Joseph Michael Scavo
76 David's Island Road
North Weymouth, MA 02191
Joe@scavdog.com

Education

Franklin Pierce College 1993-1994

Westfield State College Class of 1998
BA. Mass Communications
Minor. Business Mgmt.

Professional experience

January 2005 - Present
Joe Scavo Web Design & Graphic Artistry Weymouth, Ma.

Freelance Web Design Consultant
• Designed & implemented various websites in and around the Boston area.
• Design of media such as logos, labels and various other forms of digital and print medium.

November 2002 – November 2004
Plum Voice Portals Boston, Ma

Poject Management / Operations Management
Plum produces VoiceXML interpreter software and VoiceXML gateways, along with complete Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Computer Telephony (CT) systems and managed solutions.
• Managed Plum’s development team on multiple projects to provide a tailored IVR service for our customer.
• Managed day to day operations for Plum Voice Portals.
• Designed and implemented Plum’s web site. http://www.plumgroup.com .

May 2001 – Present
Boston Reef Society Weymouth, Ma

President / Events Coordinator

The Boston Reefers Society is a 501c non-profit organization committed to promoting interest in and enjoyment of all aspects of the marine aquarium hobby. The society educates the public on topics related to the biology, physiology, and chemistry of reef biotopes through sponsorship of lectures, publications, websites, exhibits and other means. The Society also provides an online forum for sharing resources and information among aquatic enthusiasts. The BRS supports research, education and conservation efforts aimed at improving marine and coral reef environments.

• Assisted in coordinating and directing the 16th annual “Marine Aquarium Conference of North America”. MACNA XVI was the largest, most successful conference of its type to date, with over 1200 conference attendees.
• Co-founded an organization which currently consists of 1700 current members.
• Assisted in marketing and advertising for club meetings and events.
• Arrange monthly events as well as develop and maintain relationships with vendors and sponsors.
• Designed and implemented http://www.bostonreefers.org as well as design of the logo.

Sept 1999 - July 2000
SOUNDSBIG.com Boston, Ma
SOUNDSBIG.com is an interactive broadcast music company that was founded in April of 1999. I joined SOUNDSBIG in July of 1999 to assist in the design of a web site where musicians could digitally submit their content for exposure on the World Wide Web.


• Aided in design and implementation of a robust online application known as "ArtistNet" that allowed digital distribution of artist media (MP3's, ASF). Most of the information validation was handled on the server. This application was written mainly in ASP and HTML with some Java Script.

• Designed and implemented content for the SOUNDSBIG.com homepage. The homepage hosted content for "featured artists", such as FATBOY Slim and Filter. The user was able to come to SOUNDSBIG.com and view the artist's information as well as sample artist audio. I worked along side the creative director on the development of these pages. The pages consisted mainly of HTML with some Java Script.

• Designed prototype players for both Boston.com and Rounder Records.

• Worked with the Boston.com creative department on the final product.

• Implemented the look and feel for www.SOUNDSBIG.com

July 1999-Sept 1999
  SOUNDSBIG.com Boston, Ma
Intern
• Aided in the web and graphical development of a unique startup.
• Assisted in marketing cutting edge broadcast technology.

Skills

• Languages & Packages: HTML, Java Script, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Macromedia Director. I have some experience with Visual C++, VBScript, Visual Basic and Macromedia Flash.
• Systems: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and some experience with Mac systems.

References

• Furnished upon request.