Nov 2018 to Oct 2019: ABP @ Nest / Google Health, directly partnered with a VP and a director of engineering to drive business initiatives while graciously engaging our team and internal + external partners. Oversaw cultural initiatives, crafted key team communications, "calendaring Tetris" pro, complex priority juggling, effectively built, nurtured, leveraged cross-functional relationships including those on affiliate NPOs + BoD support. Jan 2017 to Nov 2018: Exec Business Partner to the Chief Executive Officer as well as the Chief Financial Officer (+ the Chief People Officer for 4 months) at Waymo. Lead support for Waymo's C-Suite executive leadership team. Significantly contributed to organizational comms (managed our global all-hands meetings + skip-level team meetings), org-wide event programs including leading summer picnics, 2x/mo happy hours, WaymoServe (our version of GoogleServe), Bike to Work Day, family events, and more -plus helped with annual ski trips and winter holiday parties. Created and managed massively popular Waymo swag programs.Sept 2015 to Jan 2017: UX Coordinator, Adecco for the Google Self-driving Car Project's BizDev team. Managed self-driving car demos including vetting deluge of internal and external requests, and coordinated visits with appropriate executives. Heavy cross-functional communications, resource management, scheduling, analysis/reporting, and process creation. Lead for global community feedback: high volume often technical and very sensitive messaging. Oversight of select beta projects requiring impeccable confidentiality and trust.-Social media listening and reviewingMay to Sept 2015: Vehicle Operations Specialist, Adecco for the Google Self-driving Car Project-Autonomous vehicle test driver responsible for vehicle operation, system testing, calibrations, product demonstrations, community relations, special ops, technical knowledge of SDC systems, and working with related cross-functional teams.

Managed cross-functional team focused on creatively leveraging marketing and operational resources to improve operations and promotional efforts for approximately two hundred retailers/tenants, while partnering with third parties to support and promote our collective interests. These efforts included crafting marketing strategies, special events, conventional and digital advertising, social media, budgets, and community as well as media relations for brands including Prada, UNIQLO, Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Nordstrom, Target, and Gap. Regularly planned and managed events for 100 to 2,000+ guests for grand openings as well as charity events with our community partners including the American Heart Association, Nickelodeon, City of San Jose, Giuliana Rancic’s Fab-U-Wish Foundation, DuJour Magazine, and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.Weekly responsibilities also included direct interfacing with customers, business partners, and corporate executives, creation of high-level reports and visual presentations, procurement, inventory management, budgets/accounting, and contract negotiations.Was privileged to supervise an incredibly talented and dedicated team who fearlessly tackled a myriad of special projects, and worked with and for a passionate and excellence-driven team that constantly set new standards and drove industry innovation.

Part-time customer service, user experience, and fraud detection manager for a social media/ networking website. Investigated and followed-up accordingly on member messages to the website admin team; addressed and resolved situations of irregular use of site resources, general customer inquiries, as well as violations of our Terms of Agreement. Consulted for this website through December 2014 (nine years in total).

Responsibilities included managing all stages of client development efforts: sales, marketing, partnerships, events and public relations for a luxury resort. Market segmentation included major corporations, charity organizations, luxury-minded leisure travelers, and social clients seeking world-class accommodations, recreation, casual + fine dining, as well as retail services. Developed an incredibly successful special events program, overhauled all marketing materials, and aggressively worked to increase the profile of HMBGL, which was soon thereafter honored as the #18 Golf Resort in North America per Golf Digest.Built and nurtured strategic partnerships with the sales & marketing teams at the affiliate Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, other hotel partners, various regional chambers of commerce and convention & visitors bureaus, business associations, et al. PR efforts included working with major media outlets, developing mutually beneficial partnerships + client development events and providing community philanthropic support. Tasked with managing every stage of planning, marketing, logistics and execution for hundreds of corporate, charity and social events with fifty to nearly one thousand attendees, often managing contracts, vendors, in-house teams, timelines, budgets, PR, and high-end sponsor relationships.

Worked initially as the regional special events consultant, and later, as the acting Client Development Coordinator/EA to the Regional Vice President.In the first role, managed the accounts and special event services for 600+ very high-end clients per year. Also trained and supported regional associates while providing best-practice leadership to Tiffany & Co. consultants and managers around the world. Completed all available levels of rigorous company training and certification and was awarded the prestigious "Winner's Circle" honor for professional excellenceLater, as the acting Client Development Coordinator/EA to the Regional Vice President, managed Tiffany's client development events and presentations for our top tier clients (identifying prospects, created marketing programs, selecting & managing vendors, overseeing budgets, and completing post-event analysis), regional partnerships, community philanthropic support, and media requests. Also acted as a "gate keeper" for our senior management, collated high-level reports, managed calendars and more.

Managed nearly twenty event programs per year including:-Chairman for two years of a private NPO’s largest conferences to-date: a three-day, 1,400 guest event held in historic venues around San Francisco. Oversaw program development, budgeting, vendor & venue selection, contracts, marketing, permits, registration processes and volunteer recruitment-Executed the largest single event fundraiser in the 100 year history of a regional club: their annual gala in 2000 that honored Dr. Condoleezza Rice, including event production, marketing, sponsorship, budget, and database management. Worked closely with the club’s board of directors and managed relationships with dignitaries including federal government leaders

Conducted business development and competitive analysis for high-tech start-ups as well as Fortune 500 companies relative to new SW applications or HW platforms. "Gate-crashed" in order to work with C-level executives so as to better understand the marketplace and end-user needs. Wrote and conducted detailed surveys, and crunched research data to the point where we often knew more than our client did about their competitive environment, and thus helped them to more strategically position their products and services.

Conducted internal and external competitive analysis and published high-level findings to the company's "Win/Loss" database, a tool used by our SGI & Cray Supercomputer sales and marketing teams in order to better position SGI's products and services.

Prior to the June '97 grand opening, I assisted with setting up the restaurant facilities (front and back of the house, from furnishings to training and procedures). Following the opening, I worked evenings in both the main and private dining rooms and was frequently assigned to manage the fine-dinging experiences of VIP clients including James Beard Award-winning chefs, celebrities, and Silicon Valley tycoons.