Toolie's Biography and Introductions

The biography listed to the right should be used at the beginning of Toolie's programs. Simply click to download the PDF. For photos and other media, visit the Images and Media page.

Facinating Facts About Toolie

Here are some things you probably didn't know...

Toolie got her first computer job college when she volunteered to re-type into the mainframe a computer professor's program that had accidently been deleted. When confronted by fellow programmers who observed her logging into the terminal but didn't know who she was, she explained her task, but was still hauled before the director of Data Services, who delivered a stern lecture on computer security!
Toolie's company name, Tooliedotter, is a combination of her maternal grandmother's nickname (who was the original Toolie) and the word in Swedish for "daughter" ("dotter"). The word Tooliedotter is an homage to all the female decendants of Grandma Toolie.
Toolie has taken round-the-world trips 8 times. Her record for accumulating the greatest number of miles in the shortest period of time is 72,000 miles in 8 weeks.

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Client Testimonials

I had the pleasure of working with Toolie on a sprawling, multi-region effort at our company, and her leadership was pivotal to the successful outcomes of the project. At critical junctures where despair was about to set in, it was the greatest relief to find that Toolie had anticipated some scenario, and already had the tools to allow a clean resolution and to enable progress in the project. I couldn’t imagine our success without Toolie.

-- K. Madden, Exec. Director of Media and Ecommerce

Toolie is amazing; she has a mastery of finding the right balance of working with people to get results, and being empathetic about competing priorities across teams and locations. She was instrumental in helping to pull together the practice and training for multiple teams for our multi-region effort. Toolie is smart, friendly, and strategic. She’s a ray of light, and any company would be lucky to have her on their side.

-- K. Johnson, Director of Content Marketing

Credentials

National Speakers Association – 25-Year Professional Member, Past Chapter President, and National Leadership Team Member

Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Agile Master, Authorized Training Partner – ScrumStudy.com

State of California – Community College Lifetime Instructor Credential # 369747

Masters Degree - California State University, Fullerton

Bachelors Degree - Wheaton College, Wheaton IL

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