Kari Cowan Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Full-Stack Development and DevOps

San Francisco

Currently engaged in various romances with:• JAVA• MongoDB• xQuery• MarkLogic• Apache• Unix• SQL• NoSQL• XML• Oracle WebCenter Sites• Fatwire• Falcon

San Francisco

• Web Development in Java/JSP for national and regional publication legal media websites; produce web tools and collateral for ALM's Digital Media Group.• Maintain and develop websites within the ALM universe. • Lead Developer on redesigns for Daily Report Online (www.dailyreportonline.com); Texas Lawyer (www.texaslawyer.com); Law.com (www.law.com) and also work invested in all site properties under the ALM umbrella (www.alm.com).• Development of web tools for both Internet and corporate Intranet – utilizing APIs, Web Services, and XML/RSS.• Responsible for one direct report, and assist with overseas teams and contractors; training; and best practices.

Berkeley

• Coordinated a server migration of all content from Inside[DSP] Magazine to a content management system. • SEO enhancement treatments to all past articles from Inside[DSP] Magazine, including graphical enhancements and visual treatments.• Audio Editing for streaming presentations of CD products.• Day to day tasks included marketing support, research, administrative and technical support.• Prepped trade show assets and marketing materials, including travel arrangements for staff, and scheduling for Client Meetings.

San Francisco

• Contracted through Robert Half International (RHI) to be the on-site project manager of a national ABC Television project to archive digital media to a robotic retrieval system.• Managed both contract and KGO staff in gathering meta-data, photography, and digital encoding processes.• Position involved a thorough knowledge of digital photography, scanning, database administration, and oversaw quality assurance inspection of digital media, tapes, film reels, and log books.

San Francisco

• Contracted through RHI as a Tour Merchandising Coordinator.• Creative services supporting the Senior Vice President of Touring & Event Services, creating and developing marketing presentation merchandise for live venue concert events in the music and entertainment industry.• In addition to creative development and design, projects also included reviewing settlements, product research, artist research, sales orders, and communication to venue locations and on-site merchandising agents to prepare for upcoming events.

San Francisco

• Flash Development of online learning programs for deployment on Macromedia Breeze servers.• Perform consistent test analysis for programs; bug testing; copywriter; copy editor.• Compare course details in English, Japanese, and Mandarin, with attention to both syntactic information as well as audio clarity.

St. Petersburg

• Designed and coded promotional website for Valdore’s restaurant chain, Ovo Café.• Created a web-to-fax system for making online reservations, gift certificate sales, and general email inquiries. Strong knowledge of digital photography and copy-writing required.• Coordinated press releases with industry partner organizations such as Zagat, and local news media outlets.

St. Petersburg

• Coordinated loyalty programs and subscriber retention programs, developed and coordinated promotional advertising as it relates to loyalty programs, promotional enticements, new subscriber and renewal invoiced billing campaigns. • Develop and run A/B billing tests to determine best sales & renewal results. • Cost jobs and collect bids for project mailings and promotional materials, working with Direct Mail houses for effective campaign advertising.

Various notable contracts included the following:• Selectica, Inc: Website update and design for this San Jose, California based international developer of customized database solutions.• Colorado Springs Independent (News): Systems upgrade of their Accounts Receivable system.• West Coast Life: Systems Integration project merging data collections from different legacy database systems to one centralized system.• Focus Music Magazine: Designed 6 creative magazine covers for this Tampa-based national publication.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Computer Science