Nater Kane

Current

• Founder / CTO at Democratus
• Principal / Founder at Nater Kane & Friends

Past

• Tech Manager / IxD Consultant at The Kaplan Thaler Group
• Consultant at Rokkan
• Director of Technology at Ultra16

• Associate Director of Technology at Ogilvy Interactive
• freelance developer at Takkle.com
• ColdFusion Developer at RegionalHelpWanted.com
• Senior Developer at Evolving Media Network
• Graphic Designer / Screen Technician at Equal Vision Records
• ColdFusion Developer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Partner at AlterEgo Media
• Senior Designer at Information Experts
• Senior New Media Developer at The Berndt Group
• Senior Designer at Etensity

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Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Nater Kane’s Summary

For ten years I have been a designer, a usability expert, a database guy, a user experience designer, an information architect, a brand strategist, an interactive & front end developer, an art director, and a web technologist. I am currently a freelance developer and technology consultant in New York, NY.

Nater Kane’s Specialties:

Expertise and passion for:
* JavaScript, XHTML, XML, CSS
* LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl)
* Web Standards, Semantic Web, Microformats
* Web Services (XML-RPC, REST, JSON)
Strong knowledge and experience:
* Coldfusion
* Actionscript 2.0
* Databases (SQL, mySQL, TransSQL, MS Access)

Nater Kane’s Experience

• Founder / CTO

  Democratus

  (Government Relations industry)

  September 2008 — Present (2 months)

• Principal / Founder

  Nater Kane & Friends

  (Internet industry)

  January 1994 — Present (14 years 10 months)

• Tech Manager / IxD Consultant

  The Kaplan Thaler Group

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2008 — October 2008 (4 months)

• Consultant

  Rokkan

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

  August 2007 — September 2007 (2 months)

  I relieved Rokkan's internal team by coming in-house and building the front-end and a very lightweight backend framework for Time Inc.'s first every corporate website... http://www.timeinc.com .

• Director of Technology

  Ultra16

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

  July 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  • Helped identify and establish client’s business requirements.
  • Managed lifecycle of projects involving technology resources.
  • Developed, documented and taught agency’s methodology, workflow and process.
  • Responsible for creating and maintaining functional, technical requirements and design documentation.
  • Contributed to Information Architecture and User Experience Design, generated written and diagram documentation.
  • Interfaced with clients, aided in new business development.
  • Operated as technical hiring manager
  • Participated in RFP response. Aided in proposal writing and copy editing. Responsible for definition of project scope and cost.
  • Planned and scheduled all projects.
  • Provided technical consultation in regards to creative process and creative direction.

• Associate Director of Technology

  Ogilvy Interactive

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• freelance developer

  Takkle.com

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• ColdFusion Developer

  RegionalHelpWanted.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  February 2006 — June 2006 (5 months)

• Senior Developer

  Evolving Media Network

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2005 — September 2005 (9 months)

• Graphic Designer / Screen Technician

  Equal Vision Records

  (Internet industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year)

• ColdFusion Developer

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; E-Learning industry)

  February 2003 — August 2003 (7 months)

• Partner

  AlterEgo Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 4 months)

• Senior Designer

  Information Experts

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)

  March 2001 — October 2001 (8 months)

• Senior New Media Developer

  The Berndt Group

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

  July 2000 — February 2001 (8 months)

• Senior Designer

  Etensity

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year)

Additional Information

Nater Kane’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Nater Kane’s Interests:

i design things, i fix things, i make things, i illustrate things, i make loud, i drink espresso, i draw things

Nater Kane’s Groups:

IxDA

•    WSG
•    Fans of Mashable

Nater Kane’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch