Daniel James, MBA, CITPM

Current

Adjunct Instructor/Course Developer - e-Commerce/SEO at Kaplan University
Senior Consultant at LarkinSoft

Past

Technical Product Owner ● Project Manager ● Business Analyst ● Semantic Technologist at Semantra, Inc.
Regional Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst at PROptions
Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst at AgECom

Project Manager, Senior Business & Systems Analyst, CTO, CEO at Larkin Industries, Inc.

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Education

Rushmore University

Recommendations

7 recommendations

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

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Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Summary

Many people still believe that the Internet has "magical" properties; that all they have to do is build a website, or create a presence on Facebook, and the world will beat a path to their door.

The facts are that any geek can build a website...but less than one-percent (<1%) of them know how to get that website to page-one of the search engines; or, even better, to dominate page-one on Google (where 72% of all searches are done worldwide).

In other words, the most beautiful and expensive websites are completely worthless if nobody knows how to find them. The real "magic," therefore, is the knowledge of what makes a website page-one material.

There are more than 100 distinct steps a website owner can take to influence their rank (or position) on the Web. Making the site pretty isn't one of them (directly, at least).

For more information on what is possible, see the Search Engine Marketing Blueprint document attached to this profile, or visit www.LarkinSoft.com to download it there.

● Follow me here as well:
My Blog: www.DLJames.com
Twitter: @Danorator
Ecademy: www.ecademy.com/user/danjames2

Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Specialties:

Web Marketing Domination ● IT Management ● Agile Project Management ● Business Analysis ● Training ● Website Design & Development ● Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ● Contract Management Systems

● Author of "The Stock Market Mercenary: Beating the Insiders at their Own Game" (ISBN: 0974241687)

Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Experience

Adjunct Instructor/Course Developer - e-Commerce/SEO

Kaplan University

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

June 2010 — Present (4 months)

Leading the development of IT-based courses for Kaplan University at LarkinSoft, while acting as Adjunct Instructor for these and other related courses.

Course topics include: fundamentals of e-Commerce, SEO, Web 2.0, and Web Development (HTML/XHTML/DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Java, PHP, MySQL), leading to certifications, including: ZCE, SCJA/SCJP, and SCMA.
Senior Consultant

LarkinSoft

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

LarkinSoft, the Texas division of Larkin Industries, Inc., specializes in custom Website Development, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media/Web 2.0, Contract Management Systems, Business Consulting, and other Enterprise solutions.

LarkinSoft consultants follow the Agile Project Management methodology, which focuses on the highest-value deliverables first, embraces continuous change, and more than doubles team productivity without burning out its members. We can manage your projects, or train and mentor your organization to become Agile.

LarkinSoft is a distributor of ContractAnalyst (by TrakSoft), a comprehensive contract management system for any size business, agency or non-profit organization.

Marketing solutions include Pay-Per-Click Dominance, Magnetic Sponsoring strategies, Social Media Syndication, Online Passive Residual Income Streams, Low-budget Business Startups, Attraction Marketing, Online Network Market Recruiting methods, Ad Copy Writing, Email/Newsletter Campaigns, Demo or Training Videos, and other online magic.

LarkinSoft can also help you set up customized, optimized WordPress blog sites, Membership sites, and Forum software, complete with all the right plug-ins, widgets and SEO to tell the world what you're up to.

For more information, please see the company site at www.larkinsoft.com. Dan is available as a consultant, project manager, administrator or mentor.
Technical Product Owner ● Project Manager ● Business Analyst ● Semantic Technologist

Semantra, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2004 — December 2008 (5 years )

Agile development environment, creating Ontology-based Semantic Technologies, including enterprise ad-hoc search & reporting tools that enable non-technical employees to use their common business language to access structured corporate databases, without programming. (see www.Semantra.com for more details and a demo)

Was Technical Product Owner of "Semantra for Siebel CRM" development project. Was project manager for recent build-out and relocation logistics for Semantra's move to its current offices.

Was Project Manager & Professional Services Director during Semantra's first commercial software deployment at the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality.

Was on Semantra's Advisory Board from August, 2000 through December, 2003, during which I wrote Semantra's first strategic business plan. Consulted with Semantra part-time through January, 2006, and have been full-time since.
Regional Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst

PROptions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

Coordinated, organized, recruited for, and staffed the Southwest Region for PROptions (Florida), a division of TrakSoft, LLC, and government services consultancy providing management consulting and systems development, project planning, project budgeting, and specifications analysis, for federal, state, county, and city governments. RFPs included Maricopa County, AZ and the State of California in Sacramento.
Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst

AgECom

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Ranching industry)

November 2001 — April 2002 (6 months)

Subcontracting through R&D Technologies (San Antonio, TX), led a team of analysts and consultants to perform a complete systems and risk analysis for AgECom (Texas), a ranch management services provider, to be used as a blueprint for the development of a global cattle vaccination and health history tracking system.
Project Manager, Senior Business & Systems Analyst, CTO, CEO

Larkin Industries, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1985 — August 2001 (16 years 7 months)

Rose from a Systems Analyst to IT Project Manager to CTO to CEO, serving dozens of clients along the way. Among the clients personally served, most notable were 3M Unitek (division of 3M Corp), Fireman's Fund, Southern Oregon Receivables, Action/Ravon Industries, and many others.

Note that engagements since 2001 are also managed through Larkin Industries (LinkedIn does not allow concurrent positions!).

Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Education

Rushmore University

MBA , Business Administration; IT Management , 2001 — 2002

Additional Information

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Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Interests:

Attraction Marketing ● Web Marketing Dominance ● Contrarian Investing (The Stock Market Mercenary) ● Making money from Energy Deregulation ● Software to Manage Enterprise Contracts ● Tri-lingual: English, Portuguese, Spanish.