Work History

• Friends of the Spoil Islands

  Board of Directors (November 2019 - Present)

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  • Ensure the organization realizes it's mission and vision.
  • Member of the technology committee.
  • Manage the organizations website and e-mail addresses.
  • Oversee the organizations online marketing strategies.
  • Assist in fundraising efforts and raising awareness of the organization and of our cause.
• metaParse, LLC

  Founder & CEO (January 2017 - Present)

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  • Ensure the organization has a long-range strategy which achieves it’s mission.
  • Provide on-site or virtual professional development for clients and partners.
  • Responsible for the recruitment, employment, and release of all personnel.
  • Establish partnerships with educational organizations to improve services for all clients.
  • Lead the development of our internal educational software services platform.
  • Assess industry trends to ensure that our data systems meet the needs of an ever changing environment.
• Education Achievement Authority of Michigan

  Systems Analyst (July 2014 - December 2014)

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  • Under Governor Snyders Office, I served as district systems administrator for PowerSchool, MiStar, TIENET, Edulink, State and Federal Programs, (MSDS/BAA/REP/FID/SID/EEM/CTEIS), and the Tyler Pulse Data Warehouse.
  • Facilitated integration between information systems to improve flexibility and performance.
  • Monitored district and school performance metrics including student achievement, enrollment, attendance, and discipline through in depth data analysis.
  • Developed custom reports and data tools within PowerSchool that help improve data accuracy and productivity throughout the district as well as promoted data informed decisions.
  • Served as data analyst for the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), working in collaboration with SAS and VARC to create a comprehensive internal value-added growth model to evaluate teacher effectiveness.
• Cadeezo, LLC

  Co-Founder & CEO (July 2012 - December 2016)

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  • Determined strategic direction of the organization and established a business model to help accomplish our goals.
  • Grew our client base by networking with local business professionals and fostered cross organizational cooperation.
  • Developed the organizations marketing plan and managed the implementation.
  • Direct the development team in creating products and services targeted toward assisting small businesses by providing cost effective solutions to routine problems, needs, or aspirations.
  • Managed development team to ensure projects were completed in a timely manor and to the satisfaction of our clients.
• W-A-Y Program/B&G Innovations

  Director of Technology/Lead Developer (July 2010 - June 2013)

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  • Managed the technology department and oversaw all technical needs; reported to the Executive Directors.
  • Maintained the virtual environment along with physical equipment, which included more than 3,000 active users and machines.
  • Developed all versions of what would eventually become the HERO system.
  • Managed the team that updated, expanded, and maintained the HERO system.
  • Provided data analysis and reporting of information derived from the HERO system and the FirstClass environment which primarily included student performance and attendance tracking for the entire program.
  • Worked closely with our twelve campus locations to create custom reports as needed as well as analyzed student performance data and verified data integrity for each individual location.
  • Worked with other “Central Team” members to analyze raw data and transform it into comprehensive reports that could be used to inform decisions.
• Westwood School District

  Computer/Network Specialist (Sep 2002 - July 2010)

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  • Managed the district technology department team members; reported to the Director of Technology.
  • Assisted in planning and implementing technology needs throughout the district.
  • Responsible for maintaining the districts network, servers, printers, email system, website, and computers.
  • Worked closely with the Cyber High School to develop the reporting system used for tracking student progress; analyzed data and created custom reports.
• Crestwood School District

  Computer Technician (Aug 2001 - Sep 2002)

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  • Responsible for troubleshooting and repairing computer, printer, and minor network problems for the district.
  • Worked independently to resolve single user issues and partnered with a team of technicians on larger projects.
  • Developed a simple attendance tracking system for the elementary schools to eliminate the need of the existing mainframe system that had become obsolete.
  • Facilitated individual training and support for the elementary school staff on the newly developed attendance system.
• Henry Ford Community College

  Co-Op Student/Computer Programmer (Jan 2001 - Aug 2001)

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  • Worked as a team member to resolve problems relating to the Bridge 32 mainframe system.
  • Developed the process for selecting and adding students to a newly established Dean’s List for students who only attended the college on a part-time basis.
  • Generated several reports and programs using the COBOL language as requested by department heads.
  • Wrote and modified large programs to assist the college’s conversion to the new Oracle based Datatel system.