Tony Pagliocco

ArizonaFoothillsMagazine.com

Tony Pagliocco — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:54:04 +0000

Using the Joomla platform, I implemented a revamp of the site architecture that allowed for increased functionality and resulted in record setting traffic numbers for the site. As a facilitator I worked with outside teams, leading their development and from guidance by management I was able to provide a quality product that has sustained growth and technological advances.

EmpowHER.com

Tony Pagliocco — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:51:59 +0000

As Director of Product and Traffic at EmpowHER, I was charged with bringing immediate results to the monthly traffic. Within 6 weeks I had increased traffic by 300k uniques a month and within 2 months I had brought overall traffic to EmpowHER to reach 1,000,000 uniques for the first time in company history. Leading new product innovation and opportunities for clients were some of the other campaigns I led in my time with EmpowHER.

SheKnows.com

Tony Pagliocco — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:50:26 +0000

I was Director of Technology for SheKnows.com from 2007 to late 2010 where in the course of 3 years, we saw site traffic go from 2.4m / mo to 195m / mo which had us as #3 in the Women’s Lifestyle vertical (according to ComScore). The site was redeveloped with a new custom CMS using CakePHP, and custom sites were built for clients to increase site offerings to advertisers and scalability for performance enhancements.

OmegaDeltaPhi.com

Tony Pagliocco — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:46:37 +0000

Omega Delta Phi was a project I headed up as the National Director of Technology where we started a full redevelopment of the site. Using the WordPress CMS and a variety of plugins, Search Traffic increased by 42%, site performance increased by 35%, and we were able to add new functionality to integrate with our members only section and social media integration.

My Special Video Course

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:30:49 +0000

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Leaving On a Jet Plane

Tony Pagliocco — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:05:16 +0000

So big parts of the move were accomplished today. Flight is set, House is set, Temporary Lodging is set, and the Rental Car is set. All in one day and required a lot of coordination. Now all is left to get it all packed up, cleaned up, and have a way for our dog to get to Maine and we are good to go. I think that one of the most interesting things is that when you are planning a move of this size, you are in essence showing to your new employer the skills and management needed to facilitate big projects under heavy deadlines. I like it and I think its gonna be a fun trip.

Learning Something New

Tony Pagliocco — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:40:26 +0000

With 2011 upon us, I decided that maybe it is a good time to learn something new. I figured that with a new job coming up, a new set of values…that it would be time to learn something new. When I first learned the basics of the Agile framework, it was not something I planned and to become so passionate about something I wasn’t expecting to, that was really cool. Now the question is what do I learn?

Having looked at a lot of new and interesting technologies, I’m trying to debate on if I should be learning a new language, a new development framework, or new tangible technology. With my new company working on an innovative set of projects in Drupal, I’m leaning towards making Drupal my 2011 project. In terms of methodologies, I believe that I want to also begin incorporating Xtreme Programming into the mix as well, because I see many benefits it can provide to a new Scrum team but at the same time, help with learning the ins and outs of something new as well.

So there it is, Drupal is on the books for 2011, is XP? Not sure yet. Regardless, I know I”ll be able to find the resources and I want to share my thoughts and findings so I can hopefully just help one person.

Moving to Maine

Tony Pagliocco — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:51:06 +0000

So I’m leaving to move to Maine. No reason to be hidden about it anymore – but was a decision I had to think long and hard about for a lot of reasons. I got a fantastic opportunity with a company in Kennebunk, Maine called DRI (Digital Research Inc.) which is looking to make a strong amount of change in their Technology department. I was up to meet with them and that one meeting was enough to close me on how good the opportunity was. Great team, great environment, with a lot of skill, I feel really good about this position. Absolutely beautiful state…having grown up in Massachusetts, I was used to Winter but totally forgot how beautiful certain aspects of the state are. Really blows my mind. I think overall this is a great step forward, but also a big one in terms of resources needed to accommodate a move of this size. I’ll be posting more about the steps in the big move from AZ to ME and hopefully someone can learn from my mistakes I’ll make setting this move across the nation.