RSSKyle James
Kyle is currently the Webmaster at Wofford College a position that he has held since September 2006. You can learn more about his background information or jobs that he has had. Kyle graduated Wofford College in 2003 with a degree in Computer Science and has been at the campus ever since. 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. His web experience stretches back to 1997 and the days of the early web and designing sites using Netscape Composer and Notepad.
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.
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 - To present 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 - To present at CASE District V conference on Web Analytics. Title and info to come soon.
Networks
You can find Kyle on the following networks:
