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Franklin, Tn, Us

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

In this role I oversee the product portfolio for the company's Data Intelligence Center of Excellence. I coach and oversee a team of six product managers, who own extensions of our analytics portfolio including lists/query, reporting and analytics, AI / ML platform, data engineering, and experience-based ML applications.

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

As product manager for diagnostic benchmarking, I was responsible for the Data Intelligence Center of Excellence's reporting suite, which accounted for more than $5m in annual recurring revenue. This product suite included existing in-market products and green field efforts, both driving toward the transformation of the company's reporting strategy.

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

As team lead I managed four business consultants in addition to my normal consulting workload.

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Reeher was acquired by Blackbaud in April of 2018; this position is a continuation of my previous work with Reeher.

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Us

As a Customer Success Manager, I collaborate with the leadership teams at our partner schools to identify opportunities for improved fundraising performance. This all starts with the creation of a narrative that explains trends in an individual school's dataset compared to our community benchmarking data; I layer in knowledge of established operating practice and other qualitative information to highlight emerging trends and explore solutions for their specific challenges.Key responsibilities and objectives:- Help schools raise more and spend less doing so- Drive value proposition of the software, predictive models, and benchmarking data- Create consensus between organizational levels to drive growth- Leverage industry trends, data, and personal experience to craft context-providing narrative- Own renewals and identify opportunities to strengthen our partnerships- Coach on best practices informed by quantitative performance data- Inform product direction by advocating from partner's perspective

Athens, Ohio, Us

In this role, I supervise a staff of three; our department is responsible for providing essential support for the university's development operations. We recently completed a 7-year, $500m capital campaign; we successfully met our goal more than a year early.My department supports our team's development efforts through three primary efforts:1) Analysis of overall trends / performance across the team, including revenue forecasting and activity / portfolio optimization2) In-depth research providing intelligent insight on major-gift prospects and leads, allowing for more effective solicitation3) Proactively monitoring and addressing data issuesSince starting in this role, I have:* directed a comprehensive overhaul of our department, including the creation of an internal affinity model, the development / implementation of a comprehensive policy on prospect management / proposal / contact report / goal setting, and standardizing information storage in our CRM;* revamped our development officer goal evaluation / review process to simplify and encourage addressing overall needs for our division, resulting in more than a 100 percent increase in asks year over year;* managed the implementation of the Reeher platform, which allows us to be more effective in our qualification work;* overseen the transition of the development office's planning session from static document to a dynamic, responsive goal-planning system that is refreshed on-demand and allows us to better predict performance;* and assisted with implementation of a new gift agreement process by creating a new workflow, resulting in quicker turnaround and better communication between our teams.I have strong experience working with the following tools in the context of this job:* Ellucian Advance Web* PL/SQL for query writing and data extraction* Data vizualization tools including Tableau, Advizor, and BatchGeo* Reeher fundraising platform

Athens, Ohio, Us

My primary responsibility in this role is to listen. I regularly meet with alumni and friends of Ohio University and get their feedback on all aspects of our university. I hear stories about their time on campus, their experiences as alumni and learn about the areas in life about which they are passionate. From those conversations, I try to identify partnership opportunities with our constituents where they feel: a) reconnected to and rewarded by a continued relationship with the university, and b) empowered and enabled to make a difference in the life of our students and faculty.During my time in this role, I have successfully:* Developed / implemented communication strategies utilizing traditional and new media.* Created targeted metrics to analyze results and improve continued efforts.* Trained peers in effective use / analysis of new media.* Planned and managed special events.(Specific data points and examples available by request)

Athens, Ohio, Us

Co-created learning environment with 16 junior and senior undergraduate students. Subject matter was interviewing (COMS 304), and was offered through the School of Communication Studies. Intense, 5-week summer-session course.

Opened Athen's first licensed CrossFit affiliate with two other individuals; grew membership from roughly 10 clients in November 2011 to nearly 200 before leaving.In addition to coaching, I was responsible for maintaining our accounting, website, and membership management system.

Began working for CDH Associates through placement with a temp firm, and was hired full-time after a month. When I first came to the company, they were relying on a hand-written, manually-filed ordering and customer service solution. I developed their first automated computer system database which handled orders, customer service issues, inventory management and contact information. During my time there, the system:* Handled 15,000 calls and orders.* Reduced call time by roughly 50 percent.* Substantially decreased order errors.I also created customized solutions that translated data from Tractor Supply Company's inventory / sales system automatically, which we leveraged to help generate $30 million worth of heating product orders.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Worked as a "barista"; (Starbucks' terminology for a sales associate) at the highest-grossing store in the mid-south region. Our store was particularly successful with up-selling and seasonal items; I was a member of the team working when we broke a one-week $60,000 sales record for the store. Was offered promotion to shift supervisor after two months of starting, and served as only Spanish-speaking employee of our store.

First professional experience in the journalism world. I was a member of the creative service department, which was responsible for ad placement, show and news spots and campaign development. During that summer I was focused on the following responsibilities:* Wrote and edited targeted media campaigns to promote station.* Compiled daily network promos for syndicated shows.* Participated in outreach events to network with the community.

First experience working with the alumni relations aspect of the university. While my primary responsibilities revolved around event preparation, setup and general care of the facility, I had the opportunity to assist the marketing and communications director with copy writing for special event collateral material.

Doctoral Student, Communication Studies

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Communication Studies

B.S. Journalism, Public Relations, Spanish

Study Abroad