BrainSmart Design, LLC

Experience in Agile and Scrum methodology to lead project delivery with cross-functional teams including developers, administrators, UX designers, marketing, and content writers

•	Collaborated with business and technical stakeholders to design, configure, and implement Salesforce
•	Clarified business objectives and requirements, conducted gap analysis, and provided recommendations
•	Facilitated communication across siloed departments to identify inefficiencies and reduce process redundancies
•	Worked with the development team to Integrate data from Mailchimp, Eventbrite, and Zoom to Salesforce by implementing 3rd party solutions from the AppExchange
•	Created data dictionaries and mapped data for spreadsheet data migration to Salesforce NPSP
•	Mapped processes for all donations received into NPSP with a 90-page process manual as the deliverable
•	Facilitated communication between IT, Finance, and Donor Services to map current and future state processes
•	Made recommendations for process improvements and worked closely with IT to create prototypes for user testing
•	Trained admins on data hygiene habits by creating dashboards to track progress for data clean up
•	Created presentations, conducted demos, trained staff on use case functionality in NPSP, wrote training instructions, recorded instructional videos to increase user adoption
•	Managed project hours and scope within the allotted budget and time
•	Led development Scrum team sprints 

Salesforce NPSP Skills 
•	Manage users, profiles, roles, permission sets, NPSP settings, data imports
•	Customize objects, fields, page layouts, gift entry templates, record types, customizable rollups, GAU’s
•	Develop reports, dashboards, approval processes, email alerts
•	Create screen flows for easier data entry and user adoption
•	Recommend app exchange integrations
•	Write user stories, acceptance criteria, project scope and plan
•	Write UAT scripts, test, and identify fixes prior to go live

Salesforce Business Analyst | Project Mgr | Salesforce Consultant: Non-Profit Projects | Remote

I work with non-profits and startups by providing cross functional services in business process analysis, project management, product management, user adoption, training, change management, and operations. 

Cross-functional teams I collaborate with include leadership, designers, content writers, software developers, marketing, and operations. 

I am a graduate of Dr. BJ Fogg's Behavior Science Bootcamp and utilize many of his behavior science frameworks to inform my approach for user adoption and change management. Dr. Fogg is a Stanford professor, founder of the Behavior Design Lab, and author of the book Tiny Habits - The Small Changes That Change Everything (www.bjfogg.com).

Business Analyst| Project Mgr | Training & Development | Remote

BrainSmart Design

- Manage development team for proprietary software platform
- Prioritize feature backlog with product owner and communicate requirements to developers
- Conduct user interviews/meetings to learn about their experience and recommendations
- Provide feature recommendations to product owner
- Manage budget and time estimates
- Test feature updates on staging server
- Integrate behavior science principles in product development process

Software Product / Project Manager | Remote

- Support community with 500+ members by welcoming and onboarding new members, answering questions, and resolving issues in the Slack and Mighty Networks community. 
- Create strategy to engage and retain community members based on the customer value journey and business objectives.
- Identify opportunities to increase member retention and value by engaging members actively through surveys, Slack, and Zoom strategy calls. 
- Facilitate connections and collaboration between members by learning about their specialties, projects, and businesses.
- Host featured training via Zoom for various instructors.
- Provide behind the scenes facilitation and support assistance for live YouTube and Zoom sessions.
- Analyze metrics and provide recommendations for improvement based on analytics data.

Community Manager | Remote

As we face massive disruptions to our labor markets due to automation and Covid, my focus as a host is to discuss topics about what our future of work and economy might look like as we seek to emerge and rebuild from the effects of these disruptions. 

Work Re>Imagined provides a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs, accelerators, and policy makers who are addressing current economic and workforce development issues with innovative solutions that will make a positive social impact for people in our local communities.

Watch recordings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l-dzKeRCJkYJbGdP4xusUb

#futureofwork #workforcedeveloment #workforceinnovation #innovators #innovativesolutions

Host - Work Re>Imagined [streamed live at www.thinktechhawaii.com]

* Host weekly Career Get It Done Sessions, a supportive community for people in job transitions
* Provide training topics on relevant to job or career transitions
* As a Tiny Habits Certified Coach, I teach participants how to create positive habits to maintain their emotional health during job transitions
* Teach participants execution habits to be consistent with their job search activities
* Provide private coaching sessions to help clients gain clarity on their next act
* Host and lead Career Mastermind workshops to develop a Career They Love
> Job Search online class: https://www.tinyhabits.com/tiny-habits-to-kickstart-job-search
> Career Transition online class: https://www.tinyhabits.com/habits-kickstart-career-transition

Host - Career Get It Done Community

WorkNet, Inc. 

WorkNet is a nonprofit providing reentry services for people transitioning from prison to the community. The WorkNet Correctional Arts ReEntry (CARE) Program is an innovative social enterprise Inmate Art program. Accomplishments include: A one year grant for a public-private partnership with the Hawaii Correctional Industries (HCI) allowing us to sell artistic work produced by inmates. Funding  allowed us to start a pilot project with women inmates at the Women's prison. You can see some of the art products they have been making here: https://www.worknetinc.org/buy-inmate-art 

Inmates enrolled in the CARE program benefit from being able to earn a better wage from the sale of their art or craft products compared to what they earn on a prison work line. This provides them the ability to save money for their transition to the community. If they are interested in pursuing their artistic career, we teach them business and marketing skills so they can sell and market their artwork once they are out in the community. 

In 2019, we were selected to participate in the Purple Prize social impact accelerator to prototype ideas that will enhance the development of the project. 

As the project's Program Consultant my focus areas include:
•	Create and implement our project plan 
•	Work with correctional artists in prison and in the community to produce unique art or craft products for sale
•	Test market products which will be sold through venues such as galleries, special events, online and through other distribution channels
•	Establish relationships with art galleries and other art focused venues to feature artists and            promote the project
•	Design the WorkNet website with an e-commerce capability; Manage online sales through our website: www.worknetinc.org and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/worknetinc.org/
•	Manage all marketing through social media, press releases, TV news coverage, art galleries, and events

Program Consultant - Correctional Arts ReEntry (CARE) Project

Assured Improvement Management, Inc.

LifeStiles® is a social enterprise project that aligns my passion for helping people match their interests and motivation with job skills training and employment opportunities. My partner and I designed the LifeStiles® Vocational and Individual Development Plan Profile, an online profile that is specifically designed for clients that are transitioning from prison to the community. Each client receives an Individual Development Plan that is used for transition case management. The profile is currently being beta tested in the Hawaii Public Safety corrections system with work furlough inmates.

As the LifeStiles® product manager, my responsibilities included managing a remote developer to create the web based version of the profile, agile project management, product development, QA testing, UI design,  and translating user requirements into product features. 

Through contracts with Hawaii Public Safety and a public-private partnership with Hawaii Correctional Industries, we are field testing the online version and continue to evolve the product as we get more user feedback. 

Responsibilities include:
•	Managed product development strategy for the LifeStiles® Career Planner
•	Interacted closely with clients and case management practitioners using the product to gather user feedback.
•	Managed software engineer and translate user feedback into value added product design.
•	Conducted Lean Startup practices (build, measure, learn), tested features with users to continuously evolve product design.
•	Managed website development, marketing, social media, and grant writing projects.
•	Researched and implemented social enterprise projects to provide job skills training and employment opportunities for clients transitioning from prison into the community.

Product Manager & Co-Designer - LifeStiles® Vocational Career Planner

JamBios: An Early Stage Tech Startup

JamBios is an early stage tech startup located in Honolulu, HI. We launched a collaborative writing platform that allows aspiring nonfiction writers to create an online memoir and share it with their friends and family. 

Responsible for managing the product roadmap by working closely with the founder and our developers, designer, content writer, and customer service. 

Product and Project Management
•	Worked closely with the CEO/Founder to implement the Company’s product strategy and roadmap
•	Implemented a project management system and workflow processes to prioritize projects, tasks, and handoffs from design to development
•	Collaborated with our cross functional team to successfully launch the initial product, new features, and feature enhancements within expected timelines. 
•	Facilitated communication between team and CEO/Founder to ensure there is a shared understanding of expectations
•	Introduced behavior science research principles as part of our UX design process based on my studies with Dr. BJ Fogg (Stanford professor and founder of the Behavior Design Lab) 
•	Conducted user interviews, analyze data, and provide product recommendations to enhance user experience
•	Assisted in the QA process by testing user scenarios and product functionality to ensure features work as expected
•	Identified revenue opportunities and provided competitive analysis 

Operations and Recruiting
• Opened the Honolulu office
• Act as liaison between our office and property management 
• Recruited and filled developer, designer, and writer position

www.jambios.com

Product/Project Manager | Recruiter | Operations

Staffing Solutions of Hawaii

HR Business Consultant | Recruiter

TeamPraxis

•  Developed and implemented the Company's Workforce Strategy in alignment with the Balanced Scorecard and strategic plan.
•  Managed the HR department and team to provide excellent customer service to all team members.
•  Provided full cycle recruiting for management, IT and healthcare IT positions.

Chief Human Resources Officer

AlohaCare

•  Responsible for aligning HR strategies to the company's strategic plan that included organizational and leadership development, performance management, recruitment and retention, employee relations, policy and procedure development, compensation, benefits, and HR metrics.
•  Managed the HR department and team.
•  Provided full cycle recruiting for healthcare and management positions.

Director of HR

•  Develop and implement product development strategy for a proprietary vocational assessment.
•  Develop and implement marketing strategy for assessment to target markets.
•  Collaborate with IT contractors to develop web site and commercial applications for assessment.
•  Develop curriculum for various modules as assigned to include cognitive skills restructuring principles.
•	Deliver course content as principal trainer for assigned curriculum to target markets.

Product Development Consultant | Trainer

Keaki Technologies LLC

Managed the HR function for the regional Hawaii office.

Human Resources Director

I have been blessed with a curious mind and a love of learning. These qualities have shaped who I am today and where my multi-hyphenate career path has taken me.

As a certified Salesforce Business Analyst, I have certifications for the Salesforce Certified Administrator and Applied Certification in Business Analysis (ACBA). I am also the group leader for the Honolulu Nonprofit Salesforce User Group.  

I work with small to medium nonprofits to help end users transition from spreadsheets to Salesforce for effective data management. 

I believe successful implementations are a result of understanding the people who will be using the technology. I view my role as a translator between the product owners, users, and the technical team. 

To strengthen user adoption, I work closely with end users to document business processes and help them translate how their workflows will be impacted by a technology implementation. 

With the technical team, I clarify business requirements so they can build the right Salesforce solution. In business analysis, we measure twice, cut once. 

I bring my knowledge to nonprofits from a diverse career path in technology, healthcare, and non-profit industries with skills including Business process analysis, Project management, Product management, and Behavior design.

My other interests:

I have been fascinated by how people behave and make decisions. This interest led me to the work of Dr. BJ Fogg, a Stanford professor and Behavior Scientist. I am a graduate of his Behavior Design Bootcamp.
	
My current side interests are focused on social impact Workforce Innovation and Future of Work projects:
	
	* Past Host of Work Re>Imagined, a ThinkTech Hawaii production focused on the Future of Work
	* Program Consultant: WorkNet Correctional Arts Re-Entry (CARE) Project for Incarcerated Artists
	* Project Manager/Consultant: Digital Transitions Program for Incarcerated Women

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