Deborah Walston Email & Phone Number

As an Information Systems Manager for a vibrant plastics community, I work on a variety of technology projects, including data conversion, reporting and analysis; webinar hosting; podcast production; video and audio editing; virtual event system setup and management; association management system setup and management; identifying vendors; and researching new technologies. I enjoy the variety of different technologies we employ as the association provides a strong foundation for the professional growth and market expansion of SPE's members and customers.Association Management Systems include internet4associations, YourMembership, Abila, and iMIS. Virtual event systems include Zoom Events, Zoom Webinar, Zoom Meeting, Swapcard, Eventsential and Remo.

Zanesville, Ohio

As an association and event management company, Offinger provided staff and a wide variety of services for multiple organizations. My primary job as a technology director was two-fold: providing technology planning, advice, project management, reporting and association management system support to our association clients and providing technology leadership, planning, project management and support within Offinger to our staff. I provided technology services to our clients and the company in a wide variety of areas: leading the Technology team; reviewing and recommending an association management system; evaluating multiple cloud service options and preparing a recommendation; preparing or updating a project schedule for a client or corporate project; preparing an ad; writing, creating graphic content for and editing a Web page; preparing, editing and posting a video; reviewing data and creating a graphic that best explains information; advising on the information architecture of a Web site; reviewing, interpreting and communicating Web statistics; helping staff with their use of Microsoft Office and cloud services; discussing technology needs and future trends; preparing social media posts; creating and editing a WordPress site; and introducing staff to new technology concepts.

Zanesville, Ohio

Led the technology direction of the company, led the ISO 9001 Quality Systems Management Program, served as lead internal auditor, rewrote the ISO 9001 Quality Manual to 2000 standards, wrote system to monitor the corrective/preventive action process, worked on and documented processes, selected hardware/software, tech help desk, managed tech staff, managed projects, wrote reports in ColdFusion to summarize client information in MS SQL Server, worked on websites, developed webpages in ColdFusion and HTML.

Zanesville, Ohio

Served as tech team leader, managed staff, assisted with ISO 9001 Quality Systems Management Program, selected hardware/software, did web work, wrote client reports in FoxPro, managed association management system, tech help desk, wrote programs and utilities in FoxPro to meet company needs.

Zanesville, Ohio

Managed tech department and staff, selected hardware/software, managed network, did web work, wrote client reports in Foxbase, managed association management system, tech help desk, wrote programs and utilities in Foxbase and C to meet company needs.

Columbus, Ohio And Newark, Ohio

The Ohio State University-Columbus: Served as tech support to Colleges of Arts and Sciences Admin Office, wrote programs to support departments needs: academic counselor system to monitor student meetings and progress towards degree, system to produce Dean's List letters more quickly and accurately, led movement from mini-computer to PC/LAN system, developed technology processes to reduce time required to accomplish tasks. The Ohio State University-Newark: Served as tech support to the admission/registration offices, designed/coded systems for branch campus student registration and tracking new student prospects.

Athens, Ohio And Lancaster, Ohio

Worked as a library assistant and also did various clerical and technology support jobs.

B.S., Computer And Information Science

History, Computer Science, Journalism, Pre-Law