Ian Miles McKenzie

Technology Project Delivery • Operations Leadership • Stakeholder Management

Portland, Oregon

Professional Profile

Technology project delivery and operations professional with experience spanning software product development, public-sector election operations, municipal process improvement, client coordination, digital marketing, and media production.

Experienced in working through ambiguity, establishing expectations, assigning and redirecting work, addressing performance issues, communicating with stakeholders, removing obstacles, and seeing time-sensitive work through completion.

Currently leading technology and product development for Bellengale, including web and mobile software, infrastructure, payments, testing, security, deployment, and project prioritization.

Core Competencies

  • Project Delivery & Coordination
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Process Improvement
  • Technology Operations
  • Strategic Planning Support
  • Resource Coordination
  • Risk & Issue Resolution
  • Public-Sector Operations
  • Work Assignment & Performance Feedback
  • Client Service
  • Documentation & Reporting
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration

Professional Experience

BELLENGALE

Portland, Oregon | July 2025 – Present
Founder / Technology & Product Project Lead

Lead technology and product development for Bellengale, driving execution across software, web, and mobile development, cloud infrastructure, secure payment integrations, comprehensive testing, security standards, deployment workflows, and technical project prioritization.

Technologies: Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Docker, GitHub, AWS, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Xcode, iOS/Android, Stripe

NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

New York, New York | 2008 – 2022
Inspector / Poll Site Coordinator (Seasonal)

Worked many years in seasonal election operations, serving three years in advanced leadership as a Poll Site Coordinator.

  • Coordinated election-day poll-site operations from opening through secure closing.
  • Assigned and directed poll workers.
  • Addressed voter-flow, procedural, staffing, and equipment issues.
  • Worked with voting machines/scanners and affidavit-ballot procedures.
  • Helped ensure secure closing and transfer of ballots/materials for official counting.

CITY OF NEWARK — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Newark, New Jersey | approximately 2003–2004
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Project / Operations Support
  • Helped reorganize thousands of lead-abatement records.
  • Developed a filing approach designed to correspond with a planned database.
  • After management approval, directed temporary workers performing portions of the reorganization.
  • Identified and communicated supply/resource obstacles affecting progress.
  • Supported database/process work, office technology, community health fairs, and other program operations.

CRYSTAL McKENZIE, INC.

New York / New Jersey | approximately 1994–2004
Assistant Marketing Manager / Internet Systems & Project Support
  • Provided comprehensive technology, marketing, website, client, and project support.
  • Directed and supported interns across operational and project activities.
  • Served as on-site liaison and handled project coordination for St. John's University Queens signage work.
  • Conducted pre-installation site photography for an Albany International Airport signage project.
  • Participated in Port Authority of New York and New Jersey project meetings and supported communications.
  • Identified and escalated a subcontractor performance problem to the responsible contractor for resolution.

TARSUS MEDIA

approximately 2007–2009
Co-Founder / Owner / Affiliate Manager
  • Co-founded and operated the business, managing affiliate marketing and paid-search operations.
  • Recruited and evaluated prospective affiliates and participants.
  • Communicated clear performance expectations.
  • Negotiated affiliate arrangements and payouts.
  • Worked directly with advertisers and affiliate networks.
  • Supported day-to-day business operations and administration.

Additional Technology & Production Experience

  • Flatiron School — Software-development training involving JavaScript, React, Python, Rails, HTML/CSS, and databases.
  • Essex County College — Computer Lab Technician.
  • Earlier technology, customer-service, business, and video-production experience.

Education

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

May 2012
Newark College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts — Video Production
Cum Laude Final cumulative GPA: 3.602

COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

May 1990
Bachelor of Arts — Creative and Communicative Arts

Technology

  • Python
  • Django
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • AWS
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Xcode
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Stripe
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Microsoft Office

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