Dale Bryant
Minneapolis
Summary
Reliable technology expert with 10+ years in both data science and IT fields. Confident advocate for junior staff members. Enthusiastic about use of technical education to improve business outcomes. Capable of designing creative solutions for any project. Skillful at uniting educationally and geographically diverse teams toward achieving singular goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
Salt Flats
09.2022 - Current
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Reviewed tools and methods and recommended automation, visualization, data management and other digital improvements.
- Maintained status reports for client projects.
- Created custom metadata schemas, taxonomies and ontologies to meet client needs.
- Gathered, defined and refined requirements, led project design and oversaw implementation.
- Monitored participant workflow and behaviors throughout training process.
Director of Technology
Jeremiah Program
04.2020 - 09.2022
- Served as primary decision-maker for internal technology spending, creating budget guidelines to reduce waste and decrease unnecessary upgrades.
- Authored wide-ranging roadmaps, determining how technology would be integrated into business operations for maximum return on investment (ROI).
- Fostered positive working environment that encouraged innovation, collaboration and accountability and managed end-user needs with functional and security responsibilities.
- Developed and maintained service level agreements for strategic applications and measured performance against objectives.
Director of Operations
Wunderman Thompson
08.2018 - 04.2020
- Designed and launched two new office locations in the Twin Cities area greatly expanding agency capabilities.
- Guided the Wunderman Minneapolis office through merger with JWT to form Wunderman Thompson Minneapolis.
- Successfully migrated several offices to a new instance of Office 365 to improve collaboration between multiple locations.
- Rolled out new workflow and tracking system (Workfront).
Director of Technology
Wunderman
09.2014 - 08.2018
- Designed and launched Xinet server solution for 140 users, improving network stability and increasing creative productivity by 50%.
- Created disaster recovery plan, which was successfully implemented during global Petya malware incident, allowing the Minneapolis office to remain fully operational and completing all client deliverables.
- Balanced yearly CAPEX budget to improve office functionality while keeping costs low.
- Enhanced agency IT infrastructure to accommodate office growth of 130%.
Sr. Librarian/IT Systems Manager
CHI Wunderman
05.2012 - 09.2014
- Configured and launched a new proprietary workflow and digital asset management system (Brandshare).
- Built company wiki improving employee onboarding and continuing education.
- Acted as technology liaison between agency and client (Best Buy).
- Maintained software, hardware and systems access for 60 employees.
Information Architect
Wisconsin Historical Society
06.2011 - 05.2012
- Created custom metadata schema for information access and retrieval of historical articles.
- Designed a unique subject taxonomy to allow faceted browsing across more than 15 diverse collections.
- Developed information architecture for new website design that allowed ContentDM, Endeca and a custom content management system to all communicate and collect information in one accessible location.
- Conducted usability testing and provided training on new systems ensuring effective UX.
Digitization Intern
University Of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
01.2009 - 12.2009
- Digitized and preserved over 5000 nitrate negatives for the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Project.
- Digitized and cataloged over 30% of the content for The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights Project.
- Designed and launched project portals for public access of historical records.
- Conducted UX testing of information access and retrieval systems.
Graduate Assistant
Minnesota State University, Mankato
09.2007 - 05.2009
- Digitized and collected metadata for historical images and documents related to the Minnesota State University, Mankato, campus and community.
- Processed archival collections and donor records ensuring preservation and original order.
- Created digital finding aids allowing researchers to search through archival collections.
Education
Master of Library And Information Science - Library And Information Science
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI12.2010
Master of Science - American History
Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN05.2009
Bachelor of Arts - History
University of Minnesota - Morris
Morris, MN05.2005
Skills
- Information Architecture
- Client relationship management
- Documentation management
- Cultural awareness
- Data management
- Relationship building
- Budgeting
- Inventory tracking
- Technical troubleshooting
- Online instruction
- Project planning and development
- Multi-site operations
Timeline
Senior Manager
Salt Flats
09.2022 - Current
Director of Technology
Jeremiah Program
04.2020 - 09.2022
Director of Operations
Wunderman Thompson
08.2018 - 04.2020
Director of Technology
Wunderman
09.2014 - 08.2018
Sr. Librarian/IT Systems Manager
CHI Wunderman
05.2012 - 09.2014
Information Architect
Wisconsin Historical Society
06.2011 - 05.2012
Digitization Intern
University Of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
01.2009 - 12.2009
Graduate Assistant
Minnesota State University, Mankato
09.2007 - 05.2009
Master of Library And Information Science - Library And Information Science
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Master of Science - American History
Minnesota State University - Mankato
Bachelor of Arts - History
University of Minnesota - Morris
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