Ami Chitwood

Current

Manager, Portal Strategy & Operations, D Street & Web 2.0 at Deloitte

Past

Knowledge Manager at Deloitte
Senior Researcher at BBN Technologies
Content Editor at Fidelity Investments

Information Resources Manager at Pyramid Research

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Education

Simmons College
The Ohio State University
Denison University

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Information Technology and Services

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Ami Chitwood’s Summary

I am interested in any technology I can bring behind the firewall to ensure that individual contributors have what they need to make connections, generate ideas, create content, distinguish themselves as SMEs, and overall help the organizations I work for become as innovate and agile as possible.

Past and current work include:
+ Working with cross-functional team to migrate existing intranet to SharePoint
+ Working with content owners and editors on developing sites in new portal and taking advantage of all that SharePoint has to offer including webparts, RSS, and collaborative elements such as discussion boards, blogs and wikis.
+ Working with Community Leaders to develop employee-generated communities using NewsGator Social Sites.
+ Internal Blogging strategies for groups to leverage social networking platform called D Street.
+ Integrating content and invididuals participating in D Street with formal channels of communication including, but not limited to, email newsletters, intranet pages, teamsites, e-rooms, and other channels.
+ Educating individuals and groups on how to create their own brand.
+ Enabling ENG (Employee Network Groups) and other ad-hoc groups to use D Street for their goals.
+ Best practices around gardening an internal social networking tool.
+ Learning Sharepoint blogs, wikis, webparts, search, and adoption.

Ami Chitwood’s Specialties:

SharePoint super user; Online community development, grassroots knowledge creation, social networking, tire kicking, passionate user and educator, blogger

Ami Chitwood’s Experience

Manager, Portal Strategy & Operations, D Street & Web 2.0

Deloitte

(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

I am part of the Deloitte US Firms' Intranet Team focusing on social networking, web 2.0 and integration of grassroots content and enterprise communications. Portal migration to SharePoint is primary project.
Knowledge Manager

Deloitte

(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

September 2004 — February 2008 (3 years 6 months)

Currently, I facilitate the work of a 25+ member global shadow team knowledge managers in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry. I also serve on various Steering Committees and Focus Groups examining collaboration, web 2.0 implementation, social networking, and online community development. The role I play on these committees ranges from passionate (and persistent) end user, educator, and advisor.
Senior Researcher

BBN Technologies

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

January 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 9 months)

I worked as a Senior Researcher in the Library at BBN Technologies and moved into the commercial division in 2004. In addition to proactively providing research assistance to pursuit teams and researchers, I had the opportunity of connecting people with ideas to others in the organization because they came to me for information. I also co-chaired the Diversity Team.
Content Editor

Fidelity Investments

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

April 2001 — October 2001 (7 months)

I was part of a team working on an internal portal for the Equity division of FMRco. I had the opportunity of working on the usability of the site in addition to the design and the training of users. I was responsible for moving content from various locations, coding, and quality control.
Information Resources Manager

Pyramid Research

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

August 2000 — March 2001 (8 months)

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Ami Chitwood’s Interests:

Knowledge Management, Web 2.0, corporative narratives (storytelling), Diversity Issues in the workplace especially GLBT, blogs, wikis, and any technology I can bring behind the firewall to ensure that individual contributors have what they need to make connections, generate ideas, create content, distinguish themselves as SMEs, and overall help the organizations I work for become as innovate and agile as possible.