Mission
My personal mission is to make a measurable positive difference by using all of my knowledge and talents to advance fairness, justice, safety, health, sustainability, wellbeing, and education.
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ABOUT
~ making a measurable difference through technology, teams, and communities ~
Monica S. Flores facilitates the development of digital products as a technical project manager, on staff at Lullabot.
Since 2004, she has supported US & global organizations on how to connect with their online communities, make sales, & share information for projects in e-commerce, national/global community-building, and customer engagement.
Flores has built 200+ websites, and she is a proponent of using technology to solve problems, bring people together, and build effective change-making teams.
She believes each of us has an ability to use our knowledge, ideas, and talents to make a measurable difference.
Flores builds and leads teams, prioritizes specifications to budget, creates data architecture, & implements systems.
She speaks, writes, and presents on sustainability, entrepreneurship, education, and technology & science.
She received the 2018 and 2019 NTENny Award, for those "who have gone above and beyond in their commitment to our sector, driving our community forward and tirelessly working for excellence."
Flores is on the board of Green America.
She is an instructor for NTEN, teaching data management for the Non-profit Technology Professional Certificate.
A member at The Wing, she supports women-focused ventures through the Female Founders Network.
On Drupal since 2008 and agile since 2014, her clients/projects include IBM, Green America, Dept. of State GIST Network, and Ashoka: Innovators for the Public.
VALUES
~ connecting as humans in the new millennium ~
Communication
It's important to make space for a diversity of opinions, freely expressed and carefully considered, by a cross-section of individuals.
This creates a better end outcome.
Communication means brainstorming, sharing, and evaluating all options to find the best solution.
There are no stupid questions.
Honesty
We each face challenges and obstacles.
Honesty means we evaluate, accept where we currently stand, make a plan, and move forward, together.
One day at a time...
One moment at a time.
The truth always sets us free.
Sharing
Identify your unique gift and align with others to solve the world's pressing needs.
Be as clear as possible about
"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got." - Janis Joplin
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Monica has worked in technology as a web developer since 1999, leading digital platform development for national and international teams. Career highlights:
Additional Experience
Founder/Co-Founder Experience
Courses/Books/Videos
2000-2002: The Odyssey World Trek for Service and Education, leader for pilot Mexico visit, travel team backpacking worldwide for 18 months creating educational content
http://bit.ly/monicasfloresbooks
Articles
Blogging since 2007.
Highlighted
More Posts
Archives
Recent Speaking Engagements
DrupalGovCon2020
100% Remote - Tips for Managing a Fully-Distributed Workforce
Introduction to Drupal on Pantheon
Setting up Drupal on Pantheon
slides - bit.ly/introtodrupal
video - http://bit.ly/drupalonpantheon-video
Future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - GEW 2019
Panel discussion on #diversity, #equity, and #inclusion
#LGBTQIA in Tech - GEW 2019
Moderator for panel discussion on #LGBTQIA in technology
Public Engagements
Speaker
Moderator / Host / Judge / Advisor
Community Involvement
Videos / YouTube
BIOGRAPHY
Since 2004, Monica S. Flores (@monicasflores) has built websites and led teams for large-scale digital projects, supporting U.S. and global clients such as IBM, Green America, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Changemakers.com, the U.S. Department of State, Global Entrepreneurship Network, the GIST Network, and over two hundred projects for government, public agencies, trade associations, non-profits, e-commerce, and startups.
Because of her interest in online communities, she frequently advises those building new products, and she consults with leadership teams on building and leading effective teams, understanding business processes, prioritizing functional specifications to budget, creating database architecture, & implementing systems.
Her current focus is on managing large-scale web development projects, including redesign, refactoring, and digital platform buildout, as well as building and supporting teams of designers, developers, and coders.
She is passionate about leadership, sustainability, entrepreneurship, education, and technology and science as tools for positive social change. She speaks and writes about web development, diversity/equity/inclusion, entrepreneurship, and women in business.
Flores has served on the board at Green America and chaired the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion board committee.
She is on the faculty of the Nonprofit Technology Network's Professional Certification.
She started the Female Founders Network (https://femalefounders.network), which offers networking, connections and resources at bit.ly/femalefoundersLinkedIn
She co-founded 10K Group web consulting (2004-), founded and sold A Successful Woman (2006-2012), co-founded Gramercy & Co. (2010-2017), sits on the board of a family real estate group (2015- ) and was an advisor to MAAN Softwares Inc. (2016).
She received the NTENny award (2018 and 2019) for "going above and beyond in their commitment to our sector, driving our community forward and tirelessly working for excellence."
Flores builds community, fosters connectedness, and advances technology to create a better world.
EDUCATION
Cornell University
B.S. in Environmental Systems Technology,
Division of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Cornell University
Team win for contest in student engineering: "A Learning Car for Kids" - technology for children with developmental disabilities
Activities: Work Study
Entrepot Deli, Risley Dining, Blauvelt Lab, PEWS ILR
Pianist at Catholic Mass
Praxis Literary Journal
Institute for Shipboard Education
Spring Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh
Travelled to 10 port cities in 100 days on the SS Universe
Itinerary:
Nassau, Bahamas
La Guaira, Venezuela
Salvador, Brazil
Cape Town, South Africa
Mombasa, Kenya
Madras, India
Penang, Malaysia
Hong Kong
Keelung, Taiwan
Kobe, Japan
Seattle, Washington, USA
Activities: Yearbook, Shipboard Auction
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