I’m a divergent thinker with 20 years of experience building scalable, efficient, quality-focused teams. I’m an expert information architect, business strategist, and project manager by day. I’m a loving, dedicated animal rescue volunteer by night.

Areas of Expertise

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Business Strategy

Project Management

Instructional Design

Content Strategy

Employment History

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Apple Oct. 2010—July 2022

Support Engineer III

  • Manage partnerships with AppleTV Video Operations, fraud investigators, and worldwide support teams.

  • Examine business processes to identify workflow issues, propose solutions, and develop project plans.

  • Present project proposals and updates to stakeholders and senior leadership.

  • Manage timelines, identify dependencies, and deliver regular progress reports.

  • Drive change management, assess problems, and develop mitigation plans.

Support Engineer II

  • Analyze customer interactions with support resources, and propose improvements.

  • Examine customer support workflows and internal resources to identify opportunities.

  • Create documentation to ensure calibration among global support teams.

  • Drive business practice improvements by interpreting data from reporting tools.

Support Engineer I

  • Perform training needs assessments, task analyses, and learning evaluations.

  • Design and deliver training to customer support teams and management.

  • Write, edit, publish, and maintain procedural documentation.

AppleCare Senior Specialist

  • Evaluate customer interactions with support teams to identify training needs.

  • Analyze data from reporting tools, to identify trends and business practice improvements.

AppleCare Advisor

  • Facilitate support for members of Apple Developer Program

  • Provide technical support for Apple products via phone, email, and chat.

WTL Inc. Apr. 2002-Oct. 2010

Network Operations Center Manager

  • Manage a 15-person satellite communications center.

  • Monitor network performance and allocate operational resources.

Satellite Operation and Control Specialist

  • Execute phases of Geospatial Intelligence Operations.

  • Identify electronic jamming and deception, and deploy countermeasures.

U.S. Army June 1995 — Sept. 2002

Software Proficiency

 

PowerPoint / Keynote

Expert-level proficiency with presentation tools from Microsoft and Apple.

 

Quip, Trello, ThinkSpace

Extensive experience with numerous collaboration tools.

 

Graphic

Highly proficient with Picta’s vector illustration and design software.

 
 

Word / Pages

Expert-level proficiency with word processing programs by Microsoft and Apple.

 

Jira / Omniplan

Proficient with project management tools from Atlassian and OmniGroup.

 

Final Cut Pro

Extensive experience with Apple’s video editing software.

 

Excel / Numbers

Proficient with spreadsheet programs by Microsoft and Apple.

 

Adobe Connect

Highly proficient with Adobe’s virtual classroom platform.

 

Spurious

This one isn't real. If you’re reading this, I’ll probably enjoy working with you.

 

Volunteer Work

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Sometimes heroes need saving too. I spend the majority of my free time helping animal friends find homes.