Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Blogger at Backbone Magazine
- Web Producer at Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Past
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- Website Volunteer at Heritage Toronto
- Product Manager at Rogers - Quicken.ca, MoneySense.ca
- Travel Correspondent at Boots'n'All.com
- Education
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- Royal Roads University
- York University
- Humber College
- University of Toronto
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Glen Farrelly’s Summary
My experience in the Internet has covered the full spectrum from coding to content, and from planning to promotion. This gives me a unique ability to help direct a company’s online strategy, while also having the know-how to lead a project to successful completion. Currently, I'm working on my Master's of Communication, to be followed by a PhD in Internet Studies.
Glen Farrelly’s Specialties:
• Advocate of good site navigation, usability and Internet best-practices
• Web design, encompassing creativity, branding and functionality
• Content management, web and email writing, and copy editing
• Project management from scope definition to post-mortems
• Web analytics from software configuration to reporting
• Search engine optimization
• Expert on Web 2.0: blogging, social media, wikis, online communities
• HTML, CSS, ASP, XML, ColdFusion, SQL, PHP, JavaScript
Glen Farrelly’s Experience
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Blogger
Backbone Magazine
(Publishing industry)
December 2007 — Present (8 months)
http://www.backbonemag.com/Bloggers/Glen_Farrelly.asp
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Web Producer
Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
June 2002 — Present (6 years 2 months)
I manage all aspects of the website for one of Canada’s largest pension plans.
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Website Volunteer
Heritage Toronto
(Philanthropy industry)
February 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 8 months)
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Product Manager
Rogers - Quicken.ca, MoneySense.ca
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 11 months)
Channel manager one of Canada's leading financial websites Quicken.ca, later MoneySense.ca. I managed the personal finance channels (Tax, Insurance, RRSP, Education Savings, Estate Planning, Home & Mortgage, etc.).
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Travel Correspondent
Boots'n'All.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
March 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 9 months)
Travel writer for monthly travelogues about Ontario
Glen Farrelly’s Education
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Royal Roads University
Masters of Communication, 2007 — 2009 (expected)
Currently studying: communication theory, research methodology, professional communication
Research papers written on: Using Facebook to improve corporate culture, semiotics of folksonomies, website accessibility, etc. -
York University
Fine Arts, Film & Video
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Humber College
Internet Management, Internet
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University of Toronto
Strategic e-Business, Internet
Additional Information
Glen Farrelly’s Websites:
Glen Farrelly’s Interests:
the Internet, local history, travelling, blogging, photography
Glen Farrelly’s Groups:
Association of Internet Researchers, Internet Society, Association of Internet Marketing & Sales (AIMS), LinkedInnovators, Heritage Toronto
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Forbes.com Personal Technology Forum member -
WSG member
Glen Farrelly’s Honors:
Received a SSHRC research grant (2008 - 2009) to study website accessibility.
Website relaunch I spearheaded and managed for HOOPP won an Apex Award of Excellence (2008). Also, the website's online annual report also won an Apex award.
