Jacob S. Rockowitz

Building and maintaining a content management system (CMS) for a large medical institution.
Implementing, customizing, and contributing to Drupal, an open source CMS Framework.
Working independently and being the part of team developing multiple websites.

Consultant/President. The Big Blue House. 2000 - present

Retained by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), for the past 8 years, to build and manage all web development for their external website.
Participant in 3 major redesigns of the http://www.mskcc.org website.
Build and maintain a custom content management system called the Inettool.
Setup Google Search Appliance (GSA) and implement site-wide Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Build and maintain e-newsletters and mailing lists.
Design web-based form builder used for a patient portal and clinical research studies.
Setup RSS/Podcast management and syndication tools.
Design e-learning, e-giving, faculty directory and event management applications.

Senior Site Builder/Programmer. i33/Appnet Systems. 1999 - 2000

Tech lead for content management tools.
Build prototypes and demos for e-commerce and business applications.
Work on-site and off-site maintaining a close relationship with project ad client leads.
Consult and assist site builders.

Production Specialist. T3media. 1998 - 1999

Webmaster / Developer. Consultant / Contractor. 1998

Technologies
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) with Drupal (Theming, custom modules and data migration)
Web Development (XHTML/CSS/Javascript) and AJAX Libraries (including jQuery and Prototype)
Google Search Appliance (XML/XSLT)
Programming Languages
PHP, Javascript, ColdFusion, ASP.NET/C# and Classic ASP/JScript
Database
Relational database design for SQL Server/MySQL
Development Environments/Applications
Eclipse, Aptana, Zend Studio, Dreamweaver/Contribute, Homesite, Photoshop and ImageReady
Other Areas of Knowledge
User interface, form design, usability and information architecture.