This document provides an extensive summary of Kim Schmidt's professional experience, skills, and qualifications. Key details include: - Kim has over 15 years of experience in marketing, PR, project management, and technology roles across several companies. - She specializes in brand management, data management, emerging technologies, and event coordination/management. - Key skills include analytics, strategy, communication, and leadership. She has expertise in AWS, SQL, JavaScript and more. - Testimonials from previous managers and colleagues praise her energy, drive, technical skills, networking abilities, and results.

1. Kim Schmidt
Email:
kimschmidt101@gmail.com
Mobile: +1-949-735-8505
Skype: tenaciousone1
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimsc
hmidt1
Blog:
http://kimschmidtsbrain.com
Here is what sets me apart from the competition:
 I have a broad range of knowledge and experience with many technologies, positions, verticals, and company-
types (all within the technology industry)
 I give order out of chaos in branding, marketing & PR in every single aspect. Give me your chaos and free
reign to take your pandemonium and bring order for you. I excel at solving unstructured challenges.
 I have an extraordinary “need” for daily learning of new technologies. Nothing in the world can suffocate that
hunger.
 I speak equally well to a broad range of people in corporate positions. I have deep worldliness, being just as
comfortable speaking to CEO’s, Founders, Presidents, Ambassadors and more at top levels to training with
respect less-experienced co-workers.
My strengths as a Brand Manager/Corporate Evangelist include but are not limited to the following:
 Provide inventive and innovative thinking to processes to simplify, improve effectiveness and efficiency having
the ability to influence direction on department issues; possess strong decision-making skills.
 Extremely motivated and detail-oriented individual who is energized by big challenges.
 Ability to analyze sales data and trends, identifying new business and partnership opportunities alongside
global sales teams to build recommendations into overall strategies through identification of visionary new
solutions and product concepts for anticipated consumer needs and needs of the industry niches.
 Develop, field and analyze product and consumer research; assess, improve and optimize ongoing media
and campaigns and identify and advocate for new opportunities or improve existing ones.
 Develop integrated strategies that work to achieve stated goals and provide direction, communication and
necessary documentation to all internal and external partners ensuring the product line is recognized as the
best by resellers and end users in the industry for value, quality, selection, innovation, features, reliability
and ease of use.
 Provide an inspirational vision for the given product lines that “changes the game” for the market based
upon consumer understanding gained in research efforts; identify any gaps and new consumer solutions.
 Strong analytical, strategic and interpersonal skills; strong verbal and written communication skills.
 Act as liaison between wide range of internal and external clients.
 Ability to execute on a wide variety of concurrent projects on schedule in a fast paces entrepreneurial
environment.
 Actively organize, coordinate and lead trade show event efforts (both off-site and on-site) to maximize our
reach with consumers in engaging and imaginative ways.
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Summary
Experience

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Network of One
 Manager of Amazon Web Services relationship, server &
services configuration; reduced AWS cost per year the first
week of employment by $367,464.12 per year
 Trained the technical team on AWS Best Practices
 Coordinated and assisted with terabytes of data ingestion
from multiple external data sources into Redshift and Amazon
RDS Aurora, some using the Matillion ETL Tool for AWS
 Manage the company’s relationship with AWS
 Manager of AWS relationship ETL Tool Matillion
 Manager of AWS relationship Botmetrics for Cost, Disaster
Recovery, Performance and Security Tool:
https://youtu.be/bP8FrLqwZDM
 Optimized all technology systems and maintained minimal
associated costs; bi-weekly reporting & posting on multiple
cloud platforms
 Negotiated prices on other AWS services and Marketplace
Solutions to be thousands less than regular pricing
 Implementing a Direct Connect to Data Warehouse and also
to on-premises to AWS
 Reporting directly to the CEO, I act as the liaison between the
Engineering and Business Intelligence Teams
 Assist in direct hires
 Project Management throughout the company using Trello
Kanban & Corrello for cross-board analytics & reporting
 Conference and Marketing Event Organizer End-to-End
 Create ad-hoc pivot reports as needed
 Created an automated financial system in less than a day
Dun & Bradstreet
 Created and implemented the MVP Program for elite data
experts, exceeding program goals by 2200%
 Created and utilized web properties, marketing collateral,
social channels, blogs and forums to build the program from
scratch and launch new products and education while
analyzing KPIs to maximize budget and results
 Increased brand awareness and participant engagement in
trade publications, national media and press
 Key PR and Marketing public figure representing the company
and the program at conferences, meetings and events
Program Manager, Most Valuable Professional Program 08/2013– 02/2015
Partner and Client Engagement/Marketing Officer 02/2015-present
Director, AmazonWeb Services/Big Data/Tech Administrator, Project Manager 12/2015 -
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EventFX
 Work with clients to create interactive Augmented Reality,
Virtual Reality and Visual Effects campaigns and events,
engaging targets with accountable results
 Client concept creation, event management, counseling, sale
and account management
 Conduct event analysis and reporting to give to clients post-
event metrics to prove success in a very detailed manner
 Traveled to client events to implement services and guarantee
a smooth execution of the interactive event
(This is a part-time, per-event position)
Interact.Agency
 Implemented programs, events, partner relations and funding
to promote Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Wearables,
Smart Glasses, the Internet of Things and other emerging
technologies
 Quality and results of the events I did resulted in Microsoft
giving the agency free access to campus facilities with catering
with the caveat to implement regular events of the same caliber
 Used TedX-style model to expand the geographic footprint of
the leading emerging technology conference, AWE
 Prospected and closed partnerships with top emerging
technology companies globally
 Coordinated a unique relationship with Amazon Web Services
resulting in immeasurable training and services support
 Created two user groups for the agency that grew from 0 to
over 500 members in two months
 Developed approximately seven social media sites to market
the agency to the emerging technology audience
takeOn Mobile Competition
Framework (Contract)
 Increased the application’s functionality by 5000% through
innovative competitions and out-of-the-box thinking
 Beta-tested each release to ensure customer satisfaction on
Windows, Android and iPhone smartphones
 Created marketing and PR strategies for US adoption, resulting
in interest from ePrize, Microsoft Ambassadors and Corporate
CEO’s
Microsoft
Director, Creative Immersive Technology Adoption 01/2015-05/2015
Marketing, PR, Developer Product/Program Manager 06/2013-02/2014
Product Advisor, Business and Community Events 11/2009-11/2013

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 Preferred Product Advisor for highly technical customers
 Increased market awareness by over 2000%
 Organized and marketed unique community and business
events that are still being repeated today
 Produced several original events including developer summits,
pre-conference events and black-tie charity events
 Marketing and PR: Attracted high-profile celebrities to events
including NFL Champions, the San Diego Cheerleaders and
the California Governor’s liaison
 Increased sales by 40% through innovative B2B channel
campaigns
Microsoft Office Suite, Amazon Web Services (some Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud), Emerging
Technologies (half-way to Google Developer Expert in Wearables), HTML, CSS, some: JavaScript,
Java, Microsoft Business Intelligence, SQL Server, Git, GitHub, PowerShell, Markdown,
NationBuilder, Penflip, past fluent: C#, ASP.NET, .NET, XML, XSLT, XSD, XPath, Tridion Content
Management System, currently enrolled: Data Analysis and Interpretation (as of 11/13/2015,
completed Data Visualization and Management)
Technologies
Data Management and Visualization, “Half-way” to Google Developer Expert in Wearables, Microsoft
Certified Application Developer, Microsoft Certified Professional, Certified in JavaScript, Certified
Internet Webmaster, A+
 “#120 in 2014 “Top 1K in Wearables”, Leaderboard.com
 “VIP Woman of the Year”, National Association of Professional Women, 2011-2012
 “Top 75% of Influential People Online”, FastCompany.com 2011
 “Best Technology” at Microsoft Windows 7 Incubation Week, 2009
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, Pre-Med/Biological Sciences, Dean’s Honor List,
3.86 GPA
 ORANGE COAST COLLEGE, Pre-Med/Biological Sciences, Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor
Scholarship Society, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematical Honor Society, US President’s List for
Outstanding Scholarship, 3.98 GPA
Conversational Spanish, Reading, Writing and Speaking
Technologies
Licenses and Certifications
Awards
Education
Languages
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Dr. Max McKeown
Writer,Consultant, Researcher Specializingin “Innovation Strategy,Leadership, and Culture” Oct. 21,2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_McKeown
“Kim is a relentless force of nature. Someone who enthuses and shares her enthusiasm for the power of innovation - and new
ideas - with everyone. People respond to that attractive energy and want to get involved with the work she does.
She understands the amazing opportunities presentedby new approaches, technologies and also understands the challenges with
helping people over their reluctance to change their habits.This makes her an invaluable partofany innovation or change project.She
has invested effort in developing her skills and networks. She has developed communities and relationships in a way that demonstrates
her importance to your projector organization.”
Gerry Miller
Ex-MSFT CTO, CEO - Cloudticity Nov. 29,2014
“Every time I see one of Kim's messages in my inbox,it's the first thing I click.Kim is a ball ofenergy,and every communicationis a
wonderful opportunity to learn something new, meetsomeoneinteresting, or getpulled into a fascinating project.
Kim is a unique breed,someone who brings deep technical expertisewhile oozing passion and enthusiasm. It's hard to overstate
her intelligence, energy, drive,and incrediblenetwork.
It's been a pleasure to work with Kim and I look forward to many more years ofcollaboration.”
Kevin Kline,
SQL PASS Founder and Director of Engineering at SQL Sentry Inc Sept. 30,2014
“Kim is a creative and energetic program manager and problem solver for the DNB MVP program.It's been a great experience
working with Kim since its launch atthe PASS Summit2013 eventand seeing the progress she has made in building a community
of thought leaders for DNB. She put together a wide variety of services for the MVPs, builtup premium contentand training
material, and help coalesce a real community aroundDNB offerings.”