Jason Wurtzel

Serve as senior technologist for the agency’s global pharmaceutical account.Lead a geographically dispersed, 30+ member engineering team through development, launch, and production support of multiple internally and externally facing products. (Product suite is built on top of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) with web service interfaces to integrate with third party and legacy systems.) Provide strategic, architectural, and executional guidance to senior product, project, and technical team members across multiple scrum teams, through all stages of the product lifecycle.Liaise with key client technical and business leadership and provide periodic feedback to the agency CTO. see less

I directed Digital Technology for Ogilvy's New York office, leading a multi-disciplinary department comprised of technology management, front end development, server side development, quality assurance, DevOps, and creative technology competency groups. My department handled all New York digital development and supported other North American client work.I contributed both strategically and tactically to the agency and its clients, with hands-on involvement in the most challenging key engagements. Internally, I drove collaboration between the technology group and the creative, account, project management, and strategy groups. Externally, I negotiated and nurtured relationships with client leadership, third party vendors, and technology partners.Under my leadership, we delivered award winning projects for clients including IBM, Nestle, American Express, Coca-Cola, SC Johnson, Philips, IHG, Nationwide, Citizens Bank, DuPont, FM Global, and BlackRock.

Provided support and services to numerous clients on a project and/or hourly basis for a variety of systems infrastructure and application development tasks. Work covered both web and desktop application development across Windows and Linux platforms for clients, including Lincoln Center Theater, Vera Institute of Justice, The Bridge Inc., and The After-School Corporation.

In the newly created position of Technology Director, my overarching goal was formalizing and deepening the interactive offering of this marketing and events agency, which had historically played predominantly in the offline and guerilla event arenas. To this end, I set and maintained a technology strategy for the organization in light of the CEO’s changing vision, and tactically implemented the strategy through the ongoing evolution of the technical staff, infrastructure, processes, and client project deliverables.My responsibilities as the most senior technical member of the company and a member of the leadership team also included hiring of and career development for the technology department staff members; estimation, staffing, and architectural oversight for all technology projects; identification of and primary point of contact for third-party technology providers and consultants; and serving as champion for cross-department communication and collaboration with the technology group.

IconNicholson was the New York office of IconMedialab (now part of DigitasLBi), a European IT consulting firm that specialized in developing custom Web sites, internal applications, and RFID solutions.