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Manager, Taxonomy
WalmartManager, Taxonomy
Oct. 2017Sunnyvale, CA
Senior Taxonomist
@WalmartLabsSenior Taxonomist
Jan. 2015Sunnyvale, CABuilding the next generation taxonomy for Walmart corporation. I currently manage the Walmart Enterprise Specification: the collection of attributes that suppliers provide Walmart to onboard new products at Walmart Stores, Sam's Club, and Walmart.com.
Senior Product Analyst, Apparel Scalability
@WalmartLabsSenior Product Analyst, Apparel Scalability
May. 2014 - Jan. 2015Mountain View, CAAnalyzed data process for acquiring apparel data and creating scalability strategy.
Manager, Content and Customer Publications
XyratexManager, Content and Customer Publications
Jun. 2012 - May. 2014Fremont, CAI am currently building a unified content strategy for product documentation, implementing content processes, standards,and tools, integrating product content with multiple publication channels.
Content Editor (Contract)
SymantecContent Editor (Contract)
Jan. 2011 - Jun. 2012I am part of the content strategy team facilitating the migration of the Norton.com website. The project includes a site audit, strategic analysis, gap analysis, taxonomy creation, content migration, and UAT testing. The site will go live in 41 countries, and 28 languages.
Owner
BiblioTechOwner
May. 2008 - Apr. 2010Owner, BiblioTech, L.L.C. I am the owner of BiblioTech, L.L.C., which provides specialized product development, research, and writing projects. I have utilized my background in finance, education, linguistics, and information science to build a unique and outcome-driven business. Below are examples of some recent projects: Taxonomy/Thesaurus Development * Created a faceted taxonomy for a story-based language learning application utilizing elements of Wordnet, ConceptNet, CommonWords, and OpenCyc. * Created the technical specification required for transforming the taxonomy into useful code by developers. Product Development * Developed heuristics for a custom stemming algorithm to determine parts of speech. * Developed user-centered product specification for an online game. * Created storyboard mock-ups for an online story-based application. * Provided competitive market analysis and business plan modeling for online social network. Specialized Research * Conducted a systems analysis and provided a technical architecture and business processes playbook for a content management solution for an international travel company. * Provided an analysis of current age-of-acquisition research to determine method for the purpose of creating language-learning methodology. * Provided a summary of current academic research in readability metrics. * Supplied a niche market analysis for new online community targeted to fathers to inform strategic investment decision. Specialized Writing Projects * Developed custom lesson plans for a start-up devoted to teaching financial literacy to children. * Adapted a collection of classic stories into several different levels of readability for younger readers.
Content Developer
Prefab Software, Inc.Content Developer
Mar. 2008 - Apr. 2010Developing content for a language-learning application. Includes research (academic and market), taxonomy development, and development of interactive narrative.
Private Teacher
The Ball FamilyPrivate Teacher
Apr. 2000 - Sep. 2007I was responsible for the formal education of five children. Curriculum was based on the classic Trivium, and conducted based on the Eaton style of instruction. Curriculum included reading, writing, mathematics, history, science, and Latin. I also conducted periodic testing and evaluation with tests I designed myself, as well as standardized tests. When the family moved to Switzerland, the two oldest children received the highest standardized test scores in their canton.
Senior Benefits Analyst
Compensation Resource GroupSenior Benefits Analyst
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1998I administered non-qualified deferred compensation and benefit packages worth hundreds of millions of dollars for executives at Fortune 1000 companies. Duties included benefit calculation, database maintenance, production of reports, editing and quality control of enrollment packages, and maintaining correspondence with human resources personnel. I was also responsible for training in-house personnel in new database applications.

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