The Best Damn Product Developer in Southern California
Greater San Diego Area
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- President at 3ones
- Guest Writer - Lifehacker.com at Gawker Media
- Secretary, Board of Directors at PWI: Partnerships With Industry
- Past
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- Consultant - Director of Product Development at Harpo
- Consultant - Director of Product Development at PeopleMedia
- Technology Director at GAP Intelligence
- Co-Founder at Dandelife.com
- Consultant - Product Development at LiveJournal
- Officer at APML Workgroup
- Consultant - Sr. Product Manager at SportsFanLive.com
- Consultant at National Brain Tumor Foundation
- Business Analyst at Quantum Art
- Member, Board of Directors at Mama's Kitchen
- Co-Founder, Director of Information Strategy at Red Door Interactive
- Co-Chair, Wi-Fi SIG at Commnexus (nee San Diego Telecom Council)
- Digital Media Director at McQuerter Group
- Software Engineer at PBJ Digital
- Education
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- The Ohio State University
- Atlantic College
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Kelly Abbott’s Summary
I want to help you build a great product for the Web.
Kelly Abbott’s Specialties:
Website Development and Redevelopment, Assessment of Web-based technologies, intranets, extranets, and E-Business. My experience encompasses IT infrastructure assessment, budgeting and management in addition to software engineering and management for web-based technologies. Finally, I also have experience managing non-profit organizations IT rebuilding methods for non-profit management systems.
Kelly Abbott’s Experience
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President
3ones
(Internet industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
3ones is a Product Development Company for hire. We develop products for Communities, Consumers, & Corporations. Our products appear on the Web sites, Social Networks, Desktops and Mobile Phones. We can take your idea from concept to completion in 90 days.
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Guest Writer - Lifehacker.com
Gawker Media
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
I write a guest column for Lifehacker once a week called "Un-geek to Live." It's about de-coupling from technology to get more out of life.
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Secretary, Board of Directors
PWI: Partnerships With Industry
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
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Consultant - Director of Product Development
Harpo
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)
3-month engagement to help the newly established Oprah Winfrey Network define a product vision for the Web to launch in 2010. Established sustainable business practices, product development methodology, web site development plan, information architecture plan, assessed technology inventory and made recommendations on improving current Oprah.com Web presence. Reported to President of Digital directly while working with existing resources to carry out recommendations.
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Consultant - Director of Product Development
PeopleMedia
(Internet industry)
January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )
Year-long consulting project where I oversaw the re-development of 31 existing sites with a goal for better customer acquisition, conversion and retention. Coordinated development effort with existing tech team, hired art team and successfully passed on re-design methodology to VP of Product Development hired. Worked with Search Marketing team to develop better performing acquisition/conversion tools and methodologies.
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Technology Director
GAP Intelligence
(Market Research industry)
June 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 7 months)
In-house technology resident, responsible for product vision and development in the field of market research and competitive intelligence.
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Co-Founder
Dandelife.com
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Dandelife.com is a social biography network that helps people create and share their life stories in a safe environment. As a social blogging platform, Dandelife.com is a white-label-ready product for eliciting discussions around your product or brand.
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Consultant - Product Development
LiveJournal
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)
Developed user-engagement plan to increase overall visitor participation. Increased sign-up rates by reducing drop-offs in acquisition funnel. Increased repeat visits and total lifetime customer values by 20%.
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Officer
APML Workgroup
(Internet industry)
June 2007 — March 2008 (10 months)
Participated in start-up of this highly ambitious working group for ensuring user's can own, maintain and migrate their social networking data freely.
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Consultant - Sr. Product Manager
SportsFanLive.com
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — February 2008 (7 months)
As a consultant, I developed the product vision, development requirements, and design. Assisted technical and art teams in production of product throughout the development life-cycle in preparation of site launch. Worked with CEO to develop business case and marketing plan for Summer 2008 launch.
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Consultant
National Brain Tumor Foundation
(Internet industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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Business Analyst
Quantum Art
(Internet industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
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Member, Board of Directors
Mama's Kitchen
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2001 — August 2007 (6 years )
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Co-Founder, Director of Information Strategy
Red Door Interactive
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 5 months)
Helped grow Red Door Interactive from four founders and $250K/year to over 30 employees and $3M in annual revenues. I led a department for analytics, systems engineering, systems integration, usability, planning, research and development. As a founder I was responsible for assisting in new business, strategic partnerships, vendor relations and strategic planning.
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Co-Chair, Wi-Fi SIG
Commnexus (nee San Diego Telecom Council)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)
June 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 1 month)
I was a co-founder and co-chair of the Wi-Fi Special Interest Group. My job was to gather grassroots support for the Telecom Council's efforts to make San Diego synonymous with community wireless.
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Digital Media Director
McQuerter Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 4 months)
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Software Engineer
PBJ Digital
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 1998 — November 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Kelly Abbott’s Education
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The Ohio State University
BA , Photography, Creative Writing , September 1994 — September 1998
Graduated with a combined degree in Photography and Creative Writing. Wrote my senior thesis on Art in the Age of the Internet and published the school's first web-based arts magazine. Graduated with Honors, Distinction in the Liberal Arts and Magna Cum Laude.
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Delta Iota
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Atlantic College
I.B. , English, Spanish, Maths , 1992 — 1994
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Kelly Abbott’s Interests:
Soccer, AIDS, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Building Communities, Web Development, APML and Data Portability.
Kelly Abbott’s Groups:
AIGA, San Diego Telecom Council, San Diego Venture Group, 3ones, SD Ruby, AWS Start-Up Challenge
Kelly Abbott’s Contact Settings
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