Kevin Micalizzi

Current

• Community Manager at Dimdim

Past

• Manager, Web Strategy & Development; Web Project Manager at Avid Technology
• Independent Consultant at HeiterConnect, Inc.
• Web Engineering Manager at IBM, Rational software

• Partner at Aliform Web Services
• Senior Webmaster at Sybase, Inc.
• Electronic Information Specialist at Sybase, Inc. (formerly Powersoft Corp.)
• Technical Support Engineer at Powersoft

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Education

• Ithaca College
• Professional Development

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Kevin Micalizzi’s Summary

Delivering results in high pressure situations.  Strategic thinker, leading effectively in ambiguous and challenging environments.  Exceptional performance, business-process minded, results oriented, with a strong customer focus.

Kevin Micalizzi’s Specialties:

Community
-driving online community
-supporting online marketing campaigns
-developing information architecture
-listening and empathy

Business
-advocating for social media & effective web strategies
-leading teams since 2000, full web life cycle
-accountable across languages & geographies

Technology
-blogs, forums, podcasts, wikis, rss, video sharing
-web production
-web architecture
-web development
-web operations

Kevin Micalizzi’s Experience

• Community Manager

  Dimdim

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

• Manager, Web Strategy & Development; Web Project Manager

  Avid Technology

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AVID; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — July 2008 (3 years 7 months)

  Provide strategic direction for division web presence within online marketing.  Full time team of 7 in US and UK, with external agencies, vendors and contractors as needed. Responsible for all aspects of 17 sites worldwide, serving Americas, Europe, and Asia (13 languages.)  Sites include corporate presence, regional variants, online community, channel extranet, and electronic software delivery. Manage stakeholder relationships across enterprise.

• Independent Consultant

  HeiterConnect, Inc.

  (Management Consulting industry)

  July 2004 — December 2004 (6 months)

  Develop relationships with prospective clients on virtual leadership (geographically and culturally distributed teams). Consult on marketing, training, staffing, sales, and effective use of the Web.

• Web Engineering Manager

  IBM, Rational software

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — February 2004 (4 years )

  Develop high-performance team (6 full-time, 7 contractor). Forge effective relationships with business stakeholders and cross-departmental project teams. Conduct periodic client reviews. Manage team priorities, balance business and customer impact, negotiate to ensure effective resource use.

• Partner

  Aliform Web Services

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Joint venture for Web marketing, analysis, development, and design. Consult on Web analysis, design, and development.

• Senior Webmaster

  Sybase, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SY; Computer Software industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years )

• Electronic Information Specialist

  Sybase, Inc. (formerly Powersoft Corp.)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SY; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

• Technical Support Engineer

  Powersoft

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

Kevin Micalizzi’s Education

• Ithaca College

  Bachelor of Arts , Speech Communication (Interpersonal Communication) , 1990 — 1994

• Professional Development

  Management, Marketing, Communication, Project Management

  Leadership
  • Leadership Development Program, Avid, 2007
  • The Virtual Leader, HeiterConnect, 2003
  • Basic Blue Management Training, IBM, 2003
  • Leadership Fundamentals, Achieve Global, 1999,2000,2002
  • Managing Diversity, IBM, 2003
  
  Marketing
  • Effective Product Marketing, Pragmatic, 2007
  
  Communication
  • Negotiation Skills, Avid Technology, 2005
  • Creating High Performance Teams Through
  Better Communication, IBM, 2003
  
  Project Management
  • Project Management Simulation, Boston Univ., 2006
  • Project Quality Management, Boston Univ.2005
  • Project Management Professional Preparation, William George Associates, 2004
  • Mastering Project Management, Sybase, 1999

Additional Information

Kevin Micalizzi’s Interests:

Web; Social Media/Online Conversations; Leadership; Management; Project Management; Public Speaking; Hiking;

Kevin Micalizzi’s Groups:

•    Women 2.0
•    Pragmatic Marketing Alumni
•    Global Project Management
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Project Manager Alliance!
•    Web 2.0
•    The Sybasement
•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    Consultants Network
•    Unified Communications
•    BIMA, A MITX Organization
•    Project Managers Group
•    CleanTech
•    Certified Project, Program & Portfolio Managers
•    Event Planning & Management - the 1st Group for Event Planners
•    Project Net-Work
•    Social Media Today
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Ithaca College Alumni Group
•    Avid Technology Alumni
•    Groundswell Book
•    Telepresence and HD Conferencing Users and Professionals
•    Connected Marketing Networking Group
•    MarketingProfs
•    Rational Alumni
•    Software as a Service (SaaS) Group
•    Learning 2.0
•    Unified Communications Professionals Forum
•    New Hampshire Software Professionals
•    ex-Powersoft
•    Entrepreneur Journeys by Sramana Mitra
•    Social Media Breakfast NH
•    Social Media for the Arts Organization

Kevin Micalizzi’s Honors:

Act Now--Outstanding Service Award, Avid, September 2006

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