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"I have worked with Darren in a cross functional capacity as a peer and always found his approach to be professional and pragmatic. Darren is result driven but remains flexible as changes occur in the projects we are responsible for." -- Craig Allinson, Sr .Product Mgr XOHM, Sprint, Strategy Group 4G WiMAX Devices

"Darren Culbreath and I have worked on several IT projects over the past 2 years. In each case, Darren has brought innovative, ingenious, and technically sound solutions options to the table. He is an "outside the box" thinker... he excels in finding a better, more efficient way to accomplish the task at hand." -- Fredrick Rege, Manager, Acumen Solutions, Inc.



 

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Darren Culbreath
Email: dculbreath@gmail.com
Phone: 1.877.521.5635

  • Dynamic management skills in leading technical organizations
  • End to End hands on experience in developing VoIP applications in the Unix environment.
  • Adept in vendor selection, purchasing, business development, strategic planning, risk analysis, account acquisition and management, including market research, competitor analysis, lead generation, product introduction and demand forecasting.
  • Skilled in finance and budget administration, forecasting and statement analysis as well as loan agreements, P&L statements
  • Solid experience with Technical Writing and Business Plan creation.
  • Proven technical leadership, demonstrated by the development of award winning Web content management tools utilized by the Magazine Publishing industry.
  • Expert level knowledge in web publishing concepts and tools including applications developed in PERL, PHP/MySql and ASP, Apache/ Teamsite / AJAX
  • Extensive tools development in the AOL Time Warner / Sprint Nextel / XOHM / Kroger technical environments on executive, departmental and company wide projects.
  • Comprehensive experience in senior-level management of advanced Information System Technology functions, with P&L responsibility for corporate standards, policies and strategies
  • and balance sheets.

 Skills

In 1999 we were in Web 1.0. Years later Web 2.0 took us by surprise. Today, Web 3.0 is here. From Gadgets to widgets we are coding on a new landscape. -- Darren Culbreath

"Darren brought great experience and enthusiasm to the project. It was a pleasure working with him, I'd readily recommend his services to anyone." -- Dhaval Shah, Manager, inCode

"Darren is one of the most brilliant developers I've ever had the privilege of working with. He was able to solve every single problem I threw at him. He would be an asset to any organization." David Newcorn - V.P. Summit Media Publishing

Highlights

  • C, C++
  • CGI
  • Perl, DBI
  • PHP
  • Informix
  • SSL
  • SQL
  • Oracle
  • CSS
  • AJAX
  • DNS
  • XHTML
  • MySQL
  • VoIP
  • Web Crawling
  • XML / XML-RPC
  • XLST
  • Interwoven
  • Sybase
  • SIP / IAX
  • BREW
  • InDesign
  • Visio

Experience


Web Development Leadership

CRM Lead

Web Analytics Governance

User Experience Direction

Voip Architect

Enterprise System Admin

Google Code Integration

Online Marketing / SEO Consultation

Site Search Technologist

Open Source Installs

Database Creation

XOHM (Wimax from Sprint) Feb 2007 - Present
Reston, VA
Manager of Web Operations / Portal Development
http://www.xohm.com
Manager of Web Operations reporting to Director of User Experience / Portal and VP of Product . Responsible for team of Web developers, Information Architects and designers.
Sprint Nextel Corp. Feb 2006 - Feb 2007
Reston, VA
Information Architect / Subject Matter Expert (SME)
http://www.sprint.com
Subject Matter Expert (SME) reporting to Director of User Experience Design (UXD). Responsible for providing technical leadership and programming support to Design / Prototyping and Innovation Products teams. Contributed in creating exciting and usable products/ services.
Palavon Inc. 2004- 2006
Herndon, VA
VoIP /Web Architect ( founder)
http://www.palavon.com
Formed in 2004 to provide telephone service for small to medium sized businesses that will help them improve their communication relationships with their customers, vendors and employees. Created Linux Based VoIP platform to bring high-end cost effective telephone services to businesses that could not normally afford but need special telephone and Internet services in order to effectively compete in today's economy.
Culbreath Consulting Corp. 2000-2004
Springfield, VA
Chief Web Architect ( founder)
http://www.culcorp.com
Responsible for all Profit And Loss functions related to the commercialization of company proprietary web content management technologies and integrated systems solutions. Managed senior staff, designers, architects and programmers in the development of such web management tools as Video Digital Asset Management, Web based Content Management, Magazine Article Management and commercial grade internet Advertising tracking solutions.
AOL/ Time Warner, Inc. 2000-2003
Dulles, VA
Sr. Software Engineer/Architect
http://www.aol.com
  • Content Management Tools http://www.bigbrother2000.com
  • ASPP 1.0 Integration of the New Shopping Application (MPT)
  • Group Task Management Tool
  • You Got Pictures (YGP) Photo Judging Tool: phototool.aol.com/
  • Contract Mapping Tool (ASPP 1.0 to ASPP 2.0 Web Mapping Application) : Part of Shark Application (Content Management Tool)

AT&T Oct. 1999 - April 2000
Herndon, VA
UNIX Application Engineer / Intranet
http://www.att.com
Responsible for installing various applications on Sun and HP-UX servers. Configured Weblogic and Orbix. Initiated Corbra Server to insure functional integrity within the heterogeneous group of HP and Solaris servers.