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    MBA, General Management; Kenan-Flagler Business School; UNC Chapel Hill (2009-2012)
    • • First MBA/MSIS dual degree candidate
    • • President (2011-2012), Project Manager (2010-2011), Business Technology Club
    MSIS, Human-Computer Interaction; School of Information and Library Science; UNC Chapel Hill (2009-2012)
    BA, Visual Communication; School of Journalism and Mass Communication; UNC Chapel Hill (2003-2007)
    IBM Worldwide Mobile Marketing Manager (2012 - present)
    • • Selected by my VP to serve on a team of 10 individuals including Directors and VPs across IBM to determine our branding, strategy, and messaging for mobile.
    • • Marketing and content lead for worldwide site redesign coinciding with 2012 fall launch
    • • Content lead for all worldwide events and go-to-market execution of biannual product launches.
    Lenovo Worldwide Services Web Marketing Intern (2012)
    • • Led Lenovo Services' worldwide site redesign including homepage and 16 product pages across 66 countries.
    • • Launched a new international services sales portal to improve usability and drive increased sales.
    The Roanoke Times Multimedia Producer (2007-2008)
    • • Programmed all Flash-based interactive packages; received 13 awards for five projects.
    • • Launched video-based advertising initiative by programming and implementing a Flash-based videoplayer with pre-roll, post-roll and lower-thirds ad spots.
    CNN.com UNC Correspondent (2006-2007)
    • • Selected as one of 10 students across the nation to report on their University for CNN.com
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution Multimedia Intern (2006)
    Founder and Managing Editor, Innovative Interactivity (2007-2012)
    • • Remotely managed 16 guest bloggers and daily Spanish editor
    • • Researched and wrote more than 600 posts in four years
    • • Turned site profitable in 2010 with affiliate marketing and direct advertisers
    • • Grew site to 85,000 annual visitors from 177 countries, 6 Page Rank and 95 Technorati authority
    • • Sold website and brand in 2012 to UNC Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Communication
    Co-founder, YoungButNotBroke.com (2010)
    • • Developed an investing Web site with my twin brother targeting young investors
    • • Site was acquired by the #1 independent financial advisor in the nation, according to Barrons
    New Media Consultant, i360Gov (2009-2010)
    Multimedia Fellow, Carnegie-Knight Initiative (Summer, 2010)
    Multimedia Fellow, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (Summer, 2009)
    Multimedia Fellow, The Poynter Institute (Summer, 2007)
    • One of 16 students selected across the country to attend a prestigious five-week seminar on visual journalism
  1. Powering a Nation
    • • World Press Photo, 2nd Place, Interactive Multimedia Production (2011)*
         * World Press Photo is one of the most well-respected professional organizations in the industry.
    • • Horizon Interactive Awards, Gold, University Web site (2010)
    • • College Photographer of the Year 2010 Gold, Large Group Multimedia Project (2010)
    • • Business Insider, Most Innovative Alternative News Stories Of 2010
    • • Society of Environmental Journalists, 1st place Outstanding student reporting
    • • Webby Awards, Student Nominee*
         * One of five finalists; more than 10,000 entries submitted to 70 categories.
  2. Honduras and the Hidden Hunger
    • • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1st place multimedia (2010)
  3. Age of Uncertainty
    • • Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, Multimedia (2009)
    • • National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism (BOP), 2nd Place Best Multimedia Package, Under 75,000 circ. (2009)
    • • Pictures of the Year International (POYi) Documentary Project of the Year Award (2008)*
         * Premier award given to one of 240 winners from an initial pool of 48,000 submissions from 71 countries.
    • • Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) Online Convergence Award, 40,000 to 150,000 circ. (2008)
    • Virginia Press Association (VPA) 1st Place Multimedia Award (2008)
    • VPA Journalistic Integrity and Community Service Award (2008)
    • Society for News Design (SNDies) Quarterly Award, Non-breaking Features (June, 2008)
  4. Virginia Tech Portraits
    • • SNDies Silver Award (2008)*
         * Of the hundreds of entrants, only five received silver and two received gold awards.
  6. Virginia Tech One Year Later
    • • VPA 3rd Place Multimedia Award (2008)
    • • SNDies Quarterly Award, Breaking News (June, 2008)
  7. Running on Empty: Hellgate 100K
    • • NPPA BOP, 2nd Place Best Multimedia Package, Under 75,000 circ. (2008)
    • • SNDies Quarterly Awards, Non-breaking Sports (March, 2008)
  8. Above the law?
    • • VPA 2nd Place Multimedia Award (2008)
  9. White City Stories
    • • Time.com “Top 50 Best Web sites of 2007”
    Design/Production
    • • Flash
    • • Dreamweaver
    • • InDesign
    • • Photoshop
    • • Illustrator
    Programming
    • • AS2/AS3
    • • XML
    • • HTML
    • • CSS
    CMS
    • • Wordpress
    • • Joomla
    • • Drupal
    • • Silverstripe
    Video
    • • Final Cut Pro
    • • Pinnacle Studio
    • • Canopus Edius
    Audio
    • • Adobe Audition
    • • Pro Tools
    • • Audacity
    Database*
    • • Access
    • • MySQL
    • • PHP
    • • NoSQL (Big Table, Dynamo, Cassandra, etc.)

      • * Intro-level knowledge