Bio: Alexei “Al” Yukna
Alexei “Al” Yukna
Refreshment Counselor / Lifestyle Coach / Guitar Player / Web Magician
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Personal:
I’m all of the above; a “30-something” beverage enthusiast/counselor, a budding lifestyle coach (this site is to help grow that practice…stay tuned), a guitar player for nearly 20 years now, and the web bit is below. Of all of these things, I’m also a husband, a stepdad, and soon to be first-time father. This website is a space for me to discuss all of these things, share experiences, and maybe help some folks. This website also marks a return to blogging for me after a 5 year absence; I had a blog from 1998-2003 and just stopped one day. I’ve spent the last 5 years learning and doing things that are (hopefully) noteworthy.
Professional:
Day Gig:
VP/Director of Interactive / gkv
Freelance:
User/customer experience, Wordpress integration, SEO/SEM Consulting, 508 Compliance consulting/integration, interactive strategy cosulting - currently NOT accepting new work*
The Skinny
I build advertising campaigns in the interactive realm; email, web sites, micro-sites, rich media, etc., coupled with ROI tracking/analysis to better focus each and every campaign. I also build the web components and tools to execute each campaign; CMS’s, email delivery systems, Print On Demand web applications, etc…and by “build” I mean do the real work. I’m a developer first, consultant/strategist secondly.
At the heart of it all, I’m a serial entrepreneur with a zillion other ideas that I hope will stick so I can retire and do my real job- guitar player.
Keywords:
User experience, user interface design/architecture, database design/architecture, SEO/SEM, application code best practices, PHP, Wordpress, strategy, new business development/networking, staff management, coffee acquisitions.
* Unless it’s something compelling or short/sweet…
