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Skills

  • Collaboration with curators and historians
  • Team building
  • Artifact preservation techniques
  • Compliance with industry certifications
  • Team management
  • Funding and grant allocation for preservation
  • Security systems
  • First Aid/CPR
  • Invoice generation
  • Customer service

Work Experiences

  • Created donor presentations showcasing preservation impact.
  • Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams.
  • Boosted overall preservation accuracy by 17%.
  • Contributed to the design and establishment of new collection storage areas for system, expanding the facility’s storage capacity by 15%.
  • Management recognized me for providing outstanding customer service.
  • Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams to implement a new climate control system in storage areas, resulting in 53% fewer environmental-related preservation incidents.
  • Created donor presentations showcasing the impact of preservation work, increasing charitable contributions to the museum’s preservation fund by $13.
  • Collaborated closely with team members to meet project deadlines, develop solutions, and deliver project requirements.
  • Analyzed and reversed data loss on historical media.
  • Contributed to the design of new collection storage areas.

Summaries

  • Boosted overall preservation accuracy by 17% in 2022.
  • Motivating leader who has built and managed metric teams in the past.
  • Looking forward to taking on a new challenge with a successful team.
  • Preservation Technician and team leader with 14 years of experience in standard settings.
  • Knowledge of Asana in depth, as well as team leadership and budget management abilities.
  • Exceptional at juggling multiple goals in order to maximize efficiency and influence positive outcomes.
  • Proven track record of motivating launched to achieve team, individual, and management goals.
  • Preservation Technician is a hardworking and dependable Preservation Technician who excels at cross-functional collaboration and process improvement.
  • Six Sigma certified
  • Working with stakeholders and corporate teams is a breeze for this strong relationship builder.

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with a team to redesign artifact storage solutions, reducing retrieval times by 72% and improving operational efficiency in the preservation department.
  • Achieved a 45% increase in storage space efficiency by reorganizing archive layouts to better accommodate fragile or oversized historical documents.
  • Successfully advocated for an increase to the preservation budget by presenting detailed data on preservation needs, resulting in a 75% increase in available funds.
  • Increased the lifespans of 5 restored historical textiles through the application of advanced textile deacidification treatments and specialized storage recommendations.
  • Led an archival preservation project for procedure military artifacts, increasing the security and longevity of these materials by employing state-of-the-art conservation methods.
  • Restored 4 pieces of historical parchment using controlled rehydration processes, ensuring long-term durability while maintaining original pigment integrity.
  • Implemented sustainable conservation practices, lowering the use of harmful chemicals by 71% without compromising preservation quality.
  • Reduced incident rates of environmental damage in display and storage areas by 36% through the introduction of automated climate control systems.
  • Served as a liaison with academic researchers, providing access to restored objects for program studies and helping secure 72% more funding through research grants.
  • Collaborated with cross-departmental teams to safeguard artwork during major construction projects, ensuring no damage occurred to historical items over the the past year project duration.

Affiliations

  • Key member, Museum Emergency Support Network (MESN), providing rapid response planning for disasters affecting cultural heritage collections.
  • Recipient of the Adobe Creative Suite Award for Innovation in Preventive Conservation technology implementation, leading projects to improve collection life.
  • Affiliated professional with the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), contributing to research and preservation efforts on archaeological collections.
  • Board member, Local Heritage Preservation Foundation, guiding community-driven efforts for conservation and protection practices.
  • Actively involved in the annual Salesforce Conservation Symposium to stay abreast of the latest trends in preservation techniques.
  • Associate member, Institute of Conservation (ICON), attending relevant workshops on the ethical considerations and latest advancements in artifact conservation.
  • Founding member, method Collections Care Alliance, developing initiatives to support small institutions in preservation efforts.
  • Certified Member, National Association of Conservation Laboratories (NACL), specializing in preventative conservation protocols for large collections.
  • Active participant in the Museum Computer Network (MCN), focusing on new digital cataloging methods for archival work and collections management.
  • Received certification in Risk Management for Cultural Collections from Beacon Labs, advancing skills in mitigating potential preservation threats.

Certifications

  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • SAP Certified Application Associate
  • Certified Records Manager (CRM) - category
  • American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Membership
  • Certified Registrar (CR) - Registrar Accreditation Commission (category, 2019)
  • Association for Project Management (APM)
  • Certified Museum Professional (CMP) - Brightline
  • Professional Associate Status - American Institute for Conservation (method)
  • Collections Care Trainer Certification - Harbor & Co.
  • Preventive Conservation Certification - International Institute for Conservation (program)

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