David van Sunder
vansunder.com
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone: (831) 275-0202
E-mail: david@vansunder.com

Objectives
To work with a company to constantly improve and ensure the quality of its business operations and processes in order to create value for the company and its stakeholders.

Experience
6/06 – Current      Flying Squirrel Media: Pacific Grove, CA
Founder/Business Owner of a New Media Business

  • Developed health, business and finance media properties
  • Developed multiple websites using blogging software & plugins
  • Researched and implemented new technologies to enhance media properties
  • Produced three weekly podcasts using Final Cut Studio and multiple audio editing programs. (Two audio podcasts and one video podcast)
  • Edited multiple weekly health articles
  • Marketed via Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and other social media
  • Turned the health podcast into a two time Podcast Award nominee
  • All 3 podcasts were Featured Podcasts in iTunes
  • One podcast was a top 10 finance podcast in iTunes
  • The health podcasts were accepted into the ProMed Network
  • Podcasts reached tens of thousands of downloads monthly
  • Currently publishing a daily business & technology blog at vansunder.com, highlighting technology trends, business topics and the integration of technology and social media into business and society.
  • In development for a technology/business podcast with a Portland based company

12/06 – 4/07      Fresh Express: Salinas, CA
Business Systems Analyst/Project Manager

  • Evaluated business processes for the entire enterprise from crop planning through product delivery at the store and beyond
  • Documented business requirements
  • Managed project timelines
  • Created project documentation
  • Coordinated project meetings with client stakeholders in various departments
  • Made recommendations for new processes to senior management
  • Assessed potential software application solutions
  • Issued Requests for Information and Requests for Proposals
  • Scheduled and conducted vendor interviews and meetings with corporate stakeholders
  • Took the project from issue identification stage to vendor selection within 4 months without guidance or prior knowledge of the industry

10/02 – 6/06      In Stride Physical Therapy: Fremont, CA
Co-Owner/Co-Founder/Business Manager

  • Created business plan & proposal
  • Created branding, marketing materials and marketing plan
  • Set up business processes & computing resources
  • Handled billing, receivables and finances
  • Networked with doctors & other key business contacts and stakeholders in the community
  • Built the company from the ground up to over $250,000 annual profit in 3 years
  • Created a healthy living blog and email mailing list to foster community outside the clinic
  • Created t-shirts and other merchandise for marketing and sale to customers via the web

12/02 – 7/03      Stalworth Consulting: San Mateo, CA
CRM System Designer, Configurator & Coder

  • Coordinated system design and implementation between client managers, vendors, consultants & client’s customer stakeholders
  • Gathered requirements from client users and managers
  • Estimated workload and handled change requests to ensure development of essential features within available budget and staffing
  • Managed client website designer and database administrator
  • Reworked client business processes to maximize efficiency via web access, minimize duplication of effort and ensure achievement of objectives
  • Designed, documented, configured, coded and tested modules of the systems solution
  • Trained client employees

8/98 – 12/02      Accenture LLP: San Francisco, CA
Senior Process Consultant
Clients: Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Novell, Siebel, BEA, AT&T, J.P. Morgan, Cable & Wireless, NYC.gov

  • Gathered requirements and determined the viability and cost/benefit propositions of different technology solutions and systems approaches
  • Conducted meetings with all levels of organizations to determine which features were essential to the core business mission and goals
  • Estimated project workload and handled change requests to minimize scope creep while ensuring development of essential features within project budget and staffing parameters
  • Prepared requirement documentation, implementation plans, testing scripts and training documentation
  • Coordinated teams consisting of consultants, employees and vendors
  • Reworked client business processes to maximize efficiency, minimize duplication of effort and ensure achievement of objectives
  • Ensured team members had information and assistance necessary for peak performance
  • Troubleshot issues encountered by team members and designed solutions
  • Designed, estimated and built portions of implementations for projects with unusual needs or aggressive timelines
  • Conducted information session conference calls

Education

  • Santa Clara University: B.S.C in Organizational Analysis & Management (Minor in History)
  • Graduated Cum Laude with Management Department Award

Organizations

  • Mensa

Skills

  • Windows, Macintosh and Linux
  • Video and audio podcasting (3+ years, ~250 episodes)
  • Blogging (6+ years)
  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and PageMaker
  • Final Cut Studio
  • Microsoft Office, Project and Visio
  • HTML, XML and CSS experience
  • Social network experience: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed, Second Life, etc.