Damarcus Wright Email & Phone Number

Executed scaled roll-out of helpdesk processes churchwide for over 100 on-site employees by employing streamlined procedures and reduced the time spent on employee work orders by greater than 75% year to year.Spearheaded the restructuring of the networking infrastructure for the main church campus and three affiliate buildings to ensure equipment cohesiveness and increased network efficiency by 80%.Implemented video conferencing solution to establish a robust and user-friendly system for leadership and staff collaboration, significantly increasing engagement between the church and its countless ministries.Handled a yearly technology budget of approximately $200,000.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Orchestrated all aspects of live video production, including camera setup/maintenance, filming, streaming, and directing, for over 500 Sunday and Wednesday services and church-sponsored and community weekly events.Collaborated with internal and external teams to facilitate AV and lighting needs for large-scale events, including the E.K. Bailey Preaching Conference, Concord’s Beau and Debutantes for Christ, and Awaken events.Designed and executed a new volunteer training program to ensure effective training, growth, and retention of approximately 50 new AV ministry volunteers, from ages 13 to 65.Trained and managed a roster of 75-80 rotating AV ministry volunteers to serve in technical positions in camera operation, audio, stage, and lighting for Sunday and Wednesday services and special events.

Barak Obama Male Leadership Academy

Drafted and executed Pre-Advanced Placement Physics lessons for 8th-grade students and Advanced Placement Physics lessons for 11th-grade students.Facilitated Apple in Hip Hop Club, an afterschool organization to teach kids how to infuse hip hop and science with Apple creative applications, and exposed middle and high school students to the intersection of science and culture.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Drafted and developed curriculum for Integrated Physics and Chemistry (IPC), Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) Chemistry, Chemistry, Pre-AP Physics, and Physics courses, which guided the effective classroom instruction for over 2,000 teachers districtwide.Successfully led the creation and implementation of shifting the high school Physics course to a middle school Pre-AP course for the 2015-2016 school year, increasing the rigor of the middle school science program.Designed and presented campus-based and district-wide professional development focused on science pedagogy for over 2,000 district secondary science teachers and administrators.

Harry Stone Montessori Academy

Drafted and implemented the 6th-grade Pre-Advanced Placement Science curriculum and provided instructional laboratory support to 4th and 5th-grade teachers, enhancing the continuity between grade levels.Collaborated with 7th and 8th-grade science teachers to improve vertical alignment of designated Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), increasing student understanding of key concepts across both grade levels by 75%.Coordinated donation of science laboratory equipment from Cambridge Physics Outlet to provide 6th-grade students with more hands-on learning opportunities to enhance their educational experience and interaction with science.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Supported the technology needs for over 500 teachers, support staff, and central staff across eight campuses.Refined internal technology policies to provide more cohesive and secure policies and procedures.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Provided support to Pre-Advanced Placement Physics and Advanced Placement Environmental Science teachers to ensure the educational success of their students Guided Title 1 students to a 100% passage rate on the 2010 Exit Level TAKS Test.

Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Guided Title 1 students for the 2010 Exit Level TAKS Test to 91% passage rate, resulting in double-digit gains for the second consecutive year.Introduced and implemented the CPO pilot science curriculum, which was later adopted for all Physics classes schoolwide, creating a unified curriculum across the classes.Co-created and co-sponsored extracurricular Robotics and Science Club to encourage minority students to enter into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields.

Master Of Science - Ms, Instructional Design & Technology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Sigma, National Science Foundation, Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society, Ronald E. McNair Scholar