Frank Topino
Founder and Lead Developer at Webmantica
Characterized as a visionary, strategist and tactician, he can also be defined as a results oriented workaholic beyond the point of no return. He loves turning visionary concepts into profitable business ventures. He's driven by an insatiable passion and hunger for knowledge and by a visceral need to strategize, to innovate, and to disprove the words ?It can?t be done!?.
Webmantica is a vibrant web development company serving the New York Metropolitan area, Rome, Italy, and the rest of the world! Webmantica was born out of pure passion for design, the web, and application development. Our company leaders have 10+ years of experience in the design and web application development fields. We are extremely passionate about what we do. We delight in creating elegant, advanced websites.
Specialties:
* Multilingual websites, search engines * PHP (Zend Certified Engineer), LAMP, ASP, Javascript, Ajax * Visual Basic, VBA, C++ * HTML, XHTML, DHTML, CSS, XML * PHP frameworks and design patterns - CodeIgniter, Zend * Web design, web marketing, SEO, SEM * Website Optimization, W3C compliant code * Content Management Systems/E-Commerce
11 contacts* Manage start-up of the firm focusing on strategic business planning, strategic finance, corporate strategy, development and financing, organizational design, and market strategy and research.
* Identify and acquire new business, and manage all aspects of the project lifecycle - from initial conceptualization and planning to troubleshooting, follow-up, and relationship management
* Lead the development and launch of key large-scale, long-term projects
* Motivate, mentor, and lead talented partners and contractors.
2006 - 2009* Own and manage b2b electronics and cellular phones wholesale business.
* Grow business from annual sales of $500K to $5M in two years..
* Handle all aspects of business, including customer service, sales, purchasing, accounting and employee hiring and training.
* Develop e-commerce infrastructure powering the new company's family of e-commerce websites.
* Tap into online auction trading by offering name-brand electronics products at discounted prices and fast delivery, which increased sales by 30%.
2006 - 2008* HTML / DHTML / CSS front-end development.
* ASP/LAMP back-end development
* Gained extensive experience with PHP frameworks and design patterns including MVC
* Coded XHTML to W3C standards ensuring compatibility with different browsers.
* Worked on concept designs and corporate branding.
* Developed user-interface, general information architecture and navigation principles for client Web sites.
* Conducted search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) efforts, including traffic analysis and reporting.
* Planned and managed the development of a custom, Web-based content management system (CMS).
* Successfully completed over 50 Web-related projects for various small to medium-size business clients in diverse markets
2002 - 2008* Successfully traded proprietary capital in domestic equities and derivatives markets.
* Developed proprietary equities arbitrage algorithms spanning both listed and OTC markets.
* Developed proprietary API order automation arbitrage software using the Visual Basic and C++ languages.
* Gained extensive knowledge of the inner workings of the US financial markets order routing and order flow.
* Series 7 Licensed.
* Furthered knowledge of Bloomberg software, financial trading order entry platforms, market data feeds.
2000 - 2002* Conducted mark-to-market pricing and researched financial derivatives instruments.
* Created pricing logics for stocks and their derivatives for their application in the real market.
* Initiated the development of Windows-applicable programs for stock, derivative pricing, and database management.
1998 - 1998* Provided customer service to potential clients in a pleasant, professional manner and responded to routine inquires.
* Assisted with department mailing and filing projects.
* Maintained appropriate account records, and prepared client correspondence.
