Product Manager at Sun Microsystems
Greater Denver Area
Product Manager at Sun Microsystems
Greater Denver Area
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 10 months)
Graduate student in the full-time MBA program, emphasizing in Marketing. Graduate internships included Marketing Research at Sun Microsystems and Marketing Communications at InfoPrint Solutions Company - Ricoh/IBM.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2006 — July 2007 (9 months)
Handled print production and final file output for clients such as Applebee's, The Kansas City Royals, The Salvation Army and American Red Cross.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2006 — October 2006 (10 months)
Responsible for print production, final file output, and occasional copy editing of jobs for clients including Bayer Crop Science US, AgriGold and the American Hereford Association.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2005 — January 2006 (8 months)
Contracted out on production jobs to various companies, including For Sale By Owner, Saepio Technologies, AdFarm and Meyer Partners; While at Saepio, created/modified myriad templates using custom software for web-based ad/print creation; Assisted system administrator in identifying and fixing quality control issues related to software.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 1 month)
Reviewed direct mail, print ad and printed piece file preparation prior to printing, and assisted in maintaining consistent file preparation; Set budgets and schedules and acted as project manager on large, high-end production-driven projects; Successfully brought projects in-house, trimmed budgets by more than 50% and project turnaround by up to 75%; Assisted junior production artists in understanding workflow processes between production, creative and traffic departments, as well as answer technical, software related issues; Assisted production manager in creating and maintaining a standards manual for all agency clients; Reviewed assignments with account service and creative staff to determine best and most efficient method of execution; Member of agency proofreading committee.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2001 — February 2002 (10 months)
Handled print production and final file output for clients in the Mature Market/Senior Living industry.
(Newspapers industry)
September 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 9 months)
Designed inside pages and section fronts, determining story presentation on respective pages; Edited stories for accuracy, brevity, spelling and grammar per AP style guidelines; Helped coordinate design production and editing of 2000 Stanley Cup Finals special sections; Assisted as designer of Game Day, Football 2000, Lone Star Park 2001, Texas Motor Speedway 2001 and various other special sections.
(Newspapers industry)
September 1998 — August 1999 (1 year)
Edited stories for accuracy, brevity, spelling and grammar per AP style guidelines; Selected to copy edit Express-News’ commemorative book celebrating 1999 Spurs NBA title; Supervised page make-up before pagination system was implemented; Designed pages using CCI Pagination system.
MBA , Marketing , 2007 — 2009
B.S. , News-Editorial Journalism , 1994 — 1998
1990 — 1994
Former member of the Association for Women in Sports Media; volunteer for Abby's Run for the Heart 5K; Collegiate District Officer for Delta Delta Delta - 2005-2008; Financial Specialist for Delta Delta Delta - 2009-current
Leeds School of Business First-Year Fellowship; Leeds School of Business Achievement Fellowship for Action and Service; Beta Gamma Sigma; 2009 Sterling Rice MBA Academic Excellence in Marketing award winner