I am building a PC game called Spy DNA, which is a tactical squad RPG. You can follow my progress on spydna.com

Reporting to the CTO and co-founder of the company, my role was to architect community programs both online and offline, encompassing rollout of the online community platform, devOps evangelism at physical events across the country, as well as the Breakathon series of events.

Turn your customers from mere users into engaged advocates. Helping small and medium-sized businesses build their communities through short engagements, delivering focused assistance with:- Community platform selection- Community programs setup (gamification, VIP programs, user groups, etc.)- Social media management and best practices training- Community management best practices- Tracking success with meaningful metrics

Growing and enabling the Google Cloud Platform user and developer community by: - Increasing the number of Cloud GDEs (developers.google.com/experts) - Identifying and engaging cloud community influencers around the world - Ensuring we send Cloud speakers to all relevant events - Building a Community content channel

I run the community of Google Developer Experts (GDEs), which includes program development, member recruitment, and benefits. I constantly look for ways to get GDEs engaged in a wide variety of activities which will have a high impact in their local developer communities, as well as for new benefits for program participants.The Google Developer Experts (GDE) title recognizes the outstanding developers who exhibit great expertise in one or more Google technologies and share it with the developer community. GDEs aren’t just expert developers in a Google technology of their choice – they spend a lot of time and energy sharing their enthusiasm and expertise with their local communities.The GDE title comes with a number of benefits, such as GDE program badge, listing in the GDE Directory, early access to confidential information about Google products and technologies, annual GDE Summit, and an invitation to Google I/O.Learn more about this program: https://developers.google.com/experts/

My goal in life is to build a vibrant Google Cloud Platform community and to grow developer engagement, as measured by participation, content creation, and awareness.

Being the only marketing employee at the company, I managed all Marketing Communications aspects of the product launch, such as product launch video, PR and analyst relations, events and speaker program, product collateral, lead generation, and social media.While the company was pre-product, I engaged with pilot customers to build the foundation for a strong community of users. This included creation of content such as Community guidelines, FAQs, help articles and best practices, as well as podcasts focusing on cloud computing and Nebula.

I ran the VMware communities platform, which enables VMware users worldwide to help each other be successful using our virtualization technology. In order to achieve this goal, I worked with community volunteer moderators, as well as with internal business owners to provide the community as a whole with a place to have technical discussions, resolve problems, participate in beta trials and user groups.I was also in charge of the VMware evangelism program called "vExpert" which serves to enable and recognize our community evangelists for going above and beyond their daily jobs to share their expertise and enthusiasm with others.VMware (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. VMware enables enterprises to adopt a cloud model that addresses their unique business challenges. VMware’s approach accelerates the transition to cloud computing while preserving existing investments and improving security and control. With more than 400,000 customers and 55,000 partners, VMware solutions help organizations of all sizes lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice.

Responsible for a broad range of direct marketing activities helping to establish Sonatype in the international marketplace as a leading provider of developer infrastructure tools.= Managing content on several of Sonatype's web properties using Drupal CMS, Confluence wiki, and in-house tools. = Optimizing content and meta tags for natural search (SEO).= Working to ensure consistence of UI look and feel across all Sonatype web properties.= Improving information architecture and usability of Sonatype.com = Managing paid search campaigns on Google AdWords. = Running awareness campaigns utilizing social networks (Twitter and Facebook).= Creating online media content such as webinars and screencasts, for lead generation purposes. = Lead generation and lead management using LoopFuse and SalesForce.com = Generation of a steady pipeline of customer references for success stories.Sonatype is the Maven Company. Founded in 2008 by Jason van Zyl, the creator of Apache Maven, Sonatype delivers value-added products and services for organizations that use Maven to improve their software build and release infrastructure.

I was responsible for direct marketing activities around the JBoss Middleware offering by Red Hat. My responsibilities included:= Content creation for JBoss web properties such as JBoss.com, JBoss.org, the Customer Support Portal, and blogs, e.g interviews with lead developers and community leaders.= Maintenance of JBoss.com such as search engine optimization, dynamic content feeds, and use of social media.= Collaboration with Red Hat marketing groups outside the Middleware unit to maximize the effect of our marketing and reach wider audiences.= Creation of interactive web tools, such as TCO calculators, for lead generation purposes.= Lead generation and lead management using Market2Lead, Eloqua, and SalesForce.com= Generation of a steady pipeline of customer references for success stories.

The Transformation program is a long-term effort to optimize processes and systems in the Red Hat business operations to increase efficiencies. In this change management role, I was responsible for keeping a number of internal audiences informed about the progress of the work, and for keeping key stakeholders within the company engaged. While in this role, I have:= Organized and scripted a live demo with representatives from a number of business groups to achieve executive buy-in for the launch of the program;= collected status information from Transformation workstreams and created communications for various target groups on monthly basis;= created and maintained two wiki mini-sites for Transformation on company intranet;= created and maintained Transformation program blog, which includes interviews with team members and internal customers, status reports, and first-hand photo reports;= supported two workstreams within Transformation by creating and executing communications plans and drafting all necessary communications;= supported and helped expand the global Change Network to help manage change and facilitate adoption of new processes and systems throughout the company;= created presentations for varied audiences (from executive level to company-wide) to achieve buy-in and maintain support for the program as it went through its stages.

In this Online Marketing and Strategy position I was responsible for marketing Red Hat Training and Certification in North America. My efforts had direct impact on the revenue of this business unit:= Maintained training catalog and collateral NA;conducted competitive analyses and coordinated several product launches;= created and executed quarterly and annual marketing plans for Training NA;= wrote monthly Training Newsletter NA and other e-blasts, ran Training promotions and special offers, created and maintained promotional codes on the back-end;= wrote and maintained content for http://redhat.com/training, as well as enhanced usability and information architecture on the training site;= re-launched and managed Red Hat Certified community portal;= coordinated marketing activities with premier Red Hat training resellers (Carahsoft, DLT, Global Knowledge).

In this Marketing Communications role I was responsible for event management, collateral and giveaway goods production, web management, and community relations.I managed events in the EMEA region, including major national trade shows (LinuxWorld, CeBIT, Solutions Linux etc.), as well as local and regional events; further I was responsible for localization of collateral into five European languages (English UK, German, French, Italian, Spanish), and supported community-centered activities such as LinuxTag and FUDCon.

I was actively involved in Fedora (free Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat) community. While wearing my community hat, I have:= Founded and led the Fedora Ambassadors group until it established self-governance procedures, such as the Steering Committee and was self-sustained;= managed Fedora media and giveaways distribution to Fedora Ambassadors;= organized two Fedora User and Developer Conferences (FUDCons) in Karlsruhe 2005 and in London 2005;= helped with the 2006 relaunch of http://fedora.redhat.com to improve usability;= participated in the design process of the new Fedora logo and wrote an article for Red Hat Magazine to rally the community around the new logo.

In this role I helped German non-profits to design development strategies in the changing charity landscape.I also worked pro bono for Transparency International's CORIS Web project – an online anti-corruption information clearinghouse.

My primary task was to build up and run Softline’s first office in the United States. Reporting directly to the President of the company, I managed the budget of the US branch, coordinating and implementing sales and marketing campaigns.

I drafted press releases, op-eds, and other copy, and was also pitching stories to the media and persuading community leaders to support our media outreach efforts.Additionally, I helped SeaWeb’s Director of Operations research and identify funding opportunities for this non-profit.

In the System Test Team of the SPAS project I was personally responsible for the development, realization, and execution of the series of tests of a critical system module implemented for a telecommunications client.

In Mr Bonior’s Congressional Office I successfully helped build up support among members of the US House of Representatives for a civil-liberties measure then under consideration.Volunteering Mr Bonior's electoral campaign, I gathered first-hand experience with grassroots organizing and volunteer management. One of my main tasks was coordination of constituents outreach efforts, supervising a team of up to 20 volunteers.