IT Manager • Automation & Integration Specialist

📍 Towaco, NJ • Open to on‑site/hybrid roles within ~20 miles
📧 Email:rafalmcichon@gmail.com
📞 Phone:201-245-5177
🔗 LinkedIn | GitHub | Twitter | Portfolio: rafalmcichon.com

Summary

IT Manager & Senior Developer with 10+ years delivering automation, Node.js‑based integrations, and LLM‑driven systems that remove manual work and speed up delivery. I orchestrate microservices and event‑driven workflows (Make.com/n8n/webhooks), integrate LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude Sonnet), and connect business systems (Sage ERP + SQL). Highlights include a patented WebGL compositing solution, a 300% lift in conversions after a critical UX redesign, and production‑grade data/image pipelines used in e‑commerce.

Core Skills

• Automation & AI (Node.js & LLMs): Node.js, microservices, LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude), Make.com, n8n, Zapier, Google Sheets API, Google Cloud Vision, Webhooks, Event‑driven workflows, ETL/ELT.
• Business Systems: Sage ERP support (Accounting), SQL updates & data hygiene, integrations between ERP and web apps.
• Systems & Ops: Network design/config (routers, firewalls, VPN), Synology RackStation NAS, CCTV/cameras, workstation rollout & OS imaging, VoIP PBX (Digium/Sangoma, SIP/Asterisk), basic CNC troubleshooting.
• Web (supporting): JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, GraphQL, HTML5, CSS, Git/GitHub, Editors: VS Code, Cursor.

Professional Experience

Inventive Software LLC — Ridgefield Park, NJ

IT Manager (most recent) • Sr. Front‑End Developer & UX Designer (progressed) • 2014–2025

• Built an AI‑assisted e‑commerce pipeline (10k+ products): Node.js + LLMs (OpenAI/Claude) to generate unique SEO descriptions, preserve product data (sizes, shipping weight), analyze images for alt/tags, rename files SEO‑friendly, and export ready‑to‑import CSV → zero manual entry and faster go‑live.
• Designed automation & integration initiatives (Make.com / n8n / API orchestration / webhooks) removing repetitive steps across content & e‑commerce ops.
• Developed AI product‑import tooling (OpenAI API + Google Sheets API) to accelerate publishing and reduce errors.
• Engineered a Node.js + Google Cloud Vision image‑optimization pipeline (resize/compress/classify) standardizing product photos.
• IT operations: network & VPN setup, firewall administration, NAS (Synology RackStation), CCTV rollout, workstation builds & imaging, VoIP (Digium/Sangoma) provisioning.
• Partnered with Accounting to support Sage ERP; executed targeted SQL updates & data maintenance; designed ERP↔web integrations.
• Coordinated 3D artists & engineers on a WebGL compositing library; showcased at The Garage @ SIGGRAPH 2018.
• Modernized front‑end stacks (React/Next.js), led UX research/testing, and shipped performance upgrades with measurable impact.

Selected Impact & Projects

• E‑commerce Automation Engine (Node.js + LLMs): 10k+ products (SEO content, alt/tags, SEO file names, CSV export) → fully automated, no manual work.
• Marble.com — Estimate Tool UX: simplified flows & IA → +300% completed online estimates.
• HouseTipster.com — Automation: JS importer with OpenAI + Google Sheets API; automated photo workflows with Google Cloud Vision.
• VisualizerPlus.com / RichardMagazine.com: technology selection, product management, mobile‑first redesigns.

Patent

• Co‑inventor — System and method for deep compositing of images in web browsers - US11113858B2 (issued Sept 7, 2021)

Education

Master’s degree, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski

[2007 - 2009]

Certifications

AI Devs - Pair programming with AI, BRAVE.courses

[May 2023]

Languages

🇺🇸 English and 🇵🇱 Polish