Independent Distribution & Revenue Consultant - Independent
(2025-06)
- Manage hotel revenue and distribution strategies across OTAs, GDS, channel managers, and direct booking platforms to maximize occupancy and profitability.
- Maintain API integrations, PMS configuration, and guest experience technology implementations, ensuring seamless connectivity between booking engines, channel managers, and third-party platforms while optimizing the end-to-end guest journey.
- Proactively identified and resolved connectivity, mapping, and inventory synchronization issues, minimizing revenue loss and operational disruptions.
- Analyzed channel performance, market trends, and booking data to optimize distribution effectiveness and revenue growth, and guest booking behavior.
- Built and maintained strategic partnerships with hotels, technology providers, and distribution partners to expand market reach, enhance operational efficiency, and support a consistent guest experience.
Distribution Manager - Magnuson Hotels - Casper
(2018-07 - 2025-06)
- Managed PMS, CRS, channel manager, OTA, and GDS integrations, including OpenHotel, Cloudbeds, SkyTouch, HotelKey, SiteMinder, SHR, and ASI platforms.
- Led a team of 10 revenue managers while providing technical support, troubleshooting API integrations, ARI synchronization, and distribution issues to ensure data accuracy and operational continuity.
- Spearheaded platform migrations and system integrations, including ICE Portal to Leonardo LUCID content API migration and Salesforce-to-Monday.com CRM transition, maintaining complete data integrity.
- Conducted market analysis, revenue forecasting, and competitive benchmarking to identify growth opportunities and optimize pricing, distribution, and promotional strategies.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with hotel owners, technology partners, and internal teams to ensure contractual compliance, content standardization, and seamless distribution performance.
- Managed content standardization for API platform integration across all properties.
- Directed hotel distribution, connectivity, and revenue strategies for 100+ properties across OTAs, GDS, channel managers, and PMS platforms, driving occupancy and revenue growth.
- Administered the company's VOIP phone system, maintaining all queue options and holiday schedules.
Board Member, Engineer - Newman Lake Homeschool - Newman Lake
(2011-10 - 2017-02)
- Engineered, implemented, debugged, and managed MySQL, PHP, Javascript, and additional database frameworks and web APIs for informational and registration purposes for over 60 users.
- Educated elementary-aged children in a variety of elective classes including civics, sciences, and engineering problem-solving.
- Determined business strategies, outreach programs, and community involvement initiatives as a Board Member to enhance brand recognition and services for local parents and students.
Software Engineer - Varec (Formerly Endress+Hauser) - Norcross
(2002-11 - 2003-04)
- Developed and implemented ASP, Javascript, and applicable API software as the lead software engineer for fuel tank gauges, supporting a Department of Defense contracted program.
- Generated and reported data via DoD-mandated software to address customer-initiated inquiries regarding hardware usage within contracted programs.
Test Engineer - Varec (Formerly Endress+Hauser) - Norcross
(2001-10 - 2002-10)
- Authored, executed, and documented test cases for custom software, ensuring compliance with client engineering standards.
- Chaired an internal engineer task force to resolve targeted issues identified during software testing.
- Served as the lead liaison with DoD partners across military branches to define testing parameters and deliver engineering test results within required DoD timeframes.
Junior Test Engineer - Micron - Boise
(2000-03 - 2001-07)
- Managed Zero Bus Turnaround (ZBT) programs.
- Led Statistical Process Control (SPC) Analysis, including training and mentoring new engineers on SPC programs.
- Contributed as a test engineer team member for SRAM Quad Data Rate (QDR) and Double Data Rate (DDR) memory devices, supporting production requirements.
- Oversaw quality testing for related SRAM products, executing several testing procedures using Perl and other large-scale testing modules.
Technical Support Analyst - Lotus Development Corporation - Atlanta
(1999-07 - 1999-12)
- Provided customer-facing technical support as an analyst for a multinational corporation in a post-degree role, ensuring timely resolution of technical inquiries.
