Experience

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  Silver Sands Montessori Charter School

  • Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Teacher, Upper Elementary

    • Aug 2014 - Present
    • Las Vegas, Nevada
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  Applegarden Montessori School

  • Oakland, CA

  • Montessori Teacher / Assistant Administrator

    • Sep 2005 - Jun 2014
    • Oakland, CA
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  SUSE

  • Oakland, CA

  • Business Strategist / Director of Sales

    • Apr 2000 - Feb 2001
    • Oakland, CA

    At the time of my employment, SuSE was Europe's major Linux operating system and open source company. My responsibilities include: strategic business planning / business development; sales and marketing staff organization and oversight; adviser to SuSE's U.S. President; product marketing ...

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  Zenguin

  • Oakland, CA

  • Co-Founder, Vice President of Product Development and Sales

    • Mar 1999 - Apr 2000
    • Oakland, CA

    Zenguin was a self-funded start-up founded to bring user-friendly Linux applications to the consumer software market. Zenguin's most significant IP was a universal application installer that enabled plug-and-play installation of Linux applications. My responsibilities included: business plan ...

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  Walnut Creek CDROM

  • Concord, CA

  • Channel Sales Manager

    • Jan 1997 - May 1998
    • Concord, CA

    At the time, Walnut Creek CDROM maintained the world's largest download site -- ftp.cdrom.com -- and was a VD-ROM/DVD publishing company with both entertainment and software product lines. My responsibilities included: strategic planning; product development; worldwide channel development; ma...

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  Accurate Research / SuperTutor.com

  • Sunnyvale, CA

  • Vice President of Sales

    • Mar 1996 - Dec 1996
    • Sunnyvale, CA

    Accurate Research was a software publishing company that specialized in educational CD-ROM titles. My responsibilities included worldwide channel development; product development; internet marketing; and partnerships.

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  Frank Kasper & Associates

  • Edina, MN

  • Director of Marketing

    • Aug 1993 - Mar 1996
    • Edina, MN

    Frank Kasper & Associates was a software distributor that specialized in overseas markets. My responsibilities included staff development and training; project management; co-op/MDF program development and execution; catalog development and maintenance; advertising buys; trade shows, and merc...

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  City of Minnetonka

  • Minnetonka, MN

  • City Councilmember

    • Jan 1992 - Dec 1995
    • Minnetonka, MN

    Budgeting, oversight, law, elections, marketing, and focus groups.

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  Quanta Press

  • St. Paul, MN

  • Director of Sales and Marketing

    • Feb 1988 - Jul 1993
    • St. Paul, MN