Recent Work
New Awards and Kudos
- Ken's "Chickenbone Chuck" mobile app featured in the Apple App Store for 10 days. [2012]
- "Outstanding Achievement in Web Development" the Web Marketing Association for the Sonic Drive-Ins Hispanic website. [2012]
- Web Marketing Association Award - Best Internet Service Provider Website - Verizon FiOS: EnciendeteFiOS.com [2011]
- ADDY Awards (American Advertising Federation, Houston Chapter) for SevenUp Sevenisima Web site, Dr.Pepper Vida23 Web site, Lopez Negrete Web site, Lopez Negerete e-Newsletter site (The Noticias) [2010]
- "Ken is the most capable and intrinsically curious programmer I know. ... If you need a serious programmer, Ken's your man." - Hal Werner
- "Just listened to your latest podcast. Nicely done and very informative! Can't wait for the next one." - Chris Donaldson
- "Ken's blog is CHOCK FULL of great info! IMPRESSIVE" - Julie Ziemelis
From the Blog
- 4 Things My Grandfather Taught Me About Entrepreneurship in Bittersweet Times 6/6/13
- Unfriendly Facebook Marketing: Friends Don’t Like Your Page 6/2/13
- Big Brand Visibility, Small SEO Budget 5/19/13
- Online Advertising, AdSense, and Beer Money 4/6/13
- Social Media Power Tools 3/29/13
@KenMorico on Twitter
- @GoDaddy working now. Thanks! #yourestillmyhost 6/18/13
- @GoDaddy my site is down http://t.co/zCv50afin0 6/18/13
- It costs $1.14 on average for an eGallon of gasoline for electric vehicles. Surprised it's that high. http://t.co/ZYwCbTfrsh 6/17/13
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The Digital Dreamer
Some people drive to work. Some walk. Ken surfs.
Ken Morico is an award-winning Web professional. With 12+ years of experience, he's developed front-end, middleware, and backend solutions for small, medium, and large-sized businesses. Recently, Ken has focusedon mobile applications and Web sites. His mobile app "Chickenbone Chuck" was featured on the Apple App Store for 10 days.
His work has won more than 8 Web awards in the American Advertising Federation Addy Awards and CUNA Web awards. His skill set includes mobile apps, HTML layout and coding, javascript, PHP and similar languages, MySQL database design, Web services coding and consumption, Facebook / social media development, and much more.
Some of his past and present clients include Kraft Foods, Walmart, Universal Music Group, Sonic Drive-in, Bank of America, and Dr. Pepper.
Ken dreams in RGB. Because some people won't know what RGB is, he will dream in black and white just for you.
Need Digital / interactive services? Hire Ken Morico.
The Digital Strategist
His communications skills facilitate the transcription of the etherial to the mortals. He prefers to transcribe with a touch of tact and a smile...
Ken is a Houston-based Search Engine Optimization (SEO) consultant and Web analytics expert. He has 6 years of client-facing experience with digital strategy presentation. He is Google Analytics certified and has been optimizing Web sites since 1999. As an award-winning Web developer for Fortune 500 clients, Ken knows how to massage Web code to escalate pages in Search Engine Ranking Pages (SERPs).
Trial and error, experience, constant professional development, and passion for paramount rankings mesh to form a business problem panacea. Ken's results include top organic search rankings and highly-prized Google Sitelinks.
He achieves these results because of his unique skill set. A skill set that saves his clients money. There's no one better suited to SEO than someone with his deft of development knowledge and writing prowess. That's because search engines need unique, keyword-filled text, humans need friendly and informative copy, and the text needs to be precisely positioned by a code guru.
Never satisfied with relying on past skills to win projects, Ken constantly develops himself professionally. He is now implementing Social Media Optimization (SMO) on all new projects. Leveraging his social media application development skills, SEO skills, and writing skills, he is equipped to excel at optimizing sites for this sea change.
When Ken's not working with acronyms, he's busy making a name for himself...
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The Blogger
Some have created tombstones for the written word, but Ken envisaged its digital resurrection and never gave up on shaping blocks of text in new media form.
Ken Morico is an award-winning, syndicated writer and blogger. He's written for national publications such as The Los Angeles Times, U. Magazine, Playboy, and others. On the advertising side, he was a freelance copywriter for Ogilvy & Mather and MicroWarehouse / CDW. Ken blogs on many topics in the digital space including social media, development, and strategy. His blog has gained world-wide recognition for quality content and gets over 12,000 visitors / year.
For several years, he was a technical writer for Toyota, Nissan, Universal Music Group, and Aegis Media. Recently, he has started several successful blogs that rank highly in search engines.
In 1998, he was a correspondent for The Society of Professional Journalists convention in Los Angeles. Some of his poems are archived at the National Archives of Canada. Ken possesses B.A. degrees in Journalism and English from the University of Connecticut and studied novel writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ken is a "distinguished" Twitter bum and can be found writing slices of life in 140 characters or less.
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Resume
I am not actively looking for a new position at this time. What I would consider: a leadership position at an innovative company. Telecommuting or partial telecommuting preferred. Relocation options: Los Angeles, Austin, Silicon Valley. Please email me position information. Note that due to my high demand, I screens my phone calls. Thank you for your interest.
Email position information to employ {at} kenmorico.com.
LinkedIn Profile
Kenneth L. Morico
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Profile
- Award-winning Web Designer & Developer for Fortune 50 companies and universities (13+ awards total)
- Adept in development of HTML5, jQuery, AJAX, PHP, MySQL, Web services, WordPress Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, XML, and Flash
- Google Analytics certified - writing and editing experience in Web site content that generates higher Google rankings
- Wrote numerous revenue generating Web site proposals | 13+ years experience in the Internet industry
Work Experience
March 2012 – Present — Web site development for software products. PHP, jQuery, Drupal development in LAMP environment. Google Analytics analysis and SEO recommendations and implementation.
August 2008 – March 2012 — Developed HTML, Flash Web sites and banners for Verizon, Walmart, SevenUp, Dr Pepper, Sonic Drive-in. Coded user-generated content site and custom Web service for SevenUp in LAMP env. Used SOAP to interface with Dr Pepper Snapple Group master DB for user registrations. Coded custom Dr Pepper Web service for a Web-based music mixer. Coded the first Spanish language Web site for Walmart. Walmart resp: actionscript, PHP coding, and content updating via the Ektron CMS. Built gift-sender Facebook app for Sonic Drive-in using Facebook APIs, AJAX, and JQuery. Managed development for Blue Leaf e-commerce Web site and installed and managed the LAMP server that powered the site. Developed SEM keyword strategies for Bank of America and Verizon. Performed Web analytics/business intelligence reporting for Verizon with regression analysis. Programmed first CRM system for LNC. Coded and managed development of a custom and re-useable interactive newsletter platform with CMS for Lopez Negrete. Both platforms were custom built using cost-saving open-source technologies. Google Analytics implementation and analysis for all client Web sites under LNC.
April 2004 – July 2008 — Web Services department lead for the top credit union consulting firm. Responsibilities included designing, constructing, maintaining, and testing 11+ static and dynamic Web sites for credit unions and financial services companies with over one billion dollars in assets and over 60,000 monthly Web visitors. Managed in-house Web development staff, programming consultants and interns, maintained positive client relations, and crafted winning proposals for new business clients such as Shell Employees Federal Credit Union, California Credit Union and Department of Commerce Federal Credit Union. Developed ASP.NET Web applications for internal use (CRM, project-based). Presented Web strategies & services to potential clients. Developed Google strategies that scored first-page ranking for the D. Hilton Web site.
1999 – 2008 — Created Web sites, software and technical documents for established and start-up companies in the aviation, fashion, music, advertising, IT and on-line industries. Clients included Diamond Air, Jakitz, Universal Music, Carat, Simdesk, learnlots.com, and Lopez Negrete Communications.
Technical Writer (Contractor), TOYOTA, Torrance, CA
Technical Writer (Contractor), NISSAN, Gardena, CA
Technical Writer, LESSONLAB, Santa Monica, CA
March 2001 – June 2003 — Created user guides for Universal Music Group's in-house Web marketing application that collected personal consumer data from artists’ Web sites. Generated test cases for integration of custom Web applications. Audited XML data transfers between multiple offices. Tested launch of marketing and reporting software. Developed user manuals for new and existing software for Toyota, Nissan, and LessonLab.
Web Developer / Web Designer (Intern), UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT
January – December 2000 — Designed and edited a 45-page online brochure to assist Kraft with recruiting efforts at the University of Michigan Business School. Designed and edited UConn's The Long River Review literary Web site and the Undergraduate Advisory Center's Web site. Also developed a Perl-based “virtual advisor” system to advise students on the Web site.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, English, 2000
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, 2000
Other Studies:
Web design & development courses, College of Communications, University of Connecticut, 2000
Creative writing course, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Google Analytics Certification, Google, 2010
Professional Awards & Publications
- Addy Award (American Advertising Federation, Houston Chapter) for Sonic Drive-in Spanish Web site [2012]
- Web Marketing Association Award - Best Internet Service Provider Website - Verizon FiOS: EnciendeteFiOS.com [2011]
- 6 ADDY Awards (American Advertising Federation, Houston Chapter) for SevenUp Sevenisima Web site, Dr.Pepper Vida23 Web site, Lopez Negrete Web site, Lopez Negerete e-Newsletter site (The Noticias) [2010]
- Walmart Hispanic Heritage Web site [2009]
- D. Hilton Associates Web site [2008]
- CUNA Award (Credit Union National Association) interactive CD for California Credit Union [2008]
- CUNA Award (Second Place) Department of Commerce Federal Credit Union Web site [2007]
- CUNA Diamond Web Award (First Place) California Credit Union Web site [2006]
- Award for Excellence in Journalism, University of Connecticut [1997]
- Full-length feature article, Bohemian Rhapsody, published in Los Angeles Times Magazine and on the front page of Los Angles Times Web site, June 15, 2003
Computer Skills
Web Client-side Programming: JavaScript, jQuery, Actionscript, XML, RSS, HTML5 / XHTML hand coding, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), AJAX, FBML, Open Graph API
Database / CMS: MySQL, MS SQL Server 2005 Administration, MS Access, Ektron, Joomla! install and config, Joomla! custom module development, WordPress install and config, WordPress custom theme development, Drupal – theme and module development
Software Programming: iPhone application development, Objective C 2.0
Web Software: Dreamweaver, Netbeans, SVN / Subversion, Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Ektron
Server Administration: Managed Windows 2003 Web & e-mail server for several companies. DNS, FTP, IIS administration experience. Managed MS SQL Server 2005. LAMP server setup and administration.
Operating Systems: MS DOS, MS Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 2003 Server Mac OS 9, Mac OS X
Productivity Software: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Access, MS Visio, Niku Workbench, Rational Unified Process Tools
Online Help Software: RoboHelp, RoboDemo, Microsoft HTML Help Workshop, HyperSnap
Other: QuarkXPress, LEXIS-NEXIS, Retrospect, Lotus Notes. Computer building and troubleshooting experience.
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His work has won more than 8 Web awards in the American Advertising Federation Addy Awards and CUNA Web awards.
Some of his past and present clients include Kraft Foods, Walmart, Universal Music Group, Sonic Drive-in, Bank of America, and Dr. Pepper.
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