Resume

Marlton, NJ 08053 ▪ me@danpisarski.com

Summary

Senior technology manager with background in software development, software architecture, product development and digital video operations. Experience with requirements analysis, project planning, agile project management, usability engineering and quality assurance management. Hands-on manager that has worked in both Microsoft and open-source solutions. Product developer that has been responsible for a complex technology solution from inception to delivery and beyond, encompassing several years of research, design and development. Strong communicator that has presented at industry tradeshows and written articles to evangelize the technologies and products of the company.

Professional Experience

Library Video Company / SAFARI Video Networks, 1998-Present

The leading producer and distributor of educational media to schools and libraries. LVC’s primary website is http://www.libraryvideo.com.

Director, Software Development (Current)

• Manage a 7 person software team including developers and QA analysts
• Architect software for the company’s VOD appliances, utilizing FreeBSD, PHP, Apache, and PostgreSQL
• Work with two other software development teams on all company software initiatives

Director of Digital Technology

• Responsible for researching, planning, and building a new video-on-demand appliance, SAFARI Montage (http://www.safarimontage.com); Montage has won Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award, EdNET’s 2006 Pioneer Award, and Technology & Learning Magazine’s Award for Excellence
• Set long-term technology strategy for the complete line of VOD products
• Managed team and technology that prepared master-quality analog content for digital delivery, including the encode, transcode, and indexing of all media
• Designed and implemented standard of educational video metadata
• Presented at industry trade shows as technology expert on VOD and metadata
• Led R&D team projects through launch of several key products
• Cultivated and managed technology-related new business development opportunities
• Recruited and hired specialized personnel

Web Manager

• Determined annual budget for operation and expansion of the e-commerce site
• Set company strategy for all web-related projects
• Managed development team
• Implemented agile and object-oriented project management and development practices, including the use of Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Wrote custom code using the Microsoft suite of development tools

Internet Project Manager

• Team leader and project manager for development team
• Designed and implemented the company’s new Web server clustering strategy as well as database server clustering strategy
• Managed the team through the completion of two new phases of the e-commerce Web site
• Wrote custom code using the Microsoft suite of development tools

Senior Internet Developer

• Wrote custom code using the Microsoft suite of development tools
• Awarded Employee of the Year in 1999

PetsUnited, LLC, 2007

Online supplier of pet supplies, http://www.dog.com.

Web 2.0 Consultant

• Gathered needs and requirements for a new pet-owner community to supplement the shopping experience – http://community.dog.com/

LightMedia Interactive, 1997-1998

A startup company building a planned national extranet designed for the deregulated energy industry.

Interface Designer

• Designed user interfaces
• Programmed server-side Java programs to control layout of third-party sites

Expertise

Project Management Techniques

• Agile project management practices including Agile Modeling (AMDD), test-driven development, and iterations
• Management of remote personnel
• Object-oriented project management using UML 1.3, use cases, activity diagrams, and static structure diagrams
• Waterfall project management with Microsoft Project Professional 2002, Project Server 2002, and Omni Group OmniPlan

Digital and Streaming Video

• Video workflow based on uncompressed SD SDI video with embedded AES audio, component and composite analog video with balanced and unbalanced audio
• Windows Media Video 7-9, ISO and ISMA compliant MPEG 4 (including SP, ASP and AVC), QuickTime (including Sorenson Pro 3 and QDesign Pro 2), MPEG 2 (including MP@ML, 422P@ML and IMX), MPEG 1 SIF, and AVI
• Canopus Procoder, Telestream FlipFactory, Discreet CleanerXL, Windows Media Encoder, QuickTime Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, and Pinnacle Liquid Chrome
• Tektronix HD rasterizer and MPEG analysis software, Optibase encoders, Sony professional video monitors and Beta decks, Autopatch SDI matrix switch
• Virage VideoLogger and VS Archive

Programming Languages and Software Development

• Application architecture including n-Tier architecture
• Application, component, and services development in C# and .Net 1.1, 2.0
• ASP.Net development in C# and .Net 1.1, 2.0
• PHP 5
• HTML 3.2, 4.0 and xHTML including cross-browser support
• Queries, stored procedures, triggers, and Data Translation Service job development for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 – 2000, in Transact-SQL
• Table schema, index design and maintenance plan development for SQL databases holding 10+ million records
• ASP using VBScript 4.0 – 5.5
• COM Object development in Visual Basic 6.0
• Application development, including database applications, in Visual Basic 6.0

Education

Rowan University, 1993-1997

Bachelor of Arts in Communications

• Graduated magna cum laude
• Specialization in Radio, Television, Film
• Concentrations in Creative Writing and Honors Studies