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Marquee Insights delivers best practices, solutions and expertise and our clients continue to work with us because we focus on the human aspects of adopting business intelligence.

WHAT WE DOOur company, Tumble Road LLC., helps you make better decisions, using Microsoft technology. - Improve employee productivity and get projects done faster - Use your employee's capacity more effectively to do more valuable work- Find opportunities for improvement in your processes- Implement process and technical solutions to support managed work conversations- Coach and train your employees to make them more effectiveWHY ARE WE DIFFERENTWe feel that effective decision making requires you to view the process holistically as a series of managed conversations, focused on a specific goal. Our Conversation-Centric Design™ approach, based on our real world experience, ensures the internal culture and designed solutions support one another.LEARN MOREVisit https://tumbleroad.com to see our latest offerings.

BACKGROUNDI've delivered keynote, workshop and conference session speeches to Microsoft events, popular technical events such as SharePoint Saturday and industry conferences such as ProjectWorld. Topics range from professional strategy topics to technical deep dives.The content is tailored to the specific needs of your audience. Anyone who attends my speeches will walk away with at least three actionable items. CURRENT SPEAKING TOPICSDrowning in Projects, How Ineffective Organizational Environments are killing our Project ThroughputIs your organization drowning in projects? Maybe your organizational environment is destroying productivity instead of encouraging it. We'll discuss strategies and techniques to overcome this organizational challenge and enable you to help your employees get more done in less time.Work Management Alternatives in Office 365Managing work in Office 365 is confusing! There are SO many ways to track tasks, it leaves you wondering which is the right tool for the job. When should I use a SharePoint task list? What’s this Project Online thing? I’ve got projects… Can’t I just use Excel? Learn what tools are available and what is the best situation to use each one.Understanding the Social Nature of Project ManagementAre your project managers having the right conversations for success? Projects are a form of managed conversations where the project plan represents the notes on the latest state of the conversation. Learn how a social approach can yield more productive project efforts.Designing Business Intelligence to support Organizational ConversationsEffective Business Intelligence is still difficult to do well. You want people to understand your story. Learn social design techniques for capturing the needs and the data necessary for your BI story. Then learn how to use the available tools to bring your story to life.HOW TO BOOK ME: Send email to info@tumbleroad.com

Responsible for the design, architecture and management of a global implementation of PPM (Project Server 2010) for multiple lines of business.Certified Coffee Master

Technical Book authoringAmazon Kindle Book PublishingProject Server Subject Matter Expert consultingProject Server/SharePoint trainingMCTS, Microsoft Project Server 2010 Configuration

Project Server 2007, Project Server 2010 Feature owner for Setup, Upgrade, Business Intelligence featuresDriver for Service Pack and Cumulative Update processes for in market releases.Social ComputingSQL Azure ExperienceOData Design ExperiencePrior manager of the official Project and Project Administration blogs.

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Deployment Manager for Microsoft Project Server 2003 Enterprise Project Management solution. Industry subject matter expert on the Microsoft Project Server 2003 EPM solution.Process Development Manager, Business Launch Center. Designed and implemented operational processes for Workwares.com (B2B eMarketplace) and for AssistantTreasurer.com (consolidated cash management).

Held number of roles. Project Manager for Business Intelligence project, Managed application development at CLS for their rewrite of warehouse applications, Architected Electronic Payment System, Architected the PayDirect redesigned system.

Developed new software for document management and public information access. Novell LAN AdministratorDeveloped new software systems for personnel administration and job skill testing.AS/400 Systems AdministratorDeveloped new software for payroll administration, position control and ad hoc reporting.