
Songwriter, Performer at Sea Gypsy Music
Phoenix, Arizona Area

Songwriter, Performer at Sea Gypsy Music
Phoenix, Arizona Area
I am the author of The I.T. Career Builder's Toolkit: The Complete Guide To Building Your Technology Career In Any Economy (Cisco Press - a Prentice-Hall/Pearson Education imprint) as well as several articles on technology and professional development.
I also write a popular blog on IT career development and consulting for IT Toolbox
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/matthewmoran
http://www.MatthewMoranOnline.com
Speaker: Presented to numerous organizations and conferences on technology, professional development, and innovation/creativity. Venues include: Upper Great Plains Technology Conference, Prentice Hall IT Conferences, PC Expo in Manhattan, Primerica Financial, Minnesota Workforce Development Centers, Techies.com, Glendale Civic Auditorium, University of Phoenix, and others...
I consult on niche technology projects, providing strategic technology planning and project management.
Provided technology and business consulting and implementation to various clients including: Northrop Grumman, HealthNet, Latham & Watkins, Turner Broadcasting, Primerica, and others...
Served as VP of Technology & Corporate Communications, creating and implementing all key technologies for a health benefits and financial services company.
Served as CIO & equity partner for a financial services company. Developed in-house client tracking system and self-service web application. Helped develop affiliate marketing programs that grew company from 40 employees with 250 clients to 140 employees with more than 2700 clients.
Senior Business Analyst for Wellpoint/Blue Cross of California: Designed, programmed and implemented a high-performance document assembly, electronic printing, and production tracking system for their Large Group practice.
Document assembly systems, network scripting and standardized computing environments.
Strategic planning, business and workflow analysis.
Staff development, project development
(Music industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1998 — Present (10 years)
Provide workshops on business productivity, marketing, creativity and innovation, and professional development.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1995 — Present (13 years)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — January 2008 (1 month)
Provided the kick off presentation to their 2008 lecture series. Proactive Career Strategies. This was a motivational presentation with an anecdotal story of my son and a phrase he woke me with one morning...
IT'S ON!!!! IT'S ON DAD!!!!
Included a guitar performance...
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
January 2008 — January 2008 (1 month)
Presented Blog, Podcasts, & Social Media - providing an overview of tools and strategies for including them into a cohesive business/marketing plan.
Special emphasis on Wordpress as a platform to gain search engine placement and to publish audio and video content.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Establishing and training sales and marketing on blogging and content strategies. Consulted on CRM implementation
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 11 months)
I provide technology to business blueprinting/planning as well as strategic I.T. initiative development. Built specialized web-based reporting tools, deployed across their corporate intranet.
Redesigned and implemented their new network including VPN and web services connectivity with outside vendors.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
February 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 11 months)
Consult in the areas of business development and technology, building systems for tracking sales, partner marketing programs, and internal product and sales distribution.
Help create strategic alliances for new markets.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MCD; Restaurants industry)
August 2006 — August 2006 (1 month)
Provided the keynote presentation for the 2006 I/S Career Conference, the Value-added Technologists...
Included The IT Job Seeker's Song - written on the plane on the way to the conference. This, is not recommended....
Here is a link to the lyrics and performance...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/career/archives/the-it-job-seeker-song-performed-live-11368
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
November 2002 — September 2003 (11 months)
Involved in all aspects of technology planning and implementation. Software development and company infrastructure.
Develop corporate press-releases, branding and marketing campaigns for affiliate marketing partners. Manage and tracked all affiliate response inquiries through various web technologies.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years)
(Public Company; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1989 — 1995 (6 years)
1981 — 1984
songwriting, collaborative technologies (ZOHO.COM), writing, hockey, music performance
Pearson/Prentice Hall, Scottsdale Job Network, AITP