Objective
My General Drive in Contributing Professionally to Your OrganizationLooking to work with profit and non-profit organizations of different sizes, my output for you encapsulates that of a well-seasoned marketing, business development, and media production professional with over 13 years of experience. Contributing hands-on experience managing and collaborating with talented staff—artists, creative consultants, engineers, executives, financial advisors, politicians, producers, programmers, students, volunteers, and others—to create and communicate value. This value achieves organizational growth (securing investor funding and project contracts), effective messaging (stakeholder management and board-level communication, outreach through social media and other marketing channels), and the development of individual projects.
Professional Experience
A Selection of Key Areas on Which My Professional Career Has FocusedBusiness Development
Aid in planning and development of utility-sized renewable energy projects for municipalities and other clients.
- Integrate a tailored combination of Greenhouses (with agriculture and fish production); Biogas Plants; Waste Processing & Recycling Facilities; Water Treatment Plants; Business & Research Centers; collaborative efforts with local educational institutions; and other components to produce holistic and impactful applications of renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and creating a Triple Bottom Line for communities.
Create and effectively collaborate on delivering essential documentation for stakeholders to secure project funding and realize business growth. Documentation includes, but is not limited to:
- Business plans, PPMs, and project summaries; PowerPoint presentations, technology brochures, and other showcase documents; Excel workbooks with detailed project financials; documents outlining Branding and Public Relations Standards; fillable Word and PDF forms, contracts, and portfolios; and InDesign documents for RFP responses.
Marketing & Web Development
- Proof-read and professionally format external and internal communiqués.
- Expedite German-to-English and English-to-German translations of documents.
- Utilize Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop, CMS-based web sites (WordPress and Drupal), and other tools to plan, create, and help maintain web presence.
- Facilitate social media outreach through channels like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. Sustain, streamline, and plan online relations with services like Hootsuite.
- Collaborate with marketing team to publish press releases; industry news; blog articles; and other engaging, targeted web content.
Non-Profit Management
Maintain vision and development of youth empowerment program—the Campaign for Adolescent and University Student Empowerment (CAUSE).
- Facilitate fun, educational, and impactful community program developments for this youth-empowerment and advocacy organization, working with more than 30 youth.
- Serve as dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer for three years prior to becoming Coordinator.
- Oversee and consolidate responsibilities of five other student staff.
- Assist in gathering financial and human resources to sustain the organization, including a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund for $125,000.
- Help maintain youth-driven philanthropy initiative (Youth As Resources), which awarded more than $35,000 in small grants to local youth service projects.
- CAUSE was named Florida’s “Best Youth Outreach” program by Florida Leader Magazine (Best of Florida Schools 2004).
Help form Bonner Foundation chapter at Stetson University.
- Aid successful campaign to become a Bonner Scholar school.
- Help acquire service endowment with over 50 annual scholarships for need-based students.
- Assist in organizing service and learning experiences for Bonner members.
Serve in Stetson University’s FOCUS Orientation Program as FOCUS Leader and Assistant Coordinator.
- Coordinate behind-the-scenes activities of orientation program.
- Train and motivate groups of Orientation Leaders to be highly effective in their roles.
- Serve and direct two groups of more than 20 first-year and transfer students each.
- Help create a hospitable, enjoyable, and supportive experience at college.
- Build sustainable relationships by maintaining communication throughout members’ time at college.
Interactive Media Design & Production
Engage in eight-month Production project with 27-person team to create a comprehensive game.
- Help integrate and coordinate progress tracking systems.
- Utilize MS Project and MS Excel to create and maintain tracking procedures.
- Maintain and update Wiki, and work with web master to update game’s CMS-based Web site.
- Serve as designer, QA tester, and other roles.
- Participate in and learn about numerous production methodologies, including Waterfall, variations of SCRUM and Spiral Development, and other iterative processes.
- Effectively work and communicate within cross-disciplinary teams of artists, producers, and programmers to implement interactive media products, while learning to resolve technology, time, and other resource constraints.
- Work on five Rapid Prototype Production games, one of which (“Ballocalypse”) was showcased at EA™ Tiburon.
Skills Summary
A Selection of Software and Personal Skills With Which I Contribute EffectivelyGeneral Software
- MS Office Suite 100%
- Adobe Acrobat Pro 100%
- MS SharePoint 90%
- MS Project and Visio 90%
- Mindjet MindManager 90%
Design Software
- Adobe Dreamweaver 90%
- Adobe Fireworks 85%
- Adobe InDesign 80%
- Adobe Illustrator 70%
- Adobe Flash 70%
Editing Software
- Adobe Soundbooth 90%
- Adobe Encore 80%
- Adobe Premier 75%
- Adobe Photoshop 70%
- Adobe After Effects 70%
Soft Skills
- Copywriting
- Creativity
- Research & Learning
- Communication
- Organization
Other Skills
- Fluent in English and German, rudimentary Spanish
- Hard-working and always looking for improvement
Education
Institutions of Higher Learning that Have Contributed to My Skillset
Stetson University
May 2007
- B.B.A. in General Business, Summa Cum Laude.
- Minors: American Studies, Sociology, Management Information Systems.
FIEA
December 2009
- M.S. in Interactive Entertainment.
Affiliations
A Selection of Organizations With Which I'm Affiliated
Partners of the Americas
Partners was founded in 1964 as the people-to-people component of the Alliance for Progress. Today, it is a private, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, enjoying the support of many committed volunteers, international corporations, public agencies, and foundations. Partners of the Americas is the largest volunteer-based organization in the Western Hemisphere engaged in social, economic, and cultural development.
Alpha Kappa Psi
In 1904, Alpha Kappa Psi was founded on the principles of educating its members and the public to appreciate and demand higher ideals in business and to further the individual welfare of members during college and beyond.
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.
Omicron Delta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa is a 100-year old national leadership honor society that has initiated more than 300,000 members since its founding. The Society recognizes not only academic achievement but also campus leadership across the five phases of campus life:
- Scholarship
- Athletics
- Campus or Community Service, Social or Religious Activities, and Campus Government
- Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media
- Creative and Performing Arts
National Coalition Building Institute
NCBI takes a proactive approach that begins with one or more people from a variety of organizational or community settings, including schools, colleges and universities, corporations, foundations, correctional facilities, law enforcement agencies, government offices, and labor unions. These individuals are taught effective leadership skills in the areas of prejudice reduction, violence prevention, conflict resolution, and coalition building. NCBI programs enable leaders to take principled and courageous stands, enter the heat of emotionally-charged conflict to build bridges, and act as stalwart allies for all groups. Over the past 27 years, NCBI has developed an international network of resource teams that has grown in influence and reach. NCBI currently is represented by over 100 teams in cities, on campuses, and in organizations.