David Benman Interactive




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David Benman 7817 Cheviot Ct. Fayetteville, NY 13066 (315) 637-8487 (Home Office) (315) 952-7134 (Cell) Email: dave@dbenman.com Website: http://www.dbenman.com SUMMARY Experienced designer, developer, and manager with a background in interactive instructional, corporate, and entertainment applications delivered on the Web, DVD/CD, video, and in print. DAVID BENMAN INTERACTIVE, Fayetteville, NY & Wrentham, MA, 2002 – Present Designer, Developer, and Owner-Full and Part-time Design, develop, and administer websites, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), desktop applications, and presentations using Flash (ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0), Flex, Unity 3D, Director, Final Cut, HTML, PHP, and MySQL. Create learning systems, educational activities, resource browsers, games, game portals, data managers, presentations, and corporate sites for digital media agencies, education publishers, and other companies. Assemble and manage teams of freelancers for larger projects. Provide freelance IT support and QA testing. SIX RED MARBLES, Cambridge, MA, 2006 – 2008 Manager and Lead Developer Managed interactive and web developers in the creation of award-winning websites and CD-ROMs for educational publishers. Architected and programmed development system and code libraries. Managed in-house, independent contractor, and off-shore developers. Defined production and development procedures. Responsible for company IT including server and network administration. Provided Windows and Macintosh desktop support. BLACKSTONE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, Pawtucket, RI, 2002 – 2005 Information Technology Support-Part-time Setup, administered, and maintained 60+ Windows PC network including computer labs, SonicWall Firewall, Windows 2000 server, and Apple PowerSchool administration software. Supported teachers and students in use of computers and network at 300-student charter high school. J2 INTERACTIVE, Charlestown, MA, 2001 – 2002 Chief Developer Created websites, interactive content, and games for clients such as Time Warner Cable's Road Runner, National Wildlife Federation, Bill Cosby's Picture Pages, and General Mills. Developed a standardized activity delivery engine with content streaming, usage reporting, and embedded marketing messages. Maintained JuniorNet service and programmed downloadable version of service. Developed shareware version of activities and implemented fifteen-activity member's area. Created game content for distribution on 7 million co-marketed, promotional DVDs for General Mills. JUNIORNET, Boston, MA, 1998 – 2001 Director, Multimedia Development Developed information architecture, designed highly interactive user interfaces, and programmed activities for educational children's Internet service. Managed 15 developers in the creation of email, instant messaging, message board, polling, games, and interactive activities. The award-winning service included more than 150 fun, educational activities authored in Macromedia Director/Shockwave, Flash, QuickTime, and HTML. Authored popular activities with highly intuitive interfaces. Developed user testing plans and analyzed user testing results. Wrote user interface design specifications and provided high-level direction to user interface design team for service redesign. Streamlined production process and enhanced communications by implementing standards and production intranet. Wrote project plans, budgets, schedules, concept documents, and project specifications. MACROMEDIA, San Francisco, CA, 1993 – 1998 Technical Producer Developed instructional multimedia for delivery in print, on the Web and on CD-ROM. Performed all aspects of development from concept creation to final disk mastering and management of Web delivery. Managed project teams and contractors. Member of design team for Director and Extreme 3D user interfaces, which included performing task analysis, user research, interface specification, and graphic design. Led team that developed company’s first Web learning content. Designed information architecture for extensive Web developer support content. Wrote and edited content, strategic project plans, schedules, research reports, and budgets. Managed $100K+ IT budget and provided department IT support. VPL RESEARCH, Foster City, CA, 1989 – 1993 Sales and Marketing Engineer Created virtual reality presentations, user documentation, training materials, and marketing content for world’s first commercial virtual reality system, which included the Dataglove and the Eyephones head-mounted display. Managed marketing events and produced marketing communications, including brochures and videos. ONE STOP GRAPHICS , San Francisco, CA, 1987 – 1989 Desktop Publishing Supervisor Supervised fast-paced desktop publishing production and graphic design of brochures, newsletters, illustrations, slides, and corporate communications. Taught software classes. WELLS FARGO BANK, San Francisco, CA, 1985 – 1987 Technical Writer Wrote and illustrated documentation for bank’s IRA computer system. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, University Park, PA, 1985 Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Video Production SOFTWARE AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE Hands-on experience with HTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Flash (7 years ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0), Director/Shockwave, Unity, Cinema 4D, Final Cut, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Microsoft Project. Experienced managing projects in many modern languages and systems.