Kirk Bowman
Business Systems and Analytics ManagerAs the business systems and analytics manager, Kirk provides leadership to and management of fundraising operations in KPBS’ membership department. His responsibilities include both technical, analytic, and collaborative work with other teams throughout the station to support the organization’s business objectives. Kirk also oversees audience services, the vehicle donation program, vendor management, and data quality.
Kirk began work for KPBS as a contract business analyst where he assisted the membership department in migrating data to a new customer resource and engagement management system. Kirk's passion for the KPBS mission and his desire to bring a higher level of data skills to the organization motivated him to join the KPBS team after the project was successfully completed.
Prior to KPBS, Kirk has worked in technology sales as a software developer, internationally as a project lead analyst for British Petroleum, and for 12 years as a technology manager. Kirk lives in Escondido and has a passion for gardening, travel, and figuring out how things work.
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The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month. -
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July is Disability Pride Month, commemorating the 1990 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
Stream Season 6 now with KPBS Passport! David Rubenstein’s skillful questioning of acclaimed writers like Robert A. Caro, Ron Chernow, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and many others effectively takes us behind the scenes, enabling a rare insight into the American story and a real sense of how history gets made. -
Produced by the New York Historical Society, "History with David Rubenstein" explores American history in half-hour conversations with distinguished authors and scholars who tell the country’s diverse stories, and explain why the past matters, how it informs the present, and what it portends for the future.
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On the latest episode of The Finest podcast, Claudia Rodríguez-Biezunski, fashion designer and owner of Sew Loka, draws on family and heritage to bring Our Lady of Guadalupe into contemporary fashion.
While visiting the Mingei International Museum, Claudia gave host Julia Dixon Evans a tour of "Guadalajara," a textile jacket she constructed from various upcycled fabrics, including suede, leather and cotton flannel.
See more of the jacket and listen to the episode at kpbs.org/thefinest
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