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London, Ontario, Canada

London, Ontario, Canada

Grande Prairie, Ab

As an owner and partner of nine10, I was involved in almost all aspects of the business. Some highlights from my time at the agency include: - Developed a proprietary Website CMS product that differentiated the company in the marketplace and drove 6 figures in revenues over a ~5 year period. Later created a multi-site version of the CMS as an entry-level website offering which helped the company stay afloat during the financial crisis. - Created a custom intranet/portal to manage sales, operations, proofing, training, and billing. Saved the company thousands of hours and improved quality of delivery by automating and standardizing processes via software.- Automated countless manual data entry processes and clicks in the business with programs, scripts, API's, and automation solutions. Increased profitability of projects, freed up employees to perform more high-leverage tasks, and improved employee morale and job enjoyment.- Developed an online invoice payment system which reduced average receivables time from ~45 to ~30 days and increase customer convenience. Later re-packaged the system to sell to clients to drive additional revenues.- Developed a proprietary MLS Website plugin for Realtors, to pull real-time MLS listing data onto their websites. Created dependable revenue stream with long-term MRR contracts.- Designed, purchased, and installed a professional video production studio which employs streaming technologies to allow creating high-quality content publishable without editing or extra steps. Empowered a team of 8 people with the confidence and skills to produce video content regularly.- Solely and fully managed all IT needs of the business (network, hardware, software, troubleshooting, maintenance, security.) Saved the business tens of thousands of dollars in costs and downtime with proactive management and budgeting.

Grande Prairie, Ab

Serving the organization as President, my primary goal was to help PRIMAA find an operating space and to launch its Film Gear Rental Program. I'm happy to say the board accomplished both goals and the program serves the film community today. Prior to my presidency, from 2015-2017, I served as a Board Member at Large, where I headed the committee to revise & modernize our bylaws, and helped with many of the early stage development efforts to start the gear-rental program, such as developing policies and procedures, conducting surveys of our membership, and fundraising through grants and sponsorships.

Grande Prairie, Ab

Volunteered my time to help a group of makers in Grande Prairie get organized and develop a business plan to start a Makerspace in Grande Prairie. I helped the group develop by-laws and policies, register as a non-profit society, developed a brand and website, and helped write a business plan to prepare them for grant applications and fundraising activities.

Advisory role to help the city develop their economic action plans and policies.

Advisor for marketing, web, social media, and promotional strategy for the 2011 United Way campaign.

Grande Prairie, Ab

In charge of recruiting and welcoming new guests into Toastmasters, helping them sign up, and on-boarding them into the program.

Worked in this role as a Freelance Web Consultant contracting to Community Relations from 2002-2006, then as full-time employee in IT from 2006-2008.- Led the institution through a successful re-design of the website with a focus on improving usability, access to information, and management. In both projects, I worked closely with a diverse group of stakeholders including the Board of Directors, Executive, Staff, Faculty, Students, Alumni and Community Stakeholders.- Developed a content management system to allow the most frequently changed areas of the website to be modified easily. Grew the system to manage more of the website during each redesign phase.- Developed an email marketing platform to allow the Community Relations department to send out an electronic newsletter to keep internal audiences (staff, faculty) up to date on what's happening at the College.- Saved hundreds of hours in data entry by connecting the website to various data sources to automatically populate the website with course information, pricing, weather, and external news feeds. Reverse-engineered ways to access data without the existence of API's. - Consulted with departments and administration to find solutions to automate and streamline business processes using the website (registrations, student information pages, etc.)- Developed the College's first online payment system for student fees. Reduced staff time spent on calls (freeing them up for other tasks) and improved student convenience and experience. Successfully processed thousands of transactions without trouble during its lifespan.

Worked as a web & multimedia consultant, helping businesses large and small with their web & digital media needs. Provided corporate event staging and technical services. Consulted businesses on digital signage solutions.