Mentorship
People are their company.
Adam Grant, The Wharton School, 2021
In my 4 years with Amazon, a data-driven company, I supported younger coworkers and colleagues by encouraging a people-centered approach toward:
- Continuous education.
- Curiosity to better understand what matters in their day-to-day work.
- Their career’s progression.
CAreer-related discussions
1,000s
# of others coached
100s
Led to # of promotions
25
Promoted more than once
6
# of resumes, LinkedIn profiles collaboratively built
13
# of jobs landed in desired career fields
6
# of tailored Notion pages
26
# of curated wikis
4
# of articles, videos, books recommended
100s
Topics
Career
- Figuring a career path
- Scaling-up opportunities and resources
- Training / Skill development
- Working toward promotion
- Resume development
- Active learning through program development
- Networking
- Making a difference through community involvement
Situational Navigation
- Workplace communication
- Organizational behavior and systems thinking
- Integrating roles and responsibilities
- Organizational culture
- Organization design and its impacts
Continuous Learning
- Management and/versus leadership
- Project management basics
- Decision-making with data
- Individualized, curated wikis
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
As a white, middle-aged, straight, cis male, I engage in
- Supporting people’s sense of identity
- Supporting LGBTQ integration in a professional environment
My Talks
Workplace Communication
Through Risk Management
The Scale-Up of You
How & Why To Conduct
Informational Interviews
My Writing
Description
I very much enjoy researching and writing about business, organizational psychology, organization development, and operations.
It so happens, too, that I am an avid fountain pen enthusiast! 🖋️
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My Events
Coffee Talk Series
The coffee community can do more together
than any one coffee business can do alone.
Description
I love specialty coffee. So I mixed personal (good!) taste with my professional interests in business strategy to establish Coffee Talk.
Gatherings centered around professional development: strategy, the market, and collaboration.
Event Coordination
These were free, private events for Vancouver, WA-area coffee café owners that took on an industry night concept for facilitated discussion.
I collaborated with the inimitable Shruti Chatterjee to develop agendas, find and arrange speakers, and create and package resources for everyone’s use.
Live Interviews of the Ambitious
Learn & Be Inspired!
Description
“In a live interview or panel setting we’ll meet the amazing business and technology minds, thought leaders and pathfinders of the Vancouver-metropolitan area and beyond.”
This was a sister program to my written campaign, Interviews of the Ambitious.
Event Coordination
These were free, public events held in and around Vancouver, WA.
I arranged the meetups, coordinated the space, conducted the interviews, and had free giveaways and 2 sponsors.
Event Photos
Meet the Meetups
Description
Event goers could engage group managers and learn more about what topics and activities were available to them in existing community groups – and join.
One of largest grassroots events in Vancouver, WA in 2018, this ballroom-sized event featured 18 groups with upwards of 200 attendees.
Event Coordination
This was a free-to-attend expo for local (social) Meetup.com groups.
I arranged was heavily involved in the planning of this event by coordinating with the Meetup groups, setting up and breaking down the space, both hosting and featuring my own Meetup group (Live Interviews of the Ambitious), and enlisting sponsors.
Startup Weekend Vancouver
Description
Techstars Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs…
Participants created working startups in duos and teams, and then demonstrated minimum viable products through pitch presentations.
Event Coordination
In support of North Bank Innovations, I served as Co-Organizer and Budget Lead for this paid event.
Grad School
MBA, Strategy
Why I chose UP
The University of Portland’s Pamplin School of Business appealed to me, because of its value-add curriculum:
- Broad Core of Business Knowledge.
- Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills.
- Research Skills.
- Interpersonal Skills.
- Value System.
Volunteering
Board Member & Co-Organizer
Get Hired (Tech and Healthcare)
community group
Description
Get Hired (Tech and Healthcare) was a local job seeking support group that grew too fast for its founder to operate.
What Did I Do?
I co-organized meetings, supported searching for and inviting speakers, branding, proposal writing, authored an operational analysis, and developed a scaled strategy development plan (see my 2-tiered approach at left) that helped us build out a regional footprint.
Industry Professional
Career & TEchnical Education
Vancouver (WA) Public Schools
Description
The Career & Technical Education Advisory Board for the Vancouver School District sought to get industry perspectives on scholastic curriculum.
What Did I Do?
I served as an industry professional in curriculum development, attending meetings with department chairs and teachers to discuss what skills and competencies businesses needed. Additionally, I conducted mock interviews and discussed transitioning into “the real world.”
Holiday Fundraising Campaign
Global ADE
Description
“Global ADE is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening education in developing countries. We fund grassroots educational improvements spearheaded by individuals and organizations that live in the communities in which they work.”
“About Us”. Global ADE, 2019, https://globalade.org/globalADE-education-nonprofit-aboutUs.php. Accessed 24 Aug 2019.
What Did I Do?
I supported Global ADE in two ways. First, I conducted grant research, and helped write grant request papers.
Second, and supported by an event sponsor of mine, Ryan Krusac Studios, I used a fountain pen that he made for filling out more than 300 envelopes to previous financial supporters.
Danny Rehr, MBA 