Experience

Dovecot Studio

• Canada
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President & Principal Consultant

  • 2006 - Present

  Clients include: Centers for Disease Control, IMF, Coca-Cola, ADP, Tyson Foods, Great West Financial, Bell Media, David Yurman, Harvard Business Publishing/Review, General Mills, PepsiCo, UPS, United Nations Volunteers (UNV), OHCHR, Chick-Fil-A, Bombardier Recreational Products, Euromonitor, McKesson, Merck, Proctor & Gamble, Consumer Reports, Nickelodeon, ASAE, Foundation Center, Hollister, Nestle, UNFCCC, Earley & Associates, etc. Dovecot Studio is a boutique information organization firm that provides a range of services, including: - Taxonomy and metadata development/implementation - Product information management (PIM) - Harmonizing business metadata & master data - Information architecture (wireframes, functional specifications, etc.) - Faceted search design - Search evaluation & enhancement - Digital asset management taxonomy - Content management strategy & design - Social media strategy Show less



International Monetary Fund

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special KM Projects Officer - Taxonomy & Document Management (Contractor)

  • May 2019 - Present

  Working with the Knowledge Management Unit to optimize and govern the IMF enterprise taxonomy, operationalize it in document management and search, as well as implement auto-classification. Working with the Knowledge Management Unit to optimize and govern the IMF enterprise taxonomy, operationalize it in document management and search, as well as implement auto-classification.



Information Today, Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Director, Taxonomy Boot Camp

  • Nov 2015 - Present



UN Climate Change

• Germany
• International Affairs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Taxonomy Expert (Consultant)

  • May 2011 - May 2012

  I am collaborating with the UNFCCC to: - develop an enterprise taxonomy - assist in the redesign of the website (unfccc.int) - create Sharepoint taxonomy & metadata schemas for 2010 deployment - develop taxonomy & metadata standards - implement taxonomy governance I am collaborating with the UNFCCC to: - develop an enterprise taxonomy - assist in the redesign of the website (unfccc.int) - create Sharepoint taxonomy & metadata schemas for 2010 deployment - develop taxonomy & metadata standards - implement taxonomy governance



Yellow Pages / Pages Jaunes – Canada

• Canada
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager - Search & Content Management

  • Jul 2010 - May 2011

  Managed an excellent team where we: - improved and managed a bilingual ontology to support product management, content management, content management and SEO - created a new taxonomy for online behavioral targeting and marketing (Mediative) - acquired an ontology management tool & term extraction - redefined the keyword management and identification process - developed and acquired online content - explored content extraction solutions for online business profile enhancement - developed new search applications to highlight content for users (e.g. best.yp.ca) - defined the search algorithms and ranking to match business rules for yp.ca - developed SEO enhancements to consistently raise traffic Show less



Earley Information Science

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Taxonomy Consultant

  • May 2006 - Jul 2010

  I collaborated with Earley as strategic lead on consulting projects, including: - strategic direction on methodology - taxonomy development & implementation support - taxonomy governance - content management strategy - faceted search design Sample projects include the development of a global corporate taxonomy and its implementation in a content management system, the creation of faceted search taxonomies for large e-commerce websites, and digital asset management taxonomies. Projects included: American Greetings, Motorola, AstraZeneca, JC Penney, Best Buy, WalMart, Ford Foundation, Hasbro, Cabela's, Jack in the Box, Urban Land Institute, Applied Materials, etc. Show less



Nstein Technologies

• Canada
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Linguistic Engineering Consultant

  • Jun 2006 - Sep 2006

  Assessed how Nstein text-mining technologies can be used in specific client applications. Wrote recommendation reports outlining the optimal use and configuration of Nstein products. Assessed how Nstein text-mining technologies can be used in specific client applications. Wrote recommendation reports outlining the optimal use and configuration of Nstein products.



Hydro Québec

• Canada
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• KM Consultant

  • Jun 2005 - Jul 2006

  Created an information architecture for two knowledge portals, including navigational taxonomies. Implemented a wiki and blog for virtual team collaboration, facilitated online training, and offered continuing technical support and troubleshooting to users and editors. And more... Created an information architecture for two knowledge portals, including navigational taxonomies. Implemented a wiki and blog for virtual team collaboration, facilitated online training, and offered continuing technical support and troubleshooting to users and editors. And more...



CBRN Research and Technology Initiative - Department of National Defence

• KM Research Project

  • Jun 2005 - May 2006

  Participated in the development of a results-based management metrics framework for assessing the impact of the CRTI’s KM initiatives on the broader goals of CRTI. Participated in the development of a results-based management metrics framework for assessing the impact of the CRTI’s KM initiatives on the broader goals of CRTI.



Department of National Defence

• Canada
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• KM Project

  • Mar 2006 - Mar 2006

  Researched and wrote best practice reports on metrics for communities of practice and lessons learned programs Researched and wrote best practice reports on metrics for communities of practice and lessons learned programs



Legal information organization (confidential)

• KM Consulting Project

  • May 2005 - Mar 2006

  Assessed automatic text summarization software Assessed automatic text summarization software