Windows IT Pro & SQL Server Magazine
(2007-Oct. 2008)

Overview: These sites are the online counterpart to the print magazines for Windows IT Pro Magazine and SQL Server Magazine. With more than 2,000,000 unique visitors each month, this site attracts IT Pro's from around the globe, providing them with articles, forums, and answers to their technical questions.

Responsibilities: Currently overseeing redesign and coordination of implementing Dot Net Nuke. Redesign scheduled for fall 2008. Worked to refine marketing messages on the e-commerce pages which resulted in an increase of 200-500% of certain products during the first three months after tweaking order forms. Also working on refining registration process, triggered e-mails, and search engine optimization.

Penton Media's Internal SharePoint Site
(March 2008-Oct. 2008)
(site only works inside Penton)

Overview: Penton built a large SharePoint site for the entire company to use. We can then—in turn—create "micro" SharePoint sites that fall under the larger internal SharePoint site. This site is a place for all employees at the Loveland branch to upload and share files, share calendars, create approval processes for manuscripts and other documents (and so much more).

Responsibilities: Worked with corporate developers to create the site based on my recommendations. Template was created and turned over to me to then "build" and then turn over to the branch to populate and use on a daily basis. Created graphics and branding for the site. Marketed the site internally as well as created a video to demonstrate how to use the tools on the site.

Group.com
(2004-2007)

Overview: Corporate Web site created to sell tens of thousands of books, curriculum, videos, cd's and other media-related products.

Responsibilities: Managed public relations site; uploading press releases, fact sheets and other media-related content. Redesigned corporate "About Us" section. Helped to push company towards the use of business intelligence on their store pages.

Group's "Flipper"
(site only works inside Group Publishing)
(August 2006-May 2007)

Overview: Internal collaboration site designed to reduce company overhead while increasing inter-departmental communication. Site was built on a .NET platform and syncs nightly with Oracle in order to help track product inventories. Sales people use the tool to search for products, check inventory levels, download pre-built HTML e-mails, locate marketing managers, and much (much) more.

Responsibilities: Developed idea, pitched idea to management and gained funding, interviewed members from each department to refine concept, worked with outside contractors and internal IT team to develop program, designed template and logo, launched program, trained managers on how to populate the program and trained sales and marketing staff on how to access and use the tool. Cost to develop program: $15,000. Estimated cost savings in the first 12 months: $500,000 to $1,000,000.

Reference:

“Chris is a solutions driver. He is able to navigate cross departmental boundaries to effect change. His work in championing product information visibility across the company here was a great asset to the whole organization -- marketing, sales, customer support and management.” December 11, 2007

Teresa Anderson
Software Developer
Group Publishing

Group Magazine, REV! Magazine, and Children's Ministry Magazine
(June 2004-Feb. 2007)

Overview: Web counterparts to the printed magazines.

Responsibilities: Worked with a team to initiate the sale of banner ads on the sites. Worked to create process for using Open Ad Stream (OAS) to sell, place, and monitor ads.

JAX's E-commerce & Corporate Web Site
(June 2003-June 2004)

Overview: Company Web site that includes general, corporate-level information as well as a MAC-based e-commerce platform

Responsibilities: Hired as the web developer to create three sites for each branch (JAX's "Outdoor" branches in Fort Collins and Ames, Iowa and JAX's "Farm & Ranch" store in Fort Collins.) Designed and developed all sites, took pictures, wrote articles, launched online store, developed lead generation program to capture customer contact information, marketed sites, and enhanced search engine optimization (SEO) that gained JAX top ten spots in for dozens of critical search terms.

SolarGlass' Window & Door
(December 2002-March 2003)

Overview: This was one of the first Web sites I ever created. As the final exam for my JT372 class at Colorado State University, this project garnered me an easy "A" and launched me into a career focused on using the web to communicate and increase profits.

Added helpful sections on how to choose windows, differences in glass types and other helpful articles that not only helped our customers make sound purchasing decisions, it also increased site traffic through search engine optimization.

NOTE: Here is a link to the site I created. This is a link to their site as it stands now.

Responsibilities: Everything. From taking pictures, to writing articles and copy to web and graphic design.