Jon DiPietro

Technical

Programming Languages

Proficient in VB6, VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, T-SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, Pascal, Fortran, Ladder Logic.

Familiar with C++, Javascript and Lisp.

Software

Development Tools and Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio (through 2008), Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Crystal Reports, Developer Express suite, Robohelp, CA Erwin, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, Aspose, Countersoft Gemini, Dynamic PDF, Graphics Server, Image Glue, Infragistics Ultra Suite, XML Spy.

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server and Access.

Other: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Expression Web, Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamweaver and Fireworks, Quickbooks

Process Control

Hardware: Programmable Logic Controllers (Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE Fanuc, Opto-22), vision systems, motion control, data acquisition, loop controllers, pneumatics, hydraulics, and instrumentation.

Software: GE/Intellution (iFix, Fix, DMACS), Rockwell Software (ControlView, RSView, RSLinx, RSLogix), Wonderware.

Business

Passionate, successful entrepreneur with domestic and international experience in operations, P&L management, strategic planning, and product development, sales, and marketing.

Demonstrated ability to break down complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions; usually with little or no resources.

Keen sense of market trends with a track record of exploiting them.
Uniquely qualified to leverage technology in order to improve the performance of all business areas: management, accounting, research and development, human resources, operations, sales, and marketing.

Accomplished speaker, with a talent for communicating abstract and/or complex ideas in clear, understandable terms through both written documents and presentations.

Broad professional skill base includes business development, financial management, product development, sales and marketing, project management, system integration, computer programming, design and administration of databases, networks, and web sites, and process control system engineering.

I’ve been building stuff since I was a kid (Lego fanatic) and wanted to be an engineer since before most kids my age even knew what that was.  It’s my creative outlet and the reason why I still enjoy writing code and building web sites to this day.  I am currently the owner of three (yes, three) companies; Bridge-Soft, Domesticating IT and #CareerGravity.  I live in Manchester, NH with my lovely bride Laurie and our four daughters, Amanda, Jacqueline, Paige, and Jenna.

See my online profile: Jon DiPietro BrandYourself.

Professional Overview

My professional mantra is “domesticating Internet technology.”  I show businesses and individuals how to create loud, disruptive, permanent digital footprints.

(see also: Work History and Experience)

Biography (Short and Painless Version)

School Days

I’m a proud graduate of Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, NH and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Lowell in 1990.

Engineering Days

My first engineering position came before graduation when, working as an AutoCAD draftsman for Plastics Forming Enterprises I was asked to fill in for the project’s electrical controls engineer when he left abruptly.  Soon after, I went to work as a facilities engineer for Polyclad Laminates where I had a tremendous experience working with a wide variety of automation systems and technologies; human machine interfaces (HMI), programmable logic controllers (PLC), variable speed drives (VSD), PID loop controllers, high speed vision systems, pneumatics, and hydraulics.  After four years, I returned to work at Plastics Forming Enterprises where I began my software development career in earnest, working on data logging andexpert reporting systems for injection molding and beverage bottling companies.

Entrepreneurial / Software Developer Days

In 1997, I co-founded Bridge-Soft with Eric Hinton.  Founded initially as a consulting services company, we landed a contract with Shipley Company to develop a Quality Management System and Bridge-Soft’s cornerstone product was born.  The project was completed just in time for a recession and so the company was re-engineered to enter the water/wastewater industry after winning a contract to provide Goulburn Valley Water in Shepparton, Australia with QMS to manage their operational and compliance data.

In 2008, I founded Domesticating IT, an inbound marketing consultancy offering a range of services that will increase qualified visits to your website and convert more leads into customers. These services include CMS-based website design, blog integration, search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing strategy, lead capturing and nurturing systems and web analytics.

In 2012, I co-founded #CareerGravity with Brent Skinner. This member website offers advice and guidance to professionals so that they can apply the principals of inbound marketing to their own professional career development plans.