Vinny DiBartolo's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Senior Developer @ SportingNews.com Manager and lead developer of the fastest growing fantasy game franchise. Developed fantasy league live draft application utilizing Jabber protocol to send XML messages between Flash front end and Perl/Oracle backend. Application required intelligent caching, optimized data sorting, and advanced error handling. Designed C++ classes for player research in an effort to minimize database load and improve overall system performance. System processed hundreds of thousands of rows daily in a timely and error-proof manner. Designed extensible database to support per-user customized settings. From November 2001 to November 2005 (4 years 1 month) Greater New York City AreaSenior Developer @ Smallworld.com Primary developer responsible for designing, coding, and maintaining critical e-Commerce system. Required extensive object, database, and page flow analysis and design. System utilized C++ and Pro*C in Apache to track user shopping carts, securely process payments via Bank of America, and seamlessly transition visitor from payment to product fulfillment. Important system add-ons included rule-based product discounts utilizing Dynamic SQL, a robust HTML administrative interface that could add products or discount offers in real time, and a general-purpose HTML interface to run timely sales reports. From July 2000 to November 2001 (1 year 5 months) Greater New York City AreaServer Side Developer @ Sticky Networks Lead role in the development of a visual search engine that would allow users to drill down through a series of contextually enhanced images. Involvement in this N-tier XML- and Java-based application included development of Session Beans responsible for processing data requests and executing administrative tasks such as authentication and authorization of users. All messages, including error reporting and debugging, were passed as XML-formatted streams. PL/SQL was used to encapsulate selected business logic From October 1999 to July 2000 (10 months) Greater New York City AreaSoftware Developer @ UpTick Technologies Leadership role in small development group responsible for designing and coding Java class structure geared towards rapid development and runtime efficiency of batch applications. Applications utilized Java JDBC API to access data and PL/SQL code on an Oracle 8i database. From February 1998 to October 1999 (1 year 9 months) Greater New York City AreaSenior Developer, Tech Lead of Fantasy and Stats @ Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) Managed team of 8 developers to build MLB.com’s first draft-based fantasy game. Designed 85-table fully normalized data model with ERwin while simultaneously developing underlying Java object model. Utilized Singleton, Command, Template, and Composite Patterns to build flexible and extensible architecture. Coded Servlets and JSP pages using strict MVC design practices. Developed PL/SQL packages and triggers to process millions of rows of data on a nightly basis while maintaining normal game traffic. Tuned all queries using Oracle’s Explain Plan tool to ensure optimal performance. Automated production migrations using Ant. Produced extensive technical documentation to enable parallel development across departments to meet an aggressive deadline. By its second year the game had grown to be one of the top 5 largest fantasy baseball games in the world. From November 2005 to October 2007 (2 years) Greater New York City AreaTechnology Director / Technical Project Lead / Technical Project Manager / LAMP + AWS Developer @ Self-employed I lead technical teams to both deliver individual projects and improve overall technical operations. Sample of recent projects:* for a digital agency: lead a hybrid agency-client team of developers from around the globe to recreate a key internal sales tool that pulls CRM data from multiple legacy data sources into a single modern and responsive UI (Node, React, Scala, Spark, Kubernetes) * for a large digital agency: served as acting Head of Technology to stabilize a key client engagement, improve processes, mentor staff, restructure staffing model, and re-establish the tech team's capabilities with the client and across the agency (AEM, Angular)* for a cause-based agency: served as Tech Director and client point of contact on a Drupal migration, site redesign, and system re-architecture of a national non-profit's web site (Drupal)* for the same agency: concepted, pitched, architected, and managed technical projects for a national environmental non-profit, including creation of staffing estimates and writing technical sections of the SOW (PHP)* for a children's heart disease non-profit: advised on PII issues and maintained PHP backend to extend features, improve security, and fix bugs* for a OOH marketing team: collected technical requirements and authored RFPs for 3-way bid for offshore development of an Android app and managed selection process, then managed app development as technical project manager (Android)* for a startup: advised on ideal staffing, wrote job descriptions, and lead hiring of key staff roles and offshore development partner* for another startup: reviewed and tuned AWS architecture to reduce monthly AWS bill by 90%* for a global shoe brand: developed a PHP-based chatbot for 1-day campaign using Twilio, Amazon API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, and EC2 Greater New York City AreaSenior Technical Strategist @ Intersection Lead nascent technical strategy team. Acted as primary technical sales enabler and technical client liaison for major account with national big box retailer envisioning a technology layer powering the retail store of the future. Worked in collaborative consulting team to provide technical strategy for an innovation engagement with one of the country's leading shopping centers. Provided technical architecture, vendor analysis, and project scoping in successful effort to win an Agile project with NYCDOT From May 2016 to March 2017 (11 months) Greater New York City AreaSenior Technical Director @ R/GA Lead a team of up to 23 frontend developers and QA testers across 3 global offices in major rebranding and redesign of Samsung.com. Technical point of contact for Samsung GMO and SDS teams. Adapted and innovated processes to manage distributed internal and client teams. (2013 to 2015)Oversee all technical deliverables across client group consisting of Converse, and Abercrombie & Fitch, and AOL. Technical Director for A&F Clubs site targeting brand loyalists. (2012 to 2013)Direct all technical work across the Nike brand project group, consisting of 15 developers and 3 QA engineers on 5 projects in 4 global offices. Ensure projects are delivered on time and represent R/GA quality standards. Maintain personal relationship with Nike brand managers. Advise clients and creative teams on technical feasibility. Guide internal and client system architecture. Mentor and motivate developers. (2010 to 2012)Author and primary editor for R/GA Techblog (2009 to 2015)Establish and manage relationships with hosting companies, BaaS/PaaS providers, etc. (2008 to 2015)Technical Lead of Nike Basketball team, which produced award winning work such as Nike Film Room and Nike Black Mamba, as well as Nike EPIC and Campus Roar. The team pushed the boundaries of how a brand can drive and be driven by social buzz. Built PHP/MySQL backend for Nike Sparq Combines, allowing Division 1 hopefuls to post their scores live to a Jumbotron at the field and to share on social networks. (2009 to 2011)Lead developer on Nike+. Responsible for technical feasibility of new features, architecture and development, site optimization, and bug fixing for both backend (Java/ATG) and database (Oracle). Contributed to Nike+ Human Race. Managed a flexible team of up to 4 backed developers and 4 Flash developers. (2007 to 2009) From October 2007 to February 2015 (7 years 5 months) Greater New York City AreaVP, Head of Technology @ Big Spaceship Grew and mentored a team of developers, QA testers, and IT professionals. Assisted in pitches leading to three major projects with new clients. Established technology policies and procedures for security, estimation, and hosting. Spoke at industry conferences and authored technical thought leadership articles. From February 2015 to April 2016 (1 year 3 months) Brooklyn, NY