Experience

• 

  Tempo Press

  • Manager, Tempo Press Division

    • Jun 2018 - Present

  • Owner

    • Nov 2006 - Jun 2018

    Built and executed all aspects of business operations for a publisher of educational sheet music, including: customer orders and billing, accounting and tax preparation, inventory management, resolution of customer issues, and accounts receivable and payable.Prepared all marketing materials; working with outside designers where necessary, but also doing much of the design work in-house.Developed and executed trade show strategy targeting music teachers, including: opportunity analysis, logistics, and sales.Managed product development, including obtaining new titles from composers, overseeing the typesetting and proofing process, designing packaging, and preparing files for printing.

• 

  Lucks Music Library

  • Madison Heights, MI

  • IT Manager

    • Nov 2006 - Present
    • Madison Heights, MI

    Under tight budget constraints, oversaw local IT infrastructure, including servers, networking and desktops.Managed migration from antiquated custom accounting software to SAP Business One, including project planning, handling all communication with software vendors, data migration, testing, and ...

• 

  Michigan Department of State

  • Lansing, Michigan Area

  • Elections Specialist

    • Jan 2004 - Nov 2006
    • Lansing, Michigan Area

    Answered oral and written questions from the public and local election officials about election law.Prepared materials explaining complex changes in election law for over 1,400 local election officials.

• 

  Michigan Department of Treasury

  • East Lansing, MI

  • Temporary Employee

    • Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
    • East Lansing, MI

    Under own initiative, created an Access application which: tracked investments made by the Alternative Investments Division, eliminated several redundant Excel files, reduced the risk of data-entry errors, automated the generation of forms needed for internal funds management, and produced severa...