Anne Koller

People Development / Project Manager

San Francisco, CA, USA
I am dedicated to creating experiences for people to evolve – by developing and fine-tuning their self-awareness of body, mind and emotions. I do this through meditation facilitation, inspired dialogue and cultivating deep and meaningful partnerships. I believe that everyone has a secret sauce and my goal is to cultivate opportunities for talent to be unlocked and leveraged for the betterment of the individual and larger community.

Work Experience

AQUA

Head of Development & Partnerships

Develop and manage new client and media partnerships for first to market one and only aquacycling studio in the US.

- Designed, managed and implemented over 20 campaigns and initiatives that increased studio membership and overall revenue
- Developed and managed partnerships with over 30 corporations and brands
- Manages nine aquacycling instructors and marketing of classes
- Crafted three monthly "Open Studio" events that brought in over 200 new people to the studio
October 2013 - Present New York, United States

TAPIN INC.

Creative Director

○ Design, create and lead large-scale events and high-level workshops
○ Manage communications - write blog posts, press release articles, social media content and strategy and cultivate press relationships
○ Develop and manage team of 25 artists, strategists, freelances and interfaces with vendors and clients
June 2013 - Present New York, New York, United States

?What If!

Project Manger

○ Managed logistics and budgets for over 10 global strategy projects for Fortune 50 companies on brand innovation, consumer engagement and product awareness
○ Conducted immersive ethnographies, recruiting dynamic consumers and experts, producing discussion guides and facilitating interviews
○ Partnered with design and commercial teams to create viable client outputs
○ Designed scenario exercises, stimulus and imagery for client ideation sessions
○ Co-created the vision and strategy for newly incubated Social Innovation arm
January 2012 - June 2013 New York, New York, United States

Synergos

Social Innovation Consultant

Devised an east-African market landscape and shared value brand approach for a top Food & Beverage corporation seeking to enter market with new products and tackle malnutrition.
February 2011 - June 2011 New York, New York, United States

TechnoServe

Strategy Consultant

Crafted direct trade strategy for Nigerian private equity group to optimize returns from
Rwandan coffee stations and garner higher premiums for farmers. Designed a pre-harvest financial model that increased access to capital 30% for 36 cooperatives.
September 2010 - January 2011 Kigali, Rwanda

STR Holdings

Sustainability Manager

Developed a roadmap for STR's Global Sustainability Program by conducting industry and company assessments, internal interviews, aggregating consumption data, tracking program efficacy, designing a risk and materiality analysis and setting KPIs for overall success. Collaborated with STR's senior stakeholders monthly on findings and progress.
October 2010 - May 2011 Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

World Economic Forum

Team Coordinator, Consumer Industries and Agriculture Initiatives

○ Managed program operations for over 30 private global meetings on food security, agriculture, sustainability and water
○ Served as key contact for over 40 high-level private, public, and academic leaders
○ Directed the editing of 15 consumer initiative reports and related web site content
○ Led the inaugural Japanese CEO roundtable with Ambassador to Japan
October 2008 - October 2010 New York, New York, United States

DoubleClick

Recruiting Coordinator, Campus Program and Sales

Designed and created the Global Campus Events Program, growing the program to include over 100 University partners and involve over 10 internal teams.
October 2007 - April 2008 New York, New York, United States

Google

International Recruiting Coordinator

○Supported recruitment and staffing of three offices in Latin America - Brazil, Argentina, Mexico including recruiting, screening, interviewing, and reference checks for over 200 candidates
○Implemented online tool to track global recruiting trends used by over 50 global team members
October 2006 - October 2007 New York, New York, United States

Education

Columbia University

Masters of Public Administration, International Economic Policy and Management

September 2009 - May 2011 New York, New York, United States

University Of Minnesota, College Of Liberal Arts

Dual- Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Japanese

September 1998 - May 2002 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Languages

Portuguese (Fluent),
Japanese (Advanced),
Spanish (Conversational),

Skills

IMovie, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Photoshop, Powerpoint, SPSS, Word, WordPress,

ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

○ "TAPIN: Through Self-Reflection a Broader Definition of 'Social Good'"
Featured in idealist.org and Huffington Post, January 2014
○ "Compose Your Eulogy: A Legacy Building Exercise"
GOOD Magazine, Winter 2013 Issue 031 Page 70
○ "How to Start Doing Good: Designing a Global Strategic Sustainability Roadmap", Global Studies Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 309-328, 2012