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5408 South Second Avenue
Everett WA 98203
425.879.1679 (cell) • 425.252.3498
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adam_davis@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/adam_davis/
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Summary |
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Senior manager with diverse experience leading information technology, business consulting, interactive media and marketing initiaves in the private and education sectors. |
Education |
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Yale University New Haven CT
MA International Relations 1999 |
Brigham Young University Provo, Utah
BA International Relations, 1996 |
Professional Experience |
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| 10/01- |
SouthernSkies Communications
Group Seattle, Washington
Director of Interactive Media and Technology |
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Managed development of interactive digital television
product delivered over existing switched network infrastructure. |
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Areas of managerial responsibility included all corporate
web-based initiatives, product usability, set-top box hardware, set-top
box software, content management system, and back-office CSR interfaces. |
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Other responsibilities included new business development
support, managing vendor relations, and ensuring consistent branding
and messaging across all corporate communications. |
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Reported directly to CTO and CEO. |
| 2/01-10/01 |
Big Mouth Seattle, Washington
Managing Consultant |
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Lead design and maintenance of web presence for a new
media/entertainment venture. Managed development of interactive components
for the firm's customer-facing products |
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Provided usability, information architecture, and technical
advice to an interactive marketing firm. Also assisted in new business
development and prospecting activities. |
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Analyzed market opportunity for a web-based instruction
tool for less commonly taught foreign languages. The interactive tool
integrated text with digital audio and video content to both teach
and assess foreign language skills. |
| 7/00-1/01 |
answerthink
Consulting Group San Francisco, California
Director of Production and Web Technology/Senior Business Analyst
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Member of senior management and strategic planning teams. |
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Provided business strategy to an international financial
services firm seeking to recoup their development costs for a state
of the art visual financial modeling tool. |
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Projects in development included a wireless interface
for internal project management systems and a highly interactive,
educational chemistry site for a leading chemical company geared at
elementary and middle school children. |
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Authored the Internet-related sections of an integrated
communications plan for a leading software firm selling TCP/IP-based
retail management software. |
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Produced web site for a Sydney-based company to represent
their management of the Japanese equity market's highest performing
mutual fund. |
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Developed information architecture and produced web
site for global aircraft leasing organization. |
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Led business strategy and information architecture teams
developing an Internet-based risk assessment tool for clients of a
financial services firm. |
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Shot and created multiple QuickTime videos using X-games
footage for an online retailer of off-road bicycles. |
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Architected and managed production of numerous HTML-based
web applications powered by integrated relational databases. |
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Managed a team of technical, business, and creative
professionals |
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Served as interim director of information architecture
and user experience |
| 9/97-6/00 |
14th Street Productions New Haven, Connecticut
Senior Consultant |
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Created high-level strategy and deployment plan for
a nonprofit organization charged with managing economic development
and humanitarian programming beamed from satellites to remote digital
receivers in Africa. |
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Consulting services for web site (re)designs and architecture.
Clients included Novell, Inc., Yale University, and a network of sites
geared at young entrepreneurs. |
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Advised a Portland-based startup on information and
interface design principles |
| 5/98-6/00 |
Yale Center
for International and Area Studies New Haven, Connecticut
Information Systems and Design |
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Member of senior staff and external relations team. |
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Authored long-term information technology infrastructure
plan. |
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Consulted on plan to develop a Virtual Laboratory of
mobile Internet/video conferencing stations at Yale and throughout
Central/Eastern Europe for comparative social science research projects.
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Created database-driven web applications to overcome
collaboration problems within a multiple platform environment. |
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Designed and maintained multiple web sites for multilingual, international academic and functional organizations. |
| 1/97-9/97 |
Novell, Inc. Orem, Utah
Project Manager/Designer |
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Member of channel sales and marketing team |
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Designed new information architecture for a marketing
groups flagship web site which significantly increased usability and
realization of the organizations multiple business objectives |
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Implemented and integrated new corporate-wide navigation
design and conventions |
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Developed and maintained web site for Novell's channel
marketing program that attracted over 3,000 resellers in a three-month
time frame. The site was designated the most innovative new reseller
communication program in the industry. |
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Managed relations and coordinated work between Novell's
internal IT group and a third party providing web server capacity
and programming skills. |
Language/Computer Skills |
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Fluent Finnish, Elementary familiarity with Swedish
and French |
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Windows, Mac OS, Web Technologies (HTML, Flash, WML, XML, video, etc.), Relational Database Design, Interactive Media, Multimedia, Microsoft Office
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Value Added |
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Management and consulting skills supplemented by broad
understanding of technology trends and implications. |
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Forward thinking orientation and ability to integrate
disparate fields of knowledge will better prepare your company for
environmental changes. |
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Efficiency, familiarity with technology solutions, and
creative thinking will increase your organization's flexibility and
responsiveness. |
