Kumar Desai

Resume

3879 18^th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

m: 415 297 1775 e: kumar@kumardesai.com

 

 

Kumar Desai’s well-rounded technical background includes many years in computer networking with a particular focus on Internet technologies. Kumar has been a web programmer for seven years and is proficient in a wide variety of programming languages and software packages.

 

Born and raised in London, Kumar came to the United States ten years ago to continue his studies. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Cognitive Science and Psychology. Although his career has focused chiefly on technology and marketing, he has also worked in the fields of publishing, television, and real estate investment.

 

Kumar’s broad base of experience, understanding of human psychology, and technical expertise help him to incorporate his clients’ overall marketing goals into elegant, easy-to-use, practical, and cost-effective web solutions.

 

 

Name:                         Kumar Desai

Nationality:               British

Work Status:                          Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)

Education:                BA Interdisciplinary Studies, UC Berkeley with a subject concentration in Psychology, Computer & Cognitive Science,

 

 

A highly motivated and creative individual, who can work smoothly under pressure. Keen eye for detail; holds a strong understanding of the technological environment; has an ability to thoroughly research and execute original and challenging ideas; has excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.

 

 

 

Idearz.com

Kumar Desai is head of Internet Technologies at Idearz.com. Idearz is a full-service marketing and advertising agency providing strategic planning, direct marketing, online and offline advertising and fully-integrated website design.

 

Client: Judy Chicago - Fine Artist

Project Goals:

•           To provide a site that incorporates elements of a product catalog, organization brochure, and community newsletter.

•           To move much of the administration of the artists day-to-day affairs from the office to the web.

•           To provide an effective means of publicizing upcoming events and to provide a more efficient medium for customer service and general inquiries.

•           To improve usability, navigation, and graphic design.

•           To optimize for search engines and browser display.

 

Technologies:

Dreamweaver, BBedit, Photoshop, Image Ready

HTML, DHTML, CCS, perl, JavaScript

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Client: Manzanita Village - Buddhist Retreat Center

Project Goals:

•           To provide a site that incorporates elements of a product catalog, organization brochure, and community newsletter.

•           To move much of the office administration from the office to the web.

•           To provide an effective means of publicizing upcoming events and to provide a more efficient medium for customer service and general inquiries.

•           To improve usability, navigation, and graphic design.

•           To optimize for search engines and browser display.

•           To optimize for browser updating of content using Macromedia Contribute

 

Technologies:

Dreamweaver, BBedit, Photoshop, Image Ready, Contribute

HTML, DHTML, CCS, perl, JavaScript

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Client: ACPHome - Online Furniture Sales

Project Goals:

•           To provide an online form for the site owners to upload new photos and captions to an online gallery.

 

Technologies:

Perl, HTML, CCS,

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Client: Judy Chicago - Online Sales Solution

Project Goals:

•           To provide an ecommerce solution for the sale of 7 categories and over 100 individual products.

 

Technologies:

Functions include custom shipping calculators, product list templates and attached it to a MySql database.

Perl, HTML, CCS, MySql

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Client: Idearz.com - Graphic and web design and marketing company

Project Goals:

•           To maintain and update the site

 

Technologies:

Flash, HTML, JavaScript.

 

 

Programming: HTML, perl, PHP, JavaScript, C, C++, CSS, Dhtml

Software: Dreamweaver, BBEdit, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady

OS: Macintosh, Windows, Unix