Lead the growth of the Eventida platform and its Special Projects to achieve the mission of making more events accessible and inclusive, by recruiting and working with employees, partners, and clients. Other job duties:- Develop high level business strategies and plans, ensuring alignment with the company and partners' short-term and long-term objectives.- Build a company culture that attracts highly motivated employees who seek to be changemakers and make a difference in this world, and supports them in their efforts by providing training and education.- Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.- Maintain the company’s legality and business ethics by enforcing adherence to legal guidelines and in-house policies.- Review financial and non-financial reports, identify issues, and work with leadership to devise solutions or improvements.- Maintain morale by highlighting successes and wins, and quickly resolve problematic situations and occurrences by analyizing and innovating solutions to ensure company growth and survival.- Identify key partners and stakeholders, and build strong relationships based on trust and transparency.- Maintain a deep knowledge of the markets and industries the company serves.

Established Satdaya LLC as a brand management company, then:- Changed HTMLaddicts to Satdaya Studios and served dozens of clients. Shut down in 2016 in order to focus on cultivating brands and building strong teams who know the brand thoroughly. - Created, developed and and supported Eventida, which currently attracts over 12,000 visitors monthly through organic growth and search engines and is attracting attention from investors.- Partnered with Sofia Seitchik to establish and grow her brand, Global Deaf Women.- Supported a nonprofit Signcasts’ rebrand from a news organization to Deafsourced Media, which mentors, supports and trains Deaf journalists and media professionals.- Established DeafMade CoOperative in partnership with Jane Jonas, owner of Eyeth Studios, and recruited multiple Deaf business owners and contractors to the cooperative.

Built multiple iterations of the Eventida website while doing event projects as described below, using lessons learned to identify industry needs, and narrowed focus to creating a global bulletin board and marketplace for accessible and inclusive events. - Planned, coordinated, and promoted private parties, fundraisers, entertainment events, and workshops. - Input, retrieve, and update event setup information, manage budgets, and produce event reports through online event management systems and other software tools.- Developed graphics, marketing materials, registration forms, and FAQ’s for attendees. - Utilized free and paid social media, advertising, Internet marketing tools, etc, to promote events. - Calculated and provided clients with estimates of potential costs in completing an event.

Managed clients; wrote and presented website proposals; maintained communications; ensured that the client’s vision and requirements were fulfilled. Designed and developed websites, some from scratch, others using templates and open source.For large projects, developed comprehensive project plans, budgets, and managed contractors.Planned for a variety of types of projects; website, marketing, event coordination, film, and more.Managed growing team of contractors and employees. Developed systems for turnkey project management, reporting, billing and bookkeeping processes.

DeafACT, Inc., a nonprofit, strives to unite the Deaf and hearing communities by encouraging awareness of each other's culture; we accomplish this goal through educational theater performed by deaf and hearing children using American Sign Language.

Performed web development and internet marketing service as independent contractor for various clients, eventually established business of HTMLaddicts, began outsourcing work. The company changed its name to Satdaya Studios and its model to a firm providing consulting services in January 2009. Satdaya's portfolio includes work done for HTMLaddicts clients.

Assist in updating market information database every ninety days, collect information about active new home subdivisions, inspect every home site and record primary data on housing construction and sales activity. Worked out of the Metrostudy Riverside, CA location.

Performed library clerk functions: check books in and out; shelve books by Dewey system; assisted patrons with finding information in books or online. Supervised children’s computer lab, tutored children on usage of various computer programs, coordinated and taught computer classes.

Hand-built URL directories of Business and Finance. Collaborated with other managers on content and design. Developed source material and affiliates. Managed staff of editors, contracted with freelancers, wrote and edited original content, and oversaw online newsletters related to business and finance. It was a Dot-com start-up that shut down and laid off all workers in July of 2000.

Established and managed Production Control and its sub-departments of Customer Service, Order Entry, and Job Planning; developed and implemented work-flow and processes; developed training materials; trained and supported Production Control staff; maintained quality control; wrote and edited marketing materials.Music Discount Network was an online catalog of music titles available at deep discount for members. As a start up, we successfully grew, establishing a large group of independent sales representatives selling memberships and fundraising packages. Hired for general office help and editing skill, my responsibilities grew to include managing order fulfillment, developing workflow systems, and managing the warehouse.The company eventually shut down due to funding issues.

As News Editor: Manage News content, writing or assigning news articles to reporters, coordinating layout of news section. As Business Mgr.: Responsible for all budgetary activities; development of the budget, staff payroll, A/P, A/R, bookkeeping. Re-established subscriber base and on-campus delivery; managed all resources, upkeep of supplies and inventory; assisted with staff management. Managing Editor: Supervised staff members, coordinated staff activities, oversaw daily operations, was responsible for final editing and approval of articles and layout before print.