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CEO High Tech Firm |
August 20, 2004
"I am writing this letter of recommendation on behalf of
Linda Lane. As a former vice president and marketing executive at Microsoft,
Autodesk, and other leading technology firms for over 20 years, I have
dealt with many employees and consultants in the area of creative services
and project management.
Linda is an exceptional performer among the people I have worked with.
Her creative skills are universally recognized by her peers and supervisors.
Very few people have true artistic talent; Linda is clearly one of those
people. She has an excellent work ethic, and truly values personal and
professional relationships. I recommend her highly as a manager, employee
or consultant."
August 22, 2004
"I have had the great pleasure of working with Ms. Linda Lane for
the last six years, first at Pandesic, LLC and then at Rare Medium,
Inc. At both companies she was my supervisor and served as the head
of the department. At Pandesic she brilliantly managed a team of twelve
highly qualified Web Consultants while successfully managing numerous
Web development projects.
My total experience working with her was absolutely fun and devoted
to learning. She has a knack to bring out the best in people. She maintains
a very professional approach to work while constantly motivating the
entire team to produce their best work.
Ms. Lane’s people and technical skills brought her recognition in the
department and a promotion as a Director of Web Partner’s Relations.
At this position she helped Pandesic improve and further develop relationships
with its Web Partners. As a part of her relationship improvement strategy,
she introduced several new programs, including minimum training and
certification requirements for partner developers.
Ms. Lane is a very talented individual whose attention to detail and
ability to adapt to changes and be flexible in a wide variety of situations
make her a creative resource in any environment. She is an outstanding
leader and a team player and would be a great asset to any organization
she chooses to work for."
with companies such as Microsoft,
Loudeye, Battelle, and Meridian Partners Ltd.
August 22, 2004
"This is a testimonial on behalf of Linda Lane. As a former information
technology professional, I worked with many organizations and environments
- public, private, non-profit, technology, finance, and telecommunications.
I've also worked for many managers, and Linda Lane stands out as one
of the most competent and intelligent I have worked for.
While an employee at Meridian Partners Ltd from 1998 to 1999, Linda's
professionalism and creativity was exceptional, and stood head and shoulders
above virtually anyone else within the organization.
Perhaps most importantly, she inspired those who worked with and for
her to do exceptional work. She would be a great asset to any organization."
Vancouver, BC, Canada
August 24, 2004
"Linda Lane worked for me as my assistant director on filmmaking
projects for three years, and I highly recommend her. As former director
of Seattle-based independent film company Ipse Dixit Films, I often
relied on Linda to put together creative plans, for which she researched
literary and photographic materials. Her creativity, resourcefulness
and tenacity were essential to the success of these plans.
Linda is an effective communicator and often served as my liaison to
the scattered crew members. She has the flexibility to jump in wherever
needed. She coordinated projects involving numerous people, and her
ability to work collaboratively while guiding projects quickly and effectively
is outstanding.
Linda's diligence, energy and sense of humor make it fun to work with
her. She's cool."
August 25, 2004
"I worked with Linda Lane at Pandesic, LLC. I thought she was a
gifted manager, with excellent skills in both Customer Relations and
Programmer Relations - an unusual mix. I have worked for many different
companies, and in many programming groups since that time, and have
yet to work for a group that has been so functional, gotten so much
accomplished, and got along so well. I believe that this was due, in
a large part, to Linda's influence.
Linda was a very dramatic stabilizing force in our group. She kept communication
open all the way from customers to team members to executives. She was
always honest with us. We knew that we could depend on her to back us
up, and follow through with her promises.
She has excellent listening skills, which benefit both customers and
team members. She would translate customer must-haves, wishes, and whims
into solid requirements that were easy to put into code. She was always
careful to only promise that which was possible to deliver, and made
sure that she was always very well informed as to system abilities and
time constraints.
Linda has amazing artistic and user interface design talent, which she
continues to develop. Everything she works on, from mock-ups to full
sites, has a very professional, eye-catching appeal. She seems to effortlessly
combine visual arts with printed media and advertising to create fantastic
looking, intuitive, and fun to use web sites. There are many people
who can throw together a reasonably functional web site, but few have
the skills to create something as well rounded and attractive as Linda
can.
She was constantly thinking of ways to improve our team, the product,
and the profitability of the company. She was able to adapt to rapidly
changing priorities and always maintain a drive to do better. She would
be an asset to any company. I would work with Linda again in a heartbeat."
August 26, 2004
"Having worked with Linda at Pandesic LLC and seen her manage the
‘impossible’ and deliver within very tight deadlines I would consider
her an indispensable asset to any development team. Linda’s deep sense
of responsibility to her clients was expressed in a level of commitment
I have rarely seen since working with her. Despite what many would consider
an overwhelming workload Linda always brought with her an upbeat playful
attitude which spilled over to boost the moral of the entire team.
Linda’s strong work ethic, passion and drive always ensured the job
got done."
August 30, 2004
"I have been asked to write a letter of introduction for
Linda Lane. This will be a pleasure. As a motion picture producer I
have known Linda for almost twenty years. I have learned to trust her
instincts and I have also learned that any assignment given to Ms. Lane
gets done well, always on time and more importantly, with flair that
amazes both myself and all others on any film team. I have asked her
for many different types of work, usually revolving around art direction.
I can only say that this remarkable person is to be rated by me at the
absolute apex of enthusiasms."
August 31, 2004
"To whom it may concern, I have known Linda for a year and a half.
It was my pleasure to work with Linda for about eight months last year
at Microsoft where I'm employed as a Sr. Product Mgr in Commercial Operations
IT.
I had brought her in as an external consultant to help me formulate
UI design concepts for the next generation of a complex worldwide e-commerce
website of which I'm the lead product manager. This system is widely
used at Microsoft for direct to consumer on-line sales with order volumes
in the millions per year selling the products and services of over 150
internal MS groups, including the recent launch of Windows XP SP2.
Some of Linda’s strengths are her graphic design skills, her keen ‘artist’s
perspective’ and her work ethic. When I provided her my basic design
concepts which were based upon the complex underlying data relationships
and its varying business rules, I could always rely upon her for critical
feedback and refinements. She brought to my attention several subtle
graphical and usability issues that I would never have come up with
working on my own. She was a real team player upon whom I could rely
for open, respectful and honest communication.
Through iterative collaboration, we teamed together successfully to
produce solid results: the eventual new UI design scored very high in
external usability testing with v-sat ratings of 83%.
Linda is a pleasant person to work with. She's a smart cookie and has
had a lot of practical hands on web experience, having worked for all
sorts of organizations both small and large. I believe her many skills
and well-rounded experience would make Linda a valued contributor anywhere
she worked."
Sept 10, 2004
"In Recommendation
Upon retiring and relocating from Anchorage, Alaska I decided to open
my private architectural practice in the greater Seattle area. In order
to gain instant recognition and a new clientele I began by asking Linda
Lane to develop an architectural services Web site.
Wow! She did an exceptional, outstanding site.
This site gave me immediate credibility when I referred clientele to
my Web address through advertising in the local media. I began to receive
calls within 10 days and I have continued success in the marketplace.
Thanks Linda for a great job well done!"
April 15, 2005
"I am writing this letter of recommendation for Linda Lane.
Linda worked for me on a critical, cross functional, global project
that involved a mix of program management, review of policy and support
processes, writing of features and benefits documents and creation of
online collaboration sites.
Throughout the project, Linda showed a passion for the work and a sense
of team work that allowed her to gain the support of a broad virtual
team and move forward on contentious issues. She has a strong work ethic
and is dedicated to the job at hand. Linda is a pleasure to work with
and I would recommend her as an employee or consultant."
April 18, 2005
"To whom it may concern:
I had the privilege of working with Linda Lane while she was filling
a temporary position on the MSN Spaces team looking into safety and
privacy issues. I found her work to be solid, that she was able to understand
quickly the big picture, ask the right questions, and drive for results.
Linda did an excellent job reaching out across the many groups that
touch upon safety issues, bringing the right people together, driving
the agenda and pushing for results.
I was particularly impressed as this is an area fraught with inherent
conflict as we try to balance free speech, safety, and visibility into
personal expression, with profitability and the development cycle. Linda’s
attention to detail ensured that the communications and plans she worked
on were thorough and polished."
June 23, 2006
"There are skilled program managers we might have hired to help
us build our projects successfully, and even meet our aggressive schedules.
Linda not only did these things, she built a successful team, something
I wanted.
Linda made our two groups, Microsoft and our contractors into a shared
team, a single, focused working unit. It was more than expected; her
leadership was exactly what we needed."
August, 2007
"Tell everybody I recommend you Linda. Have them give me a call."
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