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About

Chris J Gilroy

Introduction

Chris Gilroy

Chief Developer & Designer
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Resume
Pro with polished and extensive skillset for work in the SF Bay Area. I am a Creative, Marketing, and Web Developer with signifant tech fluency. Most know me as founder and owner of The Microtechs (2008-present), but I began as a Graphic Designer and worked in print starting in 1999. I’ve served on Marketing teams since the early 2000’s, and even dabbled in politics from 2019-2022.
Skills
A dynamic and comprehensive visual list of skills and technologies
  • Sales & Account Management
  • Team Management
  • Customer Service & Client Relationships
  • nvoicing/Billing & Payment Processing
  • WordPress & Joomla Expert
  • UI/UX Front-End Design
  • E-Commerce Management
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • ADA & W3C compliance
  • Front-End HTML5, CSS3/LESS, Vue.js
  • Back-End LAMP/Linux, Apache, MySQL, php
  • Zoho, Microsoft CRM, SalesForce CRMs
History

The Microtechs

President, Chief Marketing Officer & Web Developer

Founded this Marketing, Web Development, Design and Digital Advertising agency November 2007. We create simple, powerful websites and applications that our clients can manage themselves. I’ve served over 600 clients to-date, designing creative concepts, branding, advertisements, digital and broadcast video, and print and web graphic and illustrative design. Noteworthy clients include: the President of the United States of America, Pixar, The Oakland Athletics, The City of Napa, Turnitin, and Leapfrog. Managed many employees, contractors, hundreds of client staff, and many design and development teams over the years. I create new business opportunities and strategies to attract and retain clients in the competitive web industry, building E-Commerce, checkout and payment solutions, enterprise/mid-size and small business websites and applications, and targeted marketing campaigns.

Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans, market research, and goal conversion strategies. Collaborate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives and translate them into effective solutions that drive results.

Biden for President

Senior Designer
Web Design & Development for everydayamericanjoe website. Lead graphic designer and brand integrity consultant maintaining Teal and later Hoeffler & Co established style guidelines. Content production. Over 1k advertisement and marketing collateral designs produced. Appeared on NBC. Thanked by DNC chair Jamie Harrison. Personally thanked by FLOTUS.

Bay Bella Publishing

Chief Marketing Officer
Assisted CEO with business development and growth strategy. Managed Creative department and IT department. Created a sophisticated advertiser listing system, with self-publishing ads for print And web, automatic billing, payment and checkout systems, and CPC Ads for digital versions. Developed and implemented a data-driven marketing strategy to grow reader base and drive magazine sales for Mocha Bride and Bride Nine editions.

Earthquake Sound Corp.

National Sales Marketing Manager
Managed Sales and Marketing departments. Managed Marketing Associate, Event Marketing Coordinator, 3 Sales Representatives, Graphic Designer and Web Designer. Designed TNT product line (Product Design). Directed all marketing collateral, branding, media, and packaging design. Designed MiniMe home theater product line. Became a client of my agency in 2009, where I produced the last three websites for the company. Developed and Designed custom CMS Website with product catalog of over 2,000 products with custom fields and attributes, and a self-published dealer and distributor directory for resellers.

Aetna

West Regional Graphic Designer
Designed all media packets and insurance proposals for 17 offices (West Coast). Responsible for all Design and Marketing Collateral within the west-coast region, including insurance proposals, brochures, postcards and insurance collateral.

BioGenex Labs Inc.

Graphic Designer
Designed 48-page Company Catalog in print and digital CD-Rom format. Responsible for the Graphic Design and Creative Direction of various marketing collateral including brochures and mailers, trade show display signage and print materials, as well as all images, infographics and media for company website. Assisted with marketing strategy for print campaigns.
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