CURRICULUM VITAE

Anthony Ruggeri
aruggeri@aruggeri.com

OBJECTIVE

A senior management position with responsibility for the direction and development of technology projects, in a progressive organization dedicated to delivering quality products to customers.

SUMMARY

A highly intelligent, driven, and results-oriented professional, with experience building and delivering technology solutions as both a leader and a hands-on worker. Excellent analytical, creative, and technical abilities with "big picture" vision and an intense focus on the efficient delivery of valuable products to customers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Visual Basic (versions 1-6), Javascript, VBScript, Java, C, and C++.

Technologies: ASP, XML/XSL, COM/DCOM, ADO, HTML/DHTML, CSS, OLE, Win32 API, CGI, TCP/IP.

Platforms and Tools: MTS, MSMQ, IIS, SQL Server (versions 6.5-2000), Windows (versions 3.0-2000), Internet Explorer (versions 3.x-5.x), Netscape Navigator 3.x/4.x, DOS, UNIX.

Software: Microsoft Project 98/2000, Starbase StarTeam, Merant PVCS, Microsoft Office 95/97/2000, Adobe Photoshop 4/5/6, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, Verity Information Server, SoftwareFX ChartFX, Macromedia Director, Microsoft Visio 2000, Forte, Rational Rose.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1999-present InvestorForce.com (formerly PlanSponsorExchange.com), Wayne, PA
--Director of Technology

• Took over technical leadership of a flagship investment platform product and implemented numerous improvements and enhancements.
• Designed and built a software tool to automate configuration management, replacing a dedicated full-time individual.
• Led software development and quality assurance efforts immediately following a significant restructuring of the company.
• Led the technology efforts on a team dedicated to database development and analytics products. Guided several successful, on-time software releases coordinating output from local developers and a remote team.

• Managed the development group, production site, and software configuration prior to the availability of dedicated personnel for each role.
• Designed and implemented a flexible build management scheme in Visual SourceSafe to support parallel testing and release of multiple products.
• Led the technology effort for an online communications and knowledge management product incorporating components from three vendors and internal developers.
• Provided support and advice to members of the development team concerning architecture and design, technology direction, and legacy code.
• Developed specifications and led the technology effort on a project to present institutional investment holdings data online.

• Joined as the tenth employee and first technologist in the company.
• Led the effort to transition source code, release management, and production support from an outsourcing vendor to a new internal technology group.
• Designed a user registration and security system based on custom COM objects, database schema, and ASP standards, and led the migration of the web site from Site Server to this system.

1998-1999 Comcast Cellular (now Cingular Wireless), King of Prussia, PA
--MIS Team Leader

• Managed of a mixed team of up to thirteen employees and consultants working disparate projects, including performance reviews.  Key participant in efforts to improve methodology and process.
• Provided technical leadership on projects for finance, sales and marketing, as well for MIS itself.  Responsibilities included team management and hands-on technical tasks.
• Participated in multiple project phases including planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and support.
• Charter member of an Architecture Team tasked with reviewing project solutions and technologies, and synthesizing a long-term strategic technology vision for the department.
• Attended Microsoft TechEd 99 in Dallas, TX to evaluate and compare best practices for web application development.

1997-1998 Coretech Consulting Group, Inc., King of Prussia, PA
--Consultant

• For Delmarva Power (now Conectiv), developed a Windows 95 install program and client interfaces for ReachOut 7.0, a remote access system, using WinBatch and Visual Basic 3.0 on a Banyan Vines network.
• For Corestates Bank (now First Union), developed ASP code, Visual Basic 5 COM objects, Access and Oracle 7 database interfaces, and user interface and object documentation for an Internet banking project.
• For Comcast Cellular (now Cingular Wireless), led the content development team utilizing IIS 4.0 and MTS 2.0 to build Internet and intranet applications.   Designed interfaces and architecture, wrote ASP and COM object code and documentation, managed up to 6 people, and participated in COM object design and data modelling using SQL Server 6.5.

1993-1997 Formal Systems, Inc. (now Pedagogue Solutions), Princeton, NJ
--Technical Consultant

• Developed a variety of custom and commercial software using Borland C++ and Visual Basic against the win16 and win32 APIs.
• Developed multimedia and web content with Macromedia Director 5.0 and IconAuthor.
• Coordinated project development requiring input from multiple authors and artists, and built frameworks and tools for use by non-programmers.
• Made hardware purchase decisions and handled upgrading, in-house software tools, and network administration.
• Composed and produced music soundtracks and engineered digital sound.
• Interacted with clients throughout design, development, and delivery.

1988-1993 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
--Pew Fellow in Systematics; Curatorial Assistant

• Performed in molecular systematics research in the Entomology, Malacology, and Ornithology departments, including DNA hybridization analysis.
• Designed new data entry system for the Department of Malacology using QuickBasic 4.0.

EDUCATION

1991-1995 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

• A.B., Department of Molecular Biology; GPA 3.7.
• Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Molecular Biology.
• High school valedictorian; Westinghouse Science Talent Search semifinalist; SAT 1450.

PERSONAL

• Amateur electronic musician with published recordings
• Avid reader of science, technology, and philosophy
• Volleyball enthusiast