jon cotter

Jon Cotter
www.cotterpop.com/jon
www.linkedin.com/in/joncotter

Fulltime Experience

Head of Product, Estalea / Santa Barbara & Los Angeles 2008-present
> Just started

Director of Product Development, Gorilla Nation / Los Angeles 2007-2008
Director of Development, Gorilla Nation / Los Angeles 2005-2007
> Responsible for all development and product development for the world's largest ad rep firm
> Managed and grew a small team to over 30 employees, interns and contractors. Introduced performance bonus system and opened a new office.
> Led web projects in advertising, audio, video, mobile, content management, development, syndication, maintenance, documentation and due dilligence.
> Development in Perl, PHP,, MySQL, Java, Python, C++, VB/ASP, Ruby and Flash.

Multimedia Producer, CotterPop / Los Angeles & San Francisco 2003-2005
> Created a digital design and production company due to a growing clientload
> Clients: Anderson School of Business (UCLA), Columbia College, Attik, WIRED, Gorilla Nation, Logan, Mt. Rose, Special Forces Gear, VitaPath Foods, Creative Edge
> Completed projects in video, audio, internet, intranet and print
> Provided services: Design, Programming, Workflow Consulting, Platform Migration and Managed Software Production
> Mt. Rose: Overhauled E-commerce portion of Value Pass sale which led to their highest sales ever and a reduction in site support requests 2 years running.
> Gorilla Nation Media: Primarily developed internal admin systems for the largest ad rep firm, which led to a fulltime job offer.
> Special Forces Gear: Maintained E-commerce site and expanded product line for a high volume military and police equipment supplier .

Director of Product Development, MedicinePlanet, Inc. / San Francisco 1999-2001
> Built a development team from scratch at the height of "the boom" (15 reports + external contractors at peak size)
> Oversaw development of a suite of wired and wireless medical information products
> Responsible for massive content creation and localization from multiple internal and external sources
> Distributed content to Expedia, AOL, Vodaphone and T-Mobile
> Products launched in 4 countries in 4 languages
> Products: Dynamic Maps, Drug Interaction Alerts, First Aid Information, Personalized Travel Health Recommendations, RSS/XML Feeds, Websites, Mobile Health Portal, Custom Content Management Tools
- Reason for Leaving: Company was sold; took exit package and went travelling

Technical Director, Impact Design / San Francisco 1997-1998
> Responsible for all technical concerns for an award winning new media design start-up
> Produced Adobe's tradeshow demos for Acrobat, AfterEffects, PageMill and Photoshop
> Hired and sourced employees, contractors and collaborators
> Won a CA award for an advanced DHTML animated site (responsible for programming and motion design)
- Reason for Leaving: Couldn't pay competitively

Founder & Director of Development, www.orld-multimedi@ / Sophia Antipolis, France 1996-1997
> Created a multimedia production company while obtaining my MBA
> Landed accounts from the US, Singapore and France
> Managed 6 contract employees in three different countries
- Reason for Leaving: Finished school, returned to USA

Contract / Freelance / Project Experience

Production Manager, Ripe Industries / Lake Tahoe, San Francisco & Los Angeles 2002-2007
[ appx. 5 1-3 day events per year ]
> Provided live multimedia services for special events throughout California
> Custom built a mobile sound/video installation from a 1973 Mercedes Unimog
> Responsible for crew sizes of up to 45 (housing, logistics and meals)
> Events for Burton Snowboards, Squaw Valley USA, Roshambo Winery, Coachella Festival, Love Parade SF

Post Production Assistant, Assitant Editor, Pix n Stones / San Francisco 2003
[ 4 months ]
> Designed and implemented a video library database for Intuit
> Assisted documentaries on breast cancer and hemophilia
- Reason for Leaving: moved to Los Angeles

Production Manager, Fuel Logistics / London, England 2003
[ 3 months ]
> Production manager for a mobile multimedia stage during the 2003 summer festival season
> Responsible for crew, logistics and equipment maintenance
> Festivals included The Download Festival, Max Power Live, Wakestock
- Reason for Leaving: Returned to USA

Contractor, Smith and Jones Marketing / Incline Village 2002-2003
[ 12 months @ 3-4 days/week ]
> Workflow consulting and digital development for a Tahoe-area marketing firm
> Developed an internal Job Ticket system for remote contractors and to consolidate billing
> Primary contact to numerous clients
> Clients included Hyatt (Chicago and Tahoe), Embassy Suites, NLTRA, IV/VCB, ActivityTickets.com and The Nevada Museum of Art
- Reason for Leaving: End of contract, left to Europe

Assistant Editor, Pedersen Media Group / San Francisco 2002
[ 2 weeks ]
> Sun Microsystems' Sun One product launch
> Assistant editor on 20+ 3-4 minute videos
> Published video across multiple platforms (web, DVD, intranet)
- Reason for Leaving: End of Project

Contractor, Adobe Systems / San Jose & Seattle 1997-2000
[ 2 3+ month projects and numerous smaller projects in multiple departments ]
> Developed company-wide database-driven intranet applications
> Marketing Operations Management (Sea): Centralized Asset Management, Workflow Consulting
> Customer Briefing Center (SJ): Designed and implemented Facility Scheduling Application
> Worked with Acrobat team on tradeshow demos and Acrobat Forms programming
- Reason for Leaving: Became Fulltime at MedicinePlanet

UI Lead, Portera Systems / Berkeley 1998-1999
[ 8 months, 40 hours a week ]
> Worked with a team of 12 on ServicePort project management software
> Responsible for UI production, design feasibility and usability
> Extensive DHTML, JavaScript, and JSP programming
> Principal liaison to the design firm
- Reason for Leaving: Company was sold

Designer/Programmer, Acme Interactive / San Francisco 1997-1998
[ 9 months, 4-5 days per week ]
> Web and database programming, technical writing and design
> Completed VisaInfinite.com - Content rich site with custom concierge features
> Clients included Visa, Oracle, Sun and ITVS.org
- Reason for Leaving: End of Projects

Designer/Programmer, Capybara Design / San Francisco 1997-1998
[ appx. 15 2-5 day projects over a 2-year period ]
> CD-Rom and video production, web design and programming
> Clients included Sun, Dicryl (Spain) and Credit Suisse/First Boston
- Reason for Leaving: End of Projects

Self Employed / Santa Barbara, California 1994-1996
[ part time ]
> Solo operation creating websites for local clients including UCSB

Education

MBA, International Management - CERAM ESC Nice, France 1997
> Accelerated 1-Year Program at one of France's Grande Ecoles
> Worked with Alcatel and Bay Networks on EMEA marketing strategies for ATM and ADSL products
> Thesis: 'An Action Plan For U.S. Banks in a Digital Cash Economy'
> Elected Class Representative

BS, Aquatic Biology - University of California, Santa Barbara 1995
> Minor in Sports Management
> Captain, Triathlon Team (#2 in Nation)
> Chairman, RecCen Governance Board
> Head Lifeguard

Skills

Computer
> Video/Design: Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Photoshop, AfterEffects
> Programming: PHP, JSP, XML, ASP, XSLT, JavaScript, DHTML, Ruby, Python, ActionScript
> Databases: Oracle, Informix, mySQL(4 & 5), postgreSQL, FileMakerPro, Access
> OS: MacOS9, MacOSX, Windows95/98/NT/XP, FreeBSD, Linux

Language
> English (native tongue)
> French (conversational)
> Spanish (basic)
> Japanese (currently acquiring)

Travel

> Australia*, Austria, Belgium*, Bermuda*, Cambodia, Canada*, Chile, China*, Czech Republic,
> Dominican Republic, Egypt, England*, France*, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary,
> Ireland*, Italy, Kenya*, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand*, Nicaragua, Scotland, Serbia,
> Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tahiti, Turkey, United States*, Wales,
> US and British Virgin Islands
* Indicates stay of 1 month or more

References Available upon Request