Daniel Etra

Current

Product Manager, Partner Program at TSSI / ProjectDX

Past

Principal Consultant at Daniel Etra
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Program Manager for Citizenship/Salmon Nation Programs at Ecotrust

Graduate Project at Progressive Investment Management
Contract Consultant at Oregon Environmental Council
Copy-Editor (Self-employed)
Research Associate at McCullough Research
Intern at Renewable Northwest Project
Editorial Intern at Aperture Foundation

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Education

Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Reed College

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Daniel Etra’s Summary

I'm leveraging emergent web technologies to address complex social and environmental problems at the intersection of business strategy, communications, brand identity + operations.

7 years project and program management, research, communications, public relations + stakeholder involvement experience

Excellent ability to translate complex technical and sustainability-related content between audiences with different world-views

Experience enhancing strategic partnerships, and building + supporting high-performance teams

Daniel Etra’s Specialties:

Energy infrastructure and economics, CO2 inventory, social marketing and outreach, web design, publishing, large-scale event planning, collaborative technologies + organizational change.

Daniel Etra’s Experience

Product Manager, Partner Program

TSSI / ProjectDX

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Create product requirements and coordinate product roadmap, manage online marketplaces for local service providers in customer regions, build strategic partnerships
Principal Consultant

Daniel Etra

(Research industry)

January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )

Communications and web consulting, CO2 footprint inventory + organizational change.

Clients include Ecotrust, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, and Transformative Sustainable Solutions, Inc.
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Bainbridge Graduate Institute

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)

Assisted lead faculty with all aspects of course delivery for capstone MBA course, Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship.
Program Manager for Citizenship/Salmon Nation Programs

Ecotrust

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry)

February 2006 — January 2008 (2 years )

Brand management, outreach, event coordinating, PR, inventory and merchandise management, contact management, public relations.

* Conducted internal needs assessment for inventory and constituent relationship management systems; built and implemented solution.
* Oversaw program partnerships, volunteer activities, and supervised one other staff member.
* Created outreach materials, including publications, websites, and print + online advertisements.
* Planned and coordinated complex public events.
Graduate Project

Progressive Investment Management

(Investment Management industry)

September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)

Consulting project involving primary market research and business strategic planning.
Contract Consultant

Oregon Environmental Council

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

October 2005 — March 2006 (6 months)

Prepared a white paper for a study partially funded by the EPA on improving the operating efficiency of institutional and industrial boilers as a mechanism for reducing mercury emissions.
Copy-Editor

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Legal Services industry)

April 2000 — August 2005 (5 years 5 months)

* Development and management of self-run editing business
* Focus on forensic psychiatric reports
* Attention to detail; management of billing and marketing
Research Associate

McCullough Research

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

July 2003 — June 2005 (2 years )

* Designed and implemented complex information management systems.
* Developed strategies for meeting deadlines + organizing information.
* Performed research in energy regulation, corporate governance and accounting focused on Enron’s manipulations of Western power markets.
* Consulted with expert witnesses, attorneys, and clients to assess project goals.
* Bypassed roadblocks to crucial information by locating alternative sources; constant creative problem solving.
Intern

Renewable Northwest Project

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)

* Collected and organized financial/program data from electric utilities.
* Produced annual report on renewable energy usage and demand-side programs in the Pacific Northwest, called “Powerful Choices IV”.
Editorial Intern

Aperture Foundation

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Photography industry)

January 2001 — July 2001 (7 months)

* Produced fine art photography quarterly magazine + books.
* Organized the bi-annual review of portfolio submissions.

Daniel Etra’s Education

Bainbridge Graduate Institute

MBA , Entrepreneurship, Organizational Change and Management, Sustainability , 2005 — 2007
Reed College

BA , Sociology , August 1998 — May 2003

BA thesis in Sociology on the history of the US wind power industry. By conducting original interviews with key wind industry participants, this research asked a very simple question: forty years ago a wind power industry did not exist, and today it seems to be flourishing. How did this happen in a very risk adverse industry with high barriers to entry? The answer: technologies (including ways of thinking about problems) do not become accepted simply because of some inherent benefit they offer. Rather, they are accepted because they are believed to solve specific problems. Technologies do not speak for themselves. Simply showing the world a new type of car is not enough to get people to buy it; the systems in which the car is embedded need also to be changed.

Activities and Societies:

student darkroom, Reed Arts Week,