Coordinate content development, management, and support services for the College's World Wide Web environment. Specific responsibilities and accomplishments:

• Manage numerous Web sites for the College. Supervise writing, editing, information architecture, programming, and visual design. A sample of Web projects is available.

• Chaired a faculty committee which planned the future of WWW at Michigan Engineering (appointed by the Dean of the College).

• Lead projects to migrate a number of critical information sources to an on-line environment, including the College's course catalog, faculty directory, career services, and alumni relations.

• Consult and advise faculty and units for management, design, and implementation of WWW resources for on-line teaching, research, and administrative resources.

Senior Research Associate - 1992-1996
Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), University of Michigan College of Engineering

Managed the Office's activities in electronic collaboration. Used the Internet, teleconferencing and other interactive media to build relationships with the College's external partners. Specific responsibilities and accomplishments:

• Developed World Wide Web sites for collaborative research centers and other college programs.

• Constructed and managed a "teleinteraction"; facility, which provided interactive teleconferencing to researchers.

• Managed technical support staff for the department's computing environment.

• Built partnerships with external organizations for economic development and technology transfer projects. Liaison with state government, non-profit organizations, and private corporations. Significant accomplishments of these partnerships include the recruitment of corporate headquarters facilities for Borders, Inc. and Sony Electronic Publishing to Ann Arbor, and formation of the Michigan Internet Council.

• Served as a member of the department's management team. Authored the OTT Strategic Plan, and led a team that created a new objective personnel evaluation process, which was eventually adopted throughout the College.

• Recognized for substantial contributions to the economic development profession by the Michigan Economic Developers Association in 1995.

Research Associate - 1988-92
Industrial Development Division, University of Michigan

Provided management support of the department's economic development programs. Specific accomplishments:

• Managed the Michigan Economic Development Practitioners Training Program. Recruited speakers, prepared course materials and marketing information, and moderated five sessions per year.

• Programming, support and consulting for the Michigan Computer Aided Economic Development Program, which introduced microcomputers to all of Michigan's local economic development professionals. Activities included presentation of training sessions, technical support and field visits to over 50 offices throughout the state.

• Designed and managed the Michigan Community Economic Profile Database , a large, relational database of local unit economic development information for all of Michigan's 83 counties.

• Primary author of a study of business climate concerns of foreign firms doing business in Michigan (commissioned by the state government).

Co-Founder - 1995-97
Michigan Internet Council

The Michigan Internet Council is a group of Michigan businesses and organizations whose primary focus is the Internet. Successfully recruited participants for the new organization, chaired focus groups to investigate specific needs, moderated membership meetings, and served as liaison with other profit and non-profit organizations.

Co-Founder and Director - 1989-1994
Mid-American Global Education Council (MAGEC), Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Served as part of a volunteer management team that founded this non-profit corporation in 1990. MAGEC sponsors simulation conferences of international organizations for high school students from the Midwest. Successfully managed application for 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. Responsible for staff recruitment, training, and supervision, marketing, issues research, and negotiation with vendors.

Master of Public Policy, Institute for Public Policy Studies, University of Michigan, 1987

B.A., Economic Policy, James Madison College, Michigan State University, 1984