Developing ideas and supporting people in a customer-centric, team-oriented environment where I can creatively contribute to the quality of life in any organization while enhancing its sustainability, diversity, and the bottom line. I believe that applying skilled analysis to a system can be a revolutionary and life-affirming act.

Skills

Collaborative Leadership
Project Management
People Management
Community and Food Systems Development
Grant Writing
Teaching
Farming
Permaculture Design
Human Performance Technology Analysis and Intervention
Technical Documentation and Training
Computer System Analysis and Implementation

US Coordinator/Nonprofit Project Director:
Work with sociocratically-governed global team and US-based producers, hubs, and others to implement the US instance of an Open Source software platform for the marketing, sales and distribution of food by farmers, farmer's markets, food hubs, pantries, and more. Liaise with global team and other national/regional instances to care for the commons.
Key Skills: Global meeting and communications facilitation, project management, open source software development tools, outreach and organizational advocacy. 

2017-2018:
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center

Kitchen Work Practice Apprentice:
With the support of Zen Center leadership, performed progressively complex duties in a kitchen that provided three nutritious vegetarian meals per day for up to 200 people per meal. Integrated work with Zen Buddhist study and practice in monastic community setting.
Key Skills: Planning meals and events, crew and work supervision, observation, cooking, process improvement. 

2015-2017:
Surprise Valley Saturday Market/Surprise Valley Grown/Modoc Harvest

Market Co-Manager/Food Hub Co-Founder/Executive Director:
Co-managed the first Certified Farmer's Market in Modoc County, wrote one grant to fund two years of staffing, outreach activities, producer support, and the formation of a local-food oriented nonprofit and wrote another grant to plan and implement region's first Food Hub. Co-founded and managed Food Hub.
Key Skills: Community engagement, nonprofit organization and development, corporate administration, regulatory compliance, reporting, grant writing.

2012-2014:
Oregon State University Extension

Field Educator:
As part of the statewide "GROW Healthy Kids and Communities" project team, conducted interviews, assessments and engaged community members around environmental factors that affect rural childhood obesity.
Key Skills: Planning, communication, research, assessment, event planning and preparation, garden-based elementary nutrition education, community building.

2011:
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

Field Enumerator:
Worked on two-person team to identify and mark statistically significant sample orchards and trees in rural Oregon for annual hazelnut objective yield survey. 
Key Skills: Attention to detail, initiative, problem solving, physical stamina.

2008-Present:
Locavore Farms

Farmer:
Created and managed the implementation of a small organic farm in the high desert of extreme northeastern California. Manage volunteer workers, supplies, equipment, crops, and marketing efforts, resulting in a unique community-enhancing experience for a remote and rural area.
Key Skills: Planning, people management, organic agriculture, habitat development and restoration, interface with governmental regulatory agencies, money management, creative fund raising, community building.

2007-2011:
Portland State University

Graduate Student:
MA-TESOL student in Applied Linguistics department. Courses of study in intercultural communication, cognitive development, language acquisition, teaching methods, international English, and revitalization of endangered indigenous languages. Teaching experience as graduate teaching assistant.
Key Skills: Teaching, teamwork, research, writing.

2010:
SUN Community ESL

Practicum participant in award-winning Community ESL program:
Designed and implemented English as a Second Language curriculum for multilevel, open entry/exit class for adult immigrants and refugees. With class, revitalized local community garden, resulting in development and delivery of workshop for educators entitled "You Can Teach ESL in the Garden!"
Key skills: Lesson and materials design, flexibility, English language teaching.

2010:
Azumano Travel

English Teacher:
Designed and implemented English as a Second Language curriculum for Japanese teenagers in the US. Lessons incorporated the outdoors, art, and adventure projects.
Key skills: Lesson and materials design, classroom management, creativity, English language teaching.

2006:
Portland Metro YMCA

Curriculum Designer/English Teacher:
Worked with a small team to design and implement complete English as a Second Language curriculum for Japanese teenagers in the US. Materials were designed to be reusable, relevant to real-world activities, and flexible.
Key skills: Lesson and materials design, classroom management, teamwork, English language teaching.

2005:
Independent Language and Career Consultant

Language Teacher and Career Coach:
Provided internet-based English-language instruction and translation for German university graduates and technology professionals. Typical projects included web forms and surveys, Curriculum Vitae, cover letters.
Key skills: English language teaching, business and technology terminology, coaching, customer service

2003-2004:
QAnalysts LLC,
Santa Clara, CA

Principal Consultant:
Acted as engineering project manager for java-based VOIP system. Provided consultation on schedule, budget, and product integration.
Key skills: Negotiation, product and project management, communication.

2002-2003: TheraMedia Solutions, Santa Clara, CA

Founder and CEO:
Building health care multimedia company from concept though customer, product, and market development required to bring product successfully to market.
Key Skills: Influence and persuasion, articulation of vision, people management, financial planning, effective writing and presentation.

1995-2002:
Cisco Systems,
San Jose, CA

Engineering Manager:
Managed 35 software engineers (junior to senior level) who built and enhanced a system to manage the infrastructure and applications used to run the company globally, including system and network monitoring, service management, messaging and directories, configuration management for networked devices, call centers, and process support. Managed Strategic Architecture Group for Enterprise Management.
Key skills: People Management, Technology Management, Cross-functional, global, and virtual team management.

Manager, Information Technology Learning Group:
Led the creation of the IT Learning Group and oversaw its evolution from a technology training team to a results-based consultative group focused on innovative ways to enhance productivity through targeted knowledge transfer. Drove creation of coordinated global IT Learning Groups in the US, EMEA, Asia Pacific, and the Americas. Operated with budget surplus for 2 years while expanding group and implementing business-based metrics for success.
Key Skills: Human Performance Technology (a systems-based approach to organized work), People Management, Cross-functional, global, and virtual team management, informal and e-learning optimization, design, and implementation.

Manager, Technology Apprenticeship Program:
Created and managed program to prepare high-potential Liberal Arts and Science grads for successful careers in IT. Provided 35 outstanding employees to company in two years at no cost beyond what would have been paid to temps.
Key Skills: Recruiting, Training, Negotiation, Motivation, Communication, People Management, Financial Management.

Project Manager:
Start-to-finish oversight of design, architecture, and implementation of global, consolidated source of operational data for use by reporting and decision-support applications.
Key Skills: Project Management, distributed (Oracle) database design and implementation, application management, operational management

Infrastructure Project Manager:
Development, application, and enforcement of standards for applications and operational documentation, supervision of training program, implementation of web-based information delivery systems.
Key Skills: Project Management, cross-functional communication, process improvement, training, documentation, operational standardization.