Mari Steed

Current

• Director of Technology and New Media at World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

Past

• Senior Communications Manager at Fleet BankBoston/Bank of America
• Marketing/IT at Fleet Credit Card
• Senior Marketing Manager at FLEET / BANK OF AMERICA

• Web Developer/Designer at Scott-Levin Associations/Verispan
• Various (See Below) at Florida Institute of Technology
• Project Manager at GTE EFT Services/GTE North
• Electronic Delivery Services Representative at FIS/FiServ
• Admin at Fidelity Bank

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Education

• Florida Institute of Technology
• West Chester State University

Recommended

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Connections

71 connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• culchie.works

Mari Steed’s Summary

Mid-level manager/expert web and graphic designer seeks creative opportunities to utilise left- and right-brain talents. Excellent written and oral communications skills, diplomacy, intuition, and seasoned perception make this individual both a reliable and inspired leader or enthusiastic team player.

Fluent in Spanish; possess dual US and EU/Irish citizenship; willing to travel and relocate.

Mari Steed’s Specialties:

Visit http://www.netreach.net/~steed/portfolio/ for full online gallery.

All operating platforms
Networking
All Microsoft, inc. Sharepoint
Quark, PhotoShop; Flash, Director, Electric Image, Pixar/MacRenderman
PHP, SQL
JAVA, JavaScript, D/S/X/HTML,ASP, Cold Fusion; versioning and document management
Final Draft
Raiser's Edge fund-raising
BANNER accounting

Mari Steed’s Experience

• Director of Technology and New Media

  World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  Web design and technical support, media communications, corporate sponsorship, event planning and execution. Have developed web, communications, media, corporate sponsorships and planned for events featuring the following:
  
  Bono
  Fareed Zakaria
  President Bush
  L. Paul Bremer III
  John Bolton
  Thomas L. Friedman
  VP Dick Cheney
  Henry Kissinger
  Joseph Biden
  Rudy Giuliani
  Bob Woodward
  Princess Alia al-Hussein, Jordan
  Prince Turki, al-Faisal, SAE Amb. to the US

• Senior Communications Manager

  Fleet BankBoston/Bank of America

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BAC; Financial Services industry)

  August 1998 — February 2005 (6 years 7 months)

  Part of eCommerce transition team to re-brand Fleet portal websites as part of Bank of America acquisition of Fleet BankBoston. Transferred from IT group to Marketing 2000 to develop eBusiness new customer web portals. Provided and managed graphic and web design; corporate communications for numerous Fleet efforts, including direct mail, real-time marketing, corporate communications, human resources, and e-mail campaigns. Emphasis on human factors and web usability engineering and design.
  
  Hired as web developer and graphic designer in Technology Communications department. Responsible for design, content, and development of Intranet as well as Internet support. Managed a team of three Intranet development communication specialists and four technical communication specialists devoted to documentation and other technical writing projects. Provided additional graphic design and writing support to other areas, including Human Resources and Internal Communications.

• Marketing/IT

  Fleet Credit Card

  (Financial Services industry)

  August 1998 — February 2005 (6 years 7 months)

• Senior Marketing Manager

  FLEET / BANK OF AMERICA

  (Public Company; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1998 — 2004 (6 years )

• Web Developer/Designer

  Scott-Levin Associations/Verispan

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1998 — July 1998 (7 months)

  Responsible for web development and maintenance of Scott-Levin's Internet presence (http://www.scottlevin.com). Scott-Levin Associates is a pharmaceutical marketing company based in southeastern Pennsylvania. Lost position as a result of company acquisition by IMS and downsizing.

• Various (See Below)

  Florida Institute of Technology

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 1989 — January 1998 (8 years 9 months)

  Director, Computer Lab/School of Business (July 1996 - January 1998) Reported to the Dean, School of Business. Administrated and maintained the School of Business' Computer. Terminated employment to relocate closer to family in the Philadelphia area.
  
  Senior Research Associate/College of Engineering. Reported to the Associate Dean, College of Engineering. Worked on multimedia curriculum development project under National Science Foundation grant, wind energy database project under NREL grant and Human Factors research under an Office of Naval Research grant.
  
  Project Manager/Office Services/Telecommunications. Reported to the Director, Office Services/Telecommunications. Responsibilities included planning, implementation, marketing, and training of campus-wide ID card/debit card system; daily administrative maintenance of this system; special management presentations utilizing graphic design and desktop publishing; budget development and reporting.

• Project Manager

  GTE EFT Services/GTE North

  (Banking industry)

  September 1987 — March 1989 (1 year 7 months)

  Project Manager/GTE North, Inc. Assigned to GTE North Public Affairs group reporting to the Director, Public Affairs. Traveled frequently. Terminated employment to relocate to Florida.
  
  Project Manager/Conversion-Training Specialist/GTE EFT Services, Inc. Employed by EFT Services with responsibility for development of all customer training programs, software manuals, and user information. Reassigned to GTE North Public Affairs as a result of dissolution of EFT Services business unit.

• Electronic Delivery Services Representative

  FIS/FiServ

  (Banking industry)

  May 1983 — September 1987 (4 years 5 months)

  Responsible for planning and implementation of FIS' entry into the ATM/POS marketplace. Traveled frequently. Terminated employment to accept position with GTE.

• Admin

  Fidelity Bank

  (Public Company; Design industry)

  1979 — 1983 (4 years )

Mari Steed’s Education

• Florida Institute of Technology

  None , Computer Science , 1989 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Research Associate, College of Engineering; ONR, NREL and other grant projects.
  Developed campus-wide ID card and debit card system
  Developed internal campus charge-back system for telecommunications and copy services.
  Budget management for numerous restricted and unrestricted accounts

• West Chester State University

  None , Theater/Speech/Communications , September 1978 — May 1979

  Activities and Societies:

  Theater productions: Moliere's 'The Miser' (French maid); 'Effect of Gamma Rays' (Prop Master); stage lighting, construction.

Additional Information

Mari Steed’s Websites:

• culchie.works

Mari Steed’s Interests:

Born Cork, Ireland, widowed, two children, health excellent. Enjoy writing, web development, graphic design, music, theatre, art, Irish literature, promotions/public relations, and rock trivia. Currently involved in book, script and documentary development on several adoption-themed projects. Dual EU/US citizenship, fluent in Spanish.

Mari Steed’s Groups:

8/2003 - Present Justice for Magdalenes, US Public Relations
1/2004 - Present Adopted Citizens of Éire (ACE), Public Relations Officer
8/2000 - Present AdoptionIreland, Ltd., US Coordinator
10/2000 - Present PA State Adoption Task Force, Subcommittee/PA Senate
3/1999 - Present Bastard Nation, PA State Director
7/1997 - Present Webgrrls International, Member

•    Designers Talk
•    Ex-GTE Alumni
•    New Media Hire
•    Bank of America Employees & Alumni Network

Mari Steed’s Honors:

WEB-BASED PROJECTS/URLs:
http://www.netreach.net/~steed
http://www.wacphila.org
http://www.netreach.net/~steed/localmusic/ (website in development for Local Music Café)
http://www.netreach.net/~steed/magdalen.html
http://www.magdalenelaundries.com
http://www.adoptionireland.com (short-listed for an Eircom 'Golden Spider' Internet Award)
http://www.facilities.fit.edu
http://www.bastards.org
http://mycard.fleet.com
http://cards.fleet.com
http://www.bankofamerica.com/creditcards/

Mari Steed’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch