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Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

SoftServ's lead for business development, client success, and community engagement.• Build long-term partnerships that create a pipeline for a team of application developers, particularly with academic institutions and organizations in the biopharma space• Translate the requirements of potential clients into estimates and proposal documentation• Respond to client issues with an eye toward resolution, whether the solution can be reached via a quick fix or requires newly scoped work• Maintain SoftServ's presence as a key voice in the Samvera community, especially Hyku, by collaborating with developers, librarians, academics, and other players in open source digital preservation; including stewardship of Hyku online• Serve as project manager for multiple SoftServ projects, including 3+ years working with Yale University

Greater San Diego Area

Paid web development intern.• Part of a team of three interns who developed a full-stack React/Rails app that enables LEARN Academy instructors to compile dynamic lesson plans, integrating with GitLab API• Worked in four one-week agile sprints under leadership of mentor• Served as scrum master, conducting daily stand-up, including group Trello updates

Atlanta, Georgia

Manager of Administration & Data Management for a market research company, then publisher of Best Pick Reports, recommending highly-rated home service providers to local homeowners.• Led nine concurrent employees to success across administrative and data teams on an annual, deadline-driven cycle• Designated by GM as in-house consultant on hiring, team-building, and employee retention• Maintained databases of contact information for 1.5 million customers and 1 million consumer research survey responses across ten metro areas• Created dynamic proprietary mailing lists of 2.8 million addresses using property tax records and contact information from previous customers• Coordinated strategic distribution of 4.5 million Best Pick Reports books annually• Led research process and analyzed market research to reach company goal of selecting nine new expansion markets in a four year period• Managed all recruiting, onboarding, termination, and additional HR processes for the organization

New York, New York

Developmental Editor for medical books in the New York City office of the world's largest university press.• Conducted reviews and market research to plan U.S. adaptation of Oxford Handbooks of Medicine series• Coordinated manuscript submission process and advised authors on editorial revisions• Facilitated focus groups, including recruiting participants, writing questionnaire content, and summarizing results

New York, New York

Editorial Assistant in medical textbook division of one of the leading publishers of scientific, technical, and medical information.• Coordinated manuscript submission with authors• Navigated legal channels to procure reprint rights for artwork from external publishers

Full-Stack Web Development

Ba, English & Art History