Chad Madron Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Provide critical support to the Power Division in the design, development, and implementation of project work plans for development of the Council’s Power Plan and other significant division efforts
• Coordinate development and internal review of division publications including the Power Plan
• Manage the Power Division’s online presence in coordination with Public Affairs and Power staff, including updating webpages, adding meetings and reports
• Support communication efforts for the Power Plan and other critical project and process updates to internal and external stakeholders
• Lead for division support of software tools related to project and work management (i.e. Box.com, Smartsheet, GoToMeeting, etc.) and super user of the Council’s website CMS system
• Assist in defining topics and scheduling presentations by division staff and external parties for meetings of the Council and Power Committee

Portland, Oregon Area

*Perform project analysis and project management to support major initiatives being implemented by the Power Division at the Council - including the next Regional Power Plan*Track and understand major energy related issues that the Power Division considers as part of developing and implementing the power plan*Act as project manager for IT system upgrades.

Portland, Oregon Area

Performer in mainstage shows at CSz Portland, including ComedySportzTeach adult and youth improv theater classeswww.portlandcomedy.com

• Provide administrative and project support to the Strategic Planning group at BPA
• Manage key calendars, meetings and events for the Director of Strategic Planning, and other staff
• Drive balanced scorecard and key targets process for Corporate Strategy
• Assist with the Asset Management Council and related processes and projects
• Familiarity with the Capital in Review (CIR) and Integrated Program Review (IPR) processes at BPA
• Update the Performance Scorecard system with Asset Management and Balanced Scorecard related measures and data

Portland, Oregon Area

• Acted as a subject matter expert between the business and IT
• Primary technical support contact and trainer for all users of Nike Equipment’s product development management system – FlexPDM – (Based on PTC’s FlexPLM Software) used for merchandising, development, and line planning.
• Worked with business users and IT to create system requirements and use case flows for use by application developers
• Demoed system features and changes for users and ensured they meet business objectives
• Implemented complex user acceptance testing for software go-live projects
• Leader of the production support bug fix, upgrade and change request process for system with 400 users - in coordination with IT partners – including tracking issues in internal software applications like Quality Center

• Assistant to Head of Investment Support and 3 other managers
• Arrange travel and other details related to schedules
• Help plan, create and organize presentations and key meetings
• Process and distribute key reports to other departments

• Member of key team that crafted extensive reporting packages for federal regulators from the OCC
• Consolidated lengthy communications and plans into concise memos detailing next steps to be taken
• Aided in managing project for company to meet reporting requirements of federal agency

• Developed communication plan for the company in coordination with HR Management
• Kept employees engaged and empowered through delivery of timely information and events
• Wrote or edited all articles for 8-page monthly company newsletter distributed to 1300 employees
• Effectively conducted training seminars for employees on the company’s 401k and transportation programs
• Laid out newsletter in PageMaker and managed relationship with printer
• Wrote newsletter columns, speeches and PowerPoint presentations for company’s CEO and other senior managers

Ba, Communications

Communications, Writing, and Theater Focus

High School