Gloria Green

Experience

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  UW Engineering Professional Development

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1985

  Marketing Specialist
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  UW-Madison SBDC

  Apr 1989 - Dec 1993

  Assistant Director

  Designed, coordinated, and marketed over 70 small business seminars annually.Developed and conducted seminars for business owners on marketing, marketing communication, market research, direct marketing, pricing and strategic business planning, received ratings of over 4.5 out of a 5-point scale.

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  Smith & Gesteland

  Dec 1993 - Oct 1995

  Marketing Director

  Developed key marketing strategies and defined the company's positioning/branding in each of its niche markets; construction, non-profit, and family business. Designed and drafted promotional materials, business proposals, and advertisements as well as writing numerous articles and editing the S&G newsletter.Implemented use of Goldmine as a mailing list and contact management tool.

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  Rowley Schlimgen

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2001

  COO

  Re-branded Rowley Schlimen as a facility solutions company rather than an office furniture company.Increased profitability by evaluating, negotiating leading the transition to outsource the installation services for the company. Coached design, project management, customer service, and installation staff in all four locations.

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  CUNA Mutual Group

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  Product Marketer

  Created and implemented a content management strategy to populate on-line account team toolkits: a centralized resource for sales tools, proposals, FAQs, training resources, a pricing tool and a cost/benefit analysis tool. Created and implemented a content management strategy by developing online resource centers for credit unions for LOANLINER, loanliner.com, and the Student Loan network.Created promotional materials to support LOANLINER documents, www.loanliner.com, the LoanLink Center, and the Students Loan Network including: product sheets, proposals, web pages, sales presentations, off-line demos, and flash technology. Show less

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  Edgewood College

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Marketing Professor
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  Springs Window Fashions

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2015

  Implemented the Product Review step of the Integrated Business Planning Process. Created and implemented a system to prioritize marketing and new product development projects. Created project assumption templates which improved sales forecasting. Developed the timelines for different types of new product launches. Developed processes (sample book, price list, product change requests) to improve efficiency in new product launch. Manage the portfolio of projects in the New Product Schedule and coach product and project managers to ensure projects complete their Stage Gate Deliverables on time. Project manage major initiatives as well as troubleshoot on projects falling behind. Show less Spearheaded the transformation of the company's product development and product launch processes; implementing Gate Reviews, reducing time to market and improving the quality of the launch. Led the Senior Leadership Team in the development of a strategic plan and cascaded this plan to the Product Managers. This resulted in closing our competitive gaps over a five year period. Hired and coached Project Managers to use lean principles in project managing new product development projects and product launches. Show less

  • Senior Project Manager

    Oct 2010 - Jul 2015

  • Senior Product Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jul 2011

  • Manager Process Development

    Aug 2005 - Dec 2007
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  American Family Insurance

  Jul 2015 - Mar 2017

  Senior Strategic Initiative Program Manager

  Facilitates and manages all governance level processes for the $120M strategic initiative to ensure program decisions, change requests, risks/issues and budget are addressed and resolved in a timely manner by the Working Steering Committee.

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  Gloria.K.Green.com

  Mar 2017 - now

  Mindfulness Meditation Teacher

  Retired from corporate life to move to the next chapter, becoming a mindfulness meditation teacher. Obtained a mindfulness meditation teacher certification under a program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. Currently offer Mindful Moments at the Sequoya Library and teach mindfulness at Taycheedah and New Lisbon prisons.