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Work Background

Imprint EngineIT Manager

Jan. 2025Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Salt FlatsSenior Digital Asset Manager

Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance. • Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines. • Reviewed tools and methods and recommended automation, visualization, data management and other digital improvements. • Maintained status reports for client projects. • Created custom metadata schemas, taxonomies and ontologies to meet client needs. • Gathered, defined and refined requirements, led project design and oversaw implementation. • Monitored participant workflow and behaviors throughout training process.

Jeremiah ProgramDirector Of Technology

Apr. 2020 - Sep. 2022Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesIT SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT • Manage staff, contractors, third parties, cloud services providers and vendors. • Lead in the assessment of external and internal technology capabilities. • Develop and maintain SLA with technology vendors. • Lead the development and implementation of short and long-term IT project plans. • Ensure staff compliance with content management policy and IT governance. • Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess technology, and related training needs. TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERMENT • Lead the vision and execution for the role of technology in families and employees reaching their potential.• Collaborate with programmatic leaders to facilitate the transition and ongoing support for virtual programming for families. • Oversee the technology aspects of employee onboarding to ensure employees are set up for success from day one in their roles. • Provide training and development for employees and families to best leverage the technology supports provided and hone their digital skills. • Develop protocols and best practices to roll out across JP to maximize the effectiveness of a remote work experience for employees. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT • Lead the strategy, design, communication and rollout for enhancing the knowledge sharing and dissemination across JP to enhance communication and utilization of knowledge and data. • Review, design and implement the knowledge management systems, setup, and effective and ongoing utilization across JP. • Evaluate and implement applications and software to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing across JP and improve the ways of working across teams. OPERATIONS • Develop standards and operational procedures that support current and future operational needs. • Collaborate with functional teams to identify efficiencies. • Manage renewal/upgrades with vendors in partnership with Finance team. • Establish Disaster Recovery procedures and manage and document tests.

Wunderman Thompson MinneapolisOperations Director

Aug. 2018 - Mar. 2020Richfield, MN• Project managed multiple teams to draft floor layout, designed network infrastructure and coordinated with vendors to launch two new office locations in the Minneapolis area • Guided the Wunderman-Minneapolis office through merger with JWT to form Wunderman Thompson-Minneapolis • Successfully migrated several offices to a new instance of Office 365 to enhance collaboration between multiple locations totally over 300 employees • Tested, configured and implemented new workflow and tracking system (Workfront)

Land O' LakesTaxonomy Consultant

Apr. 2016 - Jun. 2016Arden Hills, MN• Utilize extensive analytical skills to develop taxonomy and metadata for enterprise content management system. • Design workflow and training for new digital asset systems to enhance process efficiency. • Introduce, train and champion the enterprise content management lifecycle disciplines, tools and procedures to business end users. • Implement updates to the corporate data thesaurus/taxonomy.

Wunderman MinneapolisTechnology Director

Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2018Richfield, MN• Designed and launched Xinet server solution for 140 users, improving storage stability and increasing creative productivity by 50% • Created disaster recovery plan, which was successfully implemented during global WPP Petya malware incident, allowing the Minneapolis office to remain fully operational and complete all client deliverables on time • Balanced yearly CAPEX budget to improve office functionality while keeping costs low • Redesigned and upgraded network infrastructure to accommodate office growth of 130%

Wunderman Minneapolis Sr. Librarian/IT Systems Manager

May. 2012 - Sep. 2014Richfield, MN• Configured and launched a new proprietary workflow and digital asset management system (Brandshare) • Built company internal wiki site to improve employee onboarding and continuing education • Acted as technology liaison between agency and client (Best Buy) • Maintained software, hardware and systems access for 60 employees

Wisconsin Historical SocietyInformation Architect

Jun. 2011 - Jun. 2012Madison, Wisconsin Area• Created custom metadata schema for information access and retrieval of historical articles • Designed a unique subject taxonomy to allow faceted browsing across more than 15 diverse collections • Developed information architecture for new website design that allowed ContentDM, Endeca and a custom content management system to all communicate and collect information in one accessible location • Conducted usability testing and provided training on new systems ensuring effective UX

Potter County LibraryTechnology Consultant

Jan. 2011 - Jun. 2011• Implemented new software system (OverDrive) into library catalog to allow users to borrow eBooks and audiobooks. • Collaborated closely with management to prioritize business and information needs. • Located and defined new process improvement opportunities.

University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeDigitization Intern

Jan. 2009 - Mar. 2011Milwaukee, WI• Digitized and preserved over 5000 nitrate negatives for the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Project • Digitized and cataloged over 30% of the content for The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights Project • Designed and launched project portals for public access of historical records • Conducted UX testing of information access and retrieval systems