Resume

Accomplished project manager with a strong background in requirements gathering and analysis, deployment, training, system administration, program management, and communication. Experienced in operations and account management, as well as strong team leadership abilities. Builds long-standing relationships with internal and external partners to identify problems, find solutions, and implement improvements.

Core Competencies

● Project & Program Management                 

● Account / Relationship Management                  

● Cross-Functional Collaboration

● Team Leadership / Management                

● CRM System Operations                                          

● Coaching / Training / Mentoring

● Issue Identification & Resolution                  

● Documentation / Training Materials                    

● Zendesk / Desk.com / Asana

Professional Experience

Consultant ­ | Independent Consulting | Oakland

March 2015 – Present

• Consulted with local and international organizations on department growth, CRM configuration, customer relationship development, and industry best practices.
• Developed data collection and feedback systems for continuous improvement and program stability at worldwide non-profit.
• Managed comprehensive process and workflow discovery projects and installed lasting structures.
• Communicated and created strong connections a variety of stakeholders in different fields, organizations, and countries.

Support Operations Manager ­ | Scoot Networks | San Francisco

March 2019 – July 2019

• Managed a thorough business analysis of Scoot’s support teams in three countries, and prepared the team for acquisition transition over three months. Exited the company when Scoot was acquired by Bird.
• Built a data-driven recommendation plan for future tool and process development, focusing on efficiency, sustainability, and consistency across teams in three countries, time zones, and languages, including regional accents.
• Analyzed support metrics and team performance using Looker, Zendesk Explore, and Dashboard.
• Integrated region-specific support teams in 3 countries for the first time in the company’s history.

Program Manager – Support ­ | Burning Man | San Francisco

March 2015 – March 2019

• Developed Burning Man’s first comprehensive user support program for internal and end-user communities.
• Developed comprehensive project plan to implement and administer Zendesk and Desk.com, including Slack and Salesforce integrations, trainings, workflows, and FAQs. Administered, supported, and trained on Slack, Shiftboard, and custom software.
• Drove business analysis processes and managed vendor relationships for Zendesk, Desk.com, Shiftboard, and third-party contractors including requirements gathering, RFPs, procurement, purchase negotiations, and contract renewals.
• Collaborated cross-departmentally to define department needs, build out and train teams, and incorporate new processes into the existing support structure. Today, over 70% of Burning Man departments use processes I created.
• Managed and coached staff, including 3 direct reports and 50 ancillary teams with 150+ agents, in best practices, technical tools, event processes, soft skills, and custom software.
• Created custom documentation and training materials for Slack, Zendesk, Desk.com, Shiftboard, Asana, and PBWorks.
• Created and executed annual system reviews based on reporting dashboards, incoming case data, agent records, and knowledgebase traffic. Defined success metrics and forecast expected case loads.

Account Manager / Support Lead ­ | StubHub | San Francisco

January 2012 – September 2014

• Managed accounts for major newspaper partners, building new business relationships through customer outreach, creating bi-weekly newsletters and directly supporting the product.
• Led the partner and end-user support team, facilitating best practices training, technical support, user and team analytics, and customer outreach.
• Successfully expanded the support structure from a single representative to a three-person team, building, editing and managing end-user and partner-focused knowledgebase providing a best-in-class support structure.
• Published a series of Partner newsletters for Zvents/StubHub partners.
• Leveraged expertise in issue and conflict resolution, fielding escalations as the Support Lead and providing resolution to even the most irate or complex customer situations

Customer Support & Community Outreach ­ | Zvents | San Mateo

January 2011 – December 2012

• Created the company’s community outreach program, managing the social media presence, creating a community and partners support portal, responding to first-tier and second-tier support requests and editing database content for accuracy.
• Resolved questions and concerns via email and phone, clarifying issues through smooth communication, as well as collaborating cross-functionally with engineering to update product features.
• Led the successful transition to Zendesk as a ticket management system, greatly increasing flexibility and response time and improving volume-over-time by 40%.

English Instructor ­ | CSU Sacramento | Sacramento

August 2008 – May 2010

• Directly instructed students of all levels, ranging from remedial to graduate, in writing practices, skills, research fundamentals and academic formats including MLA, APA and Chicago styles.
• Personally tutored students in a literature, writing and composition, as well as performing lab instruction and traditional classroom learning in classes of up to 20+ students.

Account Manager ­ | Bepress | Berkeley

January 2007 – June 2008

• Managed relationships as primary contact for a boutique academic press throughout the western US and Canada, as well as Austria and Switzerland.
• Analyzed usage statistics and administered journal subscriptions for universities, teaching hospitals, major libraries,  and academic institutions.

Publications & Patents

Patent: Systems and Methods for Generating a Dynamic Personalized Events Feed (US9390401B2) (2012)

Burning Man Journal blog series (2015-2019)

Burning Man Podcast contributions (2017 and 2018)                 

Series of Partner newsletters for Zvents/StubHub partners. (2011-2014)

Education

Master of Arts (MA) in Creative Writing, Sacramento State University (2010)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English & Medieval Studies, UC Davis (2006)

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