Kyle is currently the CEO & Co-Founder at nuCloud. Kyle also founded this blog back in January 2008 as part of a new years resolution to do a better job of networking with fellow higher education web professionals. Formerly he spent four years at HubSpot in various roles including Sales for the Non-Profit/Education market, Product Owner for the Blog Platform, Manager of Consulting Services and a Senior Consultant. Prior to that, Kyle graduated Wofford College in 2003 with a degree in Computer Science and worked at the campus for the next five and a half years in multple roles and departments. His professional background is more technical as he worked for three years in Wofford’s Information Technology Department in Help Desk Support and IT Specialist where he learned all the technical and troubleshooting aspects of a computer. Needless to say he’s never been afraid of challenge or uncomfortable to try something different. Because of his wide range of experience he can handle almost any situation and come out on top.
Kyle a die-hard baseball fan who is obsessed with the Atlanta Braves and you are just as likely to run across him in a Braves community as you are in a Higher Education arena. His dream job is to follow Frank Wren as General Manager of the Braves and to use Scouting, Sabermetrics, and Sabernomics to continue the Braves dynasty FOR-EVER!
Web Analytics and Social Media are probably his favorite areas of the Internet world. Understanding why people do what they do and how to use that to make the experience better for everyone is a passion. He’s definitely a people watcher and Internet metrics allow you to pull hard data about user activity that was previously impossible to fully gather. Looking at the data is interesting, but attempting to make sense of it and pull out worthwhile trends and valuable insights is stimulating.
And now that this page has been rewritten he’s tired of talking about himself in the third person.
Certifications/Training
- Ektron Certified Administrator
- Google Analytics Seminars for Success Completion
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
- Network+
- A+
- Symantec Ghost Certified Training
Recognitions
- November 2006 – Interviewed as part of a Case Study for Wofford’s Ektron Content Management System.
- February 2007 – Wofford.edu won CASE III Award of Excellent in 2006 for Overall Site Design and Implementation.
- July 2007 – Interviewed for an article titled Keep Up or Fall Behind in Campus Technology about content management systems.
- February 2008 – Wofford.edu won CASE III Special Merit Award in 2007 for Home Page Design and Implementation.
- October 2008 – Wofford’s virtual tour recognized in top 10 nationally in an article in CASE Currents Magazine.
- December 2008 – ReadWriteWeb wrote an article featuring Kyle leaving Wofford for HubSpot
- December 2008 – featured in an article on PC World about Top 5 Blackberry Storm Reviews on YouTube
- January 2009 – featured in a quote about Web Analytics Tips & Best Practices on Search Engine Guide
- March 2009 – guest co-hosted HubSpotTV on episode Marketing March Madness
- April 2009 - guest co-hosted HubSpotTV on episode Personal Branding and Birthdays
- May 2009 – guest co-hosted HubSpotTV on episode Lose Control of Your Marketing
- September 2009 – guest co-hosted HubSpotTV on episode The Southern Edition
- April 2010 – participated in multiple HubSpot video shorts with the most successful being episode 1 of FourSquare Cops that was picked up by Mashable and the FourSquare Blog
Presentations
- May 2008 – Featured in an email marketing case study by Bronto and accompanying webcast about integrating social media into an email marketing campaign.
- July 2008 – Presented at eduWEB Conference 2008 on Email Marketing for Higher Education.
- August 2008 – Presented for Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce an Introduction to Social Networks.
- October 2008 – Presented at HighEdWeb Conference 2008 on Web Analytics. The presentation titled, Hello is Anyone Out There? Using Web Analytics to Understand your Audience was awarded “Best in Track”.
- November 2008 – Presented at Stamats Integrated Marketing Conference: Technology Collaboration, Results. The presentation is titled, What the Heck do all these Numbers Mean? Web Analytics for Higher Education.
- December 2008 – Presented at CASE District V conference on Web Analytics. Hello is Anyone Out There? Using Web Analytics to Understand your Audience.
- April 2009 – Virtually Presented at HighEdWeb Regional conference, Social Media Storytelling with the .eduGurus
- July 2009 – Presented at Whipple Hill User Conference on Inbound School Marketing
- July 2009 – Presented at eduWEB Conference 2009 on Search Engine Optimization: The Low Hanging Fruit for Immediate Results
- November 2009 – Presented at SIMTech 2009 on Inbound School Marketing
- February 2010 – Presented at edSocialMedia on Why Social Media Comes Last
- February 2010 – Webinar for HigherEdHero on Google Analytics for Colleges: Understand Clicks, Trends & Track Results
- May 2010 – Webinar for HigherEdHero on Convert Student Inquires into Applicants – Keys to Leveraging Your Website
- June 2010 – WhippleHill Summit presented on SEO Best Practices: Hitting the Low Hanging Fruit
- October 2010 – To present at HighEdWeb Conference 2010 on on updated version of the 2008 Red Stapler winning track Hello is Anyone Out There? Using Web Analytics to Understand your Audience and another presentation on SEO Best Practices: The Low Hanging Fruit for Immediate Results
Networks
You can find Kyle on the following networks:
- Digg
- Delicious
- Flickr
- Foursquare
- Last.fm
- MyBlogLog
- MySpace
- Slideshare
- Sphinn
- StumbleUpon
- Technorati
- University Web Developers
