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• Forte Design offers creative problem solving, technology implementation, and business transformation services. We are dedicated to empowering organizations and people to meet strategic directives and overcome business.
• Consulting and project delivery (directly and via partnerships) to current clients including Microsoft, Western Digital, Simply Good Foods (Quest Nutrition/Atkins), Califia Farms, Mozart Therapeutics, Immunome.
• Facilitate and translate client requirements into process workflows, architectural solutions, and technical specifications that lead to the technical implementation of business solutions.
• Oversee business operations and sales efforts by creating proposals, negotiating fees, defining estimates, assembling delivery teams, and coordinating project schedules.
• Foster long-term relationships with partners including: Simplicity Consulting, Jeffrey M Consulting, Lions +Tigers, KDH Consulting, Bucher and Christian Consulting.

New York, New York, US

• NOTE: Full time between 2012-2014, then part-time consulting from 2014-present.
• Gather requirements and create functional specifications for CBRE Global Investors Investor Center, a reporting portal that manages and reports on over $90 Billion dollars of international assets. This portal provides.
• Manage vendor selection process for private equity investment management dashboard and reporting portals. Evaluated products from Microsoft, Tableau Software, eFront, and Intralinks. Present vendor reviews and.
• Oversee the integration of multiple SharePoint portal platforms following acquisition of ING Bank. Worked with European counterparts to define strategy, vision, and platform consolidation efforts.
• Provide management oversight to third-party consulting resources and facilitated UX/visual branding, technical architecture, and portal governance efforts for Investor Center and company Intranet.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Delivered custom solutions, designed forms, documented workflows, defined business processes, and configured Excel dashboards to manage and support operations and reporting of 70+ shopping centers nationwide.
• Developed reference materials and conducted business team training.
• Created use cases, storyboards, and wire frames. Worked within both SCRUM and traditional project management styles and managed and prioritized work via Project Web Server and MS Project.
• Defined concepts and implemented company Intranet and publishing portal platform and migration from Oracle Web Center. Established metadata, search, and analytics strategies.

Seattle, WA, US

• Performed dual sales and consulting role. I generated over $850K in service contracts for boutique SharePoint design and interactive marketing agency. Exceeded all four quarterly sales goals while also providing.
• Provided end-to-end client services and meeting facilitation including sales, design, consulting, agile project implementation, and account management. Oversaw UX challenges—ensuring that final deliverables met both.
• First employee to earn Microsoft Certified Professional designations in SharePoint and PerformancePoint.

Boston, MA, US

• Prospected to Microsoft’s communication and marketing managers seeking technical writing, editing, and content management services. Tracked opportunities and pipeline using Salesforce.com.
• Managed financial and accounting reports for large-scale projects ($500K+ budgets) with Microsoft’s Live Search (Bing!) and Local Search organizations.
• Managed budgets, invoices, item charges, project forecasts, status reports, and issues and developed resource schedules for over 30+ direct reports involved in large scale product testing activities.

Bellevue, WA, US

• Created and won consulting services deals ranging from $50-250K. Headed pre-sales activities: proof of concepts, RFPs, sales pitches, and demonstrations to senior executives (CIO, CTO level).
• Directed enterprise-wide SharePoint content consolidation initiative that eliminated eight applications for Lexis-Nexis Applied Discovery. Architected and deployed SharePoint 2010 ECM and collaboration solutions for.

• Facilitated requirements, defined tech specs, and oversaw the creation of custom content management solutions for Home Loan Division.
• Senior Analyst for WaMu Financial Services consumer sites (personal and institutional investors) – developed requirements, use cases, process flows, and technical specs. Developed QA/validation plan and managed testing.
• Managed migration SharePoint demo environment to a fully functional data center environment. Managed a team of 20+ individuals from infrastructure, procurement, security, design, and development ensuring continual.

M.S., Human Centered Design & Engineering

B.S., Environmental Resource Management