Melissa Handy
Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Technology at Le Jardin Academy- Claim this Profile
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Bryan I.
I had the pleasure of working with Melissa during the 2011 CyberPatriot IV competition. Her knowledge of Information Security and level of professionalism allowed her students to excel during the initial rounds of competition. If I were to mentor a team again, I would definitely want to have Melissa as the coach.
LinkedIn User
Melissa is a great coach for our FRC team. She has a deep sense of caring for the success of the student members and its mentors. She expects a high level of cooperation between all and will resolve conflicts when needed. She provided many resources to all so this project could be completed by its deadline. Results: A rookie FRC team that won the rookie inspiration award on the first day of competition. Won the Hawaii Regional Championship with its alliance and moved on to be at the FIRST Championship in Saint Louis, MO. It was a great year for the students at Island Pacific Academy.
Bryan I.
I had the pleasure of working with Melissa during the 2011 CyberPatriot IV competition. Her knowledge of Information Security and level of professionalism allowed her students to excel during the initial rounds of competition. If I were to mentor a team again, I would definitely want to have Melissa as the coach.
LinkedIn User
Melissa is a great coach for our FRC team. She has a deep sense of caring for the success of the student members and its mentors. She expects a high level of cooperation between all and will resolve conflicts when needed. She provided many resources to all so this project could be completed by its deadline. Results: A rookie FRC team that won the rookie inspiration award on the first day of competition. Won the Hawaii Regional Championship with its alliance and moved on to be at the FIRST Championship in Saint Louis, MO. It was a great year for the students at Island Pacific Academy.
Bryan I.
I had the pleasure of working with Melissa during the 2011 CyberPatriot IV competition. Her knowledge of Information Security and level of professionalism allowed her students to excel during the initial rounds of competition. If I were to mentor a team again, I would definitely want to have Melissa as the coach.
LinkedIn User
Melissa is a great coach for our FRC team. She has a deep sense of caring for the success of the student members and its mentors. She expects a high level of cooperation between all and will resolve conflicts when needed. She provided many resources to all so this project could be completed by its deadline. Results: A rookie FRC team that won the rookie inspiration award on the first day of competition. Won the Hawaii Regional Championship with its alliance and moved on to be at the FIRST Championship in Saint Louis, MO. It was a great year for the students at Island Pacific Academy.
Bryan I.
I had the pleasure of working with Melissa during the 2011 CyberPatriot IV competition. Her knowledge of Information Security and level of professionalism allowed her students to excel during the initial rounds of competition. If I were to mentor a team again, I would definitely want to have Melissa as the coach.
LinkedIn User
Melissa is a great coach for our FRC team. She has a deep sense of caring for the success of the student members and its mentors. She expects a high level of cooperation between all and will resolve conflicts when needed. She provided many resources to all so this project could be completed by its deadline. Results: A rookie FRC team that won the rookie inspiration award on the first day of competition. Won the Hawaii Regional Championship with its alliance and moved on to be at the FIRST Championship in Saint Louis, MO. It was a great year for the students at Island Pacific Academy.
Experience
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Le Jardin Academy
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Technology
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Jul 2014 - Present
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Program Manager
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Mar 2013 - Dec 2014
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Community Development Rep
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Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
Nurture internal and external professional relationships for a private IT consulting firm focused on software integration, business intelligence, and data warehousing. Work closely with prospective and current customers to identify unique organizational goals, plan and communicate software and hardware solutions, and facilitate implementations by close collaboration with project managers and development team members. Build trust with stakeholders by championing company core values of creativity, excellence, caring, and integrity.Manage customer expectations by clearly communicating process and anticipated outcomes, explaining the software development life cycle, identifying out of scope items, and seeking constructive feedback.Translate business goals and technical requirements to the operations team, then follow-up throughout implementation to ensure quality and anticipate challenges. Show less
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Island Pacific Academy
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technology Consultant
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Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
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Director of Technology & Communications
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Jul 2007 - Jun 2012
Oversee all technology operations for private academic institution with two facilities and more than 750 total users. Supervise team of four. Manage infrastructure, staff training, education technologies, service/support, networking, information security, and system administration. Administer annual and project budgets.
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FRC, VEX, & Botball Robotics Coach
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Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
Co-coach middle and high school robotics classes that culminate in VEX, FIRST, and BotBall tournaments. Work closely with students on all aspects of robotics, including: programming, mechanics, and fundraising and marketing. Grant writing to offset costs for the school. Our FIRST Robotics Competition team won the Hawaii Regional in its Rookie year and was able to participate in the World Championship event in St. Louis, Missouri.
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CyberPatriot Coach
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Sep 2011 - Mar 2012
Coached students engaged in a network security competition.Coordinated presentations and support from security experts acting as CyberPatriot mentors.
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High School Mathematics Teacher
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Jul 2006 - Jun 2007
Instructed high school and middle school classes, and served as technology support subject matter expert.
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Self-Employed
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical and Design Consultant
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Aug 2000 - Aug 2012
Provide technology, instructional, and graphic design services for businesses and academic institutions. Oversee project management, budgets, requirements determination, and service delivery. Designed and delivered courses in Word Processing, Photoshop, InDesign, Java, C Programming, and Robotics. Authored MS SharePoint 2012 training manual chapter on Search Engine Optimization for large company. Provide technology, instructional, and graphic design services for businesses and academic institutions. Oversee project management, budgets, requirements determination, and service delivery. Designed and delivered courses in Word Processing, Photoshop, InDesign, Java, C Programming, and Robotics. Authored MS SharePoint 2012 training manual chapter on Search Engine Optimization for large company.
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Education
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2009 - 2012
Western Governors University
MBA, IT Management -
2001 - 2006
DeSales University
BS, Computer Science -
1996 - 1999
Tyler School of Art
Candidate BFA, Fine Arts
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