Costa Mesa, California, United States
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Full of AWS passion! Huge, overdue update to my profile in progress.

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  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Licenses & Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Graphic

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Issued
    Credential ID VKR3KH6LBME4QXS1
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Graphic

    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Issued
    Credential ID MJJ02SRBJFQE1FKT
  • AWS Business Professional Graphic

    AWS Business Professional

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Issued

  • A+ Certified

    -

  • Certified Creating .NET Server Components in C#

    Microsoft

  • Certified Creating Web Applications with C# & the .NET Framework

    Micosoft

  • Certified Creating Windows Forms in C# & the .NET Framework

    Microsoft

  • Certified in JavaScript

    CIW

  • Certified Internet Webmaster

    CIW

  • Microsoft Certified Professional

    Microsoft

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Volunteer Experience

  • Teaching Kids Programming Graphic

    Consulting Volunteer

    Teaching Kids Programming

    - Present 13 years 7 months

    Education

    This is a one-of-a-kind "teaching kids programming"-type organization because rather than having parents pay for lessons and the kids having to learn it on their own online, TKP is aimed at changing the world, one student at a time. It's the only courseware of its kind because it is designed to be "teacher-led", meaning it's aimed at Computer Science Teachers of Middle and High School levels proposed to be their curriculum. It teaches the teachers how to teach programming to their students in a…

    This is a one-of-a-kind "teaching kids programming"-type organization because rather than having parents pay for lessons and the kids having to learn it on their own online, TKP is aimed at changing the world, one student at a time. It's the only courseware of its kind because it is designed to be "teacher-led", meaning it's aimed at Computer Science Teachers of Middle and High School levels proposed to be their curriculum. It teaches the teachers how to teach programming to their students in a fun, interactive way.

    IMHO, the United States of America should mandate this courseware be taught to all students in order to be ready for the workforce and to be globally competitive.

    TKP courseware is engaging, imaginative, and is designed to be taught in a social classroom to kids ages 10 and up.

    More than 4,000 students world-wide have learned to code via TKPJava classes.

  • Executive Director, Community Developer Manager

    vNext.org

    - 2 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

    vNext.org is a Volunteer Uber-Developer's User Group that was the parent group with 19 sub-chapters worldwide. It was the first platform-and-language agnostic developer user group.
    • Promotes a Sustainable Community Model for Innovation and Thought Leadership
    • Stimulated Dialogue on New & Emerging Technologies Regardless of Platform or Company
    • I Was Part of the Executive/Founding Board
    • I Organized, Created, and Led the First Sub-Chapter of vNext.org, vNext_OC

  • Founder & Executive Director

    vNext_OC Developer User Group

    - Present 13 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    • Goal 1 of this Developer User Group: be entertaining & different
    • First sub-group under vNext.org thus platform-&-language agnostic
    • Goal 2: Teach devs the latest & greatest technologies to be ready for the tech environment we have today
    • Goal 3: Bring in as many globally-renowned experts who speak at the best conferences in the world
    • Goal 4: No pizza! Venus sponsor did this, had margarita machine & on-tap beer
    • Goal 5: Theme meetings, start with homemade comical video,…

    • Goal 1 of this Developer User Group: be entertaining & different
    • First sub-group under vNext.org thus platform-&-language agnostic
    • Goal 2: Teach devs the latest & greatest technologies to be ready for the tech environment we have today
    • Goal 3: Bring in as many globally-renowned experts who speak at the best conferences in the world
    • Goal 4: No pizza! Venus sponsor did this, had margarita machine & on-tap beer
    • Goal 5: Theme meetings, start with homemade comical video, etc. “Wake Up!”
    • Obtained ~30 Sponsors/Vendors, giving away over $50K in prizes each meeting
    • Live streamed & recorded meetings
    • Caught MSFT’s eye for many industry “firsts”
    • Special event: Charles Petzold, Bill Gates named “1 of 7 Pioneers in Windows Development”
    • Raised over $100,000.00 for that event
    • Organized 6-month training for members at a Community College free, training them on developing Win8RT, new at the time. Secured Senior Developers to teach from famous MSFT Partner, Interknowlogy
    • Testimonial: "Kim is world renown for the Meetings and Events she organizes and runs. She brings high energy, fun, interest, and some of the most famous speakers the world over to say at her groups, including Mr. Charles Petzold, who Bill Gates named 'One of the 7 Pioneers of Windows Development'"

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Honors & Awards

  • Redis Stars

    Redis Labs

    Inclusion in invitation-only Redis Stars for my usage of Redis on AWS.

  • Melissa Data MVP

    Melissa Data

    Most Valuable Professional for using their analytics.

  • #120 in 2014 "Top 1K in Wearables"

    Toby Beresford, Leaderboard.com

    Ever since attending the Augmented World Expo 2014 at the invitation of Dave Lorenzini of Google's Project Keyhole (leading to Google Maps), I've been SO INTO wearables, and it shows! You can see the award here: http://wp.me/p3qMUi-4z

  • Princeton Global Registry: My Commitment to Excellence and Formal Recognition of my Impact on the International Business Community

    Princeton Global Network

    Princeton Global Registry, 2012-2013: My Commitment to Excellence and Formal Recognition of my Impact on the International Business Community

  • Top 1% of All LinkedIn Profiles Viewed in 2012

    LinkedIn

    Nice to know that among 200 million members, most with great talents, my profile was one of the top 1% of all LinkedIn profiles during 2012!

    My certificate photo can be seen here: http://wp.me/p3qMUi-4t

    Thanks, everyone, for your interest :-)

    Kim Schmidt

  • 2013 Edition of the Worldwide "Who's Who"

    The Worldwide Who's Who Directory

    Nominated for my contributions to the technical community.

  • The NAPW's (National Association of Professional Women's) VIP 2011-2012 Woman of the Year"

    NAPW

    NAPW defines success as “owning your own power.” The award I received can be seen at http://bit.ly/2012WomanOfTheYear
    • Star Jones, Ivanka Trump, and other celebrities are members
    • The largest, most-recognized networking organization of professional women in the country, spanning virtually every industry and profession, NAPW is a powerfully vibrant networking community with over 600,000 members and nearly 300 Local Chapters. NAPW members have diverse backgrounds, beliefs, perspectives…

    NAPW defines success as “owning your own power.” The award I received can be seen at http://bit.ly/2012WomanOfTheYear
    • Star Jones, Ivanka Trump, and other celebrities are members
    • The largest, most-recognized networking organization of professional women in the country, spanning virtually every industry and profession, NAPW is a powerfully vibrant networking community with over 600,000 members and nearly 300 Local Chapters. NAPW members have diverse backgrounds, beliefs, perspectives and lifestyles with one common bond – their ability to succeed as women in business
    • NAPW’s mission is to provide an exclusive, highly advanced networking forum to successful women executives, professionals and entrepreneurs where they can aspire, connect and achieve. Through innovative resources, unique tools and progressive benefits, professional women interact, exchange ideas, advance their knowledge and empower each other
    • They voted me “VIP Woman of the Year” for Technology. The official book resides in the Library of Congress

  • Top 75% of Influential People Online, FastCompany.com

    FastCompany.com

    What an honor to be randomly chosen to be included in FastCompany.com's Online Influencer Project, and even more amazing was to be in the top 75% of all people online! Voted on by peers. I love my peers :-)

    Photo of my award can be seen here: http://wp.me/p3qMUi-4p

Languages

  • Spanish

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Organizations

  • The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI)

    Board Member

    - Present

  • Association of Computer Machinery

    Honored Member

    - Present

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