Matt Holland

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Professional Experience

Avaaz Foundation – New York, NY 2011 – 2015
International advocacy organization with 45 million online members, 130 globally distributed staff, and $10 million in web-based fundraising.

  • Chief Online Officer
    • Managed team of 34, developing leaders among junior staff
    • Created long-range plans for technology development to meet organizational needs and abate potential risks
    • Led crisis management for all system interruptions and security threats
    • Developed $1.5 million annual technology budgets
    • Held oversight on up to 18 simultaneous departmental projects
    • Negotiated and managed contracts with outside vendors
  • Key accomplishments:
    • Envisioned and led creation of a professional in-house software team using modern development practices
    • Moved entire technology infrastructure from a single datacenter to cloud hosting, improving scalability and disaster redundancy
    • Planned and led weeklong training and teambuilding retreat for 18 developers and project managers
    • Created project management system to simultaneously build a permanent platform and also react to immediate campaign technology needs
    • Managed deliverability for email system sending 1.5 Billion messages/year
    • Created information security systems and training, passing annual audits of network and physical security with flying colors

 

PowerThru Consulting – Burlington, VT 2009 – 2011
Consulting agency providing online organizing strategy and execution, and custom software solutions, for progressive causes and candidates.

  • Founder / Managing Partner
    • Created business plan and budget
    • Recruited other founding partners, hired staff
    • Oversaw business development, signed and managed anchor clients
    • Created software products still generating revenue after five years
    • Developed advocacy and fundraising campaigns for USAction, AFL-CIO, Rainforest Action Network, and other national groups

 

TrueMajority.org – Burlington, VT 2004 – 2009
One of the first Internet-based political advocacy groups. Founded by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, and focused on reducing U.S. military spending.

  • Executive Director
    • Managed nationwide online + field + phone campaign supporting Obama
    • Instituted major donor program
    • Negotiated and completed merger with USAction to acquire field organizing resources
  • Online Director
    • Instituted standard practices and data collection procedures to measure success of online organizing program
    • Started online fundraising program
    • Increased size of online list by nearly 50%
  • Online Organizer
    • Planned and executed a yearlong multi-state legislative campaign
    • Organized press event featuring winners of the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Peace Prize in support of the people of Sudan.
    • Carried out multiple online organizing campaigns on Congressional votes

 

Vermont Public Interest Research Group – Montpelier, VT 2000 – 2004
Vermont’s largest statewide environmental and social justice advocacy group.

  • Online Organizer
    • Created a system for broadcasting online video of Statehouse proceedings
    • Carried out multiple online advocacy campaigns on state issues

 

Microsoft Press – Bellevue, WA 1997 – 2000
Publishing division of Microsoft Corp., which creates electronic and printed training products supporting the company’s core software business.

  • Director of Development
    • Delivered numerous software training products to market
    • Led team of 35 programmers, writers, animators and project managers
    • Built and directed the team which created Microsoft’s online bookstore

 

 

Volunteer Experience

  • Matt Dunne for Governor     2010
    • Technology infrastructure, e-mail campaign planning and execution
  • Clavelle for Governor      2004
    • Technology infrastructure

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