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Sandy, Utah, United States

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

StoryRock is a multimedia software development company specializing in products and services that facilitate the sharing of memories: MyMemories, a consumer digital scrapbooking division, and Remember My Service (RMS), a division focusing on the full-service production of print and interactive military historical records and commemoratives.Directed all operations, including strategic planning, personnel recruitment and management, customer and vendor relations, product and project management, print and digital production, quality assurance and editing by fostering team collaboration, utilizing best practices, standardizing processes, and pursuing continuous improvement.• Successfully oversaw the publication and nationwide distribution of more than 200 publications which were provided as a free gift of gratitude to more than 1,000,000 active service members and veterans.• Successfully managed and directed all software development, including product design and development, engineering, UX design, quality assurance, testing, and customer support. • Created product roadmaps and oversaw budgets, project deadlines, and deliverables ensuring that multiple versions of 12 software products delighted our customers and were delivered on time and under budget.• Listened and communicated with private-label customers to provide and negotiate bids, understand customer requirements, gather user stories, and work through issues.

Orem, Utah

(This company closed and StoryRock assumed one of the key product offerings in 2001.)Directed Product Development at this startup for the hosting and collaboration of family and affinity-group websites. Adapted and created customized products for B2B clients. • Managed internal technical team and coordinated development efforts of offshore contractors resulting in cost savings and the ability to meet schedule requirements.• Designed the functionality and user interface of products, including a social media platform, as well as a digital yearbook technology which was purchased by StoryRock.

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Directed activities of Content Specialist, Product Developer, and internal and contract developers to launch job-hunting website and a modular system that could be private-labeled to other organizations.• Co-developed the myjobsearch.com virtual career center enabling thousands of job seekers to access career resources and job postings. • Managed engineering and technical personnel and consultants reducing waste by 30% and resulting in the on-time and under-budget delivery of the virtual career center. • Redesigned custom career centers for modular production and increased flexibility in customization and change requests resulting in a decrease of fulfillment time from 2 weeks to 2 hours.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Consulted with career-changing professionals, redesigned operations to be more effective, efficient, and profitable, and created new product lines.• Reengineered career service program resulting in a 235% increase in customer retention and a 276% increase in profitability.• Redesigned job search curriculum and training to optimize skill transference and satisfaction resulting in a 200% increase in customer satisfaction.• Launched Corporate Training business unit and developed training curriculum, products, and services for hiring managers.

Provo, Utah

Consulted with and trained hundreds of employees at Fortune 500 companies in concepts such as Teams, Dialogue, Empowerment, Quality, Group Process, and Problem Solving to effect change and enhance culture.• Created marketing strategies and collateral materials to assist Praxis Associate Network and sell Praxis products and services.• Administered a 3-year implementation strategy for organizational change at Ford manufacturing facility developing and presenting training on various topics to educate leadership and employees in re-engineering and process improvement techniques.

Mba, Organizational Development

Communications, Advertising