Experience

Petrochem Insulation, Inc

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Communications Manager

  • 2013 - Present

  • Senior communications practitioner responsible for both internal and external messaging, presentations, documentation, and bid pre-qualifications for Petrochem, a 1,300-person insulation and specialty contractor. Work directly with executive management on a variety of communications to all employees. • Responsible for writing, editing, and reviewing all documents regarding the company’s apprenticeship training program and was key to obtaining federal approval of the program by the U.S. Department of Labor. • Write and prepare external and internal PowerPoint presentations and press releases. Edit corporate brochure and the company’s customer-facing website.• Write and edit corporate manuals and policies, including the company’s employee handbook, its 700-page safety manual, and its quality manual.



Logitech

• Worldwide Internal Communications Manager

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  • Responsible for all worldwide internal communications to employees to ensure employees understood and appreciated the values and strategic goals of the company. • Served as central community manager for Logitech’s worldwide social business collaboration platform (built on Jive), which replaced the company’s intranet. Ensured content was timely, consistent, and well-maintained. Developed new and interesting content and increased employee participation through contests and other employee engagement events. • Responsible for quarterly employee meetings, executive roundtables, and other key executive events. Directed a cross-functional team to allow employees at Logitech offices around the world to participate via video conferencing. • Improved and enriched employee engagement events, including the annual “Product Showcase” that kept employees knowledgeable about the company and its latest products.• Managed the company’s ideation module that encouraged employees to submit innovative ideas to improve the corporate culture. Selected and recommended ideas for further management review. • Wrote and distributed weekly internal newsletters (global and local) online to keep all employees up to date on the latest news and information about Logitech.



Dell EMC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Communications Manager

  • Sep 2001 - Aug 2011

  • Responsible for all global IT-related communications across EMC. Drove all communication vehicles, including e-mail, intranets, newsletters, and social media to enable global cross-functional partnership across IT.• Drafted, edited, and reviewed key IT communications sent across EMC to ensure messaging was accurate, clear, concise, and reflected IT’s overall mission and strategy. • Wrote high-profile communications from the CIO and other IT leaders regarding major program updates, new policies and practices, and key organizational changes. Assisted senior staff members with critical executive-level presentation materials and proper positioning of key technology-related concepts and content.• Directed and published two IT newsletters. One newsletter delivered project summaries, human interest stories, and news items to the IT staff, while the other newsletter provided key program updates to EVPs and high-level business stakeholders. Led a newsletter team of ten employees from every part of the global IT department. Responsible for identifying articles, assign¬ing authors and submission deadlines, and coordinating all design. • Led, coordinated, and managed EMC’s two official IT websites. The employee-facing website was available to all 40,000+ employees across EMC globally and contained key organizational information and dozens of self-help pages. The IT-only portal contained information on IT processes, governance, policies, key projects, and training.• Planned, coordinated, and produced IT’s quarterly all-hands meetings. Managed a team of IT individuals responsible for enabling the video conference and multicast of the meeting at major EMC offices around the world.• Partnered with Corporate Communications and Marketing to write and post IT-related articles and messages on corporate-wide message boards. Coordinated the application of key industry awards with EMC Public Relations.



Kinetics

• Communications Manager

  • 1998 - 2001

  • Responsible for all internal corporate communications, including the company’s intranet, newsletters, memos, reports, and presentations. • Managed and wrote all internal employee announcements, including executive commu-nications, memos, HR communications, brochures, and handbooks. Developed strategic plan, schedule, and all materials for employee communications about the buyout of Kinetics from USFilter/Vivendi. Coordinated with the company’s HR, Legal, and Marketing departments to write the company’s new stock option plan brochure. • Directed the design and layout of the intranet, including all content, graphics, and naviga¬tion. Brought the intranet from its infancy to what became the company’s primary vehicle for communications to its over 8,000 employees worldwide. Wrote and published intranet communications features aimed at bringing the company’s global and diverse workforce closer together through employee interviews, photos, and stories. • Designed and wrote the company’s bi-monthly internal electronic news brief. The newsletter included messages from the company’s president, organizational updates, news, stories, photos, and project summaries.• Planned and supervised the development of all technical documentation for the Enterprise Group. Prepared the technical documentation plan, then hired and directed technical writers to prepare user’s guides, training materials, and technical reference manuals for the training of several hundred users on the company’s new Oracle system.