JD Dietrich

Experience

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  Quantum Consulting

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2008

  Director of Business Development and Marketing/Contract Specialist
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  Ratchet

  Dec 2009 - Jan 2011

  Consulting Services

  Ratchet was one of Minneapolis' first brand focused technology companies. Web, mobile, didn't matter. If our clients need it, we'd build it.My role was to develop strategic partnerships and build out the consulting services practice. We specialized in .Net, Sitecore, Vignette, Percussion, and Magnolia, as well as front end development work in PHP, Flash, Flex, HTML.

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  Siteworx

  Feb 2011 - Dec 2011

  Engagement Manager

  Siteworx is a multi-million dollar, thought leading, full service digital agency working with some of the most exceptional clients across the nation via their locations in VA, NC, NY, CA, GA, and IL.As a Engagement Manager I managed Siteworx's billion dollar clients' portfolios. Responsible for overall engagement success, understanding client business and technical success criteria, and ensuring project goals and results align.We focused mainly on implementing Adobe's AEM, SDL Tridion, Sitecore, and similar enterprise CMS solutions. Good times! Show less

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  The Nerdery

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Director of Talent Acquisition/Applied Teams Strategist

  As the Director of Talent/Applied Teams Strategist, I built and managed The Nerdery's Talent Acquisition strategy and team. Our Nerds represented our strategic differentiation and as one of the fastest growing technology organizations in the country, we had to constantly work to find the very best individuals and build the right environment to let them thrive.

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  The Nerdery

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  Director, Deployed Teams

  The Nerdery is one of the largest technology development and consulting firms in the midwest. The Deployed Teams was a group of interactive technology experts working on-premise in tandem with our client's team. This distributed team which included developers in .Net, Java, Ruby on Rails, and Python; masters of the pixels (front-end developers); and Project Managers and Engagement Managers.

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  ILM

  Jul 2013 - Nov 2015

  Director of Consulting

  Head of development, client delivery, and strategy for a custom technology consulting firm.

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  Croocial

  Mar 2015 - Oct 2018

  Founder & CEO

  Croocial is a first of its kind social referral engine which allows friends to help friends find jobs and rewards those connections, turning successful hires into cash for our users and donations to charities. Learn more and get involved at www.croocial.com.

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  BTR Agency

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

  Founder/Consultant

  BTR is a technology consulting agency focused on leveraging brand, technology, and data to build more robust products and provide actionable insights and results.

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  Build Labs

  Nov 2017 - now

  Founder & CEO

  Build Labs delivers exceptional quality software more affordably. Our immersive platform pairs skilled, experienced developers with recent coding bootcamp or Comp Sci graduates to produce great work for our clients at better rates than any other competitor.For companies who need to grow their internal development teams, we offer a customized platform where we train and mentor individuals on our clients' software and allow them to hire these individuals at no cost.Learn more at Buildlabs.io Show less

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  The Front Line Foundation

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2023

  Co-Founder, Board Member

  As one of the original Founders and currently Chair of the Development Committee, my role focuses on increasing charitable commitments to allow The Front Line Foundation to continually expand the number and amount of its gifts to those who need our help the most.When is the last time you risked your life for a stranger? It's time to become a supporting member of The Front Line Foundation. https://www.thefrontlinemn.org/get-involved

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  The Hadden

  Jun 2023 - now

  Founder

  A quiet social club in Minneapolis.