​​​​Maridee O'Day​

Work Experience

Senior Product Specialist - Microsoft Modern Work | DDC FPO/The DDC Group

​2024 - Present

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Perform as a Microsoft product specialist in SharePoint and Modern Workplace tools, reporting directly to the CIO and contributing to global company-wide technology goals, decisions, and achievements. Lead a team of FTEs and consultants that support in project initiatives. Collaborate with overseas leaders and senior counterparts to participate in the Global Team Technology Change Board. Implement and manage global governance and compliance solutions in Microsoft Purview impacting over 6,000 employees. 

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Director of Business Systems & Intelligence | DDC FPO/The DDC Group

​2019 - Present

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Perform as regional director and streamline the internal processes of the North America division of The DDC Group from a technical perspective. Lead a team of FTEs and consultants who gather, analyze, and utilize business intelligence to increase productivity and generate savings to our bottom line. Guide the team to spearhead technical initiatives and proactively problem solve. Oversee and direct our Knowledge Base Wiki documenting company processes and successfully capturing tribal knowledge. Lead SharePoint administration for our worldwide single Microsoft environment. Develop and maintain rich relationships with overseas counterparts to collaboratively solve operations production reporting challenges.

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SharePoint Solutions Specialist | Seattle Yacht Club

​2018 - Present

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Created and continue to fully administer the Microsoft SharePoint Online experience for over 1,000 SYC employees and members. Successfully migrated over 200 SharePoint Online classic sites to modern SharePoint Online communication sites. Manage complex permissions structures to protect information. Provide regular support as needed.

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Technical Project and Program Manager | Launch Consulting

​2018

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Worked as project and program manager. Organized and promoted co-sell opportunities via the Microsoft Partner relationship. Herded cats on product delivery. Built SharePoint, PowerApps, and Power BI solutions to automate internal company processes.

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Program Manager | Microsoft Core Services Engineering (Launch Consulting)

​2018

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Support the Microsoft Core Services Engineering Workforce team. Conceived of, designed, and fully developed a SharePoint/Power BI solution to replace a manual process for increased efficiency, accuracy, availability, and attractiveness of information for leadership audiences up to C-level within four weeks of initial engagement with the team.

Program Manager | Blueprint Technologies

​2016 - 2018

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Awarded the Blueprint Core Value Award in 2016 for demonstrating outstanding accountability, positive impact, continuous innovation, and superior execution of work. Designed, built, and managed strategic content solutions, reporting dashboards, infographics, and presentations to support company initiatives. Performed business development.

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Program Manager | Microsoft Services CSS (Blueprint Technologies & Wicresoft)

​2013 - 2017

Worked as program manager within the Customer Services and Support (CSS) organization to enable the sales field to sell and support Microsoft cloud services. Analyzed and incorporated Excel and SharePoint data to create Power BI reports. Created infographics illustrating and marketing organization value. Provided PowerPoint slide preparation for executives. Delivered SharePoint site development and maintenance, complex SharePoint list and InfoPath form creation and maintenance, and created and updated related instructions and style guides. Supported team members in program and project management functions.

Business Analyst & Senior Technical Writer | Microsoft Dedicated Cloud Deployment (Wicresoft)

​2010 - 2013

Created documentation for project managers deploying customer environments to the Microsoft cloud (Office 365) in the dedicated space. Documented gaps to analyze and improve department processes, and communicated with engineers, PMs, and executives to achieve a common ground for process goals. Acted as team lead by assisting management in onboarding and training new writers, assigning projects on a priority driven basis, and performing edits to ensure conformity to departmental standards. Performed a complete department documentation overhaul, transitioning hundreds of pages of offline collateral to published web content.

Senior Technical Writer | Microsoft (Linda Werner & Associates)

​2009 - 2010

Produced a SharePoint wiki library for the Winterop Engineering Team to guide employees in effectively inventorying protocols per the Department of Justice (DOJ) requirements. Composed thorough business requirements documents, technical specifications, user scenarios, and workflows to describe a complex tool to be developed by overseas developers where English was the second language, then designed and administered UAT tests, compiled results, and created training material for the tool.

Technical Writer | nsquared

​2008 - 2009

Worked within a small company in Sydney, Australia to create original white papers documenting APIs for consumer and developer audiences. Wrote technical training material, user guides, SDK documentation, and MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) documentation angled at programmers and end users. Authored redesign of the company website and created style guidelines for use internally.

Technical Writer | John L. Scott Real Estate (johnlscott.com)

​2007 - 2008

Participated with a small group and collaborated with executives to devise the UI and other specifications for johnlscott.com and the johnlscott.com mobile application. Produced a style guide for use company-wide. Wrote comprehensive scope documents and use cases for communication with developers.

Technical Writer | Costco Wholesale

​2004 - 2007

Assisted in creating and maintaining the company intranet for the Accounting organization. Wrote multiple internal accounting how-to documents. Assisted in successfully documenting all company business processes as required by law for the FY05 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) project.