Robert Safuto



Skills

Project Management, Leadership and Marketing

  • Managed energy software implementation projects for The Structure Group which included project scoping, managing timelines and budgets
  • Functional lead for the New England version of the nMarket™ software product advising software development team
  • New England market lead for The Structure Group, responsible for developing relationships and participating in all stages of the sales cycle
  • Played various roles in sales and marketing resulting in millions of dollars of software licenses sold
  • Graduate of U.S. Army Officer Candidate School, served as Tank Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer

Enterprise Software Implementation

  • Performed systems design and analysis for government clients of Andersen Consulting, including the State of Indiana and City of Detroit
  • Successfully implemented nMarket™ energy market software, including on-site training, at twenty North American energy companies
  • Responsible for coordinating implementation tasks and schedules between business and technical personnel all the way up the chain to the executive level

Startup Organization Experience

  • Among first thirty employees hired at The Structure Group, which later grew to over two-hundred employees over seven years
  • As member of a six person team at RawVoice, contributed expertise and financial resources towards raising the company profile amongst other tech companies, advertisers and independent media creators

Social Software / Web Media

  • Self-taught web developer of sites built on Drupal, WordPress and Movable Type platforms
  • Founder of Learn By The Drop, a leading online Drupal learning destination
  • Author of Beginners Guide to Drupal e-book
  • Formerly an advisor and Marketing Director for RawVoice, developers of a proprietary media publishing platform
  • Social media consultant/advisor assisting the Boomer Esiason Foundation, Council of Public Relations Firms and Marriott Corporation

Work History

Strategic Analyst

New York Independent System Operator | Albany, NY

09/2007 – Present

Marketing Director

RawVoice | New York, NY

10/2006 – 09/2007

New England Market
Lead

The Structure Group | Houston, TX

09/1999 – 05/2007

Systems Analyst

First Lieutenant

Andersen Consulting | New York, NY

United States Army

05/1998 – 08/1999

10/1993 – 04/1998

 

Education

B.S. Business Mgmt.

M.B.A

Saint John’s University | Queens, NY

University at Albany | Albany, NY

May 1991

In-Progress