About

I’m a Stage Manager and Arts Administrator by background, and spent 15 years working for opera and dance companies in the UK, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sadler’s Wells, Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre.

I moved to the Seattle area in 2003, and now I spend my time as a Technology Interpreter, using my wide experience of producing theatre to empower arts groups to use technology more effectively in building relationships with their audiences. Besides a fluency in data management, websites, and cloud computing, I also advise on strategy and user adoption.

I’ve recently worked on Salesforce (CRM) implementation projects for Seattle Theatre Group, Northwest Museum of Art, Path with Art, Shunpike Arts Collective, Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra, and other performing and visual arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest.

I’m also a consulting partner for Patron Technology, working with their clients across North America on extending their use of PatronManager to be successful with fundraising, marketing and volunteer management, as well as developing a package for class registrations that integrates with PatronManager.

In the Salesforce world, I’m an active contributor to the non-profit Salesforce community. I moderate SFDO’s weekly Office Hours, run workshops and give presentations. I was co-leader of the Seattle NonProfit User Group for four years until summer 2015.  I was first awarded Salesforce MVP in Winter 2014, renewed in 2015, 2016 and 2017.  I’m a certified Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder.

A lot of this blog’s posts are likely to be Salesforce-related, but I also want to take the opportunity to write about anything technological that has some link or relevance to the arts world.

You can find out more about me from my LinkedIn profile, or use the form below to contact me: