James Paden

Current

Founder & E-commerce Specialist at Vibrant Solutions
Founder at Xemion Web Design Firm Directory

Past

Director of Technology at AffordableStyle.com
Vice President of Technology at AuctionFloor.com
Freelancer at Xemion Web Design

Lead Designer at Real Time Internet

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Education

University of Indianapolis

Recommended

10 people have recommended James

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

James Paden’s Summary

I'm an entrepreneur with extensive experience in all areas of web development and online marketing. I specialize in e-commerce development and conversion optimization. Please contact me if interested in my services!

James Paden’s Specialties:

Conversion optimization, e-commerce web development, SEO, PPC and social media marketing

James Paden’s Experience

Founder & E-commerce Specialist

Vibrant Solutions

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

June 2009 — Present (9 months)

I spend half of my time helping organizations create and improve their online retail strategies. In addition to e-commerce website development, I specialize in conversion optimization, which directly increases a website’s profits and boosts the effectiveness of existing marketing. I often work closely with design and advertising agencies as trusted partner to develop and improve their clients' e-commerce websites.

In the other half of my time, I own and operate several e-commerce websites and online companies. These serve as my personal playground and financial future.
Founder

Xemion Web Design Firm Directory

(Internet industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

In 2005, I turned the website for my freelance design firm, Xemion.com, into an online web design company directory. My online marketing efforts turned the site into one of the highest ranked "web designers" related websites on the internet. If you run a web design firm of any size, you can gain highly targeted traffic and leads by advertising on Xemion.com.
Director of Technology

AffordableStyle.com

(Internet industry)

January 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 8 months)

AffordableStyle.com owns and operates a network of niche e-commerce stores such as HandbagHeaven.com, SunglassWarehouse.com and SilverTreats.com.

I was responsible for the development of each site and the design of many of them. We spend a great deal of time on conversion optimization and A/B testing to maximize the performance of each store.

I worked closely with the rest of the management team on strategic business decisions and was also heavily involved with our SEO, PPC and social media marketing.
Vice President of Technology

AuctionFloor.com

(Internet industry)

October 2005 — August 2007 (1 year 11 months)

AuctionFloor.com was an e-commerce internet startup that allowed live auctions to accept bids from online bidders in real time. I was responsible for AuctionFloor.com’s 12-person development team and the company's technical infrastructure. I also maintained and developed the website and online management system.
Freelancer

Xemion Web Design

(Internet industry)

February 2002 — October 2005 (3 years 9 months)

As a freelancer, I designed and developed over fifty websites including e-commerce websites, directories and large web applications. I worked with many different programming languages including PHP, Perl, ASP, MySQL, SQL Server, ActionScript and others. I built great relationships with all my clients, many that still exist today.
Lead Designer

Real Time Internet

(Internet industry)

August 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 7 months)

Real Time Internet owned and operated approximately 15 niche websites as well as a network of 15-25,000 parked domain names.

I designed all of Real Time Internet's websites as well as the development of client's websites. I achieved top-ten search engine rankings for popular key phrases on several of our sites.