• Responsible for streamlining business processes and increasing efficiencies in multiple departments including Finance, Billing, and Accounts Payable through automation and workflow analysis.• Automate reporting for attorneys and executive management including month-end closing reports.• Manage all phases of business application implementation (Chrome River, Aderant Expert/CMS, Expert Time, On The Go) including planning, kick off, pilot groups, testing, training and support coordination.• Maintain relationships with financial system vendors.• Partner with Training department on development of materials and curriculum for efficient implementations.• Manage process reengineering, system selection and implementation. • Oversee special projects for the Director of Finance, the Controller and the Managing Director.• Liaise between Firm management, sponsors, users and other IT personnel to communicate issues regarding overall operations status, operations strategy and plans. • Member of system user groups to uncover opportunities for increased efficiency.• Develop internal written and oral communications that clearly explain technical concepts using non-technical language. • Knowledge of financial concepts including General Ledger, net contributions/profitability, cash based accounting, time entry, accounting and billing.

• Created a reporting platform to monitor attorney utilization and productivity.• Streamlined month-end financial reporting and created a custom database to store summarized information.• Automated attorney performance review and bonus process using advanced SQL stored procedures, views, and user defined functions.• Programmed custom web systems to query, collect, update, and report data.• Custom reports, inquiries, programming and configuration using Aderant Expert/CMS technology.

Analyzed Human Resources business processes. Recommended, created, and implemented web system solutions to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the department by improving workflow, ensuring data accuracy, and customizing reports. Responsible for all aspects of development including coding SQL statements, stored procedures, user-defined functions, session based log in authentications, ASP, VB, JavaScript and HTML. Projects included a Web Performance Appraisal System, an HR intranet including an internal search engine, a Contract Database System, a Vacation Tracking System including real time accruals, an Exit Interview System, and a Deferred Compensation System including compounding daily interest and housing sensitive financial data.

New Media Manager for the Capitol Records label. Developed websites and marketed artists through New Media strategies. Recruited to Business Development to simultaneously manage four websites including all aspects of web development; coding, database design, hosting, testing, streaming media, web promotions and email lists. Also developed corporate efficiency enhancing applications using intranet technologies. • Collaborated with artists: Marcy Playground, The Watchmen, Dandy Warhols, and Meredith Brooks and Norah Jones in development of unique websites and implementing “grass-roots” and niche marketing strategies; including building shopping carts, promotional pages, digital postcards, and e-mail lists.• Encoded audio/video for artist albums, music videos, electronic press kits and interviews and redesigned and developed streaming media databases for all EMI labels.• Managed redesign and re-development of capitolrecords.com and bluenote.com including administering all statistics, log files, and email domains, and backing up all websites and databases.• Developed and programmed a database driven e-commerce solution for Blue Note Records, Mosaic Records, Angel Records and True Blue Music using HTML, JavaScript, VB, ASP and Microsoft SQL Server.• Developed user interfaces - allowing corporate users to easily update template web pages and digital assets.• Developed the corporate intranet for Virgin Records, including database driven web applications using VB, ASP and SQL Server. • Built web applications for various departments of Capitol Records and Virgin Records, including a magazine subscription database and a viral marketing e-postcard system.• Advised labels overseas with database design and web development by drawing out database relationship maps and web page organizational charts.