Experience

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  Blue Ocean Mariculture

  • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States

  • Project Manager

    • Jun 2023 - Present
    • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States

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  Mycroft AI Inc

  • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States

  • Director of Manufacturing and Operations

    • Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
    • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States

    Joined exciting startup, Mycroft to contribute to the launch of their product and success. Mycroft is launching a voice assistant that promises one privacy; your data will not be processed and sold to marketers like our competitors do! Mycroft is also Open Source, we have a large, enthusiastic community contributing to our product.Initial set up and oversight of supply chain, inclusive of setting up contract manufacturing to launch our product to the consumer world. Identify systems needs, procure and implement key systems (ERP, CRM, HR, ATS...) to help company more effectively operate. Establish processes for predictable operations. Do anything needed as part of the team to make it happen!

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  Nani Manu Aerial Photography and Inspections

  • Kailua-Kona, HI

  • Aerial Photographer/Inspector

    • Mar 2017 - Apr 2022
    • Kailua-Kona, HI

    Perform aerial photography, videography, and inspections, edit and produce final photo and video products. Work with clients to understand their needs, execute to meet or exceed their expectations. FAA licensed remote pilot with high quality equipment. Assist in search and rescue with drone.

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  West Hawaii Community Health Center

  • Kailua-Kona, HI

  • Data Analyst / Project Manager

    • Aug 2019 - Apr 2021
    • Kailua-Kona, HI

    Analyze health clinic data for trends to help medical staff and management if areas of opportunity to improve health and financial results.

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  Analog Devices

  • Program Manager, Intranet and Internal Social Media

    • Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

    Led a cross functional team to create ADI’s internal social media and intranet strategy including system design, governance, adoption plan, metrics, budget, roadmap, and rollout plan. Engaged employees across all parts and levels of the company including ADI leadership to identify opportunities to apply intranet and social media to support ADI key goals. Identified opportunities to improve employee productivity including enabling people to quickly and effectively connect with experts, and content. Defined how we could build targeted use of online communities around core business goals, improve employee engagement through adoption of employee-centered online communities. Developed adoption strategies, tactics and metrics, governance model. Approved end result was then turned to team for implementation. End solution heavily leveraged Sharepoint.

  • Program Manager, IT Services, Employee Portal

    • Apr 2013 - Dec 2014

    As manager for Information Technology (IT) Services; executed and managed multiple initiatives to identify, develop, and expand services to improve employee experience with procuring broad based IT services and products while reducing the cost of the those services. This also included evangelizing these concepts to business areas outside of Corporate IT, developing strategy, principles, framework for rolling out IT Service Catalog (Used PMG platform) services to all business areas which could benefit. Also responsible for Employee Portal, strategic direction, development and execution of roadmap to meet needs of employees, managers, and Corporate Communications.

  • Program Manager, Employee Applications

    • Mar 2009 - Apr 2013

    Information Services Program Manager for Human Resources inclusive of the Enterprise HR Service Center, Payroll, Employee Communications, and Legal functions. As Project Manager, led numerous projects, including a major transformation of HR organization to a centralized shared services model. Led the technology portion of the project to create portal enabling employees and managers to access and update critical information, software and telephony to enable HR service center to manage processes and requests. Engaged employees and managers in focus groups to gather critical needs, identify how to solve them. End result was project implemented on time and budget with HR able to move successfully to the new shared services model. Team of over 50 people was composed of internal and external resources, IT people from many disciplines. Created RFPs, engaged and selected needed vendors, developed systems strategy, roadmaps, adoption strategy, budgets, project plans.

  • Prior roles at ADI

    • Aug 1987 - May 2009

    Manager, Data Management / Master Data Management (MDM) ProgramManager, Advanced Planning ApplicationsManager, Finance and Human Resource (HR) ApplicationsManager, HR ApplicationsHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Project LeaderHRIS Business AnalystHRIS Programmer/Analyst

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  9 Holes on Wheels

  • Cumberland, Rhode Island

  • Founder

    • Jan 1993 - Sep 1999
    • Cumberland, Rhode Island

    Founded and operated a portable miniature golf business serving businesses for employee outings and sales functions, school functions, fund raisers, marketing events, private parties and functions. Successfully grew business several years running, leading to successful sale of business in 1999. Featured on NESN, Start Up Magazine, and most regional newspapers. Employed up to 10 people.