Last week I tweeted this photo of my car being loaded on a truck destined for my next social engagement.
On Monday, August 29th, I will start the next chapter in my career. I will be joining forces with Bill Johnston and the global community team at Dell in a new role as Sr. Manager, Community Strategy and Execution. Needless to say, I am very excited to be joining a team and company that is committed to becoming a social business.
In looking back, this appears to be a natural next step. Long ago (around 2008) I had a conversation with Sean McDonald and we pondered how to evolve the benefits of the community manager role in terms of a social business. Essentially, how does an organization scale it. Since then I kept tabs on their progress. I also participated in their Customer Advisory Panel (#DellCAP) for the past two years and attended the launch of Dell’s Social Media Command Center last December. It’s incredible that Dell’s internal University has trained over 5000 people and certified over 2000 and they have established an unprecedented listening center that plugs the company into the social sphere. I have watched their progress and look forward to joining the innovative efforts at Dell!
My journey to this point has been guided by amazing people and great experiences. I have thoroughly enjoyed working in the social media monitoring world with Techrigy and post-acquisition with Alterian. As a result I am blessed with friends around the world. I have loved working with such dedicated people.
This evolution of my career includes a huge change and everyone is asking … Are you moving to Austin? Many know that I moved south to the Minneapolis area last year (to be near an international airport). I will be joining my car on Monday when I start at Dell’s corporate headquarters.
Stay tuned as the journey continues!
Congratulations Connie. Dell is sure getting a great professional in this new world of social & digital business management! Good luck with the move. The funny thing is I have the same exact picture from our move except the car is cream not red. Yes you and my wife have the same vehicle.
Keep in touch and look forward to more posts about your journey! Make sure to go have lunch with Bryan Person and Spike Jones while you are down there!
congrats, Connie! bet you’ll love Austin.. long way from Thief River Falls, huh? :-)
all the best! hope to catch up next time you’re back in Mpls…
cheers,
Graeme
Hi Keith,
Thanks. I’m really looking forward to this next step in life.
And I LOVE my Ford Edge and I’m sure your wife does too.
I hope that your move went smoothly and you’re getting settled.
Hey Graeme,
Yes, it surely is a long way from northern Minnesota! I’m going to check out what the snowbirds experience (without retiring). ;)
And let’s definitely get together!
Hi Connie!
Soooo excited that you’re moving down to Austin to work at Dell. I love working at Dell and Austin is a fabulous place to live… love it! :)
I think it’s amazing that we knew each other from Techrigy / Rochester, NY… weird, huh?!
I am very pleased to see you join our team and am confident that your skills and capabilities will help drive the next evolution in Dell’s Community strategy.
Kudos on the huge life changes… sounds like me last summer as I moved down here and got hired by Dell too!
Can’t wait to see you… safe travels down here.
@SusanBeebe
Corp PR @Dell
On behalf of the Dell forum VIP`S, Welcome.
Connie, congratulations! Seems like a perfect place for you. And you won’t have to shovel any more snow. Best of luck!
Congratulations Connie, an exciting move! We really look forward to having you in Australia for swarm. And we look forward to learning even more from you as you embrace your new role at Dell. Thanks always for sharing & helping the industry grow :D
Congratulations to you and Dell. What a partnership. They’ve hit gold with you!!!
As you’ve inspired others to reach for the stars I know that you will inspire all those you work with at Dell
Congrats on your new post, Connie. Happy for you! :)