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August 2018 to Current
Project Manager and System Designer
EyeOn Technologies
Project manager and designer of customized surveillance, deterrence and access control systems. Developed camera-driven solutions to fulfill customer needs. Budgeted, planned and executed installations; including sourcing and ordering materials, coordinating labor and client schedules and reconciling project expenses and calculating company profits.
- Brought scalability to project sales and execution process by redefining the requirements gathering process and project transition from sales to execution for better efficiency and knowledge transfer. Created a documentation system including hand-off forms, filing system and implemented project tracking software; streamlining the entire process.
- Increased project profitability by redesigning the quoting system to account for missing variables and reducing salesman’s need for product expertise.
- Helped create recurring revenue streams by developing a stand-alone and easily deployed rental device. Coordinated closely with the sales team, technical team and installers to synthesize customer needs, technical capabilities and options, power and physical requirements into a marketable device. Prototyped, tested and built deployed systems.
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August 2013 to
March 2018Manager, Online Tools & Resources
Hilton, Focused Serivce Brand Brand Hospitality
Manager of internal websites and digital resources supporting day-to-day hotel operations for over 4,500 hotels, worldwide. Worked with internal partners, clients and departments to define requirements and develop custom web, email and digital solutions that support a wide range of operational and communications needs - including data clarity and organization, hotel resupply ordering, Team Member training, social sharing and event registration.
- Redesigned internal Hilton brand information sites’ user experience and information architecture with a user-centric focus, based on user testing and web design best practices. Minimized page load times and drastically reduced average user time-to-find information. Implemented all enhancements without interruption to business activities.
- Expanded website design and maintenance capacity of team by developing a SASS design system that reduced code duplication near 90%. It was flexible enough to apply to five SharePoint and Departmental sites while maintaining specific branding customizations of each.
- Implemented a highly efficient, database-driven solution for hotel resupply ordering information. It drastically increased product findability and was quickly adopted across several Hilton brands.
- Defined Focused Service Brand Team identity with style guidelines, designs and document templates.
- Supported internal communications by producing designs for print and digital campaigns.
- Effectively managed a team of two contractors (one web publisher and one graphic designer)
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Jul 2011 to
Aug 2013Internal Brand Publisher
Hilton, Hampton Brand Culture & Internal Communications
Internal newsletter and website publisher for Hampton Brand Culture and Internal Communications department.
- Supported communications by creating graphics and programming layout for individual email distributions, campaigns and multiple weekly newsletters (distributed through CheetahMail).
- Supported operations by maintaining and enhancing usability of the corporate internal operations website.
- Reduced costs by producing many graphic designs in-house
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May 2011 to
May 2013Web Technology Consultant, Contractor
Robert Half Technology
Contracted for several short-term projects including assisting in the design (HTML and CSS) of a dental records web application and contributing in the re-branding of a transportation company's web-based customer management portal.
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Sep 2007 to
Aug 2010Technology Coordinator
Central Academy
Technology coordination and implementation, network administration as well as classroom instruction and technology curriculum development based on state standards.
- Increased school visibility and patron interaction by rebuilding and managing the school website focusing on useful and relevant information.
- Reduced IT costs and increased capacity by designing and implementing a complete network hardware and software solution; expanded network from 16 to 60 computers, incorporated a Linux domain controller and later migrating to a Windows Server 2008 with Active Directory.
Experience
References
Portfolio
Education
University of West Florida
Bachelor of Philosophy
2003
Philosophy studies: Logic, Religion, Psychology, Ethics, Theories of science, mathematics, history, morality and existence
Minor, Internet Technologies
2001
Internet Technology studies: web languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.), protocols (FTP, HTTPS, email, etc.), Internet structure (DNSs, IPs), introductory Java, and Graphic Design
Training
Work Experience
2003 -
20+ years of technology work experience; continuously developing skills and building value.
Skills
- Project Planning & Leadership
- Process Development and Optimization
- HTML & CSS Coding
- Graphic Design
- Network Hardware
- Computer Hardware
- User Experience Design
Software Experience
- Text Code Editors (SublimeText, VS Code) / moderate
- GIT version control systems / minimal
- Adobe Photoshop / advanced
- Adobe Dreamweaver / advanced
- Adobe Illustrator / advanced
- Sharepoint / moderate
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) / advanced
Hobbies
- Audio/Video Technology
- Home Renovations
- Genealogy Research
- Guitar