ARIC H. GANTH Greater New York/New Jersey Area • (917) 747-9480 • [email protected] • www.aricganth.com SUMMARY OF VALUE DELIVERY • 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. • 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 ! 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): • (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 • 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). • ALWAYS BUILDING NEW EXPERTISE IN: Online Conversion, Design, Product Development, Scrum/PM, and SAP. • ADDITIONAL WORK HISTORY: Adam Freeman, Esq. (Consultant); Toronto International Film Festival; • SEE ALSO: • 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.