Rejuvenating, learning, and exploring. Sailing study, certification, volunteering, and instruction; and extended travel, travel agency advisory and study throughout Central and South America and Antarctica.

Developed the brand and launch GTM plan, and led brand and product marketing for Amazon One, Amazon's fast, convenient, contactless identity service that uses your palm to enter, identify, and pay.

Principal product marketing manager for Amazon Devices including Fire Tablet and Echo/Alexa. Lead product marketer for 6 device launches in 18 months -- Echo Link, Echo Link Amp, Echo Sub, Echo Show 5, Echo Show 8, Echo Studio.

Work independently as well as with other new and experienced accredited investors living in the greater Seattle area, combining knowledge, resources, and experiences to find, fund, and counsel early stage startups in the Pacific Northwest.

Leadership for all product, engineering, design, research, marketing, IT, and operational activities for the company.Custodian of company brand and culture.Led all brand creation, communication, and marketing efforts. Led design and development of all products which have received 19+ product awards in the areas of design, new product introduction, and industry innovation.Defined, built, and managed our end-to-end supply chain from factory to customer door. Drove GTM strategy, planning, and execution.Managed a diverse team of employees and outside design, engineering, and marketing agencies.

Directed product planning, brand development, product management, and product marketing efforts for a number of new business incubations for the corporation. Founding member of Microsoft Courier, a dual screen digital journal that led to the development and launch of Surface Neo.

Founding member of the Microsoft Premium Mobile Experiences groupDirected all brand marketing and marketing communication efforts including defining the brand strategy and identity and driving the Go-to-Market plan for Windows Phone.Drove overall strategic planning and coordination including management of PR, events/social, brand and advertising, and online internal teams, and external agencies.

Led product planning team for Xbox platform, hardware, and Live services, as well as software and services for the Zune music player product launch. Architected the multi-tier Xbox Live subscription service model still used today.Constructed, managed, executed, and communicated numerous customer research initiatives including qual and quant research, ethnographic studies, and consumer product conjoint analysis

Communicated product knowledge and advised opportunities to global subsidiaries to help drive business growth in their regions, working closely with Xbox and PC First Party Games product managers.Managed global launch, marketing, and lifecycle management of several Xbox First Party Games software titles.Led GTM planning including cross-functional coordination with PR, packaging, advertising, retail/channel, events, and online.Conducted, analyzed and synthesized market data and intelligence research for senior Xbox leadership team.