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Sean Zinsley
100 Warren St, Apt 1106
Jersey City, NJ 07302
[email protected]
(201) 600-7434
Summary
 Experienced in leading enterprise level projects from vision to release.
 Possess communication and interpersonal skills to liase to stakeholders (customers, business
groups and development teams) and deliver best of breed product.
 Extensive experience in working with cross-organizational teams to identify, prioritize and
design solutions for business needs.
 Strong knowledge of project and product management processes.
 Strong skills in creatively leveraging technology to solve business issues.
Experience
01/05- Present - Tutor.com (New York, NY)
Vice President Product Management
 Responsible for the two key product lines representing $12 million in revenue.
 Launched new, three tiered software platform to replace existing architecture.
 Responsible for all aspects of the product management cycle and product rollout including all
stakeholder meetings and client upgrade issues.
 Responsible for new product line definition, all aspects of product development, targeting
new distribution channels and identifying key market opportunities.
8/99 - 12/04 - Onyx Software (New York, NY / Bellevue, WA)
Technical Architect
 Liaison for projects to architect, design, develop, and test advanced customizations,
extensions or integration of solutions to work in conjunction with Onyx’s internet based
customer relationship management (CRM) database.
 Responsible for all aspects of project plans, milestones and budget tracking.
 Coordinate, lead and document requirement gathering meetings.
 Responsible for writing both functional and technical specifications.
 Communicate project status and progress to stakeholders.
Senior Technical Consultant
 Managed teams of 2 to 10 consultants on projects representing up to $1 million in annual
revenue.
 Performed custom database development (SQL Server) including table and relationship
design and the creation of triggers, indexes and stored procedures.
 Performed application development (Com+) included the use of ADO and XML to transmit
data between the user interface and the database.
 Performed user interface development using XML/XSL, ASP and Java script.
 Educated customer IT staff on proper database maintenance, backups and performance.
11/96 - 7/99 - Visio Corporation (Seattle WA)
Information Architect
 Performed technical reviews of all new systems to ensure they matched Visio’s system
standards.
 Designed and oversaw all integration between new and current systems, including interfaces
to systems external to Visio.
 Managed multiple, concurrent projects to deliver on time and on budget.
 Responsible for development and management of operating budget of $400K annually
Customer Care Systems Manager
 Managed an international group of database administrators, business analysts, system analysts
and developers who worked with Visio’s customer databases.
 Led a team of 5 developers and business analysts. Responsible for employee reviews and
career mentoring.
 Managed projects to deliver on time and on budget.
Database Administrator
 Responsible for system backups, software and hardware upgrades and maintaining 99.9%
uptime and availability.
 Responsible for database performance tuning.
 Develop and build standard and ad-hoc reports.
 Designed and implemented new functionality in response to user requests.
 Responsible for both OLTP and OLAP databases.
1/96 - 10/96 - Interactive Catalog Corporation (Seattle WA)
System Administrator
 Responsible for system administration for 10 servers including development servers, mail
server and web servers.
 Web site admin duties including configuring firewall and web server for secure transactions,
maintenance of electronic storefronts and the database that captured each store’s transactions.
6/92 - 12/95 - NeoPath Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Clinical Trial Database Administrator
 Participated in the design and implementation of a research database for testing the
company’s product in an FDA regulated clinical trial.
 Performed the design and implementation of the database including programming of hundreds
of rules and cross checks to ensure data validity.
 Responsible for database performance tuning, system backups, software and hardware
upgrades.
 Designed and implemented the data entry interface.
Programming Languages and Platforms
MS-Office, MS-Project, MS-Visio
Database: MS-SQL Server, Oracle
Programming: SQL, Visual Basic, C#, VB Script/ASP, Java Script, Perl, XML/XSL
OS: Windows, Unix-Solaris
Education:
BS, State University of New York, Oneonta, Dec 1991.
References
Available upon request.