Music Director for the Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble, a 18-piece big band with vocalists performing classic and contemporary jazz from the 1930s through today.

Responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and management of all administration, grants/fundraising, performance production, educational services, and support functions related to daily operations. Awarded several grants each year.Was the Executive Director of this nonprofit from 2011-2018. Also a founding band member and currently plays Lead Trumpet.

Musical Director of a 17-piecebig band featuring the top jazz musicians from the North Olympic Peninsula. Stardust Big Band is perfect for dances, weddings, civic events and schools.

Providing free summer concerts for the community. Community Band performing in Port Townsend from Memorial Day through Veterans Day.

Game designer and publisher of tabletop games. Pirate Party: Women of the High Sea is a card game that was a successful Kickstarter project. The game is now available in retail shops in the Pacific Northwest and in distribution through IndieProGames.

Scholarship for AI nano degree

Middle School Band Director, grades 6-8Elementary Instrumental Music Teacher, grades 4 & 5

The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO)is a non-profit performing arts organization that features many of the finest female jazz artists in the region. The band performs jazz standards, Latin and Brazilian music, and contemporary jazz.Responsible for the financial stability and artistic success of SWOJO through strong leadership, fiscal responsibility, and strategic thinking. The scope of responsibility include oversight of all internal operations and community relations, all aspects of contributed fund development, grant writing, audience development, organizational visibility, education/outreach programming, long-range planning, special projects, and personnel management. Established an annual international composition contest 2013. Established music publishing division 2015. Established an after-school Girls Jazz Band program especially geared for girls ages 12 and up, 2017 & 2018. The goal is to provide a comfortable and supportive educational opportunity for girls to develop jazz interpretation and improvisation skills within a combo and big band setting. Awarded grants by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (2017), and the Washington State Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts (2018).TECHNICAL DUTIES: * Web Admin - publish content and HTML/CSS updates www.swojo.org. * Built web pages for composition contest http://swojo.org/comp_contest.html. * Redesigned and rebuilt internal “members only” website and electronic press kit. * Social Media Admin and responsible for electronic email marketing.SWOJO's mission is to nurture the musical, educational and artistic growth of individual musicians, to encourage women to become involved in jazz performance/composition as a career or avocation and to foster community interest in and appreciation of jazz as an art form.

A virtual music school platform to connect passionate music teachers with music students seeking quality, affordable music education. Dedicated to the serious musician. Built by musicians for musicians.Contributed HTML & CSS within a Ruby on Rails app, functional and acceptance testing, and product/project management in and agile environment.

Analyzed, designed, tested and implemented key systems over entire lifecycle of a major enterprise system.Developed and implemented automated solution on time to comply with new U.S. Customs regulations.Designed, developed and deployed software solutions for complex series of online workflow screens for export automated systems.As a production support analyst, identified and remedied defective systems in production. Quickly communicated solutions focused on exceptional customer service.

Incorporated business needs with new insurance laws from each state into rates and rules software.Optimized underwriting workflow systems of IMS screens and batch processes.Cross-department team member to design, build and deploy new in-force auto insurance renewal system which greatly increased rating accuracy at auto policy renewal and significantly improved the company’s profitability.Designed, developed and implemented Endorsement Prescreening system. Rules based process improved automated underwriting from under 50% to over 90%.Production Support Analyst and 24x7 on-call duties to identify, isolate and remedy defective systems in production, test and development environments. Overnight batch processing cycles were scheduled tightly and required quick resolution with minimal downtime.

Performed in over 500 musical engagements for military and civilian audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest. Provided extensive expertise in performing, arranging, and conducting the concert band, jazz ensemble, marching band, brass quintet, and 8-voice mixed vocal ensemble.