Brian Wheeler Email & Phone Number

Deltaville, Virginia, United States

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Responsible for all media and public relations in a local government• Advisor to City Manager on strategic communications and media engagement.• Co-managed the City’s transition to a new mobile-first responsively designed website and employee intranet engaging cross-functional teams to enhance information delivery.• Oversaw the procurement, implementation, and administration of cloud-based services for the City’s website, email marketing, community engagement, and media monitoring platforms. • Member of the Critical Incident Management Team overseeing communications planning for emergency operations.• Supervised four full-time employees with an annual budget of $600,000.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Built a national model for nonprofit online news products and media partnerships• Thirteen years’ experience as editor, publisher and journalist covering land use, transportation, community design and public education issues. Supervised four full-time employees and part-time interns with an annual budget of $400,000.• Led the implementation and administration of an award-winning news website built in Python/Django framework on the AWS Cloud. Hired and supervised software engineers.• Managed design, development, and delivery of local news products built with insights from consultants, focus groups, stakeholders, and scientific customer surveys. • Product manager for news sharing initiatives that published directly to third-party websites including the local newspaper and to a national mobile news app for geo-tagged content.• Responsible for all aspects of fundraising from individual donors and foundations in collaboration with volunteer board of directors.• Responsible for all aspects of the organization’s human resources, financial management, community partnerships, and public relations.

Albemarle County, Virginia

Elected to the At-Large seat on the Albemarle County School Board in November 2003 and November 2007; Chairman 2008 - 2009.

Charlottesville, Va

Managing Principal at global financial information company. Technology leader managing rapid growth key to company’s eventual acquisition.• Supervised 36-person team responsible for all information technology functions, including software development for firm’s flagship database products for Wall Street.• Product manager for migration of data entry applications from legacy platforms to a new user interface coordinating requirements of cross-functional teams with work of software engineers.• Project manager responsible for implementation of Microsoft Customer Relationship Management platform and delivery of staff training and onboarding.• Co-project manager for office expansions planning and moving every corporate office twice in four different cities to accommodate explosive business growth.• Managed approximately $3 million annual budget for personnel and capital expenditures during period of firm’s expansion from 230 to 360 employees.

Charlottesville, Va

Administered 250 workstation network. Oversaw expansion of network to accommodate staff growth from 170 to 230 employees and expansion into two new office buildings.

Charlottesville, Va

At the time, this was known as the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council

Manager at one of the top-100 private foundations in the United States• Prepared and executed an average of 265 grant agreements worth $15.7 million annually. • Managed processing of over 1,100 funding requests annually through supervision of a support staff of 4-5 employees. Hired and supervised a Grants Assistant. • Reviewed funding proposals with special focus on communication and information technology.

Charlottesville, Virginia

• Responsible for all staff computer training and support.• Responsible for original design and management of the foundation’s website.• Configured and installed Microsoft SQL server grants management database. • Managed the purchase and installation of over $400,000 in computer hardware and software.