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
- Pro bono web development with Taproot Foundation for Bay Area nonprofits
- Owner and sole proprietor of award-winning moreCrayons; Communication Arts Interactive Annual 8
- Co-founder of SportsFilter community sports weblog
- Web developer for Boxes and Arrows, 2003–2005
- Redesigned the previous issues section at A List Apart, a webzine for people who make websites
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
- BA, English, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1990
- Web development and graphic design courses, University of California Berkeley Extension, 1995–2001
- Digital video courses, San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program, 2004