
Internal communications specialist driving social computing inside Intel
Portland, Oregon Area

Internal communications specialist driving social computing inside Intel
Portland, Oregon Area
I write global news stories for the intranet home page of all 83,000 Intel employees, called Circuit. That means covering major events and clarifying business goals but also means using the big picture and the long view to help vertical business groups better communicate and collaborate horizontally.
In addition, I'm leading efforts by global communications to use our intranet social computing tools to better connect with employees, to better collaborate as a location-dispersed team, and to connect Intel's leaders directly with employees. My goal is that every communicator on our global team is an active participant and recognized local leader inside our professional network, that they know how to integrate social tools into communications plans, and that leaders comfortably participate in social computing as part of their own communications plans.
As a long time volunteer social computing ambassador, I've championed, nourished, and helped govern Intel's intranet social media efforts. About a dozen of us monitor the internal blogs and forums for compliance to site terms, and we help employees and teams integrate these tools into the way they collaborate. I also volunteer to support and grow Intel's employee wellness program.
In my former life as a software developer, I built a knack for taking ill-designed and poorly performing information systems and transforming them into responsive, supportable, and usable applications. I've designed, developed, and supported a wide array of systems and performed project and product management. My ability and love for learning and my discipline for quality drove me to shine across a spectrum of technologies. Now, I use that drive to understand and explain Intel technologies and business processes to over 83,000 employees worldwide.
(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Writer/reporter for Intel's central intranet site, Circuit, for which I cover Intel's software, mobility, and visual computing divisions. I also work to drive intranet social computing adoption for cross-group interaction, fostering innovation, and targeted communication.
social media, web 2.0, enterprise 2.0, collaboration, blogging, knowledge management, eco-computing, databases, data modeling, educational technology, search technology, naturopathic medicine, employee health management, corporate social responsibility, cycling, health, nutrition, music, guitar, literature
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