Skills
PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, WordPress, Linux system administration, Subversion, Git, XHTML/HTML5, JavaScript, CSS/SCSS, Smarty, Ecommerce, SEO/SEM, Email marketing, Affiliate marketing, Media buying, Tracking and analytics
Open Source
WP-Phototagger
Author of the open source WordPress plugin WP-Phototagger. This plugin adds Facebook-like photo tagging functionality to WordPress blogs. http://jontascher.com/phototagger
Sailthru for WordPress
Developed a WordPress plugin allowing Sailthru customers to easily intergreate newsletter signup forms into their blog as well as schedule, create and send email blasts from the WordPress admin interface.
Experience
Senior Developer: MediaWhiz (August 2009 - Present)
Maintain and enhance MediaWhiz products, including Text Link Ads, inLinks, and MediaWhiz.com
- Created automated outbound proposal generator that replaced 8 offshore resources and saved over $100k/year
- Planned, built and iterated new products such as Link Wheels and Directory Submissions, generating over $1M/year in sales
- Manage all WordPress resources for MediaWhiz properties such as http://www.paydayloanfacts.com and http://www.collegereview.com
Founder: I Write PHP (December 2006 - Present)
Small consultancy specializing in custom web application development and SEO/SEM. Grew company to several freelance employees. Clients include several mid-size companies such as:
- Buckyballs (http://www.getbuckyballs.com)
- National Hydro Power Association (http://hydro.org)
- Crunch Fitness (http://www.crunch.com)
- The Jewish Daily Forward (http://www.forward.com)
Senior Developer: Reflexions Data (August 2008 - August 2009)
Plan, oversee and execute complex web development projects. Responsibilities include team member time management, architecture design (database and code), front/backend development, LAMP server administration, QA & testing. Projects include:
- Jacob Burns Film Center (http://www.burnsfilmcenter.com)
- Andre Joyau (http://www.andrejoyau.com)
- Haute Shopping (http://www.hauteshopping.com)
Web Developer / Marketing Specialist: Reflexions Data (August 2007 - August 2008)
PHP/MySQL/CSS/JavaScript development, as a member of a larger development team. Additionally, served as the in-house marketing 'guru'.
- Dream Soy Products (http://www.tastethedream.com - marketer)
- The DC Office (http://www.thedcoffice.com - developer)
- Remake Health (http://www.remakehealth.com - developer)
Director of Online Marketing: The Learning Annex (May 2004 - December 2006)
Managed daily emails to member mailing lists (over 1M subscribers), oversaw issues such as CAN-SPAM compliance, tracking and analytics, whitelisting. Researched, launched & tracked several large online marketing campaigns. Responsibilities included outlining budgets, creative design oversight, media buying and metric based analysis. Member of the Executive Team during period of explosive growth; reported to the CEO.
Education
BA in Cognitive Science, 2005
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY