Education
California State University - East Bay
M.A., Speech Communication 1994-01-01 - 1995-01-01University of Utah
, Communication 1995-09-01 - 1995-12-01California State University - East Bay
B.A., Speech Communication 1990-01-01 - 1993-01-01Work Experience
Aventi Group, Product Marketing Agency
Current
Aventi Group, Product Marketing Agency
AVE Consulting, Inc.
Current
AVE Consulting, Inc.
California State University, East Bay - Continuing Education
2019-08-01 - 2020-06-01
California State University, East Bay - Continuing Education
San Francisco State University
2010-09-01 - 2017-09-01
San Francisco State University
Women In Consulting (WIC)
2006-01-01 - 2012-12-01
Women In Consulting (WIC)
Hitachi Vantara
1996-02-01 - 1999-02-01
Hitachi Vantara
Lam Research
1993-01-01 - 1995-01-01
Lam Research
Acuson
1989-01-01 - 1993-01-01
Acuson
Skills
Summary
I love communication. It fascinates me in all its manifestations: print, Web, social, and everything in between. In fact, you could say I’m a communication nerd. And when you’re passionate about something, you’re invested in it. You want to do it well. You want to help others do it well. My nerdiness is what sets me apart from other consultants. People don’t want to be sold to or talked at. They want to be helped, educated, informed, entertained. They want to connect and matter. And they want a say. Since communication is my thing, I get that. Central to my approach is the philosophy that audience is everything, and everything we do—or don’t do—sends a message. It’s what keeps my eclectic group of clients coming back—that and I’m fun. 😊 -------------------------------------------------- Services include: Internet: content development, navigation/information architecture, ongoing site maintenance, project management, strategy assessment and development, technology services (banners, eBooks, games, etc.) user testing, and website design/development Print: brochures, catalogues direct mail, employee communications, fact sheets, flyers, invitations, posters, product descriptions, speeches, success stories, white papers, and more Social media: analysis, competitive assessment, strategy development, day-to-day management and execution, employee training, post copywriting, blog writing, and more Project management: for any Internet, print, and social media-related project -------------------------------------------------- Representative clients include: ACT Medical, Adobe Systems, Aruba Networks, Borland, CareFusion, Cisco Systems, Cooley Godward, Coremetrics, DocuSign, E*TRADE, Exordium Group, Logitech, MidPen Housing Services, Netflix, NETGEAR, PagerDuty, SAP, Symantec, and UJET.