Melissa Nollen

About Melissa Nollen

While I am I am taking a break from the workforce to focus on raising my kiddos and being a full time parent, I am starting to explore opportunities and look at what might be available* I am a Senior Program Manager with 13 years of experience in Program Management and Recruiting supporting Amazon’s North America Consumer Technology Teams. I spent the last 5 years at Amazon managing Amazon’s NA Consumer Tech Community driving annual goals, Operational Excellence, building Technical Communities within our Engineering and Science Communities and owning our Quarterly Tech Review for our SVP. Areas that I have focused on and delivered include: Quarterly Tech Reviews, Monthly Tech Reviews for Engineering and Operational Excellence, Principal Engineer Innovation and Community building, Annual Summits for both Senior Leadership and Senior Engineers/Scientists, fostering innovative and collaborative best practices and various forms of \'community building\'. Prior to moving to the business I delivered on Diversity Events and Conferences, In-house sourcing \'power hours\', New2Seattle Social and Data/research Programs, Code Screen process, Team branding, Recruiting events (international, domestic and blitz), Referral Drives, Recruiting On-boarding, and Interviewer Training. My strengths include: Program/Project Management, Time Management, Detail Oriented, Roadmaps, Action/Project Plans, Timelines, FAQs, Influencing across and through organizations, Customer Experience, Research and Data, Client and Business Management, and Mentorship.

Experience

1. Sunrise Pta Secretary

   Sunrise Elementary Pta Northshore Council 6 10 42

   Oct 2025 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Planning, Organizing, Procurement and Marketing of the Annual Sunrise PTA AuctionBrings up previous months agendas at meetings for approvalTakes notes of important points at meetings and types them out in a set format and distributes them through email to boardLooks over bank statements to verify input/output of expensesKeeps a print-out copy of all agendas and minutes in binder

Education

• Arizona State University

  Bachleors, Women Studies and Psychology

  2003 — 2006

• San Francisco State University

  Certificate, Meeting and Event Planning

  2009 — 2010