Jonathan Darrell Rydberg
Ed.M., MHA, PMP
********.*.*******@*****.*** 602-***-**** LinkedIn New Hampshire, USA Professional Summary and Personal Introduction
I am a seasoned professional who has succeeded in building a career as a licensed Project Management Professional (PMP) in Salesforce Commerce Cloud e-commerce website design and development, digital marketing, financial systems processing, and post-graduate curriculum design and development. I have earned two master’s degrees, maintained my PMI license in good standing since 2015, and am a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). I enjoy building and working with teams of people, taking on challenging projects that require us to value and leverage one anothers’ passions, competencies, and experiences. I take pride in being an ethical person who contributes to the improvement of all of my environment by way of my actions and interactions with others. Current Experience
Aquifer, Inc. November 2020 - Present
Position: Innovations Manager, Product Development Team
● Created and implemented a formal, proprietary process to cultivate, articulate and research new ideas for the company that have the potential to turn into tangible project efforts.
● Managed the innovations process to differentiate projects from ideas, and effectively prioritize business resources while managing project team communications.
● Planned and managed curriculum development projects under the strictly constrained time, funding and scope capabilities of a not-for-profit organization. In particular a nearly $400,000.00 grant-funded effort to develop a curriculum in Palliative Care Excellence for medical, physician assistant and nursing students.
● Responsible for:
o efficiently communicating the progress of the project – including successes, shortfalls, risks and opportunities
– to the executive leadership team. This includes reporting performance of budget, scope fidelity, and schedule for effective decision-making.
o assessing the likelihood and impact of risks while managing both potential and incurred change. o coordinating the efforts and communication of project teams comprised of dozens of experienced professional stakeholders, merging the individual efforts into cohesive, measurable progress towards a defined set of goals.
Education and Professional Licensure:
● Master's Degree; Education (Ed.M.): Science and the Public, State University of New York - Buffalo (2018)
● Master’s Degree; Health Care Administration (MHA), University of Phoenix (2009)
● Bachelor of Science; Business Administration, Arizona State University (2006)
● Project Management Professional (PMP), Lic.# 1864472, Project Management Institute
● Certified Non-Profit Quality Manager, The Quality Management Institute.
● Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Alliance Previous Relevant Experience
PixelMEDIA September 2018 - November 2020
Position: Project Manager
● In this position I was responsible for planning and executing the functional design and construction of unique, technically complex and fully integrated storefront websites on the Salesforce Reference Architecture e-commerce platform (Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Service Cloud).
● Projects followed an intricate software development lifecycle process of definition, design, development, testing and deployment, on timelines lasting 6 to 18 months, and typically in the budgeted range of $500,000.00 - $1,500,000.00. Defero Digital Marketing Agency May, 2016 - August, 2018 Position: Project Manager
● I planned, executed and managed a portfolio of projects for marketing strategies and website design and development.
● Managed projects to achieve key performance indicators, including (but not limited to) conversion rate optimization, site awareness and traffic increases, click-through and bounce rates, and social media audience engagement.
● Responsible for project team communication and reporting on project progress, mitigating risk and managing change. TransCentra, Inc. (now Exela Technologies) September, 2013 – May, 2016 Position: Project Manager
● Planned and executed the implementation of client accounts in a technically complex Private Label transaction management factory system.
● Led internal projects aimed at improving organizational business performance to accommodate the needs of a company competing within a highly specialized, precise and competitive market. University of Phoenix, College of Natural Sciences June, 2008 – September 2013 Position: Project Manager
Software and Applications Aptitude:
MS Office Suite Mac OS Windows HTML/CSS Workamajig Smartsheets Sharepoint All Google Drive Applications Google Adwords and Analytics Trello Monday.com Slack ModX Wordpress Drupal CQ5 Github Hotjar Spyfu Optimizely Atlassian applications: Bitbucket, Confluence & Jira Relevant Skills and Experience:
Salesforce Account Management Change Management Process Improvement Communications Management Risk Assessment Budget Analysis Reporting Analytics Market Research Competitive Analysis Software Development Lifecycle Project Leadership eCRM Waterfall RUP Agile Scrum Publications:
● Master’s Thesis: ‘Targeted public science engagement: Recurrent market principles recognized as beneficial in bolstering community science literacy to influence informed public action’. SUNY Buffalo. Adviser: Dr. John Shook.
● Massive Sci. ‘The brain treats questions about beliefs like physical threats. Can we learn to disarm it?’ January 11, 2018 Volunteerism:
Nottingham Conservation Commission: Full Member December, 2019 – Present
● I work with other volunteer colleagues to fulfill its mission, which is to collaborate with local and regional boards and organizations to inventory, map, and protect Nottingham’s natural resources and space. Coach Fall, 2021 - Present
● Nottingham Little League (baseball) and Strikers (soccer)