Joshua Quattlebaum
Technologist | Relationship Manager | Project Manager
Pittsburgh (15143) United States (Pennsylvania)
Employed
Open to opportunities
An innovative and strategic-minded technology leader looking for a creative and fast-paced company.
Technology Manager
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services - MCT
2005
to 2010
Full-time
Washington
United States - District of Columbia
- Responsibilities:
Managed technology staff, including programmers and help desk support. Understood challenges and technologies employees faced, and helped facilitate solutions. Developed and maintained capital and operating budgets. Managed vendor relationships. Maintained Windows, Linux and Macintosh servers and desktops, SQL databases, Veritas backups, Cisco networks all both local and remote. Oversaw MCT’s three e-commerce websites. - Accomplishments:
Managed migration of MCT’s three websites to a new platform provider to expand database search ability using Lucene, standardize pages using LAMP platform and enhance user access. Received MCT employee award for the work.
Automated collection and distribution of MCT content, combining Kapow Technologies Robosuite with Acquire Media’s Cogent Enhancement Engine. Project enabled revenue growth to a record $4.9 million, streamlined our websites for better search ability by using enhanced metadata and began delivering stories to newspaper front-end systems laying the groundwork for additional growth.
Led a team of .Net developers to create an editorial system that integrates Word 2007 with SQL databases.
Converted MCT graphics department from Macromedia Freehand to Adobe Illustrator, utilizing automation in Adobe Bridge to provide graphics available in four formats (jpgs, PDFs, Illustrator files and Flash swfs). Conversion beat competitors to the market by 1 year. Received MCT employee award for the work.
Developed and released Project Management policy to fit current needs of the organization, based on best practices.
Launched 10 new product lines, overseeing technical aspects of planning, development, QA testing and launch, including coordinating internal resources and outside vendors.
Company Description
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT) is a DC-based B-to-B providing stories, photos, graphics, illustrations and paginated products to more than 1,200 media clients worldwide.
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