
Digital Library Program Lead / Information Management & Communications
Greater Denver Area

Digital Library Program Lead / Information Management & Communications
Greater Denver Area
Content management; content analysis and evaluation; product development and deployment; search engines; portals; wiki/blogs; information retrieval and discovery; social networking tools; virtual worlds; information architecture; content deployment; usage and metrics analysis, reporting; content creation and editing; product/services marketing and awareness; content integration; strategic relationship/partner management; business/partner development; contract negotiations.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)
August 1999 — Present (10 years)
Responsible for: content management, content selection and evaluation, business, market, technical, and competitive content, strategic relationship management with content partners, contract negotiations, search and retrieval technologies, information architecture, usage and metrics gathering and reporting, content integration within portals, wikis, blogs, social networks, Second Life, microblogs etc., blog management, social media advocate and specialist, virtual world project management and events, knowledge and information sharing, content creation and editing, system and product requirements gathering/writing/tracking, product and program development and deployment, communications and awareness efforts within Sun on information resources and services.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)
October 1996 — January 2000 (3 years 4 months)
Responsible for conducting business, market, competitive and technical research for Sun employees. Synthisize and analyze research results for each of delivery.
MLIS , Library and Information Science , September 1996 — June 1999
BS , Managerial Economics , September 1991 — June 1995
New technology to enable information and people discovery; product and program management; collaboration; social networking; web 2.0 concepts and tools; content and publishing industry; information consulting; snowboarding/skiiing; environment; family and friends.
Speical Libraries Association; Content Management Pros; McGraw Hill Digital Board
Speaker at a variety of information and library industry conferences such as Internet Librarian and SLA Chapter events. Published author in Information Outlook, Intranet Professional, and interviewed for articles in Outsell, Searcher, Library Journal, and others. Awarded San Jose State University Library & Information Science "40 for 40" award for being one of forty most influential alumni in the school's 40 years.