
Media Director at ZoomPool, a green tech company.
San Francisco Bay Area

Media Director at ZoomPool, a green tech company.
San Francisco Bay Area
Though my writing/editing experience and talents have been the foundation of my career, I also have a wide experience in building/managing departments and in tweaking business process flows. I organize, simplify, and update processes for smoother, more productive, and easier-to-maintain systems.
I like to use all my experience and talents in what I do and I never stop learning. Iam a certificated mediator in California and am studying for an Certified Associate Program Manager (CAPM) certificate with the Project Management Institute.
Two of my talents are being able to make data connections - I enjoy putting people together with information/products/services that can help them - and being able to keep things moving forward by asking questions that further conversation/negotiation.
I provide consultation about social media to small nonprofits, which allows me to do two things I am very passionate about - engage in communication through social media and serve my community by assisting small nonprofits in forging relationships with their next generation of supporters and volunteers.
Problem solving, research, business systems analysis, team building, coaching, mediation. Synthesis of discrete pieces of information to image a whole, which has made me a creative problem-solver. I like to discover what people have in common, which allows me to create productive connections. I'm an excellent communicator and have enjoyed years of success at building cohesive teams whose members support one another to reach goals while (corny as it sounds) pursuing excellence.
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
ZoomPool uses online community to make it easier and safer to rideshare. Save the planet one empty car seat at a time!
(Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Writing/graphic design, administration and workplace mediation. Also volunteer social media strategy consulting to local small nonprofits.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 11 months)
Website design and management, marketing communications authoring, design and deployment. IT support, research and purchasing. Fund development, donor relations.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; QM; Computer Software industry)
1998 — October 2002 (4 years)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1998 — March 1999 (8 months)
See work description for QuadraMed, which purchased CodeMaster in 1999.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)
August 1995 — August 1998 (3 years 1 month)
Worked with Marketing Director to create advertising and collateral, coordinate tradeshow booths, wrote product documentation, press releases, and white papers, designed and placed advertising, managed literature fulfillment, created technical illustrations for user manuals. Oversaw product photo shoots.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)
April 1986 — October 1989 (3 years 7 months)
Created Publications group. Designed space, researched/bought equipment, designed forms and procedures, hired/trained staff. Saved $70K in printing costs its first year. Made it possible for sales to deliver 400-500 evidence of coverage booklets to new clients within 2 days of contract.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
April 1984 — April 1986 (2 years 1 month)
Managed Documentation group for proprietary financial software. Provided business systems analysis and served as knowledge base expert.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)
1983 — 1985 (2 years)
Designed and wrote technical documents for proprietary manufacturing software based on HP platform. Created marketing and sales docs, interfaced with engineering.
Santa Cruz New Tech Alliance
Santa Cruz County Emergency Medical Care Commission
Leadership Santa Cruz County Alumni Association
Project Management Institute
Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California (ADRNC)