Kevin Kaland

Current

• Lead Developer at WizOne Solutions
• Technical Consultant and Volunteer at The Gnostic Movement - Bay Area

Past

• Technical Analyst at FrontRange Solutions
• Tutor at DeVry University Fremont

Education

• Keyport High School

Recommended

12 people have recommended Kevin

Connections

157 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Kevin Kaland’s Summary

Detail-oriented programmer and troubleshooter with a passion for fixing things that are broken and understanding the reasons. Specializing in C# on the desktop and PHP on the Web. Interested in enhancing existing systems, fixing/addressing anything to do with programming or software products, and not afraid to get hands dirty.

Kevin Kaland’s Specialties:

Knowing where to sacrifice to meet deadlines while maintaining reasonable maintainability, and documenting steps taken without cutting into productive time.

Kevin Kaland’s Experience

• Lead Developer

  WizOne Solutions

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  WizOne Solutions provides Web Development solutions, specializing in PHP and CMS/Web software implementation and customization - primarily Drupal, WordPress, and osCommerce.

• Technical Consultant and Volunteer

  The Gnostic Movement - Bay Area

  (Philanthropy industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Primarily responsible for driving innovation on the Web Sites and in other technical area. I work with a team of other people to accomplish this. Familiar with working in both test and live environments and controlling changes to ensure Web Site reliability.
  
  Also volunteered in other areas, such as teaching, general administration and advertising. Continue to gain a wide array of skills through the organization's projects.

• Technical Analyst

  FrontRange Solutions

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 3 months)

  Provide technical support for IT Service Management.

• Tutor

  DeVry University Fremont

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DV; Higher Education industry)

  March 2005 — March 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  Tutored students in CIS, English, Math, etc...

Kevin Kaland’s Education

• Keyport High School

  2000 — 2004

Additional Information

Kevin Kaland’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Kevin Kaland’s Interests:

Languages, programming, web development. I speak: -English (fluent) -Spanish (fluent reading/writing, nearly fluent speaking) -Norwegian (intermediate/advanced; conversationally fluent) -French (beginner/intermediate writing, intermediate reading; beginner speaking) Also know a bit about: -Modern Greek (somewhat conversational) -Standard German (learning) -Japanese (have studied previously) And know at least one word in: -Slovak -Polish -Mandarin Chinese -Standard Arabic -Russian I want most to learn: -French -German

Kevin Kaland’s Groups:

•    DeVry University Alumni, Students, & Staff
•    Fans of Digsby

Kevin Kaland’s Contact Settings

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