding members of the Southern New England Pagan Society (SNEPS, which was incorporated under CGS Sec. 33-264a as a "religious society" planning to seek 501(c)(3) status after a full year of financial data was compiled; organization is now defunct).
I stayed on with the team in their first 18 months of operation, planning, marketing and executing several successful community events and assisting with procedural matters and filing…Although I am a Buddhist myself, I was one of the founding members of the Southern New England Pagan Society (SNEPS, which was incorporated under CGS Sec. 33-264a as a "religious society" planning to seek 501(c)(3) status after a full year of financial data was compiled; organization is now defunct).
I stayed on with the team in their first 18 months of operation, planning, marketing and executing several successful community events and assisting with procedural matters and filing obligations. Eventually, I resigned my board seat based on concerns I had about the board's regulatory compliance and matters of process. The organization ceased operations approximately 18 months after I cut ties. -
Volunteer for 4+ years; board member for 1 year
Hole in the Wall Theater of New Britain, CT
- 4 years
Arts and Culture
For several years, I contributed to the Hole in the Wall Theater of New Britain, CT as a member of their general assembly (all contributors are able to vote on a monthly basis on theater business), as an actor, and in contributions to lighting, audio, set design and basically whatever else was needed. For the last year I volunteered here (before relocating elsewhere in the state for work) I was a member of their board of directors. HitW is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
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Volunteer
Habitat for Humanity International
- Present 21 years
Poverty Alleviation
I have been volunteering on Habitat home builds on and off, as the opportunity presents itself, for over a decade. It's an incredibly rewarding and educational outlet.
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Chaplain, Warden, Sr. Pledgemaster
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
- 2 years
Social Services
From 2004 through 2006, I was active in the Phi Delta Theta chapter at Central CT State University. PDT is a social organization with a 501(c)(3) arm (the "Phi Delta Theta Foundation") that makes significant contributions to many valuable causes, including ALS (as the condition's namesake, Lou Gehrig, was a Phi Delt).
During my active membership in the organization, I contributed in several capacities, including as Warden, Chaplain, and Sr. Pledgemaster, as well as organizing and…From 2004 through 2006, I was active in the Phi Delta Theta chapter at Central CT State University. PDT is a social organization with a 501(c)(3) arm (the "Phi Delta Theta Foundation") that makes significant contributions to many valuable causes, including ALS (as the condition's namesake, Lou Gehrig, was a Phi Delt).
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Student Government Association Senator; Events Committee Chair
Central Connecticut State University
- 2 years
Politics
I was a student senator and contributor to CCSU's Student Government Association for two years, serving also as the chair of several committees including the student events committee, and collectively administering and overseeing the distribution of a 7-figure budget within the committees I presided on.
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Member of Troop 52 in Meriden, CT; 2-time Senior Patrol Leader
Boy Scouts of America, Connecticut Yankee Council
- 6 years
Children
I was a Boy Scout for 7 years from 1996 through 2002, serving my last two years as Senior Patrol Leader for Troop 52 in Meriden, CT. We regularly contributed to community service programs, outreach initiatives, philanthropic events and fundraising drives.
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Member of SHS Interact Club
Rotary International
- 1 year
Social Services
I was a member of the youth branch of Rotary International, Interact, for two years while in high school.
Courses
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Advanced Management Tactics
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American Literature I & II
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Calculus I & II
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Chemistry I & II
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Christian Studies
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Computer Science I - IV
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Entry to Management and Marketing
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General Psychology
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International Marketing
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Mandarin Chinese I & II
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Philosophy I & II
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Physics I, II & III
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World Theology
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Projects
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My Gartner (Recommendations, Track, Explore, Activity, Library, etc.)
- Present
In 2016, my focus will be shifting to Gartner's next massive project: an end-to-end redevelopment of each of our primary client-facing services on My Gartner, starting with the home page and recommendation feed, and moving onward to include overhauls of each of the other most commonly used tools on the site. This is an opportunity to advance the technology stack we're employing across all services, and will be a significant advancement of our clients' user experience.
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Gartner's Mobile Research App
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Starting shortly after I transitioned from a contract consultant to a full-time associate with Gartner in March of 2013, I have been a regular contributor to our Mobile Research App, assisting with feature enhancements, bug fixes, and the migration from the initial version 1.5 of PhoneGap to the current 6.x version of Cordova over time. I am presently working with the product team and some outside consultants on an end-to-end redevelopment of this platform and its services.
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Gartner Peer Insights
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In 2015, I led the development of the new Peer Insights platform from conception to completion. We started with a full-stack prototype I developed with only myself, a business rep and our Creative Director, used in production 2 weeks after the idea was conceived. Since then, we've built a team of over two dozen contributors and transitioned the application to a scalable enterprise solution for mobile devices and the web using React JS. This project has been a tremendous success thus far and…
In 2015, I led the development of the new Peer Insights platform from conception to completion. We started with a full-stack prototype I developed with only myself, a business rep and our Creative Director, used in production 2 weeks after the idea was conceived. Since then, we've built a team of over two dozen contributors and transitioned the application to a scalable enterprise solution for mobile devices and the web using React JS. This project has been a tremendous success thus far and represents the first completely-new product Gartner has developed from scratch for our clients in the last 5 years. I am presently transitioning away from this team to do the "heavy lifting" on our next massive project, entailing an end-to-end redevelopment of our primary client-facing services on My Gartner.
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Peer Connect MeetUp Board
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Primarily used at Gartner events and one of the first truly "Mode 2" bi-modal IT projects Gartner undertook, I worked with a small team comprised of a business representative, a back-end developer and a designer to build the interactive, animated, highly-engaging Peer Connect MeetUp Board in only 3 weeks from concept to production deployment. I showcased this product at Gartner's Symposium events in Orlando and Barcelona at the end of 2014, and it became "institutionalized" by our events team…
Primarily used at Gartner events and one of the first truly "Mode 2" bi-modal IT projects Gartner undertook, I worked with a small team comprised of a business representative, a back-end developer and a designer to build the interactive, animated, highly-engaging Peer Connect MeetUp Board in only 3 weeks from concept to production deployment. I showcased this product at Gartner's Symposium events in Orlando and Barcelona at the end of 2014, and it became "institutionalized" by our events team lead in the following year as a regular mainstay of our events offerings.
PCMU allows Gartner clients to set up ad-hoc sessions to discuss things most important to them, and is operated on two large touch-screen displays that react to multiple users interacting with them in real time, including 3D transitions and animations.Other creators -
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Gartner Market Statistics
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In Q3 of 2014, I worked closely with the business to develop a complete overhaul of our Gartner Market Statistics platform, introducing modernized UI treatments and a condensed site experience for maximum real estate. This product is a highly-engaging and compelling data visualization tool helping clients to track market spend over time and forecast imminent market opportunities. Partly due to my work on this project, I was one of the first 5 recipients of Gartner's "All-Star Award" in Q4 of…
In Q3 of 2014, I worked closely with the business to develop a complete overhaul of our Gartner Market Statistics platform, introducing modernized UI treatments and a condensed site experience for maximum real estate. This product is a highly-engaging and compelling data visualization tool helping clients to track market spend over time and forecast imminent market opportunities. Partly due to my work on this project, I was one of the first 5 recipients of Gartner's "All-Star Award" in Q4 of 2014.
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Gartner Peer Connect Redesign
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In the first two quarters of 2014, I contributed extensively to a complete overhaul of Gartner's Peer Connect platform, upgrading its underlying software to the latest version, and performing a total redesign of the service to provide a better user experience to the clients of this platform.
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My Gartner (2013 end-to-end redesign)
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At Gartner, I was hired as a contractor and brought on as a full-time employee within 4 months. Within the next 10 months, I was promoted to the role of Front-end Team Lead, largely due to successes with the redesign of nearly every client-facing tool Gartner offers. This was the first complete overhaul of Gartner's service offerings in roughly a decade. I took point on the overhaul of the client home page and recommendation feed, Explore / Track / My Library (containing most of our research)…
At Gartner, I was hired as a contractor and brought on as a full-time employee within 4 months. Within the next 10 months, I was promoted to the role of Front-end Team Lead, largely due to successes with the redesign of nearly every client-facing tool Gartner offers. This was the first complete overhaul of Gartner's service offerings in roughly a decade. I took point on the overhaul of the client home page and recommendation feed, Explore / Track / My Library (containing most of our research), My Activity (allowing users to review the documents they've read and the events attended), site-wide interactive help treatments, and major revisions to Gartner's document delivery services (both for paid clients and an alternate delivery service for search engines and freely-distributed documents), our internal promotional engine (allowing for overlaid advertisements of other client services within the client site), and our search and user profile experiences, and flagship Magic Quadrant, Hype Cycle, and Interactive Critical Capabilities software solutions.
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Events Navigator
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In Q3 of 2013, I made contributions to Gartner's Events Navigator application in Angular JS, building user treatments like an advanced scroll spy and the location review page (displaying, for instance, a conference center or hotel location associated with a given event).
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Honors & Awards
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Outstanding Area Governor, District 53, Area 31
Toastmasters International
Awarded in recognition of guiding all four clubs in my area to achieve "Distinguished Club" status, one of which had not done so in 3 years, and another two of which had previously never achieved.
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STG All-Star Award
Gartner's Strategic Technology Group
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Trailblazer Award
Gartner, Inc.
Awarded for substantial leadership and direct contributions to a complete overhaul of all of Gartner's client-facing applications and services.
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National Leadership Forum Summit Solutions Award
Envision EMI
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Professional working proficiency
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JavaScript
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Mandarin Chinese
Elementary proficiency
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American Sign Language
Elementary proficiency
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