Kin Lane

Current

VP of Technology at WebEvents Global

Past

Owner - Social Media Strategist at Social Media Squad
Social Media Strategist at Altrec.com
Owner at Original Web Solutions

Lead Web Application Developer at Palo Alto Software
Lead Developer at IDX Broker
Lead Developer at MLS Inc.
Lead Web Developer at NetCorps

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Education

School of Life
Piney Point Maritime Academy
Illinois Valley High school

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Kin Lane’s Summary

I am a technology professional in my mid 30's. I have been working with databases for 20 years since my first job out of high school, with 12 years of developing web-based applications I have developed a real passion for applications that run on the web or "in the clouds".

Web Application developed has captured my attention for the entire last decade. I evolved from developing applications using traditional programming languages to using more portable social applications. I have also dabbled beyond JavaScript into using popular Rich Internet Application (RIA) platforms, with an interest in pushing my understanding of RIA development.

Recently I am obsessed with cloud computing at all levels, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). I have several major cloud infrastructure migrations under my belt and looking to understand cloud computing to its fullest.

In 2009 I am fortunate enough to be able to take my experience with web applications, databases, social networking, social media, business planning and marketing and apply it in the even management industry for WebEvents Global. As the VP of Technology for WebEvents Global I am overseeing the companies technology platform, and product development.

Moving WebEvents Global onto a scalable platform that utilizes the best of the cloud and 3rd party tools was my first priority. With a scalable platform to operate from I am now working on developing many new social applications, web services, and next generation event management solutions. I am very excited of the opportunities in front of me with WebEvents Global.

Kin Lane’s Specialties:

web development, web application development, IT, consulting, online marketing, social media marketing, event planning, event marketing, event social media marketing, conference planning, cloud computing, virtualization, software as a service, SaaS, platform as a service, PaaS, infrastructure as a service, IaaS

Kin Lane’s Experience

VP of Technology

WebEvents Global

(Privately Held; Events Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

I am very excited to be part of the WebEvents Global. I am the VP of Technology, and overseeing our entire technology platform and technology product development.

We have just completed migrating our entire platform into the clouds so that we can better scale and meet our clients needs.

Currently we are reworking our entire core technology to better meet the future of event and conference planning and marketing. We are making all of our tools accessible through popular social networking and social media platform.

Look for more updates on what we are doing at WebEvents Global.
Owner - Social Media Strategist

Social Media Squad

(Internet industry)

February 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 8 months)

Social Media Squad is my own side project to give me some focus and direction in learning more about real life application of social media in business.

Through my experience in online marketing, web application design and just my general interest in everything 2.0 I started the Social Media Squad to help give me a framework to evaluate applications, methodologies and coordinate with other businesses in the Social Media Space.
Social Media Strategist

Altrec.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Retail industry)

February 2008 — August 2008 (7 months)

I have been the social media strategist for Altrec / Great Outdoors. I am still contracting with the company to help take Great Outdoors and their partners into the social media space.
Owner

Original Web Solutions

(Internet industry)

December 1999 — May 2008 (8 years 6 months)

Original Web Solutions is my web development company I started with my wife Isbhel Lane. We focus on web application and content management driven web sites for small businesses and non-profits.
Lead Web Application Developer

Palo Alto Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 6 months)

I was the lead web application developer for Palo Alto Software. I lead the technical development for the internal web-based administration system as well as its integration with the public web sites www.paloalto.com and www.bplans.com as well as the UK counterparts.
Lead Developer

IDX Broker

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

June 2004 — December 2004 (7 months)

I was lead developer for IDX Broker. It was a partnership between Chad Barczak, Jeff Kast and I to deliver inventory and real estate web site solutions.

The web sites utilize Multiple Listing Service (MLS) real estate data from across the country and would provide it an a search engine optimized web site format that could easily be integrated into the customers web site.

I built all the systems that extracted the data from the MLS and the mechanisms for distributing to agent or brokers web sites.

I also recently have built 50 state real estate portals for IDX Broker showcasing agent / brokers nationwide. The Real Estate for Sale in Network.
Lead Developer

MLS Inc.

(Internet industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Lead Web Developer

NetCorps

(Internet industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Kin Lane’s Education

School of Life

Masters , Studying Whatever I Get My Hands On , 1998 — 2008
Piney Point Maritime Academy

Seamanship, Firefighting, Technology 1990 — 1991
Illinois Valley High school

1986 — 1990

Additional Information

Kin Lane’s Websites:

Kin Lane’s Interests:

social media, new technology, snowboarding, traveling

Kin Lane’s Groups:

BizBash—Event Planners Gather
----- The Startups & Societal Ventures Network ----- Innovating more effectively
Event Planning & Management - the 1st Group for Event Planners
Cloud Computing
Event professional management
TSNN.com - The Trade Show News Network
Event Managers Around the world
IDX - Real Estate Group
Conference and Event New Media and Technology Group
Cloud Security Alliance