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The Professional AdultPresident
May. 2020Chicago, Illinois, United StatesLeveraging a background in social sciences, advertising, artificial intelligence, product management, and instructional design to build cohesive solutions, retain underrepresented groups, train future leaders, and build high-performing teams. The Professional Adult is a consultancy that focuses on building people and teams and integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into all facets of work life. Adept at identifying and developing targeted DEI curriculum and program needs, with a proven track record of measurable impact and success.
The Professional AdultPresident and Founder
Mar. 2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
VMwareSenior Diversity and Inclusion Analyst
Jan. 2020 - May. 2020Greater Chicago Area
Pivotal Software, Inc.Diversity and Inclusion Program Manager
Apr. 2019 - Dec. 2019Greater Chicago AreaCreated and managed a scalable organizational DEI strategy, designed and facilitated custom interactive workshops (virtual and in-person)
Co-originated the first company ERG group for Pivotal.
Partnered with Human Resources, Talent Development, Learning & Development, and Engineering R&D to Established the RISE program, a 2-year recruiting, hiring, and mentorship program targeting HBCU students; received 290+ applicants, hired 2 Associate Software Engineers, and provided mentorship for 12 weeks.
Created and facilitated a 6-week Inclusive Management program for 50+ managers.
Developed a playbook using Agile and Lean Methodology for Human Resources distributed to over 120 employees.
Pivotal Software, Inc.Manager Product Management
Dec. 2017 - Nov. 2019Chicago, IllinoisCoached and developed six software engineers, designers, and product managers in a hybrid player/coach role, securing promotions/merit increases for all six direct reports within one year.
Refined and implemented employee development plans and partnered with other managers to devise office-wide training material, reducing overall manager training time
Pivotal LabsSenior Product Manager
Aug. 2017 - Dec. 2017Greater Chicago AreaManage a balanced team of product designers, engineers, product owners to deliver defined, validated and timely software. Create actionable backlogs, focused user stories and manage releases. Facilitate workshops, meetings and research with both clients and colleagues to drive out user needs and feature sets. Mentor and coach Product Managers and Product Owners on lean and agile methodology. Clients include Ford, Allstate, Quicken, Accenture and HCSC.
Pivotal LabsProduct Manager
Feb. 2016 - Aug. 2017Chicago, Illinois
Discovery USAAssociate Director Project Management
Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2016Greater Chicago AreaManaged a brand budget of 5MM while leading a 6-person team of Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Project Coordinators for the largest segment of business for the agency. Responsible for developing and refining digital operational processes including estimation and SOW creation. Provided strategic digital guidance for the brand and was instrumental in sourcing and hiring talent. After 6 months, transferred to manage the software development Project Management team of the agency.
Frequency540Senior Project Manager (Contract)
Nov. 2014 - Feb. 2015Greater Chicago AreaManaged multiple client engagements across verticals including social media, out of home, web and print. Created project plans, statements of work, timelines and estimates while managing all project tasks and activities across multiple teams. Provided contributions to strategy, user experience and creative implementations. Created the functional specifications for the Caterpillar Foundation website
AKTASenior Project Manager
Jan. 2014 - Oct. 2014Greater Chicago Area**Fueled was acquired by AKTA January 2014** Managed multichannel digital and mobile application projects with clients with budgets ranging from 20K to 500K including the initial releases of the Raise, Flo and Whoozat mobile applications. Provided strategic development including: Stakeholder interviews, client brainstorming sessions, feature workshops and primary/secondary research, competitive analysis and determining the appropriate tools for project/campaign. Implemented new project workflows to align with project management best practices. Mentored project managers. Created project plans, statements of work, timelines and estimates while managing all project tasks and activities across multiple teams.
FueledSenior Project Manager
Jul. 2013 - Dec. 2013Greater Chicago AreaManaged multichannel digital and mobile application projects with clients such as Post Foods and Aon with budgets ranging from 20K to 280K. Implemented new project workflows to align with project management best practices. Created project plans, statements of work, timelines and estimates while managing all project tasks and activities across multiple teams. Served as liaison between clients, vendors, internal and external resources. Created and maintained content management including development of content matrices.
Ogilvy & MatherDigital Project Manager
Sep. 2012 - Jun. 2013Greater Chicago AreaManaged multichannel email, digital and print projects with clients such as Glade, Huggies, CDW and the initial rollout of Popmoney with budgets ranging from 10K to 1MM. Created project plans, statements of work, timelines and estimates while managing all project tasks and activities across multiple teams. Assisted Account and Strategy teams in providing support with brainstorming sessions and feature workshops.
WundermanProject Manager II (Contract)
Jan. 2012 - Aug. 2012Greater Seattle AreaSuccessfully managed over 10 projects with clients such as Regus, Microsoft and Group Health with project budgets ranging from 10K to 500K. Created project plans, statements of work, timelines and estimates while managing all project tasks and activities across multiple teams. Assisted Account Management and Strategy teams in providing support for proposals, KPI development and brainstorming sessions
CatalysisContent/Project Manager
Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2012Greater Seattle AreaCreated content, deployment guide and UI Guidelines for Microsoft Student website. Authored Case Studies, Personas and web content for both internal and external Catalysis communications. Managed concurrent Microsoft vendor projects with budgets ranging from 10K to 305K from conception to completion. Created project plans, statements of work, timelines and estimates while managing all project tasks and activities with multiple teams. Maintained project budgets and scope. Served as liaison between clients, vendors, internal and external resources. Assisted Account Management team in providing strategic support for potential proposals
Sesame CommunicationsWeb Development Producer
Mar. 2009 - Nov. 2010• Responsible for managing the complete life cycle of multiple concurrent projects • Develop and monitor project plans and schedules • Serve as liaison between clients, vendors, designers and builders
• Perform design and development edits and quality assurance using PHP, HTML, CSS and JQuery as needed
• Prepare and present documentation to both clients and stakeholders when necessary
CBS OutdoorProject Coordinator
Aug. 2006 - Jun. 2008• Provide data collection and assimilation support for NW National Sales Manager • Serve as secondary liaison between CBS Outdoor, buying services, and clients
• Coordinate posting and completion of national out-of-home media
• Prepare and draft sales contracts with multiple markets • Create training manuals and draft multi-level communications
University of Houston-Clear LakeAdmissions Clerk
Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2006• Assistant project manager of HR director’s breakfast, representing over 32,000 employees in the Houston area • Analyzed university student feeder rates for 2 community colleges by zip code • Created training manuals for Telecounselors and Administrative Staff and revised the 2006-2007 Admissions portion of the UHCL catalog
• Drafted post – admissions communications sent to newly admitted and continuing students
• Served on Hiring Search Committee for Enrollment Management Counselors, Special Events Coordinator and Telecounselors
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