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Fran Fuller

1935 Mount Vernon Court #6

Mountain View, CA 94040

franfuller61@gmail.com

m: 650 996 4092

Career

Change to

Landscape

Architecture

After a successful career as a project and people manager in high-tech, I am making a change to landscape architecture, where I am developing my interests in sustainability, design, and plants. I am making this change because I want to make an impact on our human experience of the natural and built environments and their connection. I am particularly interested in three areas:

managing water effectively, whatever the size and scope of the project

using art in landscape

social justice through landscape planning I have just begun to explore these interests in my studies, and looking ahead, I am very excited about what I have to learn. In addition to design skill, I have expertise in leading and collaborating with large and small cross-functional and international teams; writing and editing; and managing people, projects, and budgets.

Landscape

Architecture

Education

Landscape Architecture Certificate, UC Berkeley Extension Nov 2014

Bay-Friendly Landscape Design Professional Mar 2014

Bay-Friendly Landscape Maintenance Professional Nov 2013

Software Skills Adobe Creative Suite 6; AutoCAD; SketchUp; Microsoft Office + Project

Galleries Accreditation Gallery, UC Berkeley Extension Apr 2013

Yerba Buena Gallery Walk Jun 2013

Volunteering Monthly citizen science Water Quality Monitoring on Adobe, Stevens, and San Francisquito creeks in Santa Clara County with Acterra Tree planting and care in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto with Canopy

Previous

Education

MBA in finance with international management certificate, University of Washington, Seattle

MA, International Studies: Political-Economy of Japan, University of Washington, Seattle

Completion, LIC Kokusai Kaiwa Gakuin (language school), Tokyo, Japan

Passed: Level 1 (highest level), Japanese Proficiency Test

Bachelor of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia

Recent Work

Experience

Cisco Systems, San Jose, California 2000 – 2013

Senior Manager, Business Operations and Portfolio

Established, matured, and executed planning and management processes that aligned

department budget spending to objectives and resulted in actual spend +/- 2% of target

Manager, Project Management and Release Management

Standardized processes and synchronized execution to deploy high-impact system change

with minimum risk

Planned and drove multiple commerce projects that increased revenue, eliminated operating

cost, and minimized system risk

Business Program Manager

Implemented agency sales model that streamlined sales process, increased revenue, and

minimized credit risk

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Xerox International Partners, Palo Alto, California 1995 – 2000

Business Development Manager, Asia (based in Tokyo)

Won ownership of $10M China business; developed processes that enabled timely product

delivery and minimized collections risk. Grew revenue 20%

Senior Business Process Analyst

Led team that automated process to reduce reduced lead-time 60%, resulting in 60-point

customer satisfaction increase

Other Work

Experience

Microsoft, Redmond, Washington: Developed forecasting model for Latin America

Operations

Seattle Public Works, Seattle, Washington: Analyzed payroll processes for redesign

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan: Writing and analysis in Public Relations and HR

Pentec Environmental, Edmonds, Washington: Technical Editor; document

management and marketing coordination for environmental consulting firm

Mini-World magazine, Tokyo, Japan: Assistant Editor; planning, writing, and editing

for easy-English bi-monthly magazine

Frost English Center, ALEC School of Languages, and free-lancing, Tokyo

and Aomori Prefecture, Japan: English teaching and textbook writing for children and

adults. Translation, editing, and re-writing

ComTek Publishing, Sat-Guide magazine, Hailey and Boise, Idaho: Senior

Editor; planning, writing, and editing for monthly trade magazine