John Dimatos
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I am currently a graduate student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program of NYU, a "laboratory for the recently possible" (Clay Shirky). I am working under the guidance of Red Burns, Tom Igoe, Eric Rosenthal, Frank Lantz and Clay Shirky. My work at ITP so far has been focused on making things talk, making things fun, and making things for specific places. My goal at ITP is to acquire the technical skills necessary to design devices and experiences that promote long term thinking about the relationships humans have with each other, the environment, and government. During the summer of 2008 I worked at AMI An R&D company where a blue moon jumps over the purple sky.
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Education
New York University (Graduate studies)
Masters Degree at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (expected) 5/09
Relevant Coursework
Georgetown University (Undergraduate studies)
B.S. in Science, Technology and International Affairs graduated in 5/00
Relevant Coursework
- Information Warfare
- Management of Technological Innovation
- Developing/managing Databases
- Networks and Data Communications
Professional Experience
Bozatli International Inc.
V.P. of Operations during the period September 2001 - April 2006
Recruited to assist in startup of multimillion-dollar hand-made oriental rug import and wholesale company. Was responsible for all marketing, merchandise planning, branding, and for half of sales requirements. Bozatli inc. was profitable after 11 months of operation, and became debt free during Q4 2006.
- Created and maintained transaction based inventory & invoicing system for over 10,000 unique items
- Participated in quarterly board meetings; participated in all purchasing plans and long term strategy decisions.
- Personally generated sales of over $1 million per year
- Designed custom dynamically generated executive summaries that provided up to date snapshots of inventory levels and sales
- Refined process of outgoing shipment turnover to ΒΌ of the original time required
- Created process oriented corporate manual detailing every aspect of the operation cycle by employee ownership
- Managed freelance creative staff for all marketing materials
- Directed IT infrastructure for company; VPN, multiple file servers, data security
- Continue to consult in quarterly strategy meetings with current management and owners.
CCG MetaMedia
Producer during the period January 2001 - September 2001
Projects included Pfizer inc. CD-ROMs, Wyeth group intranet, Allergan sales intranet. Daily activities included coordinating schedules and deliverables for graphic design staff and technology department.
- Created client extranet initiative, wrote extranet documentation for production staff
- Created profitable in house CD ROM production facility based on assigned feasibility study
- Closely assisted senior producers with schedules and client management
- Coordinated all final quality assurance for half of company production schedule.
Skills
Technical Skills
- Software: PHP, Cold Fusion, C, Processing, XML
- Hardware Basic Analog Circuits, rapid prototyping with Arduino, Serial communications, Xbee Radios
Design Skills
Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Lightroom, Final Cut Pro, Crystal Reports, wordpress, Mediawiki
Other Skills
Native Greek, Public speaking, damage control , team leadership experience
