Dawn Foster
Company: FastWonder
Position: Consultant and Founder
Experience
- Currently provides consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through various social media technologies including discussion forums, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more. Consulting services also include community events, online community building, blogging strategy, RSS-based information monitoring, custom employee training sessions, and more.
- Also currently the community evangelist for Shizzow and co-founder / chair of Legion of Tech
- Has more than 13 years of experience in technology and software with expertise in open source software, web 2.0, blogging, and community building.
- The author of the Fast Wonder Blog (fastwonderblog.com) and is currently working on a book for O'Reilly Media about the art of community.
- Organizes a monthly Portland Legion of Tech Happy Hour Meetup event for local technology employees, is an organizer for the Portland BarCamp event, and is a member of the Portland Open Source Software Entrepreneurs (POSSE).
- Previously, worked at Jive Software, Compiere, Intel, and a Midwestern manufacturing company in positions ranging from Unix system administrator to market researcher to open source strategist.
Education
- Holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Kent State University
- A master's degree in business administration from Ashland University.
Contact info:
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- 503-702-7223
- @geekygirldawn on Twitter
