I am interested in the forest and the trees of large Web sites, not solely strategic and not solely in the weeds. Large sites interest me, since the size leads to unique management and technical issues and a large site usually also includes interesting complexity of integration with backend systems. I am not an industry analyst of different tools, but can dive into the details of implementation in order to maximize success. As a strong communicator, I spend a good deal of time thinking about the best way to communicate amongst the different players behind large Web sites.
Expertise in Large Web Sites
My specialized abilities include:
- END-to-END management, from visioning to web teams to technical details
- of VERY LARGE (100K+ pages) and COMPLEX (lots of backend integration, multilingual, non-web delivery, etc) web sites and overall web presence
- ALIGNING solutions to ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, working with USERS and INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
- with a particular focus on LARGE WEB SITE MIGRATIONS
Currently, I am available to consult on the following:
- The management of large web sites
- Analysis and verification of requirements for complex and large web sites
- Large web site migration planning
- Independent Validation and Verification, overseeing the work of systems integrators
Background
At WelchmanPierpoint, I consulted on how to govern and manage very large web sites. Before that, I product managed the content publishing system that hundreds of users across the 30+ units of the World Bank use to manage over 1,000 World Bank sites and publish content in 20+ languages (currently with over 100,000 pieces of content). I have played a variety of related roles at Forum One Communications (a web consulting firm) and UUNET/MCI/Worldcom (a major ISP). Before that I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Chad (where I was known as Dawud), and an X/Motif programmer for Schlumberger.
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