Andrew Muskie McKay

Reporting to the CEO, contributed to organizational development, management, and strategic planning for industry cluster related activity at BOB. Facilitated and organized five industry clusters: Construction, Tourism & Hospitality, Creative Industries, Information & Communication Technology and the Green Inner-city Cluster. Provided business development services to inner-city connected businesses and entrepreneurs focussing on: business planning, market research, relocation, expansion, information technology, commercial leasing and zoning issues.

• Helped plan and launch the following social enterprises: W2 Café, SOLEfood Urban Farm, and coworking@BOB. Duties included writing business plans, pro forma accounting, sales projections, market & industry research, and authoring grant proposals.
• Helped coordinate, develop, and launch Cluster initiatives such as: Dragon Rickshaw Adventures and the W2 Bladerunners Media Arts Apprenticeship Program.
• Acted as project manager for http://buildingopportunities.org website redevelopment, the project consisted of a custom content management system, inner-city online job board, inner-city business directory, and other digital publishing features. Phase one budget was $35,000 with subsequent phases costing in excess of $10,000. Development team size was 6-8 with stakeholders numbering in the dozens. Responsible for project timeline, project scope, vendor selection, and copy writing.
• Managed BOB's online image through social networks, blogs, and media inquiries.
• Leveraged social media to achieve front page coverage of cluster projects in the Vancouver Sun and Metro as well as numerous other mentions in print, radio, TV, and online media.
• Contributed to event planning, organization, and promotion of: Sustainability 2.0 and Gaining Ground Resilient Cities Vancouver 2009 conferences.

Reporting to the Director General and Chief Trade Commissioner of KOTRA Vancouver, researched companies, potential partners, legal requirements, industries, and markets in Korea and Canada. In order to increase foreign direct investment and trade, organized: promotional events, seminars, trade show pavilions, and business matchmaking opportunities. In addition, secured guest speakers, drafted official speeches, communiques, and promotional material.

• Assisted in organizing official incoming delegations concentrating on Alternative Energy, Oil & Gas, and New Media, including the largest national pavilion at the 2007 Gas & Oil Exposition in Calgary, Alberta, consisting of over 70 delegates.

Reporting to the VP of Sales and Marketing, conducted market research into and prepared analysis of the following industries: Forestry, Construction, and Mobile Computing.

• Co-developed a marketing plan, product positioning, and branding strategy for Noratek's Mobillizer™ including an ROI sales model complete with custom Excel spreadsheets.
• Interviewed customers and authored case studies on usage of mobile data collection.

Reporting to the Head Teacher and Branch Manager, taught English as a second language to students ranging in age from high school student to retiree.

Reporting to a Senior Developer, developed a variety of inter and intranet based applications using Apple's WebObjects. Participated in all phases of the software development lifecycle including specification gathering, use case generation, development, testing, and deployment. Programming was done in both Java and Objective-C.

• Contributed to the development of GVC.SiteMaker, a custom website publishing system currently used by staff and students at the University of Michigan and other institutions.
• Integrated into an internationally dispersed development team that worked onsite both in Canada and in Germany while developing a custom content management system for ZooPlus.de Germany's largest pet portal.

Reporting to the Head of Desktop Services, supported day-to-day operations of Shell Net, Shell Canada's Intranet. Duties entailed: user support, training, HTML editing, scripting, graphics editing and creation.