Chris Maertz

Chris Maertz

Greater Milwaukee
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The cornerstones of my career are: passion, efficiency and leadership.

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    Greater Milwaukee

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    Greater Milwaukee

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    Americas

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    United States

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    Greater Milwaukee Area

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    Greater Milwaukee Area

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    Greater Milwaukee Area

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    Greater Milwaukee Area

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    Milwaukee, WI

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    Milwaukee, WI

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    Milwaukee, WI

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    Milwaukee, WI

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Education

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    Seth Godin's altMBA

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    The altMBA is an intensive, 4-week online workshop designed by Seth Godin for high-performing individuals who want to level up and lead. Following a competitive selection process, the altMBA delivers a condensed learning experience through teamwork, personalized feedback, coaching, curated readings, and shipping 13 projects in 4 weeks to take fast-tracked leaders to the next level. https://altmba.com/info

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    I have always embraced learning and make an effort to learn something everyday through self-directed activities and research on industry topics relevant to my field. I am always looking to improve and grow my understanding of technology, business and the intersection of the two.

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    Activities and Societies: Associate Editor of "On the Edge" - I was the first to introduce computer based layout to the student newspaper. I also wrote feature and editorial columns for the paper.

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Volunteer Experience

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    Event Volunteer

    FIRST

    - Present 2 years 6 months

    Education

    I volunteer at the Wisconsin Regional event each year however I'm needed to help ensure the high-school robotics teams who have worked hard to build amazing robots have the best possible experience.

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    Mentor

    FIRST Team 4786 - Nicolet FEAR Robotics Team

    - Present 3 years 11 months

    Education

    I have the awesome opportunity to provide guidance to a group of amazing high school students, who are part of FIRST Robotics Competition Team #4786. These students are responsible for all aspects of the team, including finding sponsors, raising funds, managing a budget and, of course, building a robot designed to compete in complex challenges.

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    Mentor

    MKE Tech Hub Coalition

    - 3 months

    Education

    I am providing mentorship to a diverse mix of both high-school & college students who are interested in the real-life application of AI & big data over the course of a 10 week summer "pre-internship".

  • Co-Chair Logistics Committee for 2016 5K Cupcake Run

    Bayside Middle School Parent Organization

    - 1 year 6 months

    Children

    Worked with committee chairs and co-chair to plan route logistics, including working with local police department, creating stencils for use in marking pavement along entire route, creating flyers to distribute to all homes along route, picking up, placing and returning road cones along entire course and working with volunteers from local college to assist along the course.

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    Tutor

    Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services

    - 1 year 10 months

    Economic Empowerment

    I tutor adult learners who are working to receive their GED or in need of advancing basic literacy skills to help them with employment.

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    Host Family

    Academic Year in America

    - 11 years 11 months

    Arts and Culture

    My wife and I have hosted five exchange students from around the world to spend the academic year with our family. We believe strongly in the cultural exchange that occurs when welcoming others from around the world into your home.

  • Bike/Walk/Eat Event Organizer

    Highland Community School, Milwaukee, WI

    - 1 year 6 months

    Education

    Assisted in the conception and planning of the first Bike/Walk/Eat event which raised money for Highland Community School. I provided technical assistance, course planning, assistance with signage and on-route support during event day.

Honors & Awards

  • QuotaMasters Club

    Kofax

    In recognition of my contributions in driving partner enablement globally by leading the creation of the Agiley Academy.

  • Vision Champion Award (Q2 2016)

    Lexmark (now Kofax)

    The Lexmark Vision Champion Award is a manager-nominated prize given to one person per geography or business unit per quarter.

    "Calling Maertz a 'consummate professional,' manager Scott Vradenburg, senior director for partner development, said, 'He deserves an immense amount of credit for designing, developing and hosting a series of weeklong, intensive partner-enablement events that we’ve branded as ‘Agile Academies.’ He has delivered these academies on three continents and will circle…

    The Lexmark Vision Champion Award is a manager-nominated prize given to one person per geography or business unit per quarter.

    "Calling Maertz a 'consummate professional,' manager Scott Vradenburg, senior director for partner development, said, 'He deserves an immense amount of credit for designing, developing and hosting a series of weeklong, intensive partner-enablement events that we’ve branded as ‘Agile Academies.’ He has delivered these academies on three continents and will circle the globe again before the year is out. Feedback from the seasoned partners who’ve attended these events has been stellar.'"

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