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Salem, Oregon, United States

- Strengthened financial management, reducing debt by 40% in three quarters and implementing QuickBooks Online for improved transparency and efficiency.- Recruited and managed an outsourced bookkeeping team and a CPA firm, enhancing financial oversight and reporting practices.- Supported organizational efforts that led to over 2,700 volunteer hours and the.

Salem, Oregon, United States

Key Accomplishments:- Credential Value Survey: Developed and successfully pitched a product to Brightlink Clarus clients, measuring credentialed professionals' sentiment using techniques like NPS.- Team Insights: Created and sold an add-on product to Brightlink Crucible Essay clients, providing actionable data for executives and line managers to enhance.

Salem, OR

Led the transformation of our team from a small group of experts into specialized teams focused on product launch, data migration, systems integration, and Professional Services. Our ethos was to understand client needs deeply and make promises we can keep, ensuring trust and delivering exceptional value.Team Leadership:- Hired and trained team members.

World Wide Web Consortium

• Championed the development and adoption of web standards for professional credentials, securing industry-wide consensus and driving market adoption through stakeholder engagement.
• Spearheaded the publication of privacy-respecting, user-friendly web standards, addressing emerging market needs with cryptographically secure solutions.

World Wide Web Consortium

• Facilitated a consensus among experts to create the charter for the formal working group defining web standards for credential storage and transmission in finance, education, and healthcare.

Directed Career and Credentialing product development, composed of several distributed, full-stack product development teams, comprised of FTE, outsourced, domestic, and offshore members. The SaaS products, Acclaim, PCM, Pulse and Classic Credentialing provide tools to manage and verify professional credentials for fortune 500 IT companies, federal and.

Developed business requirements, socialized program scope and resource needs, and targeted timeline for entry to the Regulatory market vertical for Credential Data Management. Integrated startup team culture and enterprise governance. Groomed a culture of best-practices, metrics and consistency to achieve a high customer satisfaction and retention rate..

A co-founder and product visionary for the Integral7 core product. Sold company to Pearson, PLC in 2010.* Grew company from 0 to 15 clients with $3M top line revenue, including $2.3M recurring revenue. * Responsible for translating corporate strategy, sales requests and client needs into deliverable software requirements; shepherding new functionality.

Minneapolis, MN

• Founded Wagpaw, leading to a strategic acquisition by Integral7, demonstrating market leadership and innovation.
• Enhanced sales process and operational efficiency as analyst lead, integrating Wagpaw's tech into Integral7 seamlessly.

Iowa City, IA

• Led VUE's IT Change Management for expansion into China and Japan, enhancing infrastructure and showcasing digital leadership.
• Executed global Internet Infrastructure Strategy with Agile, improving system reliability and performance.

• On Leadership team during sale to NCS
• Expanded global IT operations across five private global data centers in US, The Netherlands, Australia, Japan, China and South Africa, extending service to 91 countries in 10 languages, demonstrating leadership and.
• Transformed VUE into a leading testing services entity, enhancing IT support to 1,500 centers worldwide, boosting capacity and market presence.

• Enhanced IT infrastructure by leading a campus-wide network design and implementation.
• Developed a customer service application, significantly improving service management and client satisfaction.