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About

Author, technologist and STEM education advocate, currently leading the Skills Strategy organization at Pluralsight. 18+ years experience in the industry, working at eBay and Adobe, prior to joining Pluralsight. Have a passion for the newest advances in technology, particularly in the field of social and professional digital literacy. As a father of four daughters, education and early exposure to STEM-based learning is of particular importance, and guides my professional and volunteer activities.

Former Solutions Consultant and Design Technologist at Adobe. Worked with high profile clients and the Adobe community to produce game-changing proofs of concept and vision demos. Extensive experience in the presentation, training, and general promotion of Adobe (and other) technologies.

Former Staff Software Engineer / Senior Business Analyst with strong experience in the eBay Trust and Safety and Customer Support departments. Significant contributions to eBay's technology portfolio, designing and implementing efficient, cost-saving innovations, saving eBay millions of dollars annually.

First-ever recipient of the Jeff Skoll Community award.
Special recognition of innovation, enthusiasm, and dedication to the eBay community.

Specialties:

Technical Evangelist (Emerging Web Technologies, Digital Publishing, Technology In Education)

Business Systems Analysis (Usability, Process Improvement, User Interfaces, Heuristics, SDLC, Requirements Gathering, ROI and Feasibility Analysis, Gap Analysis)

Software Development and Leadership (Meteor, JavaScript, .NET, C#, VB, Java, HTML, SQL, noSQL, PDLCs, Team Lead).

Adobe Areas of expertise: InSight, Digital Publishing Service, PhoneGap, HTML/Web Authoring, Flash, Flex, ActionScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Digital Marketing Suite.

Online Fraud Detection and Commerce Engines ( Fraud detection and analytics, process improvement, n-tier application development, channel blending, reporting).

Activity

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  Frontier Software: “The impact with Pluralsight has been huge!” #FrontierSoftware recently partnered with #Pluralsight on implementing a technology...

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  Excited to announce I just accepted an offer with GPS Capital Markets, Inc. as a UX Designer! Many late or sleepless nights working on design,...

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Experience

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  Pluralsight

  4 years 4 months

  • Head Of Professional Services, EMEA & APAC

    Mar 2019 – Present1 year 7 months

    Dublin, Ireland

  • Team Lead (skills strategy), Professional Services

    Jun 2016 – Present4 years 4 months

    Farmington UT

    As part of the original Professional Services team, responsible for developing strategy and operations of the Skills Strategy (and overall) ProServ organization. Developed/strengthened relationships with product, presales, and content strategy teams, supporting them/acting as proxy for various key responsibilities as the teams grow and mature.
    
    Consultant and key contributor to strategic enterprise initiatives involving services, product strategy, product development, pricing, directed...

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  Adobe

  5 years 10 months

  • Solutions Consultant

    Jan 2014 – Jun 2016 2 years 6 months

    Lehi, Utah

    Evaluating and recommending enterprise solutions for commercial and educational institutions, using the full suite of Adobe products. Emphasis on Digital Publishing Suite and AEM.
    
    
    Extensive presentation experience, with frequent opportunities to present and speak on technologies and technology-related topics, especially around education and advocacy. Over the last year or so, I have performed 35 technical presentations, hands-on labs, and inspirational talks to large and small...

  • Design Technologist

    Sep 2010 – Jan 2014 3 years 5 months

    Lehi, UT

    Building and designing detailed UX applications and demos in the UX group, with an emphasis on good design principles and cutting edge technology.
    
    Active Presenter / Instructor on multiple subjects and technologies, including:
    JavaScript
    PhoneGap and Mobile Applications
    Advanced DPS technologies
    Innovation in Education
    
    Companies I've worked with or created technologies for:
    PGA Tour, DC Comics, J. Walter Thompson, Audi, GM, Walsworth, Jostens, MorningStar, Thermo...

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  eBay

  10 years 9 months

  • Business Systems Analyst

    Apr 2007 – Sep 2010 3 years 6 months

    Responsible for the high level design and development of Business Systems inside eBay. Servicing internal customers with UML diagrams, usability studies, and architecture reviews.
    
    Skills include:
    Usability / Interface, UML, Systems Analysis, Presentation, SDLC, Requirements Gathering, C# / .NET Development, Heuristics, Technical Training and Mentoring, Development Mentoring and leadership.

  • Staff Software Engineer

    Mar 2006 – Apr 20071 year 2 months

    Needs assessment. n-tier application development. SDLC and RAD development models. Application Support. 3rd party evaluation. Channel blending (chat, phone, email, skype). User Interface and heuristics analysis, design, and development.
    
    Skills:
    UML, C#, .NET, ADO, ColdFusion, Ajax, ASP, DAL, Design Patterns, SQL, Oracle, SDLC, Requirements Gathering, UI, Heuristics, Interface Design, VOIP, Usability.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2004 – Mar 20062 years 1 month

    Needs assessment. n-tier application development. SDLC and RAD development models. Application Support. 3rd party evaluation. Channel blending (chat, phone, email, skype). User Interface and heuristics analysis, design, and development.
    Specific focus on Trust and Safety Applications

  • Software Engineer

    Jan 2000 – Mar 20044 years 3 months

    Responsible for development of tools / applications in Trust and Safety and Customer Support.
    Improvements and new tools developed in C#, Visual Basic, php, Cold Fusion, etc.
    QA/Bug filtering for Site/Production Bugs.

Education

• Western Governors University

  Western Governors University

  BS-IT Software EmphasisInformation Technology, Development, Software

  2010 – 2013

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  Kaplan College

  MIS, Systems Analysis and Design

  2001 – 2003

  Activities and Societies: N/A

  4.0 GPA

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  Certified Careers Institute

  Software Development

  1998 – 2000

  Activities and Societies: N/A

  3.9 GPA
  
  Accredited program.
  
  C++, VB, ADO, HTML, Java, others...

• Southern Utah University

  Southern Utah University

  Computer Science

  1993 – 1995

  Activities and Societies: Debate Team Radio Station / DJ

  Scholarshipped and Nationally Ranked in Forensics (Debate)

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  Alta HS

  1990 – 1993

Volunteer Experience

• Founding Board Member

  Founding Board Member

  Wasatch Institute of Technology

  Jun 2012 – Jun 20153 years 1 month

  Education

  Founding board member, shared responsibilities for finance, oversight, marketing, recruitment, design, contract negotiations, fund raising, evangelism and raising awareness.

Publications

• Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework, 2nd ed.

  Packt PublishingJun 2015

  Meteor is one of the most popular development platforms available today, allowing you to create and deploy mobile and web applications in a fraction of the time needed by other JavaScript frameworks. Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework Second Edition is an easy to follow, step-by-step approach to learning how to build modern web applications with Meteor.

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• Meteor Cookbook

  Packt PublishingMay 1, 2015

  
  May 2015
  Isaac Strack
  
  My Learning Plan Download eBook Download Project Files
  Build elegant full-stack web applications with Meteor, the JavaScript framework that’s redefining web development
  
  Read
  Course features
  What you'll learn
  Find out more
  About the Author
  Meteor is an incredibly powerful, impossibly fun platform used to build modern, responsive web and mobile applications
  
  Starting with simple recipes designed for quick reference, and...

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• Learning Meteor Application Development [video]

  Packt PublishingApr 2015

  Learning Meteor Application Development will get you up and running on the Meteor platform, and have you well on your way to creating powerful, effective web and mobile applications in hours instead of weeks. By taking advantage of all of Meteor’s efficient development capabilities, you can take your development skills to the next level, and build those “killer apps” you’ve been dreaming about.

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Patents

• Method and apparatus to detect fraudulent activities within a network-based auction facility

  Issued May 16, 2002 United States US20020059130 A1

  See patent

Projects

• WIT Hour of Code

  Nov 2013 – May 2014

  Chairperson and chief coordinator for the December 2013 and May 2014 WIT Hour of Code events, hosted by Adobe in Lehi, UT.
  
  Coordinated the effort for all volunteers, companies, sponsors, and hosts. I was the point person for logistics, fund raising, marketing / media relations, games, attractions, and speakers.
  
  Over the two events, nearly 4,000 kids + their families visited the Adobe Lehi building, and were inspired by hundreds of volunteers from 40+ companies representing nearly...

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• DPS Portfolio Application - Cannes Advertising Festival

  Jun 2012 – Jun 2012

  Created the framework, HTML-native drag & drop video player functionality used by J. Walter Thompson at the 2012 Cannes Advertising Festival.
  
  JWT was struggling with how to play videos dynamically, and I was asked to come up with a solution that would work on the iPad. Turnaround time on the framework was about 48 hours.

  Other creators

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Honors & Awards

• Be Involved Award

  Adobe Corporate Responsibility

  2014

Languages

• Cebuano

  Limited working proficiency

• Illongo

  Professional working proficiency

• Tagalog

  Elementary proficiency

• Karaya

  Professional working proficiency

• Aklanon

  Professional working proficiency

Organizations

• Wasatch Institute of Technology (WIT)

  Board Member

  Aug 2012 – Jul 2015

  Founding Board Member of the Wasatch Institute of Technology, Utah's first Computer Science High School.
  
  Employing an Agile-based teaching methodology, combined with project-based learning, WIT is leading the way towards a more effective pedagogy.
  
  More information at:
  http://wasatchinstitute.net
  

Groups

• UtahJS

  UtahJS

Recommendations

A preview of what LinkedIn members have to say about Isaac:

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  While working with Strack as part of a "start-up" design/techology team at Adobe, I was highly impressed with his technical expertise, ability to articulate solutions to the less tech-savvy, and consistently positive attitude. He's always up for a challenge and pushes everyone around him to think more, question more, innovate more. He's a great collaborator, teacher, and friend, and a tremendous asset to any team.

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  Isaac is a driving force at Adobe. Besides his normal duties he volunteers his time for a number of community initiatives. He is very committed to education and works relentlessly to make sure those inside and outside the company receive the information and education they need to be effective. In addition to training our customers, Isaac goes the extra mile and takes time to train those inside the company on our own products. In addition to work related training, Isaac volunteers with a number of outside groups such as STEM / STEAM, FIRST robotics, and WIT to share technology education to the community. Isaac is always willing to donate his time, talents, and energies to share his knowledge with others. I've worked with Isaac on a number of initiatives. He is well organized and detail oriented. He knows how to effectively share leadership while still making sure everything gets done and everyone has fun. Working with Isaac is a blast.

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