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Chad Elliott

Javascript Juggernaut, CSS Assassin, Gaming Guru, Gif Thrill Seeker, UI/UX Fiend, Hardware Hound, Mountain Sherpa.

Chad Elliott
42 years old
Kansas City United States
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
I vividly recall the first computer I ever owned. It was a VTech PreComputer 2000 with a 2 line LCD screen that my parents bought me when I was 8 or 9. The first thing I did when I got it was open up the instruction manual and start teaching myself BASIC.

To this day, I approach every project, business, and relationship with that same focused, thoughtful fervor. I'm always exploring new opportunities and testing my limits, learning as I go and expanding my knowledge and skills to keep pace with the rapid rate at which my ambitions rise.

I've worn many hats throughout the years.

I worked as a Social Media Strategist for Zaarly when they were just cutting their teeth. I helped expand their operations into Los Angeles and San Francisco by targeting key influencers and engaging with them via Twitter and Facebook.

I jumped in to IT as a Store Technician for Sunshine Energy. While there, I cobbled together a program for remotely administrating and updating their store computers by augmenting their POS system (PDI), saving the company time and money by reducing the need for them to send a tech out to the store. I eventually earned a position as Assistant IT Director.

I flexed my programming prowess as an Interactive Web Developer for VML. I worked alongside some of their best and brightest developing a Facebook application for Gatorade. While there, I also carried the torch as organizer and speaker for Afternoon Tea, a developer's group aimed at raising the bar for front-end standards at VML.

Lastly, I've been blessed with the opportunity to act as Director of Infrastructure & Operations for CandyCam and work alongside some of the most talented and charismatic people I've ever met.

If you're interested in me, what I do, or simply want to connect, please, contact me! I'm highly engaged in the tech and entrepreneurial communities in Kansas City and am always looking to expand my network. I also really enjoy helping people, so if you need something, let me know!
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Digital Media Strategist & Senior Product Engineer

MediaThinkLabs LLC
Since September 2013
  • As the Senior Product Engineer at MediaThinkLabs, my role encompasses many facets of product evolution: product design, project management, development, deployment, and user feedback. Each stage of the process represents a slew of tasks. These include, but certainly aren't limited to: requirements gathering, feasibility assessment, recursive task prioritization, framework selection, feature scoping, task assignment, and effort optimization. I coordinate with my team using tools like Basecamp, for project management, and Github, for feature requests / bug reporting. I prefer to use asynchronous communication methods (email, chat, text) and optimize the process to find the best fit for the team I'm working with.
  • As MediaThinkLabs primary Digital Media Strategist, my role is to leverage technology to discover innovative and efficient ways to market our client's brands. This includes lead generation automation, metrics driven internet advertising, data analysis to correlate increased sales with hidden trends, and leverage social media's potential for "growth hacking" to create measurable increases in our client's ROI.