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Kevin Basarab
kevin@kbasarab.com
904.891.1804

Employment History
The Florida Times-Union/jacksonville.com August 2007 - Present

--Digital Media Production Manager: July 2011 - Present

-Oversee web projects for Jacksonville, Augusta and St. Augustine newspapers.
-Ensure deliverables are outlined clearly and deadlines met.
-Continue duties of senior web developer in addition to production management.

--Digital Media Senior Web Developer: January 2010 - July 2011

-Technical lead for code changes to core jacksonville.com product.
-Develop custom project pages and databases providing different storytelling options.
-Provide support and guidance on website best practices.
-Provide training to newsroom personnel.
-Work as a liason with parent company's website development team, Morris DigitalWorks. Provide support and development to sister papers across the country.
-Implementation of Subversion revision control for all local production projects

--Digital Media Innovations and Web Developer: February 2009 - January 2010

-Technical lead for Jacksonville in redesign of jacksonville.com from Drupal 5 to 6.
-Oversee code revisions through development, testing and production environments.
-Create and deploy custom database solutions including public employee salaries and area graduates.
-runningjacksonville.com - Broad results search of running road races.
--Online Sports Editor: August 2007 - February 2009
-schools.jacksonville.com - Created a database encompassing all public schools in Florida. Includes search, FCAT data and prep scores using PHP/MySQL.
-Organized all online coverage and staff for all sports events.

SECURE-RES/Vizergy July 2006 - August 2007

--Senior Natural Search Analyst: April 2007 - August 2007
--Natural Search Technician: July 2006-April 2007

-Performed research and development related to internet marketing, search engine optimization for client sites and all minor client website changes. Developed ASP based systems for press-rooms, call to actions and podcast management.

Website Development

--Elite Videography Inc. - http://elitevideography.com
--James F. Byrnes Blown Glass - http://jamesfbyrnesblownglass.com
--kBasarab.com - http://kbasarab.com
--Rotaract of Florida's First Coast - http://jaxrotaract.org

Volunteer Work

--Youth Bowling Coach (June 2009-present)
--Rotaract of Florida's First Coast - Division of Rotary Club (August 2007 - August 2010)
-2009/2010 - Tickets chair for annual gala.
-Elected technology chair: July 2008. Implemented Wordpress, Google Calendar, Flickr and Facebook for publicity of club.

Education/Technical Experience:

--University of North Florida (Graduation: Fall 2005)
-Bachelor of Science: Communications-Broadcast; Minor: Criminal Justice.

Technical Experience
--PHP, ASP/XML, MySQL Database, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML/CSS, Drupal, Linux, LAMP, SSH, SVN, GIT, Perforce.