Bruce Rinehart
415.307.4177
Overview
Internet professional with 16 years experience leading web systems
development for Top 20 websites, Fortune 500 companies, and startups.
Work Experience
Consulting,
Freelance consultant
Sept. '05 -
present (grad student Fall '04 - Spring '06)
- information architecture for Autodesk web initiatives
- development planning for startups
- small business website development
Garage Cinema Research (GCR), UCBerkeley, General Manager - media technology research group
Aug. '03 - Aug. '05
- managed 30 person media research group
- project managed Mobile Media Metadata (MMM2) - wireless photo sharing study
- lead the development of a wireless client/server application for MMM2 including specification writing, sponsor communication, device aquisition
- deployed 60 Nokia 7610 camera phones for 9 month media sharing study
- produced award winning (IEEE Multimedia '05 Best Video
Demonstration) video about MMM2 research
Consulting, Freelance consultant on projects for DHAP Digital/Toyota and FFI
June '01 - May
'04
- DHAP/Toyota - initiated work on multi-year,
multi-million dollar technical partners contract
- DHAP/Toyota -
back-end information architecture analysis
- DHAP/Toyota - document
analysis of existing specifications
- FFI - developed PHP-based
membership/marketplace site for soundwood.org
Mozquito Technologies, Technical Evangelist - German XForms authorware maker
December '00 - May '01
- advised on strategic partnership negotiations
- shaped product features for XML tools market
Xoom Inc., Senior Product Manager - Top 20 website providing free web services with a direct ecommerce revenue stream (merged with Snap!, NBC.com to form NBCi.com)
April '99 - August '99
- managed search, personalization, member services, member commerce
- advised executive management on technology implications of
partnerships
- managed and recruited software vendors for search, personalization, CMS, and advertising
- identified issues/implications of merger to user namespace
Consulting, Consulted on projects for Infoseek (advertising consultant) and SGI (executive producer)
April '98 - March '99
- Infoseek - developed database tools for visualization of advertising contracts
- Infoseek - developed specifications for adsales contract configuration
- SGI - executive producer of website for Pentium-based visual workstation business line
- SGI - advised executive team on development strategy
C|NET, Snap! Online, Technical Producer - events.com, snap.com, search.com
Jan '97 - Feb '98
- lead development of instant publishing system for events on cnet.com
- managed bug detection, fix, and beta testing for a bug-free launch of SNAP.com
- innovated solutions for enhancing performance of publishing tools for Internet directory
- 'owned' search.com
eLine Productions, Co-Founder/General Manager - web development firm
May '94 - January '97
- negotiated contracts
- managed cash flow, payroll, operations, development
- grew revenue substantially
Graphisoft, U.S., Channel
Manager - 3D architectural modeling and design software maker
June '93 - July
'95
- managed national reseller network of 50
resellers
- initiated corporate website
- managed relationships with
large architectural firms
- database mgmt
Dataseeds, General Manager - data entry and fulfillment
company
Oct '92 - June
'93
- hired all staff
- cash flow mgmt.
- managed client relationships
- developed/maintained database systems
Education
1990: BS Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Business Administration minor
2006: Masters in Information Managment and Systems (MIMS) School of Information Management and Systems, UCBerkeley
References Available Upon Request
resume available at http://www.brucerinehart.com/resume/
last updated July 31, 2010