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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Oversee North American operations and program management across a key client account, Microsoft.-Champion omni-channel work across multiple work streams, focusing on the customer at the center on a key account, Microsoft-Diversify resourcing and standardize work across North America and LATAM offices-Responsible for overall Microsoft project health with a focus on profitability, delivery, risk mitigation and resolution across a network of offices-Building, developing, and maintaining a strong project management approach across all work streams-Establish and manage program communication and process-Responsible for setting up appropriate structure and tools to ensure successful collaboration and engagement across Microsoft client teams. -Innovative operational planning, including the setup of new programs and restructure of existing programs as needed to optimize processes and achieve efficiency-Lead Project Management discipline for Microsoft, and work with regional PM leads on account staffing across multiple offices-Partner with Growth team on new business-Lead teams to deliver target KPIs (revenue, margin, utilization, client sat, internal team sat, quality)-Partner Account & Growth teams to ensure Microsoft account profitability via strategic rates, staffing plan, tracking, and expenses, ensuring billing & invoices, ensuring project change notices and internal write-offs are communicated and justified, working with PMs to ensure all project must-haves are delivered consistently-Define and communicate Account/Project expectations to clients & team members-Oversee process from assessment & definition, creative & technical design, production, development, testing through launch-Primary focus on delivery, execution, profitability, client satisfaction. Secondary focus on sales, revenue, strategy-Partner with the finance team to develop a consistent profitability and utilization view across account -Drive reporting all-up, per location and work stream

Seattle, Washington, United States

Process and governance for the North American Technology practice-Partner in the Office of the CTO of North America-Responsible for process and governance of new biz operations as it relates to the Technology practice-Identification & tracking technology revenue attribution across the region-Resourcing and staffing of Technology new business opportunities-Capabilities governance by region, office, OpCo

Seattle, Washington

-POSSIBLE merged with Wunderman Thompson, growing my team and number of accounts-Collaborate with leaders across all disciplines (Account, Strategy, Creative, Data, Finance, Media) in the leadership of the Seattle office as a member of the Senior Leadership Team-Manage, mentor, recruit, and grow a team of 30-40 project management professionals of various levels and experience-Creation and management of project/program management standards-Staff plan review and creation-Resourcing the right people for the right work, taking employee career goals into mind-Ensure profitability for the agency across accounts/programs/projects-Partner with Finance to review estimates, staff plans, and SOWs for all new and existing work-Responsible for driving organic and new business growth for Seattle (running new business pitches)-Resolving inter/intra team conflicts-Process improvement for clients and agency-Dive into client work where help and guidance are needed-Develop the team to find new and interesting ways to understand the client and consumer to provide higher levels of service-Key Clients: Microsoft, T-Mobile, Amazon, Vulcan, NHL Seattle, Visit Seattle, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington Lottery

Seattle, Wa, United States

-Collaborate with leaders across all disciplines (Account, Strategy, Creative, Data, Finance, Media) in the leadership of the Seattle office as a member of the Senior Leadership Team-Manage, mentor, recruit, and grow a team of 30-40 project management professionals of various levels and experience-Creation and management of project/program management standards-Staff plan review and creation-Resourcing the right people for the right work, taking employee career goals into mind-Ensure profitability for the agency across accounts/programs/projects-Partner with Finance to review estimates, staff plans, and SOWs for all new and existing work-Responsible for driving organic and new business growth for Seattle (running new business pitches)-Resolving inter/intra team conflicts-Process improvement for clients and agency-Dive into client work where help and guidance are needed-Develop the team to find new and interesting ways to understand the client and consumer to provide higher levels of service-Key Clients: Microsoft, T-Mobile, Amazon, Vulcan, NHL Seattle, Visit Seattle, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington Lottery

Seattle, Wa

-Partner with Account leads to provide ongoing client satisfaction through delivery on time, scope, budget, quality-Ensure project/program profitability-Lead large project teams, mentoring and managing 3-5 project managers in the development of project deliverables-Establish and maintain project and program communications-Oversee project estimations and staffing recommendations-Build and structure the project team to ensure maximum performance-Provide purpose, direction, and motivation to team-Champion for the work and internal project team-Identify, create, and go after new business opportunities-Key Clients: Microsoft, AT&T, Mars Petcare, Nestle

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Provide team leadership; work with cross-disciplinary leads to ensure project success within budget, timeline, and scope-Oversee creation of goals and strategy throughout project-Responsibility for project profitability: plan, tracking and approval of project expenses, billing, and invoices-Communicate expectations to client, team members and manage the process from assessment and definition, creative & technical design, production & development, testing & launch-Create and oversee project schedules to ensure timely completion through all phases; lead on quality control issues; write and present project plans/risks in collaboration with other team members-Develop project documentation for all projects-Build relationships with existing clients; participate in the RFP process; lead client presentations with appropriate team members and directors-Identified opportunities to further increase client engagement through additional POSSIBLE disciplines-Key Clients: Microsoft, AT&T, Morgans Hotel Group

Redmond, Washington, United States

-Led a cross-geo development team including developers in the USA and India creating the Microsoft Partner Dashboard, a web application for Microsoft Partners to have a quick dashboard view into several KPI’s for their account with Microsoft.-Designed, developed and unit tested features for the Microsoft Partner Portal and the custom Content Management System responsible for publishing content to the Portal using ASP.Net, C#, XML, and SQL Server-Designed, developed and unit tested features for the Redemption Platform, a system for Microsoft Partners to manage the entry, tracking, reporting, and redemption of marketing incentive funds. ASP.Net and ASP.Net MVC, C#, jQuery, WCF, and SQL Server-Prototyped a mobile coupon redemption application and services for Windows Phone 7 to explore expanding the Redemption Platform beyond the disbursement of marketing incentive funds-Designed, developed and unit tested features for the Microsoft Partner Portal and the custom Content Management System responsible for publishing content to the Portal using ASP.Net, C#, XML, and SQL Server-Development on system to manage and link Microsoft Partner data stored across several disparate systems (Partner Insight)

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Designed and developed web application to manage and report on time and expenses for the firm’s 1200 employees with ASP.Net, SQL Server, and Crystal Reports-Developed custom ASP.Net/SQL Server application for Marketing Department to manage and report on customers and leads.-Designed and developed custom ASP.Net/VB.Net Single Sign In system for use by all the firm’s web applications-Designed and developed custom workflow web application with ASP.Net and SQL Server-Designed and developed web application to manage firm’s Continuing Professional Education program. System allowed for course registration, course tracking and reporting. The application was written with ASP.Net and SQL Server-Designed and developed Web Services to retrieve common SQL Server data and Class Libraries to perform common functionality-Developed various other custom applications using ASP.Net, VB.Net and SQL Server

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Development of a COM based system written in Visual Basic for serving content to multiple devices using XML and XSL. The system’s purpose is to separate data from display by using custom COM objects to retrieve XML data from various data providers then using XSL to format the display of the data. The system utilizes ASP, the Microsoft XML DOM, MTS/COM+, SQL Server and ADO-Development of COM components written in Visual Basic and utilizing MTS/COM+, XML, ADO, and SQL Server-Development of Visual Basic COM component to encapsulate database access using ADO and MTS-Custom web development using ASP, HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, Visual Basic and SQL Server-Relational Database Development using SQL Server-Development of SQL stored procedures

Bellevue, Washington, United States

-Development of Visual Basic tools to test COM API/SDK.-Development and execution of test plans for client/server application.-Executed white box and black box testing on client/server and web applications.