Brent Gummow

Experience

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  Collegeview

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Intern/ Assistant Digital Media Specialist
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  Karmapoint Visual Media

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Producer / Owner

  • Freelance web design and hosting, technical support, e-training, project management, video, audio, and graphics for small businesses, artists, musicians, and non-profits• Primary source of income from 1997-2002, then switched to part-time, secondary income• Live VJing and implementing temporary DIY video systems for concerts, theater performances, and events• Founded and managed music/art/performance online community

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  Baldwin Wallace University

  Jan 2002 - Oct 2007

  Webmaster/Multimedia Specialist

  • Production videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, PDFs, websites, animations, online tools, training, and technical support for faculty, staff, and students• Live and on-demand streaming webcasts consisting of up to four cameras• Designer and administrator for internal portal and Blackboard LMS

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  Infinite Number of Sounds Recording Company, LLC

  Jan 2003 - Feb 2009

  Co-Owner

  • Co-founder/operator of small record label based out of Cleveland, OH specializing in non-traditional music• Responsible for all business, marketing and promotion for current and past recordings, placing tracks on MTV, the Discovery Channel, national advertisements, museum exhibits and independent films.• Visual design, marketing, on-line presence, technical guidance and audio production assistance

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  Impact Communications

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

  Multimedia Developer

  • In-house production for all web and multimedia projects and mentorship of team members• Modular kiosk building system with dynamic Flash and XML for museums and galleries• Senior IT responsibilities• Clients included: Kumho Tires, KeyBank, National City Bank, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and American Greetings.

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  Academy of Art University

  Mar 2009 - Jul 2011

  Instructional Designer

  • Project management for online course builds• Design and code for files in custom LMS• HTML, CSS, Adobe Flash, Adobe Connect, and QuickTime

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  Jimdo

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2016

  Solutions Manager / Multi-talento

  • Owned and managed dozens of projects over a six year span for this international SAAS company, spanning Product, Marketing, and Operations• Created and managed a team bridging the gap between product capability and customer needs, improving customer retention and upgrade rates• Managed major product integration with www.99designs.com resulting in over $1 million in revenue in the first year and an additional 1000 designers certified to work with clients on our platform• Conceptualized and launched English content marketing strategy resulting in designing and coding our company blog on Wordpress and hiring a team to handle day-to-day operations.• Led a team in reimagining, reorganizing, and rewriting the English support center• Utilized HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery to create marketing and training web assets such as https://expanding.jimdo.com/ and https://www.frank.io/ Show less

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  POWR

  Jan 2018 - now

  • Now working remotely in Portland, Oregon• A product-focused full-stack software developer currently on the Core Product team.• Led a full rewrite of our entire system for allowing users to accept payments in several apps from three different payment APIS.• Makes key product decisions with our team Product Manager and Designer to guide the roadmap for the future of the software.• Specs projects and tasks based on designs and business logic.• Revamp product design, flow, and code for several core products.• Reduced user churn by converting several back-end support functions to have a user-facing interface.• Helped introduce React into a backbone/rails application.• Syncs with support to monitor user feedback and help with engineering solutions when necessary• A champion of documentation and regularly presents at the weekly engineering team meeting• Taking new projects from research and design through coding and quality assurance testing. Show less

  • Senior Product Engineer

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Product Engineer

    Jan 2018 - Sept 2021