Kevin Mc Farlane, Msis, MBA
About Kevin Mc Farlane, Msis, MBA
Kevin Mc Farlane is the Director of Technology - Distribution Services at Cision with extensive experience in IT management, project lifecycle management, and global outsourcing.
Current Title and Role
Kevin Mc Farlane currently serves as the Director of Technology - Distribution Services at Cision. In this role, he leads technology initiatives focused on distribution services, leveraging his extensive background in IT management and project delivery to ensure the seamless functioning of technological operations.
Career at PR Newswire
Kevin Mc Farlane has a long history with PR Newswire, spanning over 15 years. He first joined as an Operations Analyst (1998-2000), moved up to Supervisor of the Operations Center (2000-2007), and later served as the Manager of Distribution Solutions Delivery (2007-2015). During his tenure, he led several key initiatives, including reworking metadata structures for multimedia and leading projects that integrated client content with social media platforms like Twitter.
Educational Background
Kevin Mc Farlane has a diverse educational background. He earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Information Systems (MIS) from the Stevens Institute of Technology. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from the same institution. Additionally, Kevin has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Utica University and is certified with an ITIL v3 Foundation Certificate from Global Knowledge.
Key Technical Skills and Expertise
Kevin Mc Farlane demonstrates expertise in various technical and managerial domains. His skill set includes project lifecycle management, Agile and Scrum frameworks, web and software development, process improvement, and global outsourcing management. He has successfully implemented a Disaster Recovery platform with an impressively low cut over time of less than 3 minutes, and reworked metadata structures for supporting multimedia formats across a wide customer base.
Notable Projects and Initiatives
Throughout his career, Kevin Mc Farlane has led several impactful projects. He successfully reworked the metadata structure for multimedia at PR Newswire, supported 70 different output formats, and led integration projects on client content with social media platforms. Additionally, he expanded the distribution of international content to new markets like The Netherlands and Australia, and implemented multimedia asset distributions, increasing multimedia revenue by 17%.