Jon Trafton

Experience

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  Strangefolk

  Jan 1991 - now

  Co-Founder, Musician, Songwriter

  Originally formed as an acoustic duo "Strange Folk" at University of Vermont in 1991, Strangefolk added bass and drums within a year and took to playing the bars and theaters in and around the vibrant musical community of Burlington, Vermont. By 1995 the band was touring incessantly, enjoying sold out concerts from Maine to California. In 1998 Strangefolk recorded a major label album for Walt Disney-owned Mammoth Records.

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  Elypsis Inc

  Jan 2007 - Sept 2008

  Implementer

  Consulting and software Implementation for wineries using Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System as a foundation for Wine Club Management, e-commerce, and shipping compliance.As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and 2008 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club recipient, Elypsis uses the proven technology of Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System® and Microsoft Dynamics NAV® together with winery-specific custom applications, providing a total software solution for wineries.

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  EWinery Solutions

  Oct 2008 - May 2010

  Manager, Web Integrations

  Project coordinator. Data migration between various software platforms and eWinery Solutions client databases. eWinery Solutions provides a comprehensive, fully integrated consumer direct solution that enables wineries to achieve greater flexibility and control throughout every aspect of their ecommerce program.

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  NapaValleyPOS

  Jun 2010 - Jan 2013

  Product Manager

  Systems Integration Specialist and Product Manager. Manage data migrations between various software platforms and Microsoft Retail Management Systems and e-Commerce platforms.Napa Valley POS brings years of Point-of-Sale (POS) software and hardware experience to retail businesses with a specialty in winery tasting room systems. We are proud to partner with Microsoft and offer the Microsoft Dynamics® Retail Management System (RMS) Point of Sale software, installed in over 100K locations making it the perfect base solution for our customers. Show less

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  Granbury Solutions

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2014

  Team Lead - Data Management Group

  In recent years the company name on my resume has changed a few times but the fact is I've been working directly with the principals of Napa Valley POS and eWinery Solutions since 2006. Over the years the technology and methodology has changed but the underlying concept remains the same: deliver best in breed solutions for our customers, backed up with the best customer service in the business.

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  VinSUITE

  Sept 2014 - now

  Manage and implement all data and web services API projects at vinSUITE. Perform data imports, exports, custom data manipulation in MSSQL-based winery e-commerce platform. To date, 339 clients onboarded, comprising millions of customer, order and product records added to the platform.

  • Senior Data Engineer

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Data & Integrations Manager

    Sept 2014 - now