Chantelle Farmer

Front-end development, technical product management, marketing support and analytics tracking for a boutique & independent hotel booking travel startup.

• Founding developer for social networking and gaming startup targeted towards sports fans. Responsible for all initial back- and front-end coding, plus database architecture. Scalable codebase allowed site to grow from zero to a 12+ million user base with 6 million monthly unique visitors within 3 years.
• Helped grow technical team from 1 to 8 engineers and system administrators. Assisted with hiring decisions and supervised junior staff members. Juggled various technical and non-technical roles to help balance workload. Worked with team to define coding standards and to implement bug tracking, revision control and release procedures.
• Collaborated with product managers and UX designers to develop ideas into specs for technically feasible products that would engage and satisfy both new and existing users.
• Built tools to support UGC and community moderation.
• Analyzed/optimized code and implemented caching strategies to support site growth.
• Built internal administrative, reporting and analytics tools, and implemented third-party tools as needed (e.g. Google Analytics).
• Integrated with various third-party APIs (Facebook, Twitter, etc).
• Helped architect and implement In-house PowerMTA-based email system supporting millions of messages sent per day, while ensuring compliance with anti-spam laws.

• As senior technical member of small consulting company, worked with clients to develop ideas into profitable and maintainable web sites, working within time and budgetary constraints.
• Involved in all technical aspects of projects (architecture, database management, front- and back-end coding).
• Built administrative and CMS tools to help clients manage sites.
• Juggled multiple projects on a daily basis according to client demands and company priorities.
• Clients included:
o FanIQ.com –games and social networking targeted towards sports fans
o AGPix.com – services for photographers and photo buyers
o GreatBoyfriends.com – online dating (acquired by TheKnot.com [NASDAQ: KNOT])
o Catch27.com – social networking, blogging and games
o Akademos.com – new and used textbook sales, plus marketplace platform connecting buyers with individual sellers
o AudreyEdelman.com and StrutYourHut.com – real estate
o Many more, including dozens of small e-commerce sites

• As first webmaster for the college, took the lead on creating and developing its web presence. Worked with faculty, students and staff across all areas of the college to develop designs, content and tools to help support the school’s academic mission, as well as admissions/marketing and administrative functions.
• System administrator for large-scale UNIX and VMS systems supporting college web site, email services, library and other academic functions. Installed software and maintained systems; wrote scripts to automate account creation and other functions for Helpdesk staff.
• Team leader for systems administration team.
• Developed materials for and taught workshops in basic HTML and other web technologies for faculty and staff.

• Managed 10-person Engineering Services and Operations Support department for manufacturer of industrial computer hardware, software and integrated systems.
• Hands-on involvement in project management, systems administration, configuration control, technical publications, PCB and mechanical design, and manufacturing support.
• Started as a part-time aide in high school and college; after college, hired as project administrator and quickly promoted to management position.