STEVEN HATCH
West Orange, NJ 07052 | cell: (201) 783-7577 |
steve@hatch.org
|
http://hatch.org
SUMMARY
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Over
15 years of technology management with a focus on web-based Software
Development, System Integration and Enterprise Architecture
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Hands-on technologist; able to distill business needs into technology
solutions by understanding all facets of the product life cycle (from
business vision through deployment)
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Co-founder
of two technology companies (Onclave, Inc. [privately acquired 2003] and
Razzberry.com [acquired 2000 by
IGN
Entertainment, Inc. ])
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Practitioner of Agile Methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming
(XP) and Test Driven Development (TDD)
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Co-host of the weekly
On
Digital Media Podcast, which focuses on technology and digital media.
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Specialist in Social Networking (Blogging, Community building), Search
Engines, Syndication Technologies (XML, RSS, ATOM) and Open Source
solutions.
CORE
SKILLS
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Software
Development Life Cycle Management (SDLC):
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Methodologies: Agile
Scrum, XP, Test Driven Development, Waterfall
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Technologies: Eclipse,
Subversion, CVS, Microsoft [Visual Studio, Office, Project, Visio,
InfoPath], Bugzilla, JIRA
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Programming
Languages & Technologies:
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XML, XSLT, Java, J2EE,
JSP, PHP, PeopleCode, ASP, XSP, SQL, DHTML/JavaScript, VBScript, PERL,
C/C++, Python, Lingo, RSS/Atom, RDF, HTML, CSS, Ajax
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Application
Servers and Frameworks:
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Apache Jakarta
[Tomcat, Cocoon, Struts], Apache Web Server (httpd), Microsoft .Net
Framework, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), JBoss,
BroadVision Enterprise/Commerce 6.x/7.1
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Financial,
ERP & Business Analytics:
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NetSuite, PeopleSoft
8.4 / 7.02, PeopleTools (I & II) 8.4, PeopleSoft Integration Tools
8.4, Solomon IV, SQL-Ledger, ADP CSS HRizon/Enterprise HRMS [EV3],
Crystal Reports, nVision Reports
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Database
Servers & Tools:
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Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Rapid SQL, Toad, Toolkit for Oracle
(TOra)
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Content
Management Systems (CMS) & Collaboration Systems:
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Microsoft SharePoint,
Documentum eRoom, PostNuke, DotNetNuke (DNN), Blogger, Wikis, Moodle,
WordPress, Movable Type
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Operating
Systems:
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Microsoft Windows
(2003/XP/2000/NT), Debian Linux, Redhat Linux, Sun Cobalt Linux, Sun
Solaris/Unix, SGI Irix/Unix, Apple Macintosh OS
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Web Service
Protocols:
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HTTP, REST, XML-RPC,
SOAP, WSDL, JSON, WebDAV
EXPERIENCE
Director, Web
Development and Quality Assurance
(2005 -
Present)
Audible, Inc.
(NASDAQ: ADBL), Wayne,
NJ
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Directs all phases of the
software development life cycle (SDLC) including the requirements analysis,
architecture design, development, testing, deployment and ongoing support
for all web-based applications and services.
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Manages multi-location
staff ranging to 25 FTE’s, spanning multiple parties including onshore,
near-shore and offshore vendors.
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Manages multi-million
dollar project budgets.
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Directs the continual
upgrading of procedures and software to maintain currency with technological
progress, economic change and business needs.
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Member of Audible's
Advanced Technology Board -- Provides research and development leadership
for all new and emerging technologies.
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Member of Senior IT
Leadership Team -- Mentoring and guidance support for senior information
technology management.
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Maintains and recommends
annual budgets and manage expenditures in order to operate within approved
budget guidelines.
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Ensures that all
implementations are consistent with Audible's SDLC standards and
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
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Ensures effective policies
and procedures are developed and maintained for the organization.
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Evaluates and reports on
the impact of changes across multiple applications.
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Coordinates application
development activities of project team's leaders.
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Ensures the training of
staff members to develop their skills and maintain state-of-the-art
knowledge in their area of responsibility.
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Responsible for the
selection and performance management of staff members.
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Introduced and implemented
Agile Methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP) and Test Driven
Development (TDD)
Environment: BroadVision
Enterprise/Commerce 6.x/7.1, Java, J2EE, Struts, Apache Web Server, PERL,
Oracle, Sun Solaris/Unix, PHP, Wiki, Microsoft Office 2003, NetSuite
ERP/CRM
Solutions
Architect:
Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation and Operations
[Consultant]
(2003
- 2005)
United Water Services (A
division of Suez),
Harrington Park, NJ
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Managed the PeopleSoft 8.4 ERP Support Team – oversaw the maintenance of the
following modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Accounts
Receivable, Projects, Billing, Contracts, Asset Management, Travel and
Expense (customized for Time Entry)
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Managed ERP Operations – liaison with ERP System Service Provider
maintaining system performance, stability, patch management, backups and
disaster recovery (DR).
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Managed and implemented PeopleSoft 8.4 Security Policy (User-based,
Row-level and Query).
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Managed Purchasing/Procurement Workflow Approval Business Process utilizing
the PeopleSoft 8.4 Workflow tools
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Led the technology migration of legacy ERP financial systems from Solomon IV
and Oracle Financials into PeopleSoft 7.02 (Fall 2003) with a final
migration into PeopleSoft 8.4 (Fall 2004)
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Managed and updated Accounts Receivable and Inventory System for
Non-Regulated Business Units
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Implemented and maintained a collaborative knowledge management portal for
the ERP Project Team and corporate user community
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Member of PeopleSoft 8.4 ERP Requirements Team, which developed requirements
suite for the ERP implementation
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Participated in requirements gathering workshops with Executive Management
and corporate user community
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Managed the development and design of ERP interfaces with mainframe and
enterprise systems
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Member of HR/Payroll Migration Team (ADP's CSS HRizon system to ADP's
Enterprise HRMS [EV3] system) – designed and implemented application
interfaces, data migration tools and custom reports
Environment: PeopleSoft
8.4 / 7.02, PeopleTools 8.4, PeopleSoft Integration Tools 8.4, Solomon IV,
SQL-Ledger 2.x, ADP PC Payroll (PCPW), nVision Reports, Crystal Reports, ADP
CSS HRizon/Enterprise HRMS [EV3], Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft IIS,
Apache Web Server, PERL, PHP, Wiki, Office 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio,
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft SQL Server,
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
Co-Founder /
Chief
Technology Officer
(1999 –
2003)
Onclave, Inc., Princeton, NJ
[privately acquired in 2003]
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Architect of the Onclave Portal Framework, an enterprise social
networking / community portal framework with XML-based Content Management
(CMS) and Collaborative Workflow features for rapid deployment and customer
integration
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Managed Information Technology Teams including: Application Architects, Web
Application Developers, Database Administrators, System Administrators,
Project Managers, and Consultants
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As Co-Founder, worked directly with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and
participated in Financing, Budgeting, Product Development, Business
Development and Customer Acquisition
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Developed server-side and client-side components of the Onclave Portal
Framework including: email to web service integration components; RSS/XML
Syndication and Aggregation tools; Web-Based Rich-Text Editing component;
Google SOAP API integration; Microsoft Office integration via SOAP, XML-RPC
and WebDAV
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Integrated Business Process Management (BPM) workflow policies into the
Onclave Portal Framework
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Managed Enterprise Information Systems and Remote Network Operations Centers
(NOC)
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Managed all vendor and third-party technology relationships
Environment: Apache
Jakarta [Tomcat, Cocoon, Ant, James, Struts], XML, XSL/T, Java/J2EE, JSP, XSP,
SOAP, XML-RPC, Apache Web Server, Microsoft [Internet Information Server
(IIS), SQL Server, Search Server, Exchange, Windows 2000/XP/NT Server, .Net,
COM (DCOM, COM+), Office, SharePoint, Visual Studio, ASP, Jscript, VBScript,
WSH], Redhat Linux, SGI Irix/Unix, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DHTML/JavaScript, PHP,
Perl, Python, Eclipse, CVS, JBOSS, PostNuke, PHPNuke, OpenCMS,
Blogger, Userland (Radio, Manila, Frontier), Groove, Moodle
(e-learning)
Co-Founder
/
Chief
Architect (1999 –
2000)
Razzberry.com, Short Hills,
NJ [acquired in 2000 by
IGN
Entertainment, Inc. ]
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Chief Architect and Lead Developer of social networking / community portal
for teens and young adults
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Managed a small group of remote front-end/backend developers and User
Interface consultants during the product development life cycle
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Worked closely with CEO during the due-diligence and acquisition phase of
the company by IGN Entertainment, Inc.
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Managed Remote Network Operations Centers (NOC) and provided ongoing support
and maintenance
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Managed all vendor and third-party technology
relationships
Environment: Microsoft [Internet Information Server (IIS), SQL Server,
Windows NT Server, COM (DCOM, COM+), Office, Visual Studio, ASP, Jscript,
VBScript, WSH], DHTML/JavaScript, PHP, Perl, CVS
Director of
Technology
(1997 –
1999)
MarketSource Corporation,
Cranbury, NJ
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Managed the development and network operations teams, which included: Web
Application Developers, Network Administrators, Database Administrators,
Software Architects and outside consultants.
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Maintained and implemented corporate-wide technical vision set forth by
chief executives.
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Led research and development including: project management, technology
planning, cost analysis, prototyping, infrastructure impact analysis,
resource allocation, growth planning and vendor relationship management
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Established company’s Enterprise IT steering committee
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Architect and development manager of company’s first enterprise-wide
intranet portal
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Managed projects of various sizes; estimated resource requirements,
completion dates, critical path milestones, monitored progress against plan
and providing weekly status reports to Vice President
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Lead Solutions Architect for a number of large Fortune 500 contracts
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Retail extranet with Apple Computer, which was a key design in a 6 million
dollar contract with Apple
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Award winning Liz Claiborne Curve promotional web serial, which was
featured as a project in Introduction to Advertising, 4/E by Belch,
published by McGraw-Hill
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Carter-Wallace promotional portal site that integrating various brands
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Managed rapid business unit growth from six people in 1995 to over 50 in
1999
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Performed all facets of personnel management including interviewing, hiring,
evaluation, training and counseling
Environment: Microsoft
[Internet Information Server (IIS), SQL Server, Site Server, Commerce Server,
Search Server, Exchange, Windows NT Server, COM (DCOM, COM+), Transaction
Server, Office, Project, Visio, Visual Studio, ASP, Jscript, VBScript, WSH],
Sun Solaris/Unix, Apache Web Server, DHTML/JavaScript, XML, XSL/T, Java, Perl
Manager,
Product
Development (1995 –
1997)
MarketSource Corporation,
Cranbury, NJ
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Responsible for the full life-cycle development of various social networking
/ community portals targeted toward college students (taponline.com,
vdorm.com, plugged.com, burnt.com, fileshare.com [note: sites no longer
affiliated with MarketSource])
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Co-creator and Chief Architect of Virtual Dorm -- the interactive live video
and web reality internet show that situated a geographically disperse group
of college students together virtually and in real-time by combining video
conferencing tools with web-based interactivity. The Virtual Dorm creation
team was recognized and interview by various media outlets such as
CNN, CNBC and The Wall Street
Journal (November 3, 1996
archive)
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Architect for broad range of social networking / community based tools, such
as forums, web-based chat, online games and user home page building tools
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Architect of home-grown content management system (CMS), content search
engine, and Ad server
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Managed Network Operation Team which included System Administrators,
Database Administrators and Network Engineers
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Other awards and media
mentions:
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PC Magazine “Top 100 Web Sites” January 10, 1997
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Adweek cover story August 15, 1995
Environment: Microsoft
[Internet Information Server (IIS), SQL Server, Site Server, Commerce Server,
Search Server, Windows NT Server, COM (DCOM, COM+), Transaction Server,
Project, Visio, Visual Studio, ASP, Jscript, VBScript], Sun Solaris/Unix,
Apache Web Server, DHTML/JavaScript, Java, Perl, CuSeeMe, IRC
Manager,
Product
Development (1991
– 1995)
The TurnAround Team, Inc. -
Westfield, NJ
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Product
manager and lead architect for web-based business-to-business search
engine/portal
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Lead developer for multimedia CD-ROMs, games, kiosks and desktop-based
sales, marketing, corporate training and e-learning tools
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Developed TurnAround’s first Internet presence (1992), which was a virtual
office environment developed in LambdaMOO (VR community hosted at Xerox
PARC)
Environment: Macromedia
(Director, Lingo, Authorware), Apple HyperCard, Microsoft (Visual Basic,
Windows NT Server), Sun Solaris/Unix, Apple Macintosh OS, NCSA HTTPd, Apache
HTTPd, Java, Perl, C/C++, MOOcode, Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator,
PageMaker), QuarkXPress
APPLICABLE
PROJECT
EXPERIENCE
Dentistry
Today Magazine – (Fall 2002)
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Lead Architect for an e-learning and content management
system using the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
(Moodle Framework)
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Managed the implementation of the
system, developed requirements,
business process integration, and user training
documentation
Rutgers
University, Center
for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (1990 – 1991)
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Developed network-based interactive video bulletin board
systems (BBS) using Macromedia's Director Lingo and HyperCard
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Developed internet-based (WAIS and Gopher) searchable catalog
system which was used for the centers research, journals and white
papers
EDUCATION &
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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PeopleSoft 8.4 Workflow (11/2004)
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PeopleSoft 8.4 Integration Tools (5/2004)
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PeopleTools 8.4 I & II Accelerated (1/2004)
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Rutgers University, Computer Science (1990 – 1992)
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Union County College, Computer Science (1988 – 1990)
VOLUNTEER WORK
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Jersey Animal Coalition (JAC) – Web site management, photographer
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Open Source Software Developer – Contributor to Open Source projects
HOBBIES
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Mountain Biking, Photography, Jazz, Technology Innovation
REFERENCES