School Districts in Grand Rapids Area (through Edustaff)

Substitute teacher (and paraprofessional) for five area public school districts (Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Forest Hills, East Grand Rapids and Kent Intermediate School Districts).

Served in Pre-K, elementary, middle and high schools in variety of subjects.

Currently working long-term assignment as paraprofessional in special education.

Substitute Teacher 

Invisible Fist

Client engagements include services in IT, content strategy, SharePoint,  and digital asset management.

Architect of accessibility and consumer-engagement solution for print vehicles:

• Researched population of users with visual impairments and available assistive devices.
• Developed  solution framework using universal design principles, to offer a more engaging experience for all consumers, without requiring expensive hardware.
• Cold-calling and presentation of solution to executives, university faculty  and practitioners of  advertising, packaging, content strategy, and software development.
• Authored funding scenarios, and future functionality descriptions.
• Pursued private and public funding options

Consultant

Steelcase (Contracted through Experis)

Provide range of services for client’s next-generation digital asset management (DAM)  platform review
*Review of vendor RFQ responses/demonstrations for best practices in IT and creative services
*Creation of  user scenarios from  which vendor-candidates personalized 2nd round demonstrations 
*Assist in revision of current DAM system’s taxonomy structure  to align with corporate standards

Digital Asset Management Consultant

Amway (Contracted through Otterbase)

SharePoint Administrator for worldwide intranet communities. Provided support for end users and management of SharePoint and IIS servers in seven farms.
• Provide third-tier support in-person by phone and via Web Ex
• Backup and restore sites among SharePoint farms
• Perform site migrations, WSP deployments via STSADM and PowerShell commands
• Recover deleted content with AvePoint DocAve and SQL Server restores
• Install, configure, troubleshoot and test 3rd-party software

SharePoint Administrator

RCM Technologies (formerly Nusoft Solutions)

Pre-sales, discovery, configuration, look and feel design,  user training, development of SCORM-compliant e-learning  and tech support  for   Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS)-based  solutions in the education space.

Business Analyst

American Color

Provided an array of technical and instructional services for client's digital asset management  intranet. Delivered technical and procedural support for end users, and administrators; edited site content, monitored system and application logs, proposed improvements to workflow, metadata vocabulary and site usability.

Tech Services Rep.

Divine

Project roles included content management strategist and Verity search engine  administrator.

Senior Consultant

Marchfirst

Engagements included that of Interwoven content management lead, intranet administrator and creative director.

J. Walter Thompson Worldwide

Managed designers, proofreaders and administrative staff for agency profit center. Ensured timely delivery of all print advertising, collateral materials and new business presentations.

Art Studio Manager

Draft Worldwide (now FCB Worldwide)

Provided technical support for network and entire creative staff; ensured expeditious workflow and file integrity of  all print material, resolved training and technical issues.

Creative Systems and Prepress Coordinator

Veteran of advertising, publishing and tech-consulting industries. Have served in variety of creative operations, IT services, analyst, and managerial positions. 

Advocate for universal design principles for all content creation and delivery.

Industry experience: K-20 education, consumer packaged goods, biotechnology, manufacturing and real estate, publishing and marketing.

Specialties: 
• Content Strategy
• Educational Technology
• Training and Mentoring 
• Workflow Design 
• Digital Asset Management 
• SharePoint
• Staff Leadership
• Pre-press and Publishing
• Operational Support of Information Systems
• Universal Design for Learning

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