Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Cincinnati, Ohio, United States · Remote

• Current and past projects include:
• InnerSource Commons Foundation - Community Management (2025)
• University of Missouri - Community Management for CHAOSS project (2020 - Present)
• Linux Foundation - All In Principal Consultant (2022-2024)
• AgencyHub - Writer (2021-present)
• Noom - Technical Writing Support (2022-2023)

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

• In this role, I:
• Facilitate community outreach and social media activities, working group calls, podcasts, education around open source community health metrics, newsletters for the community
• Contribute to special projects and external collaborations, CHAOSS Program Initiatives (such as DEI Project and Event Badging Programs), development of metrics
• Coordinate activities with Community Leads from CHAOSS chapters (CHAOSS Africa and CHAOSS Asia Pacific)
• Assist with improving experiences for newcomers (hosting open office hours, providing regular onboarding calls)
• Co-Chair the DEI Working Group, Community Management Team, Comms Team
• Streamline operational functionality for the project's community (calendar management, comms process management, CHAOSS website)

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 4 mos · Cincinnati, OH

• I am a photographer specializing in botanical and floral photography. I post a nature photo a day, and I offer fine art nature photos for sale online and in my onsite gallery.

Jun 2018 – Nov 2018 · 5 mos

• Built internal guidelines and manuals on safe and healthy community engagement for the Support and Customer Success staff.
• Assisted in launching and monitoring new product community forums
• Represented Pivotal at open source industry trade show

Dec 2012 – Apr 2018 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Remote from Cincinnati, Ohio

• 2017-2018: Focus was on Social Impact, and Developer Marketing (specifically focused on Developer Inclusion). Key projects included:
• Crafting the Code of Conduct Incident Response for all GitHub events, and training employee volunteers
• Managing team operations for the SI team (team meetings, dashboard of key metrics, organizing team mini-summits, SI Roadmap)
• Increased learning opportunities and communication for SI team (through regular cadence of lunch-and-learns, newsletters, team posts)
• Collaborating with other teams on projects like GitHub Scholars and GitHub Universe
• 2014-2017: Managed, evolved, and scaled our Patchwork Program (a series of events for beginners to Git, GitHub, and Open Source). We hosted > 100 events all over the world. Key responsibilities:
• Choosing potential cities for hosting the events
• All event logistics and schedules (venue, catering, speakers, outreach, follow-up)
• Maintaining an exemplary experience in all things for our attendees
• Working with our training team to revise and deliver learning modules for attendees
• Incorporating an "open source for social good" component in the schedule
• Managing the Patchwork Community Budget
• Collaborating with partners who were serving underrepresented groups to host events
• Empowering GitHubbers to host events through a comprehensive Patchwork Kit
• 2012-2014: Focus was on Sponsorships. Key responsibilities:
• Creating a holistic sponsorship and community support strategy
• Representing GitHub periodically at developer events and conferences
• All aspects of GitHub event sponsorships in North, South, Central America
• Fielding thousands of incoming requests for event sponsorships and partnership inquiries
• Fielding and distributing incoming invitations for GitHub speakers and conference attendance
• Managing the Sponsorship budget
• Fielding incoming requests from non-profit organizations
• Building Superfans through exemplary and responsive communication

Oct 2011 – Nov 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote from Cincinnati, Ohio

• Represented Engine Yard at PHP community events through sponsorship and speaking engagements
• Hosted social events for the PHP community, including the Engine Yard JAUNT
• Hosted periodic episodes of "Cloud Out Loud" and "Chicks that Rip" podcasts
• Created the PHP User Group Program
• Supported open source projects through financial sponsorship and outreach
• Wrote periodic blog posts on topics of interest to the PHP community

Aug 2010 – Oct 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · Remote from Cincinnati, Ohio

• As the Open Source Outreach/Community Development Manager, I:
• Created and shipped a sitewide Code of Conduct
• Drove adoption of community-contributed documentation
• I was also the person responsible for:
• Managing the @sourceforge Twitter account:
• posting regular tweets
• interacting with the community through @-mentions and related searches
• monitoring sentiment analysis
• Writing regular blog posts:
• interviews with OSS maintainers
• site and new feature news and updates
• spotlight on OSS projects
• general open source news
• Sending Monthly Email Newsletters to >1,000,000 subscribers:
• site and new feature news
• spotlight on OSS projects
• new OSS releases
• job postings and other relevant items to the community
• Representing Sourceforge at Conferences and Community events:
• Finalizing sponsorship details
• Managing and designing swag
• Attending and staffing the booth on occasion
• Meeting OS maintainers and building relationships

Sep 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Acted as a liaison between Wiley and authors in the software development industry.

Oct 2008 – Oct 2009 · 1 yr

Jul 2007 – Mar 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Responsibilities include acquiring, coordinating, and editing new titles for the php|architect line of books.

Aug 2005 – Aug 2006 · 1 yr

• Developed and taught an e-commerce course in the Adult and Continuing Education Program (3 local campuses).

Jul 2005 – Apr 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos

• As a regular contributor to International PHP Magazine, I have written articles series on frameworks, using PHP in unique ways, and helpful tips for freelancers/telecommuters.

Mar 2004 – Feb 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Co-authored several PHP-related titles, including "Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL", "Beginning PHP5, Apache, MySQL", and "Professional LAMP".

Sep 1996 – Sep 2010 · 14 yrs

• Responsible for all facets of this small/mid-size e-commerce site (www.giftsforengineers.com), from web interface to customer service to order fulfillment and inventory management to researching new products. Main focus is on web interface and streamlining backend operations. Am also responsible for writing all site copy, marketing material, and coordinating marketing efforts, as well as interfacing with vendors and large scale purchases.

Sep 1996 – Dec 2008 · 12 yrs 3 mos

• Managed sites and wrote PHP web apps for numerous clients in e-commerce, warehousing and consulting industries. I also have acted as a consultant in partnership building and web development issues.

Sep 1992 – Sep 1996 · 4 yrs

• Responsible for coordinating marketing efforts for this healthcare consulting firm. Responsibilities included managing current and potential client data, interacting between clients and sales and operations staff, and representing company at approx 10 trade shows per year. Developed and maintained database structure, tracking mechanisms and reporting structures and processes.