Resume

Kirk Franklin

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Senior Web Developer
University of California
July 2002 – present
  • Migrated three large web sites to the ExpressionEngine content management system (CMS)
  • Launched four new web sites in ExpressionEngine
  • Developed a replacement for the campus-wide event calendar
  • Developed objected-oriented PHP applications in the CodeIgniter web application framework
  • Introduced search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Integrated multimedia (Flash video, podcasts, slideshow) and social media (ShareThis, Twitter)
  • Developed major redesigns for Give to Cal (givetocal.berkeley.edu) online giving and @cal (cal.berkeley.edu), alumni community
  • Developed custom content management systems (CMS)
  • UC Berkeley 2002–2007; UCSF 2007–present
Freelance Web Developer
Magneato
July 2001 – April 2007
  • Developed web sites, content management systems, and information architecture for freelance clients
  • Co-founded SportsFilter (www.sportsfilter.com), a sports-oriented community weblog
  • Developed moreCrayons (www.morecrayons.com), a bigger box of colors for the web
Senior Consultant/Information Architect
KPMG Consulting/Metrius
July 2000 – July 2001
  • Developed information architecture documents like business flows, user flows, wireframes, and site maps
  • Translated business and user requirements into functional specifications
  • Developed IA for relaunch of corporate web site
Web Application Developer
Avolent, Inc.
March 1999 – July 2000
  • Managed a major redesign of corporate web site
  • Developed customized online bill presentment software for Bank of America, Wells Fargo, YourAccounts.com, and other clients
  • Developed demos of online bill presentment software for potential clients
  • Established corporate standards for HTML coding
Intranet Webmaster
UCSF Stanford Health Care
August 1998 – March 1999
  • Managed development of an online directory of 12,000 employees that integrated HR and e-mail databases
  • Established standards for intranet publishing and specified standard development tools
Web Developer
Barclays Global Investors
March 1995 – August 1998
  • Managed an online library of promotional materials
  • Managed development of BGI’s internet and intranet
  • Managed a major redesign of corporate web site
Production Manager
Advanced Communication Systems, Inc.
August 1992 – May 1995
  • Established and managed the production department at the corporate headquarters of ACS, a satellite communications and software engineering company
  • Managed staff of two employees (plus up to 10 contractors), providing desktop publishing, presentation graphics production, technical editing/writing and illustrating, word processing, and administrative services
  • Developed an online electronic job tracking system and online database of acronyms used in ACS’s technical writing
  • Performed desktop publishing, technical illustration, and presentation graphics production
Desktop Publisher
Duke University Computer Science Department
August 1990 – August 1992
  • Performed desktop publishing, technical illustration, and presentation graphics production
  • Coordinated publishing of a textbook

Extracurricular Activities

Skills

Software: Acrobat, BBEdit, Coda, CodeIgniter, Dreamweaver, Drupal, ExpressionEngine, FileMaker Pro, Fireworks, Flash, FrameMaker, Google Analytics, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Movable Type, MySQL, OmniGraffle Pro, Photoshop, PowerPoint, QuarkXPress, Quark Publishing System, SQL Server, Visio

Technologies: ASP, ColdFusion, CSS, DHTML, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, PNG, RSS, SQL, XHTML, XML, XSL/XSLT

Operating Systems: Macintosh OS 6–X, Windows 95/98/2000/XP, UNIX

Education