-Product management lead at Endeavor-Lead processes related to product evaluation, roadmaps, product launches-Awarded Endeavor's "Exceptional Internal Customer Service" award in 2022

-Project and product management of customer-facing programs within Tech, Manufacturing, Buildings & Construction, and Energy markets-Project management of ~30 web site CMS migrations. Gap analysis, project prioritization with developers, stakeholder communication-Responsible for prioritizing business needs, documenting requirements, creating wireframes, establishing KPIs, collaborating with dev team to implement CMS features. -Launched and ran company's new product evaluation process-Project lead for Eloqua migration after acquisition by Endeavor Business Media-Awarded Endeavor's "Exceptional Internal Customer Service" award in 2021-Well versed in these digital platforms/tools: Swoogo, WordPress (site builds & management), Zoom, Omeda, Higher Logic, PodBean, Vimeo, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Unbounce, Jira, Confluence, Balsamiq, SurveyMonkey, JotForms, Visual Website Optimizer, Calculoid, Monday.com, SmartSheets, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere

Product & project management leader within the Infrastructure Intelligence Group. Initiatives included:-Omeda Customer Data Platform buildout (collecting and prioritizing requirements, identifying data sources, standardizing data formatting with business stakeholders) -Project management of BlueConic behavioral targeting-Migration of 20+ sites in Informa Infrastructure portfolio from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7+Alfresco (product lead)-Utility Analytics Institute site launch on WordPress (project lead)-Utility Analytics Institute member site migration on Higher Logic (product lead)-KPI reporting to business stakeholders: site analytics (Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics), sales (SalesForce), newsletters (Eloqua)

Worked within the Product Development Group on the migration of 11 web sites from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 + Alfresco. Met with business stakeholders to determine and prioritize site requirements, including SEO, content taxonomies, and site structure/navigation. Worked with development team to plan and execute migration schedule, and communicate progress to business groups.

Product lead on external integrations with Marketo and Salesforce, to give event organizers their attendee behavioral data in realtime. Wrote product support docs, partnered with initial customers to ensure successful integrations. Collaborated with engineering, data analysts and designers on a pilot of an analytics dashboard that spanned multiple events, so customers could compare their app adoption and engagement metrics across their event portfolio. Validated hypotheses and refined product ideas by conducting customer calls that gathered and prioritized requirements.

Led team of 4 product managers and project managers that coordinated technology projects for 20+ conference and community sites. Projects included site builds, site redesigns, and feature development. Piloted the migration of event and media web sites to Drupal, which reduced customer change requests by 60% and decreased the average time to make content changes on the sites by 90%. Co-chaired company initiative to standardize web page layouts and ensure mobile responsiveness, which resulted in a 45% increase in event registrations from mobile devices. Helped drive a 25% increase in user engagement across mobile event apps in 2015 by collaborating with event teams to improve their app content and marketing efforts.

Managed team of 8 web designers and developers working on 15+ sites, for conferences like Black Hat, Game Developers Conference, Interop, Enterprise Connect, and DesignCon. Led stakeholder meetings, negotiated vendor contracts, conducted user testing sessions. Launched production of mobile event apps at UBM in 2011. Directed mobile event app deployments for US events from 2011-2015 (over 75 apps in total). Established mobile event app production process for event teams.

Launched and managed the daily operation of 3 tech community sites supporting mobile technology, VOIP, and online collaboration. Sites generated leads for MediaLive's portfolio of events and helped to successfully position the company for sale by private investment group to UBM.

Led team of editors and developers on Gamasutra.com. Increased site revenues by 55% and turned the site from a loss to a 45% profit within 3 years. New features included job postings, resume hosting, sponsored content, affiliate partnerships and sponsored webinars. Boosted site membership by 280%, to 230,000. Created systems to capture key demographic information in order to facilitate cross-promotion and upselling. Redesigned the site and brought development in-house to increase development velocity and reduce costs. Served as Chairman and emcee of the Independent Games Festival, and Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association.

Led editorial teams for Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra.com. Crafted editorial strategy which increased site traffic and magazine revenue. Founded the Independent Games Festival (www.igf.com) in 1998. Served as IGF chairman, event emcee, and media contact. Established the IGF as a major game industry event.