Kyle Farris

Current

• Web Programmer I at InfoTech Inc
• Flash Game Developer at RetroLab

Past

• Lead Web Designer at UCF Cultural Heritage Alliance
• Lead Web Developer at Southern Orchid Development

Education

• University of Central Florida

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Portfolio
• RETRO Lab Website
• Southern Orchid Development

Kyle Farris’s Summary

I hope to leave a major impact on the world in some form or another. The way I intend do this isn't quite clear yet, but, I do know it will probably have something to do with the internet and creating something that people will eventually take for granted--something so ubiquitous and useful that it would be hard for people to not use once they have tried it.

I believe that the future of computing will and must be mobile. I will not want to sit at my computer in order to get something done. I want to create something that will allow people to seamlessly integrate computers into their everyday lives.

Kyle Farris’s Specialties:

I'm currently undergoing serious research into the semantic web. My experience is in coding PHP/MySQL back-end systems coupled with dynamic and simple Ajax interfaces. I am a rapid web application developer--I've been known to produce complex web tools months faster than my competitors... while taking 18 hours of classes at a University and with a 40 hr/week job programming Flash games.

Kyle Farris’s Experience

• Web Programmer I

  InfoTech Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Well, basically my job is two tiered. The first element is to write and modify Perl and PHP scripts as well as some client-side scripts in order to keep up and improve on the stability and efficiency of InfoTech's Intranet and other Business Applications. In fact, I'm currently working on an advance from-scratch intranet portal to bring InfoTech into the modern age. Very AJAXy and very functional. So far so good!
  
  I digress...
  
  The other element includes responding to support tickets pertaining to the above-mentioned services/technologies which includes server upgrades, administrative duties and the like.

• Flash Game Developer

  RetroLab

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  I design and develop Flash games for an educational MMOG called LunarQuest ( http://lunar-quest.com ). I've also helped with some of the MMOG programming, designing, and planning.

• Lead Web Designer

  UCF Cultural Heritage Alliance

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

  January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)

  I was hired to finish the award-winning folkvine.org website. My jobs included completing two of the folk artists' websites as well as creating some Flash-based "tour guides".
  
  This project allowed me to experiment with new ways to develop using Ajax and other innovative technologies of the time.

• Lead Web Developer

  Southern Orchid Development

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

  February 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  I was hired to build the Southern Orchid website as a marketing tool. I built and designed the entire site (it was my very first one). I built a CMS for the owner to update and change items as well as a Task Management System for him to assign tasks to his real estate partners who were actually the salespersons for the company.

Kyle Farris’s Education

• University of Central Florida

  BA , Digital Media , 2004 — 2008

  I was accepted into the Showcase for Undergraduate Research Excellence for my work on the Saporo.us web-based kitchen management tool. The site was a personal project that reflects my research on simple clean design, interactive interfaces, the mobile web, and the semantic web.

Additional Information

Kyle Farris’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• RETRO Lab Website
• Southern Orchid Development

Kyle Farris’s Interests:

semantic web, web 2.0, web 3.0, programming, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Unix, Apple, Digg

Kyle Farris’s Groups:

•    MacSB
•    User Experience Professionals Network
•    Fans of Digsby

Kyle Farris’s Honors:

President's Honor Roll (three times), "Best Presenter" at UCF Creativity Showcase (Fall 2006), Dorothy Howard Award - Second Place (for Folkvine.org)

Kyle Farris’s Contact Settings

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