PROCESS IMPROVEMENT // LOGISTICS // PROGRAM MANAGEMENT // EVENTS
Connor Sites-Bowen
412.721.5171 cell
Pittsburgh, PA
Education and Credentials
Export and Incoterms Training Duquesne University SBDC, Pittsburgh, PA
February 2017
Continuing Education, Small Business Development Center, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Lean Leadership Training GENCO Logistics, Pittsburgh, PA
May 2015
Bachelor of Humanities and Arts in Creative Urbanism, CARNEGIE MELLON, PITTSBURGH, PA
May 2008
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
with study abroad at Sparta Institute, Sparta, Greece
Experience
Brigade Captain, Code for Pittsburgh
January 2016 - January 2018
Planned and coordinated 80+ events over two years.
Helped launch projects suggested by members - identified champions, marshalled resources.
Elevated and promoted new ideas and diverse voices.
Launched www.unlandmarks.com, a community-made map of all the now-gone landmarks which once dotted Pittsburgh's landscape.
Distributions and Inventory Manager, Global Links
June 2016 - October 2017
Coordinated shipment of medical supply surplus to 7+ countries in Central and South America, more than 35 shipping containers & $3M in annual shipments.
Managed an inventory of more than $4M in medical surplus goods & clinical and administrative furnishings.
Planned and supervised large-scale, large-impact volunteer events.
Administered the firm's Salesforce instance & interacted with our programming vendors.
Procured medical equipment across a range of needs, price points, and specialties.
Maintained accurate & up-to-date pricing for our 600+ medical product types.
Supervised Process Fellow and Pricing Fellow during Summer 2016.
Special Distributions Coordinator, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
July 2012 – November 2015
Planned and coordinated 600+ large-scale food distributions (Produce to People), moving more than 12 million pounds of food and delivering 300,000 orders-to-families
Helped launch or relocate three Produce to People distributions over 18 month span.
Launched barcode sign-in system (PassCard) at the Fayette County Produce to People and the Greene County Produce to People.
Scouted, engaged, and coordinated spaces and partners for four Extra Special Distributions per year.
Planned and coordinated three years of the Meals for Minds school pantry distribution, and designed its most recent, streamlined iteration.
Upgraded planning systems from static documents to web-hosted, dynamic, team-focused planning sheets.
Maintained and updated computerized client database.
Assisted with Lean Six Sigma initiatives within the Food Bank, via community partner GENCO Logistics.
Supported multiple iterations of strategic planning at the Food Bank.
Assistant to the Production, TG Ventures
May 2014 - May 2015
Planned and executed the release of a 250+ page tabletop gaming rulebook, including all marketing and promotion.
Coordinated a crowdfunding campaign which raised more than 8800% of its stated goal, as part of the book release.
Ran Twitter campaign and website updates for the book.
Event Coordinator, Assemble
August 2011 – July 2012
Assisted community space for art and technology in hosting and scheduling revenue-generating events.
Special Distributions and Inventory Coordination Assistant // Public Ally, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
september 2010 - june 2011
Planned and coordinated large-scale food distributions (Produce to People), twelve per month.
Received training in non-profit leadership through Public Allies, a nationally recognized Americorps program.
Professional Activities
Technow Conference 2017
Monroeville, PA. October 2017 (Speaker)
Annual local conference for technology use in the Nonprofit sector.
Code for America Summit 2016
Oakland California, November 2016
The fifth gathering of the larger Civic Technology universe, hosted by Code for America.
Food Sourcing and Operations Conference 2014, via Feeding America
St Louis, MO. August 2014 (Attendee)
Annual national conference for Food Bank operations staff.
TechNOW Conference 2013
Cranberry, PA October 2013 (Steering Committee & Attendee)
Annual local conference for technology use in the Nonprofit sector.
TechNOW Conference 2012
Robinson Township, PA October 2012 (Attendee)
Annual local conference for technology use in the Nonprofit sector.
Skills
Event Management
Oversight of 80+ volunteers
Management of crowds of 2500+
Coordination of large truck loading and unloading
Internet
Website Setup and Maintenance
Social Media Engagement (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
Crowdfunding Campaigns (Kickstarter, Indiegogo, etc)
Google Suite
Software
Operating Systems: Windows, Apple, Linux, Android, iOS
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator
Video Editing
Salesforce
System Administrator for a heavily customized instance of Salesforce, designed to manage inventory flows of donated medical product.
Familiarity with Conga, Gridbuddy, and other often-used Salesforce Apps.