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Portland, Oregon Area
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- typist at inter@ctivate, inc.
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- search.com at CNET Networks, Inc.
- volunteer: palm-based data collection device for field research at san jose state university
- vice president of engineering at SavvySearch Limited
- director, research & intelligence at ibooks
- director, internet services at ARK Enterprises
- director, internet services at world information networks
- managing partner at kensho, llc
- academic computing specialist (programmer / analyst) at university of california, san diego
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, San Diego
- university of california, santa cruz (UCSC) sierra institute
- university city high school ( uchs / university city hs )
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sean dreilinger’s Summary
Sean Dreilinger's decade of involvement in the search industry includes design, development and operation of two web search engines (CNET Search.com and SavvySearch), a syndicated keyword advertising network, and the creation of vertical search and SEO programs for sites like mySimon, Shopper.com, News.com, Download.com, GameSpot, MP3.com, CNET Networks, and ZDNet.
Dreilinger holds a masters degree specializing in Information Systems and Information Access from the Graduate School of Information Studies at UCLA, and a bachelors degree in Visual Arts from UCSD.
sean dreilinger’s Specialties:
+ internet and online: strategy, analysis, architecture and operations
+ search industry and search engines: product development & management (information retrieval applications), search engine advertising (devising keyword and contextual advertising products to feature and syndicate bidded keyword listings), search-driven content applications, search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO)
sean dreilinger’s Experience
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inter@ctivate, inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 1995 — Present (12 years 6 months)
http://durak.org/sean/resume/online/exp/icg/icg.php
Founding member of this southern California interactive agency catering to clients such as Sunkist, the San Diego Padres baseball club and the world famous San Diego Zoo. Research and analysis of client industries (entertainment, water, power, agriculture, technology and real estate) to discern trends, gather competitive intelligence, monitor opportunities, and recommend action. System analysis & design, software evaluation and prototyping for Internet, ecommerce, intranet and extranet applications, processes for improved web development and hosting. Create, test and launch strategies for ethical marketing of products and services on the Internet. -
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CNET Networks, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)
1999 — 2004 (5 years)
Cofounder & Manager of the Advanced Search Technologies Group, formed by the CNET acquisition of SavvySearch Limited.
Product development, research, performance analysis, architecture and operations for CNET Networks, one of the 10 most-visited properties on the web. Our team creates and manages innovative, revenue-generating information retrieval products: search engines, recommendation engines, keyword & contextual advertising products, search engine marketing campaigns (SEM/PPC) and optimization (SEO) strategy & automation for international and domestic business units of well-known brands like Cnet.com, News.com, Gamespot.com, Shopper.com, Search.com (our own web search portal), ZDNet.com, Download.com, MP3.com, mySimon.com and many more.
Patent: Kokkonen, Erik D.; Dreilinger, Daniel E.; Dreilinger, Sean; Coleman, Gregory L.; Martel, Amy E. Apparatus and method for delivering information over a network. CNET Networks, Inc. assignee. Patent 7,016,892. 21 Mar. 2006. -
volunteer: palm-based data collection device for field research
san jose state university
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
January 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 5 months)
contributed design and implementation of a handheld, gps-enabled data collection device used by graduate students to record insect behavior in the santa cruz mountains. performed needs analysis, data and application architecture, software selection and programming. guest speaker in associated SJSU graduate seminar. the design features a custom pictographic interface to open-source cybertracker software running on palm visor hardware.
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vice president of engineering
SavvySearch Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Founding member of critically acclaimed metasearch company. Architecture, operations, service optimization and performance tuning to improve traffic handling, availability, security, and portability of the product. SavvySearch was acquired by CNET.
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director, research & intelligence
ibooks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Libraries industry)
July 1999 — October 1999 (4 months)
Completed a short-term contract to provide competitive intelligence and marketing strategy, reporting to the CEO and venture capital firm of this pre-product, pre-IPO online digital publishing startup -- formerly ``the world's leader in online reference materials.''
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director, internet services
ARK Enterprises
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year)
Evaluated the technology component of business plans selected by our CEO (Alan R Kidd) for management consulting and investment potential. Presented Internet & technology strategy to clients in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, healthcare, finance, and marketing.
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director, internet services
world information networks
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)
April 1995 — April 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Developed web based conference services for pioneering Online Conference Management company. Created Internet interfaces to peer-reviewed journals and customer conferences including Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, MIREX, HealthInfo National, HealthInfo West, and NMHCC Executive Briefings. Built and administered production web servers. Supported remote customers, researchers, and email discussion members.
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managing partner
kensho, llc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 1995 — January 1996 (10 months)
Founded Kensho to ``Bring knowledge to the Information Age in a flash.'' Grew business in three areas: information literacy, electronic marketing, and competitive intelligence on the Internet. Kensho was acquired by ARK Enterprises in 1996.
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academic computing specialist (programmer / analyst)
university of california, san diego
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 1994 — April 1995 (11 months)
Responsible for a diverse departmental network serving 250 local and remote users and 120 machines. Established the departments first three web servers. Initiated a large scale network redesign and construction project. Introduced helpdesk service. Instructed faculty, students, and staff in networked information access. Supervised two level one programmers.
sean dreilinger’s Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
MLIS, information systems, information access, 1992 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- graduation speaker, student governing board, transcript/curriculum url, http://www.durak.org/sean/resume/online/ed/classes.php
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University of California, San Diego
BA, visual art / media / photography, 1987 — 1992
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university of california, santa cruz (UCSC) sierra institute
cultural geography of the sierra nevada 1990 — 1990
this was a field study quarter conducted by uc santa cruz professor mary beth hennessey. our 15-person class backpacked from the southern end if the sierra nevada (domelands) to the north (mono lake). documented online here:
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university city high school ( uchs / university city hs )
HS Diploma, 1984 — 1990
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sempdx, web analytics professionals, cvs enthusiasts advocates evangelists, kernel panic linux users group
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Search Engine Roundtable member
sean dreilinger’s Honors:
Professional
Invited speaker at conferences and classes in London, Washington DC, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego for a variety of topics and audiences. Chapter Author: Linux Installation & Getting Started, published by SSC.
Academic
Graduation speaker, UCLA GSLIS. Department of Education academic scholarship. Student Governing Board of UCLA GSLIS. Muir College Provost's honor list. Hunt Foundation grant for "The Homeless War." U.S. Grant for stereoscopic multimedia. High School: graduation speaker, CSF, honor roll.
Athletic
Karate (team kata): Pan-American Games: 3rd place, Puerto Rico, 1993. ITKF World Championships: 4th place, Lima, Peru, 1990. AAKF National Championships: 1st place, 1994, 1988. High School: Varsity letters in cross country and track.
Artistic
Photography featured in John Muir College 25th Anniversary Calendar, John Muir College Week poster. Original music featured on San Diego 91X radio program Loudspeaker: Listen to This!
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