Jason Asher Lefkowitz

6904 Mary Caroline Circle, Apt. L
Alexandria, VA 22310
tel: 703.598.8069

EXPERIENCE

Founder

Rogue Repairman Productions LLC, Alexandria, VA: 1/2010 – present

Full-service online consultancy specializing in systems integration and custom programming

Online Campaigns Organizer

Change to Win, Washington, DC; 7/2006 – 1/2010

Responsibilities:

  • Manage online advocacy program for national federation of labor unions
  • Develop, manage, and maintain Web sites for CtW and its campaigns
  • Help build capacity in affiliate unions by organizing training programs, identifying and communicating best practices, and advising affiliate staff on online initiatives

Chief Operations Officer

DemocracyInAction.org, Washington, DC; 12/2005 – 5/2006

Responsibilities:

  • Ensured reliable system performance of large-scale Web application serving 300+ advocacy groups
  • Managed relationships with large customers and strategic partners
  • Advised principals on business and technical direction

Director, E-Activism

Oceana, Washington, DC; 12/2003 – 11/2005

Responsibilities:

  • Managed online grassroots advocacy program, including growth of supporter base from 70,000 to 250,000+ worldwide
  • Oversaw all global Web properties and led teams developing content, graphics, and multimedia
  • Directed online fundraising/development program

Senior Web Developer/Project Officer

Forum One Communications, Alexandria, VA; 4/2002 – 11/2003

Responsibilities:

  • Managed Web development and strategy project teams, working closely with clients
  • Directed product development for Forum One Project Spaces offering
  • Led development and implementation of internal quality assurance and accessibility (Section 508) initiatives

Lead Web Developer

ParagonCo, Oxford, OH; 3/2001 – 1/2002

Responsibilities:

  • Managed staff of 5 Web developers and 2 technical support engineers
  • Led development and maintenance of large-scale database-driven Web applications using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Active Server Pages
  • Applied UML-based, use case-driven development methodologies

Work experiences prior to 2001 and references available upon request

EDUCATION

American University, Washington, DC

School of Public Affairs, Class of 1997

  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG) with minor in Information Systems
  • Final Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA): 3.92
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, University Honors, Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 1997, School of Public Affairs

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Operating Environments: Ubuntu/Debian Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Windows Server
  • Languages: PHP, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Python, HTML5/XHTML, CSS
  • Database Platforms: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
  • Frameworks/Content Management Systems: WordPress, TYPO3, Laravel/CodeIgniter, jQuery, Bootstrap, Django, Flask