Gregory Brown, MBA, PMP, CSM

Experience

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  Positively For Kids

  Nov 1992 - Apr 2005

  Founder / Author

  Employed a team of six associates and produced seven acclaimed children’s books. Developed a 28-book series and negotiated with national sports figures to join series that produced a national best-selling book, with series selling more than 500,000 units.Awarded Children’s Choice Honor and Family Channel’s Seal of Approval.Conducted hundreds of media interviews to promote Positively for Kids brand. Developed content for major star’s official web site for two years making it the most popular in its class. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Sept 1995 - Aug 2006

  National Education Speaker

  Engagement Speaker: Designed and taught a nonfiction writing seminar. Served as guest speaker at 225 public and private schools across the U.S.

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  Impact Sports Marketing

  Feb 1998 - Aug 1999

  Webmaster / Content Manager

  Designed and launched a celebrity athlete’s web site from the ground up, including selling the concept. Created and published online content and oversaw weekly updates. Guided site to be the most popular athlete site on the TSN network. Successfully negotiated the sale of site’s rights to Athlete’s Direct.In addition, worked at two daily newspapers, including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as a sports writer and sports editor.

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  Athletes Direct

  Mar 1999 - Apr 2000

  Content Provider

  Gathered, developed, and wrote content for a major sports figure’s official web site. Conducted weekly interviews, managed all web site and blog content, and created responses to fan emails. Served as the driving force behind making the site the most popular in its class on the internet, as reported by ESPN.

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  Volt Services

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2007

  Company Communications

  Developed enterprise communications as lead writer for several cross-functional teams, including IT, Global Staffing, and HR Internal Communications. Created WebCasts, Web sites, Executive Briefings, HR News, Boeing News Now, posters, home mailers, and brochures for multiple lines of businesses within the organization. Oversaw multiple projects from initiation to execution. Ensured project schedules were met.

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  Boeing

  Sept 2007 - Apr 2016

  Pioneered new role in Creative Services (CS) organization by embedding in programs to advise and coordinate internal design, web, video, multimedia, photo, and writing services. Served on CS leadership team for two years to chart new work-flow processes and report progress of changing culture from siloed creatives to collaborative cross-functional in-house agency model. Performed under intense pressure during Boeing’s 787 battery fire-crisis as a key member of the “Tell Our Story” (TOS) team. Directed creation of 106 deliverables for TOS team by CS team of 55 persons working 1,500 hours, in a three month period. Public release of videos, infographics, statements, and influencer material reversed negative global sentiment to pre-fire levels as measured by social media analytics.Led and mentored teams to perform in dynamic, changing environments with multiple demands, competing interests, and changing deadlines. Helped to scope, approve, staff, initiate, execute, monitor and deliver projects while resolving issues and managing stakeholders’change-orders. Managed a portfolio of internal CS projects in excess of $1M yearly; mentored first-level project managers on best practices. Show less

  • Change Leader ǀ Project Manager ǀ Strategist

    Jan 2012 - Apr 2016

  • Company Communications Manager, Project Manager

    Sept 2007 - Jan 2012
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  NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

  Oct 2016 - Sept 2017

  Change Leader

  Change agent for Western Regional Center site services as site leadership of the largest concentration of NOAA employees west of Washington D.C. embarks on a new business model. Worked with teams and leaders to define a new financial system for funding the operations budget. Managed multiple projects while Creating presentations and deliverables to communicate process change and expectations.

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  Your Solutions, Inc.

  Dec 2017 - Jun 2018

  Founder

  Founder of stealth startup.

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  Microsoft

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for Services Executive Board team to plan executive meetings for Microsoft leaders and CEOs of partner companies to discuss trends and strategy.

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  Boeing

  Oct 2018 - Jul 2020

  Program Manager

  Program Manager for Boeing's Enterprise Onboarding Program leading rollout of One Boeing orientation presentations every new hire across the enterprise sees on their Day One. New presentations combine enterprise and site information new hires need to level up, be productive, and embrace Boeing culture quicker. Team includes instructional designers, project managers, facilitators, operations, and design support from Creative Design Group. Also responsible for new onboarding tool used by managers and onboarding specialists. In addition to Day 1 orientation, program team creates learning packets that deep dive into business units and groups. Analyzes data from surveys and focus groups to upflow to leaders for continuous content and process improvements. Show less