Ken Ficara
• United States: Greater New York City Area
• online publishing
Greater New York City Area
Ken Ficara
Address: Greater New York City Area
Current:
- Content-management consultant (Self-employed)
Past:
- Director, Internet Product Development at Ottaway / Dow Jones Local Media
- Director, Content Strategy at Dow Jones / The Wall Street Journal
Education:
- Rutgers University
- City University of New York-Brooklyn College
People Network: 169
Industry: Online Media
Ken Ficara’s Summary
More than ten years' experience in web development and product / project management, with a background in journalism and online publishing going back to the days of text-only dialup services. Former newspaper reporter, editor, and programmer, one of the founders of The Wall Street Journal Online; I am so far as I know the only person with both production code and bylined articles on WSJ.com. Extensive experience in local media and Web 2.0 applications.
I work at the intersection of content, technology and product development, using my experience in each of these areas to bridge the divides between disciplines.I was a journalist in both print and online, I have an extensive background in web technology, and have launched numerous successful products. I specialize in content management and editing systems, focusing on ways to make editors' jobs easier and on repurposing their work into multiple products on different platforms. I can work with product and business people to develop an idea into a concrete specification ready to hand to developers, and work with the developers to properly implement the idea.I can also implement solutions on my own and have a decades-long track record of using technology to solve problems in newsrooms and other complicated high-pressure business environments.
Ken Ficara’s Specialties:
Content management, editing systems, project management, technical specifications, product development, web development, web 2.0 technologies and integration, clear technical writing, copy editing, presentation preparation, white papers.
Content-management consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Publishing industry)
January 2008 — Present (5 months)
Eductional Details:
Rutgers University
BA, Computer Science, September 1991 — June 1995
Ken Ficara’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
Additional Information
Ken Ficara’s Interests:
Working songwriter and musician in New York City. Interested in newspapers, New York City history, history of computing.