Knowledge Manager; Strategy Consultant; Program Manager; Tech Enthusiast; IT Consultant; Blogger
Greater Seattle Area
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- Knowledge Manager at ECG Management Consultants
- Owner, Consultant at Toby Getsch Consulting
- Technology Strategist at Drug Free Business
- Production Manager at Microsoft, Digital Media Division
- IS and Marketing Coordinator at Career Professionals
- Associate Manager, Business Development at Performark
- Education
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- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Normandale College
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Toby Getsch’s Summary
Technology enthusiast with 10 years of technical consulting expertise. Visionary leadership of partners and vendors with acumen to serve as strategic link between technical and business management teams. Skillful business process innovation and project management.
Toby Getsch’s Specialties:
knowledge management, strategic communications, business development, IT architecture, business process reengineering, IT strategy, management consulting, change management, crisis communications, business strategy
Toby Getsch’s Experience
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Knowledge Manager
ECG Management Consultants
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year)
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Owner, Consultant
Toby Getsch Consulting
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2006 (7 years)
strategy consulting, strategic communications, business development, IT architecture, business process reengineering, IT strategy, management consulting, change management, crisis communications, business strategy
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Technology Strategist
Drug Free Business
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
Managed IT infrastructure for a multi-million dollar company. Oversaw IT strategy, business architecture, service delivery, procurement, and maintenance functions.
* Program manager for online and enterprise applications. Improved data quality, security, and reporting. Redesigned processes for random drug testing and roster management from multi-day engagements to resolve in minutes with exponential scalability.
* Created and launched public and internal web sites, including corporate intranet. Implemented SharePoint, enterprise database tools, and secure remote access to improve collaboration between headquarters, satellite locations, and 3K+ customers.
* Advised Executive Director on market strategy and business development that resulted in a change management plan and 200% revenue growth.
* Featured technology success story, Microsoft Small Business -
Production Manager
Microsoft, Digital Media Division
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
Go-to contact for a virtual team of 100+ vendors and strategic partners that contributed to the early adoption of High Definition DVDs using Microsoft’s WMV HD platform. Educated senior management level partners in the new ecosystem of HD DVD production.
* Setup and implemented intradepartmental testing procedures to move product builds through internal content review.
* Developed internal asset management system to facilitate national and international logistics of digital assets for every project, including internal Microsoft and external partner resources.
* Directed daily triage of priorities and high-level decisions regarding simultaneous HD DVD productions. Managed the complete product cycle release and shipping experience. -
IS and Marketing Coordinator
Career Professionals
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years)
Coordinated all marketing and PR campaigns along with IT and communications infrastructure systems for a multi-million dollar employment service organization.
* Architected, deployed, and maintained a proprietary candidate tracking and recruiter workflow management system that facilitated an increase in managing quality resume traffic from approximately 200 to ~2K/month, while also being scalable to accommodate future growth.
* Coordinated day-to-day technology needs, including PC and phone systems. Performed system administrator and webmaster functions.
* Managed communications and advertising budget, vendor selection, development of marketing collateral, and marketing distribution. -
Associate Manager, Business Development
Performark
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Innovated online research and surveys, resulting in rapid business growth and reduction of personnel hours. Project manager for a complete redesign of Performark.com and sales demo project that secured a new $2M+/year client.
* Initiated and pioneered online survey technology that enabled rapid business growth.
* Initiated the creation of and was the project manager for an online questionnaire that is included with new accounts and is used to update existing accounts. This has resulted in additional revenue and fewer personnel hours to launch each new account.
* Managed a web site redesign and maintenance plan.
* Managed tradeshow events including booth design, direct marketing, demos, and lead fulfillment.
Toby Getsch’s Education
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
B.A., Communications, 1996 — 1998
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Normandale College
A.A., 1994 — 1996
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Toby Getsch’s Interests:
knowledge management, strategy consulting, strategic communications, business development, IT architecture, business process reengineering, IT strategy, management consulting, change management, crisis communications, business strategy
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