Vice President, User Experience & Co-Founder at GetListed, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Vice President, User Experience & Co-Founder at GetListed, Inc.
- Advisory Board Member at Ludic Labs
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- Director, User Interface Engineering at Netflix
- Advisory Board Member at GetListed, Inc.
- Web Engineering Manager at AllBusiness.com
- Web Engineering Manager at Bigvine.com
- Web Engineer at AltaVista
- Web Developer at CSU, Chico
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Sean Kane’s Summary
I have been successful in combining my passion for user interfaces with my love of pushing limits. I have consistently delivered amazing products for every company I have been part of throughout my career. Now as Co-Founder of GetListed, I am working to change an industry by combining a solid and innovative technology approach with intuitive interfaces that become a natural part of a job-seeker's, employer's and recruiter's daily workflow.
Sean Kane’s Specialties:
User Experiences, Engineering Management, Product Management, Web Usability, Web Technologies: Java, JSP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, XML, etc.
Sean Kane’s Experience
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Vice President, User Experience & Co-Founder
GetListed, Inc.
(Internet industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
HIRING: Currently looking to hire a Lead User Interface Engineer (Java, Spring MVC, JavaScript (jQuery & architecture experience) HTML, CSS, Adobe AIR and all the other Web Engineering necessities)
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Leading the Technology, Product Development and User Experience efforts. We are building a truly unique platform designed to be an efficient employment marketplace that will revolutionize the way that people find and fill jobs. We currently have a small but extremely capable team that continually delivers amazing for GetListed and our hundreds of recruiting partners. -
Advisory Board Member
Ludic Labs
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Helping Ludic Labs to create a highly effective user interface
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Director, User Interface Engineering
Netflix
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; NFLX; Internet industry)
August 2002 — September 2007 (5 years 2 months)
Led a team of developers to create the rich web experience that Netflix is known for. My responsibility for Netflix’s presentation-layer framework has included developing several of the Ajax interactions and features on the Netflix web site. Additionally, I set the strategy for developing the presentation framework architecture. During my tenure, the Netflix website has been rated by independent researchers as number one in the world for customer satisfaction for three consecutive years.
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Advisory Board Member
GetListed, Inc.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — September 2007 (8 months)
Guiding the development of the overall user experience and site development.
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Web Engineering Manager
AllBusiness.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
November 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 4 months)
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Web Engineering Manager
Bigvine.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
November 1998 — November 2000 (2 years 1 month)
UI Engineering development lead and manger. Bigvine's UI was recognized in Forbes 2000 "Best of the Web", Inc. Magazine, and Newsweek's "103 Best Websites". Bigvine Merged with AllBusiness.com in November, 2000.
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Web Engineer
AltaVista
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
May 1998 — November 1998 (7 months)
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Web Developer
CSU, Chico
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
August 1997 — May 1998 (10 months)
Helped bring online CSUC's first online classroom system. Also worked in the Instructional Media Center on various projects.
Additional Information
Sean Kane’s Websites:
Sean Kane’s Groups:
Advisory Board - Ludic Labs,
BayCHI
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Machine Learning Connection -
CSU Chico Computer Science Alumni and Friends
Sean Kane’s Honors:
Speaker at:
Web App Summit, Coronado Island (03/08)
The Rich Web Experience in San Jose (08/07)
The Ajax Experience in San Francisco (07/07)
Silicon Valley Web Guild (4/07)
Intel User Development Forum (3/07)
ebig Web Development Sig (2/07)
UIE Web App Summit (1/07)
BayCHI (12/06)
The Ajax Experience in Boston (10/06)
Netflix Website Accolades:
Time Magazine, 25 Sites We Can't Live Without (2007)
ForeSee Results, #1 Customer Satisfaction (06/07, 12/06, 06/06, 06/05)
