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ARIC H. GANTH
Greater New York/New Jersey Area
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(917) 747-9480
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[email protected]
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www.aricganth.com
SUMMARY OF VALUE DELIVERY
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Web, Mobile and Cloud Solutions Provider; Design, Web Development, Information Architecture, Digital Asset Management;
Budgeting, Subcontracting. Detail-, solution- and consumer-orientation. Analysis, reporting, collaboration, team building, flexibility.
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Adaptive in rapidly evolving environments and marketplaces; Established leadership, marketing and organizational skills.
CURRENT HISTORY
oct 2014Web Development Consultant, Toronto, ON; consulting; contract; part-time; part-remote;
Jai’Reezo / BLMG www.blimplifemg.com Client: Jai R. Richards
Poonam Delite www.poonamdelite.com
Client: Gorby Ghotra
Tomato Gold www.tomatogoldstudio.com Client: Cameron Hackett
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Responsible for all web development, UX (and UI design), interfacing and collaborating with design/creative teams, and
providing/architecting solutions as required for infrastructure and software.
sep / oct 2014Partner / VP, New Jersey / New York; consulting; project; contract; part-time; on-site; part-remote;
LocalLiquors.com (Product Owner) www.localliquors.com Partners: Rastislav Mirek, Stanislav Tvaruzek, Rishi Kathuria
! Established seed money, built minimum viable product for web and mobile delivery service of locally-made (NJ) craft alcohol;
! Facilitating development of business plan; and development of iOS and Android smartphone apps (in addition to secondary
delivery driver mobile application as specified in the business/technical requirements.
! Used HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, Adobe Creative Cloud, SOA, UX, jQuery, and Agile/Scrum to launch prototype during first
sprint. Developed and modified order, payment and login/register features, functions, and templates, in compliance with
standard HTML5 and CSS3.
Mobile Attendance (Business Development) www.attendance.mobi Partners: Stanislav Tvaruzek
! Facilitating lead funneling and development of new business in N. America for robust, cloud payroll/ETS SaaS;
jan 2003Web Developer, Web Content Manager, Greater NY and NJ; Toronto, ON; New Delhi, India; contract; consulting;
AHG Web and Creative (freelance) www.aricganth.com
Partners: see Lifted LLC below.
RECENT HISTORY
aug- aug 2014
Web Development Consultant, Piscataway, New Jersey; contract; consulting; freelance
True Time Trading LLC www.truetimetrading.com Client: Thomas Tarangelo
! Launched prototype using WordPress, Adobe Photoshop, AngularJS, WCMS, HTML5, CSS3 and social media.
! Provided Information Architecture, graphic design, SOA, web development and project management;
! Integrated CMS, SMS gateway, WooCommerce, payment gateways (e.g. PayPal), email marketing;
jul- aug 2014
Web CMS Developer, Red Bank, NJ; contract; full-time; consulting; project; on-site;
Distinctive Workforce Solutions www.dwsworldwide.com Client: Jean-Paul Renard
! Built new website on CMS (content management system) back-end; Designed mockups/wireframes; Launched prototype for
demo/testing; Customized API, extended the interactivity and functionality of multiple objects;
! (Re)developed content to: more effectively promote VMS software-as-a-service, and increase managed services revenue.
! White-labelled and familiarized key personnel with CMS administration; Proposed new digital & email marketing strategy.
! Took lead of company’s online rebranding, from content to redesign using HTML5 and CSS3; Adobe Photoshop; jQuery and
Javascript frameworks, WordPress (CMS); and Agile, Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
! Coordinated with C-level on information architecture, graphic design, copy & content, social media strategy, final website quality
assurance (QA), and move to live server and final launch of new website.
jun- oct 2014
Regional Project Manager, New York; New Jersey; part-time; contract; on-site; remote;
Digital Strategy Works www.digitalstrategyworks.com Mentor: Anthony Zeoli
! Facilitated WordPress project quotes of over $20k.
! Coordinated with business and infrastructure teams, budget management, resource management, as well as technical teams.
! Facilitated documentation and assessment of deliverables, costs, risks, project planning, scheduling, etc.
! Created project timelines including milestones and deadlines while staying on budget and presenting to key business stakeholders.
! Produced SOWs and CRFs; ensured day-to-day task completion and that project requirements were met.
EDUCATION
2016 (expected)
Masters Thesis / Degree, Communications; Technology.
2014- 2015 (exp)
Scrum Alliance / Project Management Institute (Scrum, Agile, Kanban):
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(CPO) Certified Product Owner (New York, Nov 2014); PMP-ACP (early 2015);
2009 (summer)
Central Europe, Studied abroad in Brno, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; and Poland;
2007- 2012
University of Toronto, B.A. (with hons.): Psychology, Philosophy & Sociology.
2001- 2004
Delhi, India, Lived, studied and worked in India for 3 years. (G.D. Goenka Public School; Ataraxy Web Services)
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
" Experience (years): 10+ Technical; 7+ Sales/Marketing; 5+ Leadership/Management; 4+ Support/Training/Lead CSR
" Advanced: Web Content Management Systems (WCMS), WordPress (CMS), Responsive Web Development, Front-end Web
Dev, Project Management (Agile/Scrum), HTML/CSS, Information Architecture, Web Standards, Graphic Design, Facilitation
" Advanced: Adobe Creative Cloud, Web Marketing, SEO, Online Paid Advertising (Indeed, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google),
Copywriting, Social Media Mgmt, Hootsuite, LinkedIn Groups, Blogging, Content Development, Technical Documentation
" Proficient: Business Analysis; Communications; Product Development; C-level Coordination; Establishing IT teams; Estimation &
Budgeting; Launching Prototypes/MVPs; Developing/launching Meetups; Application Dev, Mockups, Landing Pages;
" Beginner: Kanban, Git, DHTML, Sass, Less, SAP BW, SOA, AngularJS, UX/UI, Joomla, OpenCart, Django, Adobe EM, Adobe
MC, Google Analytics, XHTML, Magento, Drupal
" Familiar: Full Stack, iOS, Python, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, PHP, XML, XSLT, Business Intelligence/Analytics
MISCELLANEOUS
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SELF-LEARNED: HTML and CSS at 12 years old (2002); Adobe Photoshop (2010- ); UX, UI/DHTML, Agile methodologies,
Scrum, Javascript and jQuery (2014); AngularJS (recently); Read 14+ non-fiction books (2012-13).
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ALWAYS BUILDING NEW EXPERTISE IN: Online Conversion, Design, Product Development, Scrum/PM, and SAP.
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ADDITIONAL WORK HISTORY: Adam Freeman, Esq. (Consultant); Toronto International Film Festival;
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SEE ALSO:
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MY PASSIONS:
http://linkedin.aricganth.com, portfolio.aricganth.com, services.liftedllc.co, resume.aricganth.com
technology, brand development, web development, Cloud/SOA (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS), marketing, design,
eCommerce, integrated media and content delivery. Regular NY Tech Meetup and WordCamp attendee.