Career Summary | Experience | Education | Attributes

CAREER SUMMARY

Communications professional with a proven track record of completing complex, high-impact projects. Product developer, manager, and client partner with strong project management expertise. Headed development of design, content, programming and implementation of major dot-com Web sites.

Entrepreneur that started several businesses and lead teams spanning multiple departments.

Exhibits mastery of budgeting, team leadership and development. Senior producer of major corporate communications projects, including large meetings, corporate events and tradeshows. Directs and produces video/film projects, print and other marketing materials.

EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Independent Senior Producer
Providing communication consulting services to end clients including Baxter Healthcare, Christianity Today International, Topco, and American Baptist Churches.

• · Produced/directed a comedic style video for Baxter Capital for presentation at Baxter Healthcare national sales meetings to promote this new division through recall, name recognition, and lead generation.
• · Co-produced Annual Membership Conference for Topco Associates (a retail/wholesale grocery consortium). I was responsible for all executive speeches and other production deliverables.
• · Developed and created PowerPoint presentations as new training materials for sale on-line through Christianity Today International.

Senior Project Manager, MyPoints (Jul 2000 - Mar 2001)
Responsible for implementing international projects for this publicly traded Web-based marketing firm. Responsible for design and creation of specifications and proposals for products.

• Project managed successful product launch for international e-commerce and one-to-one marketing Web site for joint venture between MyPoints and Japanese partner (DNP). Led team of 20 cross-departmental personnel. Major goal was modifying product to handle new requirements for international usage within a very aggressive schedule. Product launch was on time and within budget and proved to be the most successful international launch for MyPoints, resulting in 1,000 new members per day See press release.
• Led $2M project launching multi-language e-commerce and direct marketing Web site in Latin America for the #1 Latin American portal, StarMedia.com. Created a strategic core business product for use by external clients. All five releases of this project were delivered on time. See press release.

Senior Producer, MyPoints (Apr 1999 to Jul 2000)
Responsible for managing complex, high-impact projects within the Loyalty Production Department. Project managed the redesign and redeployment of MyPoints.com e-commerce and loyalty site as well as implemented multiple product improvements. Designed project to implement Web-based account cancellation that reduced Member Care inbound e-mail by 35%.

• Responsible for deploying new Web site for MyPoints as Intellipost and MotivationNet merged prior to IPO. Led team of 20 to achieve extremely aggressive milestones. Duties included redesign of all graphics and rewriting of all site copy. Currently MyPoints is ranked no. 25 among top Web properties and is listed as the Web's no. 1 loyalty program. Opt-in membership in this database now tops 18 million. See press release.

Freelance Senior Producer, MyPoints (Aug 1988 to Apr 1999)
Managed design and installation of tradeshow booths for MyPoints at Internet World and Motivation Show. These shows generated significant marketing leads and industry exposure for future B2B business. Managed, designed, and implemented multiple co-branded loyalty sites and corporate brochures, including layout, copywriting, and printing. Produced corporate Web site for presentation of information to investors and business partnerss.

• Had 90% client retention with companies such as Household International, Motorola, and Komatsu.
• Supervised large corporate events, including stage design/room layout, load-in and installation, lighting and sound system installation, and rehearsing professional talent and executive-level corporate presenters. Stage-managed events, which included calling cues for lighting, sound, video, speaker support, and special effects (pyro, live animals, or bands).
• Successfully completed projects consistently exceeding corporate profit margin requirements.

Small Business Owner
Built A/V production company from the ground up. Was V.P. and executive producer, handling both client management responsibilities and production duties for top tier clients such as Bic Pen, Avery Label, Gillette, Fellowes Manufacturing, and AT&T Technologies. Services included multi-image slide presentations and meeting production services.

• Produced Audio Visual presentation for The White House for Afghanistan Day. Presented in Kennedy Center for former Vice President George Bush.
• Produced multi-image presentation for Egyptian government. Staged presentation in Cairo. Trained Egyptian technicians to show presentation.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Wheaton College
Major: Biblical Studies. Minor: Human Needs and Global Resources Program-including five-month internship in reconstruction program in Guatemala.

ATTRIBUTES

Innovative Creative Client-centered Cost-conscious Quality-oriented Entrepreneurial High Integrity. See quotes.