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Chicago, Il

Excited about the idea of applying data to advertising instead of just reporting on it, I joined another fast-paced startup environment at Dotomi. As the first Project Manager working with the engineering team, initially I focused on addressing the classic ‘Product team isn’t sure what is being worked on and when it might deliver.' I implemented JIRA and Confluence – first inside engineering and later throughout the organization. This allowed us to track requests and plan releases. In time, Dotomi was acquired by ValueClick, which in turn consolidated and rebranded as Conversant, subsequently was acquired by Epsilon and then sold by ADS to Publicis Groupe. Throughout this period of M&A, I grew my team and responsibilities while keeping the focus on results. Currently I run a cross functional group including Technical Product Owners for our internal toolsets, The Technical Project Managers, our Forecasting team and our Atlassian Administrators. My team has overall responsibility for managing our product priorities and delivery. I’ve also contributed as an individual contributor on key cross business line projects and for a few years as the de facto facilities manager during which time I managed the build out of approximately 100,000 square feet of office space and related employee moves.

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Il

Chicago, Il

Ready for a return to advertising, I was in pursuit of my MSMA at DePaul when I was contacted about a role at comScore. It was a chance to combine my technical skills and advertising interests while transitioning from a hybrid role to one focused on project management. It has the added benefit of being a smaller overall organization where I could make a real impact. Joining comScore ahead of their IPO I was able to enjoy that ‘startup’ feel and begin contributing immediately while enjoying its growth to a larger more stable organization. I worked as a PM on projects and teams where I no longer had the personal technical knowledge and instead was applying knowledge from my previous ad industry experience alongside a general technical understanding to keep projects on track.

Intent on a Chicago-based opportunity, I joined former CSC colleagues at Bank ONE, soon to be JPMorgan Chase. I worked with the HR WEB team as a lead developer for their custom performance management system while also providing coverage and support for other HR related applications. Later I took on a project management role within the team. When I joined, Bank One was in the final stages of merging HR Management functions across their enterprise. With the JPMC merger, a new opportunity arose – JPMC was going to do it the Jamie Dimon way and merge all the competing systems that existed within its various legacy operations. This experience with management from the ‘acquired’ company taking the leadership role within the new organization and driving to more efficient platforms would prove valuable later in my career.

In the late 90’s everyone was looking for smart people to contribute on their Y2K projects. A colleague thought I'd be a good fit and after passing an entrance exam, I was placed in CSC’s associate onboarding program for first-time coders. I ended up never touching a line of COBOL but spent time working as a business analyst, doing desktop support and implementing/upgrading several varieties of PeopleSoft before training as a J2EE developer. I learned the basics of MVC software development and importantly got to experience different work environments while staffed as a consultant on projects in Automotive (GM OnStar, Toyota Motor Manufacturing), Travel (Budget), Finance (Bank ONE), HealthCare (BCBS IL), industries among others. I had the opportunity to multi-hat, sometimes as a business analyst, other times a developer, and always ready to get the job done.

Nap

Thanks to quick work with numbers and summers as a bank teller, I was hired to handle billing for BMW North America and the overall day to day FSI placement responsibilities for Eckerd Drug in the North East United States by NSA Media, a rapidly growing company with the startup mentality where your role could expand as far as you could take it. Soon I was running regional placements, doing circulation analysis and kick-starting new client accounts, where I advised on contract negotiations and efficient planning. More importantly I realized a skillset in using proprietary tools and teaching others how to manipulate them to meet clients’ goals. I also realized the importance of checking the competitive nature of the company softball league BEFORE signing on.

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