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Executive, Direction, Management, Project Management
- Proven leadership ability and quantifiable
success stories
- Expert ability to present business, technical and creative information to
others
- Developed trademarked Quality System for web-based projects
- Experience working in diverse industries, including retail,
advertisement, medical, IT, telecommunications, professional
services, construction, manufacturing, and non-profit
- 14 years of leadership experience
- 11 years consulting experience in the web industry
- 9 years conducting business and technical inquiries and
determining project requirements
- 8 years leading local, national and international web teams
- 8 years analyzing and documenting business processes
- 7 years art direction experience
- Author & speaker: strong verbal and expert writing skills
- Highly creative and gifted problem solver; self-motivated
and conscientious
- Principal Owner of OmniStation, a web agency that doubled its revenues
each year for the first three years in business
- Founder and organizer of Cultural Creatives Network, a business networking
organization that grew to to over 800 members nationwide
- Served
as the business analyst for a software product that reduced
administration time by over 75%
Designer, Coder, Optimizer, Copywriter, Technical Writer, SEO
- Quantifiable
Success Stories
- Lifetime
experience in the written and visual arts
- Served
both agency and in-house creative roles
- 12
years graphic design experience: brand development, stationary, brochures,
web sites, newsletters, direct mail
- 5 years of search engine optimization experience
- Broad
writing experiences, including marketing, expository, technical and
creative.
- Bilingual
- Served
as the business analyst for a software product that reduced
administration by over 75%
- Designed and ranked web sites that achieved one of the top ten rankings
Yahoo!/Google on the first page for targeted keywords
- Served as designer on a web site team whose project won a
national industry award
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PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING
- 12/11/03: MN Government IT Symposium, "Graphics 3 : Improving
& Preserving Your Web Design Investment"
- 12/11/02: MN Government IT Symposium, "Assessing the
Usability of Your Web Design"
- 01/31/02: Independent Business Professionals, "Assessing the
Usability of Your Web Design"
- 08/14/01: International Association of Business Communicators,
"Get What You Want From Your Web Site"
- 08/14/01: Appearance on Cable 12, "Community Journal" as
featured business
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EDUCATION & TRAINING
- NHCC Center for Training & Development, Wake Up Your Creative
Brain, 2003
- J.J. Hill Library, Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database
Advanced Member Training, 2002
- NHCC Center for Training & Development, Design a Class in One
Hour, 2001
- Renaissance Worldwide, User Interface Design for Web Applications,
2001
- Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Continuing Accredited
Studies, 2000
- University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts, 1998
- North Hennepin Community College, Associate of Arts, 1996
- Tested Proficiency in American Sign Language
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AFFILIATIONS
- Member of Responsible Minnesota Business since May 2003
- Member of Cultural Creatives Network since October 2002
- Member eWomen Network since January 2002
- Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
- Former member of Minnesota Council for Quality
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SERVICE
- Lead Cultural Creatives Network meetings, 2002-present
- Pledged 2% of Annual Income to Charity with the MN Keystone
Program
- Advisory Board Member, Hennepin Technical College, 1999-Present
- Team Captain, American Cancer Society, Collections, Present
- Volunteer Consultant, University of Minnesota’s Composition Web
Site, 2000-2001
- Guest Speaker, University of Minnesota, English Department, 2001-
2002
- Guest Speaker, Brooklyn Junior High School, 1999
- Volunteer static web development for Science Museum of Minnesota,
Summer 1999
- President of North Hennepin Community College Writer’s Group,
1992-1993
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