Keanan Koppenhaver
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Jack L.
Keanan hired me for my first programming job at Alpha Particle, a company he co-founded that focuses on web consulting and development. I could not have asked for a better technical lead. As a manager, he found the balance between letting us take ownership of our work and while making sure we did not go too far down an unproductive path. As CTO, he prioritized our growth by leading hack-Fridays, when we would come together as a team to mob program small side projects. Sometimes these projects focused on internal quality of life and sometimes they were a way of gaining familiarity with new technologies. Whatever Keanan had in store, we knew it would be fun and that we would acquire new skills. I grew substantially during my time on his team, and I know anyone who works with him will be able to say the same.
Kenny Toffelmire
Keanan is one of the most driven, passionate, knowledgable, and hardworking individuals I’ve had the pleasure to work with and get to know. I started at Doejo while Keanan was an intern, and the amount of growth I’ve seen from him both professionally and personally has been remarkable. In 3 years he went from an intern to a leader at Doejo, successfully working on some of the company's most complex and high-profile projects to date. His contributions to the greater development community extends beyond Doejo, as Keanan regularly attends developer conferences, gives development talks, and actively contributes to his blog http://levelupwp.net/. Any team fortunate enough to have Keanan with them is stronger. I would jump at any opportunity to work with him again without hesitation.
Jack L.
Keanan hired me for my first programming job at Alpha Particle, a company he co-founded that focuses on web consulting and development. I could not have asked for a better technical lead. As a manager, he found the balance between letting us take ownership of our work and while making sure we did not go too far down an unproductive path. As CTO, he prioritized our growth by leading hack-Fridays, when we would come together as a team to mob program small side projects. Sometimes these projects focused on internal quality of life and sometimes they were a way of gaining familiarity with new technologies. Whatever Keanan had in store, we knew it would be fun and that we would acquire new skills. I grew substantially during my time on his team, and I know anyone who works with him will be able to say the same.
Kenny Toffelmire
Keanan is one of the most driven, passionate, knowledgable, and hardworking individuals I’ve had the pleasure to work with and get to know. I started at Doejo while Keanan was an intern, and the amount of growth I’ve seen from him both professionally and personally has been remarkable. In 3 years he went from an intern to a leader at Doejo, successfully working on some of the company's most complex and high-profile projects to date. His contributions to the greater development community extends beyond Doejo, as Keanan regularly attends developer conferences, gives development talks, and actively contributes to his blog http://levelupwp.net/. Any team fortunate enough to have Keanan with them is stronger. I would jump at any opportunity to work with him again without hesitation.
Jack L.
Keanan hired me for my first programming job at Alpha Particle, a company he co-founded that focuses on web consulting and development. I could not have asked for a better technical lead. As a manager, he found the balance between letting us take ownership of our work and while making sure we did not go too far down an unproductive path. As CTO, he prioritized our growth by leading hack-Fridays, when we would come together as a team to mob program small side projects. Sometimes these projects focused on internal quality of life and sometimes they were a way of gaining familiarity with new technologies. Whatever Keanan had in store, we knew it would be fun and that we would acquire new skills. I grew substantially during my time on his team, and I know anyone who works with him will be able to say the same.
Kenny Toffelmire
Keanan is one of the most driven, passionate, knowledgable, and hardworking individuals I’ve had the pleasure to work with and get to know. I started at Doejo while Keanan was an intern, and the amount of growth I’ve seen from him both professionally and personally has been remarkable. In 3 years he went from an intern to a leader at Doejo, successfully working on some of the company's most complex and high-profile projects to date. His contributions to the greater development community extends beyond Doejo, as Keanan regularly attends developer conferences, gives development talks, and actively contributes to his blog http://levelupwp.net/. Any team fortunate enough to have Keanan with them is stronger. I would jump at any opportunity to work with him again without hesitation.
Jack L.
Keanan hired me for my first programming job at Alpha Particle, a company he co-founded that focuses on web consulting and development. I could not have asked for a better technical lead. As a manager, he found the balance between letting us take ownership of our work and while making sure we did not go too far down an unproductive path. As CTO, he prioritized our growth by leading hack-Fridays, when we would come together as a team to mob program small side projects. Sometimes these projects focused on internal quality of life and sometimes they were a way of gaining familiarity with new technologies. Whatever Keanan had in store, we knew it would be fun and that we would acquire new skills. I grew substantially during my time on his team, and I know anyone who works with him will be able to say the same.
Kenny Toffelmire
Keanan is one of the most driven, passionate, knowledgable, and hardworking individuals I’ve had the pleasure to work with and get to know. I started at Doejo while Keanan was an intern, and the amount of growth I’ve seen from him both professionally and personally has been remarkable. In 3 years he went from an intern to a leader at Doejo, successfully working on some of the company's most complex and high-profile projects to date. His contributions to the greater development community extends beyond Doejo, as Keanan regularly attends developer conferences, gives development talks, and actively contributes to his blog http://levelupwp.net/. Any team fortunate enough to have Keanan with them is stronger. I would jump at any opportunity to work with him again without hesitation.
Credentials
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Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web ServicesJul, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Google Analytics
GoogleJun, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Google AdWords certification
GoogleMar, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Airplane
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Developer Advocate
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Mar 2023 - Present
Worked directly with the Head of Growth to drive content marketing strategy and top-of-funnel growth. - Built our content engine by writing technical blog posts, creating tutorials, guides, and demo videos, and by producing high-quality content geared toward the developer community. - Helped drive content marketing, SEO, and social media marketing strategies - Maintained a strong and credible presence in social media channels relevant to developers and other technical users - Hacker News, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.
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Alpha Particle
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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May 2017 - Present
- Expanded the business from its inception to nearly $250k in yearly revenue - Managed, mentored, and continuously grew a dev team comprised of both full time hires and contractors to deliver client work - Directed and completed projects for a diverse stable of clients, from large publishing clients such as RollingStone.com and Variety.com to a horse veterinarian in New Mexico looking to revitalize his online business - Expanded the business from its inception to nearly $250k in yearly revenue - Managed, mentored, and continuously grew a dev team comprised of both full time hires and contractors to deliver client work - Directed and completed projects for a diverse stable of clients, from large publishing clients such as RollingStone.com and Variety.com to a horse veterinarian in New Mexico looking to revitalize his online business
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Self-employed
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Business Acquisitions
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Apr 2021 - Present
In addition to ongoing consulting work, I have acquired a couple product business in the WordPress space. Kanban for WordPress: - Led the acquisition process for our team of three business partners, including myself. Handled negotiations, diligence and all other relevant aspects of the deal. - Detailed deal breakdown: https://emails.microsaasmonthly.com/issues/msm-1-from-0-to-buying-a-company-586537 WP Pusher and Branch CI: - Being an independent acquisition, I handled all aspects from sourcing to raising capital ($150k+) to corporate structure and due diligence - Detailed deal breakdown: https://emails.microsaasmonthly.com/issues/msm-8-deal-breakdown-wp-pusher-and-branch-797853
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Draft.dev
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United States
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Writing and Editing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Writer
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May 2020 - Mar 2023
- Completed over sixty 1500-word technical written pieces for clients across a variety of topics such as engineering management, DevOps and specific technical implementations. - Asynchronously worked with editors to capture the voice of the client and emphasize key points prior to publishing Writing Samples: - https://www.rookout.com/blog/why-python-2-will-never-die/ - https://cerbos.dev/blog/the-case-for-granular-permissions - https://earthly.dev/blog/docker-vs-chef/ - https://lightstep.com/blog/incident-management-best-practices - https://www.tiny.cloud/blog/select-and-highlight-text/
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How-To Geek
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United States
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Internet Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Developer
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Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
As Lead Developer, I manage the entire codebase, from the WordPress theme all the way down to server configurations and deployments. Projects have included - Retooling the entire theme which resulted in < 1 sec page loads and much improved efficiency - Set up and maintain a QA environment where changes can be previewed before pushing to production - Architect a plan to move the site to AWS and be deployed in a more scalable fashion - Create a plugin to manage affiliate relationships directly in WordPress and pick up lost revenue by automatically adding affiliate parameters to eligible links - Triage all incoming feature and bug requests and determine which to work on given organizational priorities
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Doejo
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Architect
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Dec 2016 - Mar 2017
As a Technical Architect at doejo I have broad visibility on a variety of ongoing projects, from initial leads to final retrospectives. I represent our strengths in technical leadership to clients, establish clear goals and guidance for project teams, and communicate KPIs to upper management on a regular basis.This role involves communication both externally and internally, serving to translate business needs into solutions, overseeing project teams, QA procedures, and removing technical roadblocks for the developers on projects to hit deadlines and budget requirements.In addition, I am actively involved in the higher level code decisions of a project: helping with architecture decisions, reviewing code when necessary and possible, and making improvement suggestions along the way. I assist in writing code when necessary to save time or when a problem is above the skill level of the project team. I am the go-to person when management needs a more technical status update on a project and can compliment project managers, specifically when working through dev issues. I'm also responsible for identifying potential risks as early as possible, proposing solutions to these potential issues, clearing roadblocks as they arise throughout the to ensure projects efficiently pass through QA and ensure our client's success.
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Developer
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Jun 2014 - Dec 2016
Worked with the design and development team to bring client sites from idea to production. I had a variety of experience ranging from mentoring developers on marketing sites up to working on some of our biggest accounts including Tribune Media and Investors Business Daily.I handled translating business requirements into code and ensuring this code shipped on time. I frequently led the development team on projects and was in charge of advising designers and Project Managers as to how changing requirements would affect the development timeline.
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Junior Developer
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Aug 2013 - May 2014
Worked with the senior development staff to implement project plans and bring client's vision for websites to life. Assisted the DevOps team with provisioning server and running internal infrastructure
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Development Intern
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May 2013 - Aug 2013
Worked with junior and senior development staff to learn web development techniques and help out on executing project plans.
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National Sporting Goods Association
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United States
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Sporting Goods Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Intern
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Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
Worked directly under the Director of Research to compile and prepare reports for clients. Converted over 50% of the NSGA's information from print to digital, resulting in and increase in throughput and production for the research staff. Worked directly under the Director of Research to compile and prepare reports for clients. Converted over 50% of the NSGA's information from print to digital, resulting in and increase in throughput and production for the research staff.
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Education
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2010 - 2014
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics -
2006 - 2010
Buffalo Grove High School
High School Diploma
