About Ictect

Pradeep is the Founder and Chief Content Architect for Ictect, Inc. His specialization is in Intelligent Content, Semantic Technologies, High-quality XML, and Content Architectures for large-scale applications. He has extensive experience in implementing Electronic Publishing processes for the Department of Defense (AFI 33-360, MILSPEC, AR 25-30, and DA PAM 25-40), Book Publishers (ePUB and DocBook), Technical Documentation (DITA), Journal Publishers (JATS), and Educational Publishers (QTI).

Pradeep has assisted several organizations with their complex document processes, including:

• Air Force Departmental Publishing Office

• Army Publishing Directorate

• Defense Contract Audit Agency

• Nelnet Peterson's

• The City University of New York

• The World Bank

• Joint Commission

• Cushman and Wakefield

Phill has a long history in the Publishing technology industry. Whilst working for The Thomson Corporation he was taught to use SGML at the point where loose-leaf publishing was moving to CD-ROM and then via XML and HTML, on to the early internet publishing. He was then involved in launching one of the first XML authoring tools into EMEA (XMetaL) and from there he worked with SoftwareAG, Quark etc. He became a director of DeltaXML in 2015 and went on to work for GPSL as VP Content Solutions.

Mark Ertl has a business education degree and an MA in education with 20+ years as a business educator. He manages Ictect’s Air Force Departmental Publishing Office (AFDPO) and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) projects. In addition to managing projects for AFDPO and DCAA, he writes user guide content, develops and delivers training, and provides ongoing support. Mark enjoys the process of understanding issues and seeing solutions incorporated to provide the customer with an effective tool to do their job well.

Lisa Rupe is a Content Architect and Project Manager for Ictect. She began her publishing career with SGML at Mosby in 1995. At Questia Media, she managed the XML department and contributed to a pioneering open eBook working group. Lisa joined Ictect as a content architect in 2011. Her years of working directly with markup languages, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal communication skills greatly benefit both our clients and our engineering department. Lisa works mainly on federal projects but has also worked in publishing and education sectors with Ictect.

Dean Peterson has almost 20 years of experience developing and administrating enterprise computer systems. Before his current role as a C# and JavaScript developer, he created the Linux layer underpinning Minnesota’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. He is proficient in object-oriented programming languages such as C#, Java, and Python; web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; Windows and Linux OS administration and architecture; as well as Oracle SQL, MySQL, and TCP/IP networking. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Concordia University, Saint Paul, MN.

Israel Condon has been designing for print and digital media —including responsive website design and email design— since 2014. He has collaborated with Ictect for almost as long, and has been involved with such projects as re-designing the website, developing new pages, and creating assets for various marketing campaigns. Israel is a bit of an all-rounder, doing design work, video and audio capture and editing, designing booths for expos, and any other miscellaneous projects that arise.