President, Dandelife.com
Greater San Diego Area
- Current
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- Officer at APML Workgroup
- CEO at Dandelife.com
- Secretary, Board of Directors at PWI: Partnerships With Industry
- Member, Board of Directors at Mama's Kitchen
- Past
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- Consultant at People Media
- Business Analyst at Quantum Art
- Consultant at National Brain Tumor Foundation
- 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
My professional goals center on growing Dandelife.com, the company I founded. I am always looking for individuals with experience in Web 2.0 companies in the following capacity: RoR programming, web design, ad sales, online PR and linux systems adminstration. Currently serving as a board member at Mama's Kitchen, I am also interested in supporting organizations based in San Diego with missions to support those living with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. Currently serving on the board of PWI, I am also interested in connecting with those who share similar mission to support the developmentally disabled community and/or social enterprise.
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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Officer
APML Workgroup
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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CEO
Dandelife.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
President and Co-Founder of Dandelife.com, a social memory site. Responsible for managing day-to-day operations, product development, marketing, PR, and venture fund-raising.
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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 (3 years 1 month)
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Member, Board of Directors
Mama's Kitchen
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2001 — Present (6 years 11 months)
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Consultant
People Media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Business Analyst
Quantum Art
(Internet industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year)
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Consultant
National Brain Tumor Foundation
(Internet industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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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
Additional Information
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Kelly Abbott’s Interests:
Soccer, AIDS, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Building Community Wireless Networks.
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
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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