Hello, I’m Bill.

I’m a 30-something nonprofit technology project manager.

I’m passionate about tech, making an impact and attempting to live a sustainable life.

Coming Soon:

Custom D20 Campaign Materials. D&D 5E with new homebrew mechanics and snes rpg themes

  • Original Classes inspired by popular high fantasy books and video games.

  • Roleplay/Dialogue Encounter Mechanics

  • Traverse through worlds inspired by Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6 and more, each connected to the Seas of Time by their one logical shared point - the end.

Home: San Diego, California

Education:
San Diego State University, B.A. (2011)
Interdisciplinary degree:
Journalism, history & political science

Hobbies:

  • Commuting by bicycle

  • Gardening

  • Cooking

  • Learning Hebrew

  • Dungeons & Dragons / Role Playing

Where I work now:
www.jewbelong.org

Executive Assistant & Operations Project Manager
Congregation Beth Sholom | January 2019 - February 2022, San Francisco

  • Database Migration Project Manager

  • Primary CRM & Database administrator
    (SalesForce, Shalomcloud, SoapBox, Authorize.net, Google Suite, et al.)

  • Primary database, office suite and digital systems administrator

  • $200,000 grant proposal awarded in 2020, in addition to two smaller grant awards

  • Identity Access Management system administator

  • Communications and Marketing Manager (Website, Email, YouTube/Socials)

Coordinator of the Executive Office
New Israel Fund | April 2018 - January 2019, San Francisco

  • Scheduling, assistant ent and “Gatekeeper” for two executives

  • Boardmember liaison; board management software admin

  • Annual international boardmeeting support: Agenda, materials, logistics

  • IT Support Liaison

Development Associate and Executive Assistant
Alpine Camp and Retreat Center (Chai) | April - September 2017, San Diego

  • Created a CRM database from spreadsheets and paper scans

  • Annual Gala Event Assistant: Accounting/budget, digital materials & auction

  • Negotiate service contracts for overnight camps: Laundry, Internet, TV, database

  • Development support: Acknowledgment letters, fundraising, cultivation, et al.

Project Assistant to Executive Director
Center for International Migration and Integration (CIMI)
Jerusalem, Israel | October 2015 - December 2016

  • Five-country research trip and writer for a Guyanese diaspora engagement strategy)

  • Wrote narrative report for $3M immigration project, EU project grant

    • Issue Areas: Labor migration, immigrant integration, assisting victims of trafficking & torture, Assisted Voluntary Return and Remigration (AVRR)

  • Annual report layout and design; content copyediting

  • Website content and layout

Head Counselor, Recruiter and Social | Camp Inc.
April 2015- August 2016, Steamboat Springs, CO

  • (Summer) Program counselor, counselor supervisor and leadership team.

  • Social media manager

  • Representative at overnight camp fairs in several CA cities

  • Staff point of contact for partner/vendors

  • Recruitment, camper retention, and registration processing

Writer / Journalist
Multiple Publications | February 2008 - March 2014

  • Grossmont Summit, Editor-in-Chief & Layout and Design editor (InDesign)

    • EIC: 2007-2008 | Layout 2007-2009

  • The Daily Aztec

    • News Section Editor (Fall 2011) Managing Editor (Spring 2011)

    • Staff Writer (Fall 2008-Spring 2009)

  • Brick Road Magazine (2012) Writer/Editor

  • San Diego East County Magazine (2012) Freelance Writer/Contributor

  • Times of Israel - Weekly Blog (2013-2014)

Recent Work Experience

Professional Skills and Training

Databases & Digital Operations

Data is the core of a digital operation. Process and platform have an enormous impact on any office, and changing systems is disruptive. I’ve worked on many platforms and have never failed to become the office expert on a system. These are few of the database projects I’ve overseen:

  • Contacts migration from local and cloud servers to Constant Contact

  • Spreadsheet and physical record migration to DonorPerfect

  • Microsoft 365—>G-Suite migration (bi-directional experience)

  • SalesForce Data Quality Analysis, and data migration to ShalomCloud

Grants & Report Writing

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. One way or another, you need funding for that idea and effective budget management for programs and grantees of your own. This is when/how/where/why I worked with grants/admin. Below are some of my grant-related highlights.

  • Report to EU with CIMI - $3,200,000

  • Guyanese Diaspora Engagement Strategy

  • Nonprofit Security Grant Proposal (NSGP) - $200,000
    (Federal+state anti-terrorism annual security grant program)

Communications and Strategy

Moving from journalism to nonprofits early in my career was an easy transition; my skills in a digital environment are scarce in the nonprofit sector and gave me opportunity to work widely on projects I frequently chose.

  • MailChimp & Constant Contact: Audiences in the thousands with two employers, and 1-2k with a third. Recurring communications, one-offs, customer journey, surveys, engagement reporting.

  • InDesign: Newspapers, magazines, newsletter, postcard, menu, flyer, pamphlet, business cards.

  • YouTube: Branding, process, schedule, host training, and content parameters to pivot in-person events to online during the pandemic.

  • Social Media Manager/Strategy: Multi-platform content and marketing strategy.

Creative Tools

I’ve always been a creator; as a child, digital tools provided me entertainment and some of my earliest jobs, but that hobby has grown to compliment my professional work rather than define it.

  • InDesign: Newspapers, magazines, newsletter, postcard, menu, flyer, pamphlet, business cards.

  • Adobe Premiere: When my office shifted from in-person to online content, we needed video editing and we needed it “yesterday.” With some experience from college, I was able to pick up and apply what we needed to mix and enhance audio; trim, cut and splice video; and keep the whole process oiled and ready to go.

  • Photoshop/Illustrator: What began with a desire to make fancy signatures and graphics for websites in my teenage years has evolved into a useful tool for branding and marketing in every position I’ve worked for more than a decade, creative staff or not.

 Digital Systems Experience

This is the short list of the digital systems where I was a primary administrator. If it’s here, I have experience and training!

Primary admin 2-5 years

  • Google Suite

  • Microsoft 365

  • SalesForce

  • ShalomCloud

  • MailChimp

  • Squarespace

  • Authorize.net

  • PayPal

  • Square

  • Stripe

  • Kantech Systems
    (Camera and IAM systems)

  • ACCO (Heating/Cooling)

  • Adobe CC
    InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Rush

  • Basecamp

Experience: 6-12 months

  • Raiser’s Edge

  • DonorPerfect

  • Expensify

  • Issuu

  • Wix

  • Diligent

  • WordPress

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