Business Capabilities
Project Management, Research and Copywriting, Training and Facilitation, Online Media Development, Communications

 

Technical Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Access, Publisher, Filemaker
PmWiki, Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, HTML/CSS, Coda, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Acrobat

 

Languages
English (Native), Russian (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate)

Skills

Information & Media Services Consultant

  • Website development & management
  • Copywriting (online content, training materials, technical)
  • Database development (Access, Filemaker)
  • Market research / Competitive Intelligence
  • Video and podcast planning, scripting and production
  • Outreach communications (newsletters, special reports)
  • Domain name research and purchasing
  • SEO and SEM strategy development and implementation
  • Social media relationship development
  • Content management system customization (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal)

US Government – Local Contract Positions

  • Emergency Preparedness Coordinator – Lima, Peru
  • Outreach Communications Specialist – La Paz, Bolivia
  • Administrative Logistics Coordinator – Tel Aviv, Israel/Palestine
  • Housing Coordinator – Tel Aviv, Israel/Palestine

 

Private/Educational Sector Experience

  • Global MBA Faculty Facilitator, Thunderbird GSM – Lima, Peru
  • Senior Analyst, Weber & Associates – Chantilly, VA
  • Branch Coordinator, American Russian Center (University of Alaska) – Yakutsk/ Magadan, Russian Federation

Experience

  • Various platforms were used for these sites including: WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.
  • Information architecture, content and graphics customizations and hosting administration were all part of these projects’ deliverables.

Portfolio

Education

  • MBA International Management – Thunderbird School of Global Management (Glendale, AZ)
  • BA Russian Area Studies/Russian Language – Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
  • Irkutsk Pedagogical Institute (Irkutsk, Russia), 1992-93 – academic exchange program

 

Affiliations
AAFSW (2010-2011)
ASIS&T Member (2009-2011)
International Webmasters Association (IWA) Member (2004-2011)

 

Awards

  • Meritorious Honor Award (2003)
  • Franklin Award (2007, 2009)

Education & Affiliations

Communications

  • Developed and launched several websites for non-profit and commercial organizations using HTML/CSS, PMWiki, and content management systems (WordPress, Joomla and Drupal)
  • Delivered content maintenance and website update (content, graphics, file backups, hosting administration) services to clients in non-profit and commercial services for HTML/CSS and content management system (CMS) websites
  • Developed and maintained databases in Filemaker and MySQL to track research notes, immigration & visa statistics, and keyword taxonomy development
  • Prepared and distributed newsletters, press releases and fact sheets for Integrated Development public relations activities. Project Manager for documentary multimedia project. (USAID/Bolivia)
  • Compiled and managed an electronic library of reference materials about emergency preparedness to inform and educate community members (US Embassy Peru)

 

Operations Management

  • Extensive experience using web-based project management and coordination tools to work with clients located throughout the world.
  • Collaboratively developed an integrated warden system tool for US Embassy Lima, Peru and improved the accuracy of the contacts database (over 500 people) by 50%.
  • Developed Access database to track regional travel in the West Bank and Gaza territories by date and personnel in order to calculate cost allocation by office and agency

Achievements