James D Kirk

Current

• Freelance Commercial Writer at Boldly Going Enterprises (Self-employed)
• Partner at Entertainment Partners International, LLC

Past

• Co-founder at TheFightChannel.com
• Website Support Specialist at Vertical Measures
• Winery Sales & Webmaster at 2005 ~ 2006

• Principal Consultant at Sprint Mobile Wireless Computing Practice
• Lead Web Integrator at Vivendi Universal (iWin, Uproar, Flipside)
• Jr. Network Administrator at City of Glendale
• Nuclear Reactor Operator at U.S. Navy

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Diablo Valley College
• Laney Community College

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Connections

46 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

James D Kirk’s Summary

Seeking a position that combines sales, marketing, and entrepreneurial responsibilities with my ability to integrate into an organization, and generate relationships which lead to income producing results

James D Kirk’s Specialties:

Graphics (Photoshop, Fireworks), 7 years
XHTML Coding (HAND and WYSIWYG), 12 years
PHP, ASP, Javascript coding, 5 years
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (L.A.M.P.) Administration, 5 years
Project Management, 6 years
Office Software Applications, 12 years
Hardware / Software Troubleshooting, 10 years
Systems Analysis, 6 years
Sales Copy Writing, 5 years
On & Offline Marketing, 4 years
Public Speaking & Writing, 15 years

James D Kirk’s Experience

• Freelance Commercial Writer

  Boldly Going Enterprises (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Partner

  Entertainment Partners International, LLC

  (Internet industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Co-founder of TheFightChannel.com
  Inventor of two patent pending technologies
  Developed business model for The picoCasting Network

• Co-founder

  TheFightChannel.com

  (Internet industry)

  January 2000 — October 2009 (9 years 10 months)

  Inventor of two patent pending technologies
  Developed business model for The picoCasting Network

• Website Support Specialist

  Vertical Measures

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Winery Sales & Webmaster

  2005 ~ 2006

  (Wine and Spirits industry)

  November 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  Maintained, updated and upgraded web site operations
  Increased online sales and wine club membership (over 400%)
  Part time sales activities in the tasting room and special events
  Sold wine to distributors and wine buyers across the nation

• Principal Consultant

  Sprint Mobile Wireless Computing Practice

  (Wireless industry)

  April 2003 — February 2004 (11 months)

  Provided sales & support for mobile/wireless computing deliverables
  Spoke to a variety of groups on the state of wireless in the enterprise sectors
  Consulted in delivery of sold wireless engagements

• Lead Web Integrator

  Vivendi Universal (iWin, Uproar, Flipside)

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

  Main web site page developer. Integrated Photoshop renderings with engineering
  Oversaw web browser and platform compliant coding practices
  Prepped pages for back end engineering and database connections

• Jr. Network Administrator

  City of Glendale

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  February 1999 — April 2000 (1 year 3 months)

  Aided Sr. Administrator on a 100+ seat network of computers, printers and servers
  Provided desktop installation and help support, troubleshooting and installations
  Designed network infrastructure, built and repaired computer systems

• Nuclear Reactor Operator

  U.S. Navy

  (Military industry)

  January 1989 — June 1993 (4 years 6 months)

  Trained and certified as an Electronics Technician
  Advanced to pay grade E-4 in 1.5 years
  Trained as Nuclear Reactor Operator at Naval Nuclear Power School
  Assigned to Naval Nuclear Guided Cruiser, U.S.S. Texas (now decommissioned)

James D Kirk’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Biology 1987 — 1989

• Diablo Valley College

  Pre-Med 1986 — 1987

• Laney Community College

  Pre-Med 1984 — 1986

  Activities and Societies:

  Played on football team

Additional Information

James D Kirk’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

James D Kirk’s Groups:

•    Ditch the MBA - Apply for Seth Godin's Exclusive Internship
•    Cloud Security Alliance

James D Kirk’s Honors:

Eagle Scout, BSA 1983

James D Kirk’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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