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Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

* Led analytics for the launch of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses * A zero-to-one hardware on-time launch, exceeding sales, retention and product quality goals * https://www.wired.com/story/the-ray-ban-meta-wayfarers-are-the-best-face-computer/ * https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-metas-ray-ban-smart-glasses-are-my-favorite-tech-purchase-this-year/* Analytics lead for growth and quality of wearable AI experiences (i.e. voice, multimodal interaction, chatbot, LLM, etc.)

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Managing strategic planning, asset allocation, and product analytics teams for Google Nest

Helping drive level and efficacy of marketing spend through data.

I managed four teams over the time I was there:• Mobile analytics• Growth analytics• Monetization analytics• Time spent analytics

Cupertino, California, Us

• Launched and managed iTunes’s first central analytics group after demonstrating the value of data-driven decision making to the executive group• Worked directly with leaders of each content group (e.g. music, movies, etc.), as well as finance, marketing, design and engineering to analyze and advise on their top priorities (e.g. pricing, contract negotiation, efficacy of promotions)

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FanZanimal was launched after making it to the semifinals of the 2008 HBS business plan competition.After graduation, we took part in Highland Capital's Summer@Highland program for incubating student-founded startups, where we were mentioned and quoted in Business Week: http://bit.ly/FZinBusinessWeek

I chipped in for a few months to help get a promising, Boston-based startup off the ground in a difficult funding environment.I spent most of my time split between recruiting new merchants to the platform (12 in the first 30 days) and trying to market our deals on a shoestring budget.CrowdSprout was an early attempt at group-buying. We were at it before Groupon had exploded, so both sides of the market required a great deal of education.We got off to a decent start, but funding fell-apart when the economy tanked at the end of '08; we ran on fumes as long as we could, then shut down :-(

Cupertino, California, Us

• Managed team that constructed the global reporting database for Apple’s Accessories group. This tool facilitated central management of a $500M+ business unit.• Created toolset for critical sourcing decisions, reducing risk of vendor default and ensuring optimal margin.

Cupertino, California, Us

• Projected weekly demand, to within two percent of actuals, for over 200 SKU’s and accessories in education and reseller markets.• Provided manufacturing direction to planners on products representing (in fiscal 2005) $2B revenue, $800M margin, 750K units.• Directed the allocation staff on inventory distribution based on my quarterly ending-on-hand projections.• Converted manual forecasting tools into a largely automated process, saving members of the international forecasting staff over five hours each workweek while improving accuracy.

Boston, Ma, Us

FINANCIAL MODELING• Modeled savings scenarios to determine necessity of new third-party health care management vendor. The vendor selected lead to $5M additional savingsSTRATEGY & RESEARCH• Performed strategic due diligence including growth and profitability trends, capital requirements and exit strategies, for private equity funds to develop investment theses for acquisitions in multiple industries• Screened and profiled target companies through management and customer interviews to highlight deal-breaking management and industry issues for interested private equity fundsPROJECT MANAGEMENT• Doubled speed of partnership implementation at a top ten national health insurance company, saving client over $1M• Reallocated sales team efforts around most profitable channel partnerships for market-leading $9B footwear firm• Developed product marketing strategy for $1B security software company by segmenting customer base

Mba, Business Administration

Ba, Business Economics

Education record

Education record