Project manager and engineer with over 20 years experience running projects with large, diverse teams. Effectively lead teams of 2 to 5 in corporate projects and with teams from 20 to 50 in online projects. Strong focus on communication and empathy empowering others to do their best work.
Work Experience
Founder / Manager / Lead Engineer, PortableApps.com, New York NY
2005 - Present
- Grew project from zero to 3 million users, 2 million monthly visitors, 1.2 billion app downloads
- Lead an international team of 20+ developers and 50+ translators via Slack, GitHub, etc
- Code and manage software launch menu, app store, updater, and portable software utilities
- Creation, coding, and management of PortableApps.com website and 250k user community
- Community outreach, press relations, license negotiations, and other business functions
- Software we created was distributed and/or reviewed by tech magazines and sites worldwide, the BBC, CNN, NY Times, etc
- Write and maintain over 500 pages of technical and end user documentation
- Successfully resolve interpersonal and directional conflicts between developers and users ensuring team and user cohesion
Chief Executive Officer / Lead Engineer, Rare Ideas, New York NY
2000 - 2006
- Built an event management, e-commerce, financial reporting, and CMS for a private equity events company that processed over $1.5 million a year in sales
- Created an education, e-commerce, events, 5000+ page digital encyclopedia, and community site for a venture capital events company
- Created accessible ecommerce, non-profit, and SME websites
Technology Director, Optech Systems, New York NY
1998 - 2000
- Design and full stack development of web and native projects
- Built layout, code, graphic design and maintained of company sites
Technical Project Lead / Engineer, Bankers Trust, New York NY
1996 - 1998
- Created first inter-departmental web application design framework used across Europe and the US
- Development and management of web and native code projects
Skills
Code: Javascript, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, SQL (MS, MySQL, SQLite), git / GitHub, ASP, VBScript, .NET
Methodologies: Agile / Scrum, Waterfall
CMS: Drupal, WordPress
Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, Davinci Resolve, Figma, Premiere, Canva
Education
BS in Computer Science and Information Systems, Binghamton University
Other
Host and perform improvisational comedy and act as a theater community manager for hundreds of performers from age 20 to 80
Location: New York, NY | | Web: JohnHaller.com