Chris Heisel
Experience
Lincoln Loop
Technical Project Manager, October 2009 – Present
Oversees active projects and facilitates communication between clients and developers/engineers. Sets budget and timeline expectations on new client requests, manages project budgets, runs weekly staff meeting, creates and manages sprint task lists and backlogs. Quality assurance duties include testing items as completed by developers and maintaining our continuous integration server. Both clients and project teams are remote, spread across several timezones.
ajc.com / accessatlanta.com
Manager of Online Development, January 2007 – October 2009
Lead a team of Python application developers, cooridinating their efforts with design, QA and operations. Worked with business stakeholders on feature scope and prioritization. Work included content publishing, social media and vendor integration. Also managed the rollout of a large WordPressMU setup.
Technology Manager, July 2005 – January 2007
Managed an additional developer, created custom Web-based applications and Web sites. Provided technology consultation and advice, managed vendor relationships.
Web developer, August 2003 – July 2005
Developed content management system for a paid-content sports site, set up free blogging infrastructure and built custom Web applications for use by the newsroom and public.
University of Missouri
Adjunct faculty, May – August 2003
Taught the advanced copy editing and basic design course in the School of Journalism
Columbia Missourian
Assistant News Editor, May 2001 – May 2003 Duties include reading copy before placement on page, designing pages as needed, supervising the work of the copy editors and designers, assisting the night news editor as needed.
Other positions: Night news editor, page designer
The Indianapolis Star
- Dow Jones Online Intern, May – August 2002 Selected to take part in the Dow Jones Internship program. Duties included designing Web pages for various special sections, building online databases, editing copy, posting news to the site and covering overnight crime news as a reporter.
Education
University of Missouri, School of Journalism
- Master’s in Media Management, August 2003
- Bachelor’s of Journalism, December 2001
Skills
- Technology: Python, Django, MySQL, Memcached, Gearman, Javascript, jQuery, PHP, WordPressMU, Ruby, Rails
- Other: Scrum, Kanban/Lean