Kevin Hankens
Profile
Experienced Web developer with a focus on usability and performance. Presently employed as a Senior Technical Consultant for Acquia, Inc. Formerly managed VeloNews.com receiving in excess of 1MM page views daily. Have completed several system/database migrations in mission critical environments. Currently maintain several community projects on drupal.org.
Web Development Proficiencies: PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, HTML, Javascript
Systems Administration Proficiencies: Linux and UNIX administration, Apache, MySQL
Software/Framework Proficiencies: Drupal, jQuery, Photoshop, Illustrator, Vim, *nix CLI tools, SVN, CVS, Flash
Employment
Acquia, Inc. October 2008 - Present
Andover, MA
Drupal implementations from business spec, custom Drupal modules and theming, custom AJAX and DOM scripting using jQuery, mentoring and classroom training, website performance testing and tuning, database migrations
VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.) July 2007 - October 2008
Boulder, CO
Web Development, Linux Systems Administration, Traffic Analysis/Ad Trafficking
MediaPower, Inc. February 2006 - July 2007
Portland, ME
Web Development, MySQL Database Administration, Linux Systems Adminstration, Search Engine Marketing
USA Telephone August 2005 - February 2006
Kennebunk, ME
Web Development, Unix/Linux/Windows Systems Administration, Asterisk PBX/Web services integration
Kevin Hankens Design & Development August 2002 - August 2005
Flagstaff, AZ; Iowa City, IA
Techknowledgy Center/FlagWeb* January 2002 - August 2002
Flagstaff, AZ
FlagWeb/AtomCast Productions September 2001 - January 2002
Flagstaff, AZ
Kevin Hankens Productions June 2001 - September 2001
Flagstaff, AZ
Education
University of Iowa January 1998 - May 2001
Iowa City, IA
B.A. in Communication, English/Linguistics Minor
Minnesota State University, Mankato August 1996 - December 1997
Mankato, MN
Classes in computer science, including programming and database development