Samuel Erickson

Experience

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  Whitman College

  Jun 2016 - May 2018

  • Refined and developed digitization workflow in collaboration with head archivist• Created finding aids for, rehoused, and cataloged the Inland Northwest Theater and Whitman College Press collections in ArchivesSpace • Digitized and assigned metadata tags for agricultural photographs and mid-nineteenth century correspondence • Developed students’ effective problem solving and test preparation skills• Explained concepts from all levels of chemistry courses, engaging students to ensure understanding • Clarified laboratory procedures and fielded questions during General Chemistry Laboratory courses of 30+ students• Performed laboratory class set up and take down every week• Prepared solutions, cleaned glassware, and set up laboratory equipment • Performed biotransformation and structural determination with an end goal of organic synthesis• Created and presented a poster for the Murdock College Science Research Conference• Trained two new lab members in equipment and technique usages• Designed and carried out experiments based on exhaustive personal research in scientific journal databases

  • Archives Assistant

    Dec 2017 - May 2018

  • Chemistry Tutor

    Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • General Chemistry Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2014 - May 2018

  • Collins Lab Summer Research Assistant

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
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  Oregon East Symphony

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

  Fourth Position Horn

  • Played fourth horn part for the Oregon East Symphony’s November 6 Concert ‘Worth the Wait’

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  MARCNOW

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2019

  Library Scanning Assistant

  • Independently managed remote office workflow and technical troubleshooting• Assessed the condition of 1000s of books and recommended appropriate • Applied barcodes and performed data entry for over 25,000 Arabic and Turkish books• Scanned books to obtain bibliographic information while tracking progress using QuickBase

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  University of Washington

  Nov 2019 - Sept 2020

  Student Service Management Specialist

  • Provided second tier technology support for the University of Washington MyPlan registration systems, effectively handling hundreds of support tickets• Designed and implemented dynamic dashboard for team of service managers, soliciting requirements and iteratively improving features based on usage feedback• Implemented information architecture concepts to ongoing projects in an agile workflow in support of student program team

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  Simple [A]

  Jul 2020 - Mar 2023

  Product Manager: guide, coordinate, and get hands-on in every area of product management as the first product manager for an early-stage product. Including, in the last six months:• Lead workshops to help define product vision, mission, and strategy—working directly with company founder to identify product pivot scenarios and create contingency plans• Partner with business development and sales: conduct market analysis, develop pitches, and lead over 20 product demos• Guide team to adopt Agile best practices including Scrum and Kanban• Own product backlog, write user stories, develop user personas, and conduct user interviews• Plan, write, and coordinate product training, documentation, and release notesSemantics Engineer: work directly with clients to analyze their information environments and detail advice on the development, implementation, and maintenance of taxonomy, ontology, and knowledge graph semantic solutions Show less

  • Product Manager and Semantics Engineer

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2023

  • Content Engineering Intern

    Jul 2020 - Sept 2020
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  MapLight

  Mar 2023 - now

  Product Manager