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Pasadena, California, US

Greenwich, CT, US

Drove strategies, roadmap, and execution milestones for global reach expansion for a variety of clients including an AI-driven global supply chain platform, a nonprofit, and a coffee roaster.

Palo Alto, California, US

Drove platform globalization strategy to make Bevy's product offering world-ready by defining both long-term and shorter-term localization and internationalization roadmaps; conducted product discovery with customers through interviews and validation. Led Bevy's mobile product team in building native mobile apps that drive community engagement and customer.

San Francisco, CA, US

Embedded with the Experiences, Payments, Trust, and Public Policy teams, I launched and maintained delightful, deeply-localized product and marketing experiences for 62 languages, for guests, hosts, and regulatory agencies.

San Francisco, CA, US

I worked cross-functionally and cross-organizationally with design, engineering, game, legal, QA, and customer service teams to ship and maintain Lumosity's non-English-language product offering. I owned end-to-end product localization, timelines, and workflows for Web and mobile product and marketing; responsibilities included new language launches.

San Francisco, CA, US

As a member of Twitter's International Product team, I worked with a global community of localizers to make Twitter's user experience intuitive, intelligible, and usable for the world in upwards of thirty languages.

Berkeley, CA, US

• Planned, coordinated, and implemented 2011-2012 participant conference and 2012-2013 retreat
• Recruited selection committee members; coordinated selection process for 2012-2013 cohort
• Advised potential applicants on process and policies; gave informational presentations
• Provided soft evidence of return on investment to and maintained communication with program donor
• Maintained communication with program alumni; built and administered online participant communities

Nairobi, KE

• Pro bono consulting for Nairobi-based maternal care social entrepreneurship
• Conducted market and user research to identify optimal product and experience strategy
• Identified client's needs in patient communication and education
• Designed, prototyped, and tested products and services to a) convey a continuity of care to patients, and b) promote positive health outcomes for women and neonates

Berkeley, CA, US

Taught sections of courses and served in a grading capacity at the University of California: American Cultural Landscapes, History of Architecture and Urbanism, History of Science, Religious Studies, and Arabic. General subject matter included language, research methods, and social history.

· Directed State Department-sponsored Arabic language program in Morocco (on-site June-August) · Oversaw administrative and academic staff of twenty (three direct reports) · Directed on-site logistics · Administered local program budget and made purchasing decisions · Designed site-based, task-oriented language-learning cultural activities

Middlebury, Vermont, US

Summer research assistant at the School of Arabic's intensive summer language program during the summers of 1996 and 1998. I assisted in the development of Arabic-language instructional material for native English speakers. My principal tasks included: creating a companion Web site for the teacher's edition of the Al-Kitaab textbook series, editing primary.

Ph.D., Architecture

Ma, Near Eastern Studies

Arabic, Center For Arabic Study Abroad (Casa)

Ba, Near Eastern Studies

New Jersey Governor'S School On The Environment

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