Gary Petro
Web and Security Technologist
100 S Cambridge Dr, Geneva, IL 60134
630.697.5531
jobs@garypetro.com
Accomplished, multi-talented technologist with 11 years of experience, offering a unique combination of technical, leadership, and security skills, exercised in small to enterprise–sized environments. Strengths include problem solving, in-depth knowledge and successful deployment of enterprise Web applications and web sites, evaluating and forecasting current and nearly available technology, designing and implementing appropriate security postures, strong communication and vendor relation skills. Industry experience includes manufacturing, non-profit, educational, publishing, media, and legal services.
Work Experience
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Manager of Web and Emerging Technologies, Society of Actuaries
Aug 2005-Present
Responsible for multiple aspects of technical implementation and ongoing management including design, development, testing, monitoring, vendor relations, stakeholder coordination, security, project leadership, and management of underlying hosting infrastructure. Charged with conducting research and providing input and guidance to core technology infrastructure components across all platforms, including web, desktop, telecom, network, hardware and software. Subject matter expert for all security related issues. Nominated for numerous awards within the organization. Responsible for managing the organization’s enterprise search efforts and architecting the metadata system that drives it.- Moved 90% of business functions to the web within 3 years, decreasing need for staff data entry by 50% during high traffic times.
- Managed multiple development and infrastructure projects to successful completion.
- Led a number of rapid prototyping and proof of concept exercises for various projects to validate potential approaches. These included eBooks, low power server clusters, enterprise search comparisons, virtualization, single sign on, heatmaps, and blogs.
- Discovered and led the remediation of numerous security issues including application assessments, penetration testing, and implementation of a “defense in depth” approach.
- Installed, configured, and manage the organization’s enterprise search efforts, including Google Search Appliances and Microsoft FAST.
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Developer, Redbox
Feb 2005 - Aug 2005
Responsible for redbox.com development and operations. Oversaw development of executive dashboards and associated metrics.- Developed redbox.com and all backend management systems. Decreased load time by 50%.
- Built product support scripts for 400 DVD vending kiosks in 5 test markets. Brought update time down by 80%.
- Collaborated with McDonald’s GIS personnel to facilitate location data integration with the redbox site.
- Created numerous internal support systems (BugTracker, Source Control) to facilitate a transition from an offshore development team to a newly formed internal development team.
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Consultant, Discover Financial Services (Saturn Technical)
Sep 2004 - Jan 2005
Responsible for upgrading an internal ColdFusion application from CF 4.5 to CFMX.- Completed projects in 30% less time than anticipated. This led to opportunities to train Discover staff on integrating Java objects in ColdFusion, a new feature in CFMX.
- Proposed a new, uniform XML based configuration system instead of the previous format which was unique to each application.
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Senior Developer, Web2Market
Jan 2000- Sep 2004
Responsible for end to end development of customer applications as well as all aspects of web security. Managed entire development process, from determining requirements to final delivery and training customers. Responsible for performing code reviews and security analysis, including application security assessments.- Identified a security breach at colocation facility and remediated by implementing a custom BSD based firewall.
- Developed custom ColdFusion EDI application that integrated a leading ColdFusion ecommerce application with several popular accounting systems.
- Developed and customized ColdFusion-built products including a Content Management System, Security System, E-Commerce Engine, Member Management and many other applications.
- Mentored/trained others on team to help solidify their ColdFusion and SQL knowledge including query optimization, and database design.
- Supported operational systems from an internal user and client access point of view.
Certification and Education
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Certified Information Systems Security Professional – CISSP. (ID – 368423) | Certified WebTrends Administrator | Certified ColdFusion Administrator | Microsoft FAST Search IT Professional | Completed Ektron (CMS) Administrator training in 2011
1997-1999, Ohio Northern University. Computer/Electrical Engineering