Melanie McGee

Melanie McGee

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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  • SkillSpout Graphic

    SkillSpout

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    Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

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    Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

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    Lakewood, OH

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    Shaker Hts., OH

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Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Keynote Speaker

    Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (2019): "Delivered a keynote titled 'Success is NaN,' inspiring attendees by redefining success and addressing challenges faced by underrepresented groups in tech."

  • Keynote Speaker

    Columbus WITCon

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Columbus WITCon (2023): "Presented the keynote 'Alexa, When Will Robots Take Over the World?' exploring the societal and workforce implications of artificial intelligence."

  • NEOWIT (Northeast Ohio Women in Tech) Graphic

    Keynote Speaker

    NEOWIT (Northeast Ohio Women in Tech)

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Northeast Ohio Women in Tech (2024): "Gave a keynote speech on 'Navigating Career Transitions in the Age of AI,' offering actionable strategies for embracing career shifts in a rapidly evolving tech landscape."

  • Judge

    NASA Space Apps Hackathon

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Judge – NASA Space Apps Hackathon | October 2024
    - Evaluated innovative solutions and prototypes developed by multidisciplinary teams addressing global challenges using NASA’s open data.
    - Provided expert feedback on technical, innovative, and problem-solving aspects of the projects.

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    Guest Speaker

    Women in Agile

    Science and Technology

    I've had the pleasure of speaking multiple times with the Women in Agile groups on AI and technology topics.

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    Tiger Talk Speaker

    Innovate New Albany

    - 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

    "This is the best presentation I've ever been to!" raved one of the audience members during the Q&A section of the event. 60+ attendees at the AI for Cities and Businesses event. Reviews were all resoundingly positive.

  • Panelist - Workforce Development and AI

    Akron-Area (AITP) Association of IT Professionals

    - Present 1 year 2 months

    Education

    AITP Panelist speaking on AI and Workforce Development.

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    Featured Speaker – International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)

    U.S. Department of State

    - Present 1 year 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Invited to speak as a subject matter expert for a U.S. State Department-led International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) delegation hosted by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs.

    Engaged with twelve global women leaders from countries including Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Germany, Spain, Guyana, and the UAE on the topic of “Economic Prosperity: Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship.”

    Led a dynamic discussion focused on:

    Emerging trends in technology and…

    Invited to speak as a subject matter expert for a U.S. State Department-led International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) delegation hosted by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs.

    Engaged with twelve global women leaders from countries including Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Germany, Spain, Guyana, and the UAE on the topic of “Economic Prosperity: Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship.”

    Led a dynamic discussion focused on:

    Emerging trends in technology and AI

    Strategies for entrepreneurship and small business growth

    The role of workforce development and education & training in inclusive economic development

    Proud to support global dialogue and exchange around innovation, equity, and sustainable business leadership.

Projects

  • Lost Golf Balls

    Magento development for Lost Golf Balls, converting old and cumbersome Volusion site to Magento with custom extensions, custom development, transfer of information, design and development.

    Other creators
    • imageNation Team
    See project

  • Drive My Way

    - Present

    We developed a completely custom SaaS / Web app connecting truck drivers and employers. Match.com meets the trucking industry. Front and back-end development with Multiple roles and permissions.

    Other creators
    • imageNation Team
    See project

  • TTAC Parts

    Magento B2B ecommerce site with integrations to TTAC's ERP systems. We also developed custom Magento extensions to create an innovative, user friendly, and powerful Applications search and one of a kind OEM search with over 50k products. Responsive development and design.

    See project

  • Scientific Entrepreneur Evaluations

    - Present

    SEE™ Provides a never before available service to Angel Investors and anyone involved in funding business startups, by adding one of the most important pieces of the puzzle to your funding analysis -- the Entrepreneur's personality. Assessments, Reports, and Consulting is given to allow you an understanding of the "Fit" level of an entrepreneur based on recent scientific findings that indeed an entrepreneur's personality can help predict whether his/her business will be successful . .…

    SEE™ Provides a never before available service to Angel Investors and anyone involved in funding business startups, by adding one of the most important pieces of the puzzle to your funding analysis -- the Entrepreneur's personality. Assessments, Reports, and Consulting is given to allow you an understanding of the "Fit" level of an entrepreneur based on recent scientific findings that indeed an entrepreneur's personality can help predict whether his/her business will be successful . . . or not.

    Custom web development and design. Social Media and Internet Marketing. Web and Internet consulting. Web Architecture. Web and Internet Strategy.

    See project

  • Talkbots / Zoe Bot

    - Present

    Online artificial intelligence, front end, back end programming. Marketing, Facebook development, web development.
    PHP, Vortex, SQL, XML, Actionscript, jquery, Flash, C++, C, TTS, speech recognition, phoneme/linguistic algorithms,etc.
    See Talkbot Zoe's Fan Page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ZoeBot/152631514882266
    and chat with her here
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/ZoeBot/152631514882266?sk=app_472880599422857

    See project

  • Artful Sister

    - Present

    Incredibly creative custom design for Artful Sister built on CMS system with integrated e-Commerce. Technology seamlessly transfers between social, marketing, inventory, and accounting systems. Custom designed logo, and custom PHP/jQuery/Plugin development.

    Pintrest-like layout for "shop and share" feeling and satisfying requirement for administrators to publish meaningful blog posts with a minimal amount of effort. Site integrates products and blog posts as well as automated…

    Incredibly creative custom design for Artful Sister built on CMS system with integrated e-Commerce. Technology seamlessly transfers between social, marketing, inventory, and accounting systems. Custom designed logo, and custom PHP/jQuery/Plugin development.

    Pintrest-like layout for "shop and share" feeling and satisfying requirement for administrators to publish meaningful blog posts with a minimal amount of effort. Site integrates products and blog posts as well as automated communication to and from social media outlets.

    Created online marketing campaign leading to 100% ROI within 2 weeks! Within 6 weeks, 500+ Facebook likes. Nearly 400% above estimated profit projections to date.

    Site and online marketing management by me and my company, imageNation Web Experts.

    See project

  • Art of Cloth Wholesale B2B eCommerce Site

    - Present

    Online Business to Business eCommerce site for ArtOfCloth.com. Built on CMS system and integrated with multiple internal and 3rd party systems. Additionally, branding, social media and other marketing as well as store management and reporting.

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  • Art of Cloth

    - Present

    Full-Cycle development of Art of Cloth's web presence built on CMS platform, and integrated with social media, CRM, analytics, and more.

    Other creators
    See project

  • ERP eCommerce integration (Multiple Projects)

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    Multiple projects for clients like DeLorean Motor Company, PG Golf, Dawnsign, Halhen, Optimum Card Solutions, Papa Shoe . . . integrating ACCTivate / Quickbooks inventory with a variety of e-commerce stores.

  • DeLorean Motor Company eCommerce Site

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    From inception through completion and maintenance, DeLorean Motor Company's e-Commerce site needed design, implementation, and production of a secure, easy to use and integrated eCommerce site. The site's products, customers, and other data needed to feed into disparate accounting, customer management, and inventory systems. We delivered! Integrated analytics. Ease of management by DeLorean.

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  • Griffin Frischmuth Consulting

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    CMS custom designed and developed site with marketing integrations. Rushed job - 3 days from start to completion.

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  • Cleveland Art

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    Custom design e-commerce site with integrated inventory system, blog, and more. CMS platform development. Data transformations and custom programming for front and back end.

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  • International Services Center

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    Custom designed and developed web solution on CMS with multiple custom templates. Including basic marketing, social media integration (post once on site and deliver to multiple social media outlets), site training, updated logo and more.

    See project

  • Randori Group

    Custom designed website using CMS platform, jquery, etc. Custom graphics and logo. 2 day turnaround. See http://randorigroup.com for how we went about coming up with the "less is more" design.

    See project

  • Tyco Service Manager Proposal Generator

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    Complete web-based proposal generation and management system for Tyco Asia: all divisions in Singapore, Malylasia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, Thailand, and Philippines.

    Proposal Generator:
    * Decreased proposal generation time for sales people
    * Engaged the end-customer with a professional and branded proposal
    * Updated pricing throughout the sales force
    * Decreased mistakes, increased sales

  • Grinnell Inspection Plus Proposal Generation System

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    From discovery phase through implementation we delivered a full featured web application to Tyco Grinnell. Used by their sales force within the US to generate and track proposals with company wide correct products and pricing, branded datasheets, reporting and more, ensuring accuracy, professionalism, and good contact regarding their sales.

  • Grinnell Engineering CD

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    From discovery through production, we created a web/CD based Engineering CD for Grinnell incorporating their specs, calculators, informational data sheets and more, including design and development of all aspects of the CD (cover art, internal program design and architecture, programming and development, assistance with CD production, etc.)

  • Grinnell Sales CD

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    Packed with information and calculators, the Grinnell Sales CD assisted the Grinnell sales force in understanding and communicating their product line and policies.

Honors & Awards

  • Progressive Entrepreneur - Smart Women Award

    Smart Business

    Progressive Entrepreneur Award: Celebrates women entrepreneurs who are driving change and innovation.

  • Winner of the Inaugural Trailblazers Award: Celebrating the Women Transforming Ohio Tech

    OhioX

    Celebrating leaders making an impact in Ohio tech.

  • Finalist, Best of Tech 2022

    Greater Cleveland Partnership

    Best of Tech 2022 Finalist in the category of Support of the Tech Community.

  • Notable Women in Tech Honoree

    Crain's Cleveland Business

  • Support Her Endeavors Honoree

    Taft

    Honored as a talented woman in STEM at Taft's inaugural Support Her Endeavors event.

  • TechInvest Winner

    Flashstarts

    We Can Code IT name People's Chose Winner of TechInvest, 2017.

  • Top 10 Tech Evangelist

    Plain Dealer | Cleveland.com

    I'm honored to be named one of Cleveland's Top 10 Tech Evangelists.

  • Startup Scaleup Sidewalk to Street Winner

    Startup Scaleup

    Best Scale Business Winner. We Can Code IT.

  • Women of Note Honoree

    Crain's Cleveland Business

    I'm honored to be a one of Crain's Cleveland Business's Women of Note for 2014.
    http://www.crainscleveland.com/section/WON_Honorees

  • COSE Venture Quest 2002 winning team member in startup category.

    COSE

    Real Estate app: data intensive, web crawling, multiple parcel search and reporting. I architected the IT solution for the project and assisted strongly in the business development.

  • Golden Key Award: Excellence in Graduate Studies

    Golden Key

    Golden Key Recipient for graduate studies in Computer Science, and then later, in Psychology.

  • Multiple web development / software engineering awards from 1997 to present.

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    Multiple web development awards from 1997 to present.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • getWITit

    Board - Executive Advisor

    - Present

    I'm proud to be an executive advisor to getWITit, a fast-growing organization for women in tech.

  • Greater Cleveland Partnership GCP Tech

    Tech Committee Board Member

    - Present

  • NEO Women in Tech

    Board Member and Advisor

    - Present

  • Chief

    Member

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  • Hubspot Customer Advisory Board

    Member

    - Present

  • EO

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  • Westshore Tech Advisory Committee

    Advisor

    - Present

    I'm a computer science advisor at Westshore Tech where I assist educators and administrators in curriculum decisions, getting more girls into tech classes, and the future tech education of high school students.

  • HighIQWorld

    Community Moderator & Admin

    - Present

    Supported intellectual discussions, moderated forums, organized community resources, and facilitated knowledge-sharing initiatives among intellectually engaged participants.

  • Vistage

    Member

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  • Columbus Women in Tech

    Executive Advisor

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  • Greater Cleveland Delta Foundation (GCDFLDC)

    Board of Directors

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    Board Member of the Greater Cleveland Delta Foundation Life Development Center.

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