Freelance Role with Impact Accelerator and Walmart Retail Accelerator ProgramsAs a contract instructor, I designed and delivered an actionable Pricing Strategy Course that equips entrepreneurs with essential, real-world pricing tactics for scaling in competitive markets.Key Responsibilities:Curriculum Design: Developed a focused curriculum covering cost-based, competitor-based, and value-based pricing, tailored to mission-driven and retail-focused startups.Facilitation & Real-Time Assessment: Conducted interactive sessions with “Shark Tank”-style insights, delivering immediate, strategic feedback on participants' pricing approaches to refine their value propositions and market positioning.Practical Application & Strategy: Engaged founders with real-world case studies, two-sided market strategies, and impact-driven pricing frameworks, empowering them to set prices aligned with business goals and customer expectations.

As Chief Product Officer at Bond & Grace, I oversee every aspect of our unique product lineup, from concept through production, bringing classic literature to life in a luxurious, modern format that integrates fine art with storytelling.Key Responsibilities:Product Vision & Innovation: Lead the creation of our signature Art Novel™ collection, merging iconic literary works with curated art to create collectible, visually stunning coffee table books that redefine book ownership and gift-giving.End-to-End Product Development: Manage the entire product lifecycle, from curating artwork and designing literary-inspired products to launching items like art prints, tabletop decor, and deskware that elevate a literary lifestyle.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, marketing, and production teams to ensure each product embodies Bond & Grace’s commitment to craftsmanship, aesthetic elegance, and intellectual appeal.Customer Experience: Implement feedback-driven strategies to refine products that resonate deeply with our audience of tastemakers, book lovers, and collectors, offering them a truly immersive experience.In this role, I ensure Bond & Grace’s products consistently deliver unmatched quality and innovation, bringing timeless stories into contemporary settings through artful, industry-leading creations.

STARTUP CONSULTING: Whether launching a product, making a pivot, or seeking growth, Ayana consults founders and teams on actionable strategies to get them from good idea to strong results. Her specialty is advising highly technical or creative startups through the following milestones and challenges: Consumer Product Development Strategy Customer DiscoveryValue Proposition Development Product Roadmap Development Partnerships & Manufacturing Go-to-market Planning & ExecutionCOACHING: Ayana’s professional coaching practice is designed to help new founders connect their inner purpose with their goals and strategies. She specializes in partnering with entrepreneurs to create new breakthrough behaviors that yield results over and over again. Book a discovery call to see how it works.

As a Go-to-Market (GTM) Incubation Strategy Manager at Google Cloud, I spearheaded initiatives to optimize and scale Google’s GTM strategies for emerging cloud technologies, working at the forefront of product incubation for AI-driven solutions.Key Responsibilities:Incubation Framework Development: Established scalable frameworks, KPIs, and toolkits to support a team of incubation strategists and sales teams, facilitating efficient adoption and rapid go-to-market for multi-million dollar AI product lines.Streamlining Purchase Journeys: Designed infrastructure that enhanced purchasing experiences for new AI offerings, ensuring a seamless journey from product discovery to acquisition across a global enterprise sales network.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engaged with cross-functional teams to ensure GTM strategies aligned with technical capabilities, supporting cohesive product launches and improved sales impact in enterprise accounts.Strategic Scaling: Built the foundation for scalable GTM processes across a broad sales ecosystem, enabling Google Cloud to bring innovative solutions to market with agility and consistency.In this role, I contributed to Google Cloud’s strategic edge by making the adoption of AI solutions straightforward and impactful, creating a foundation for future growth across global enterprise markets​.

I identified prime growth opportunities while driving risk mitigation, sales, and operational milestones for cross-market technology-based solutions. Ask me about product placement in the future of government, human connection, and digital transformation - would love to share notes!

- Conducted primary and secondary research on enterprise technology prototyping challenges to diagnose the firm’s business needs and recommend development of in-house rapid prototyping incubator which I designed and implemented- Launched 14 week rapid prototyping program by training team of 15 to teach problem sensing, market economics, customer validation, and prototyping curriculum to internal technology inventors. Innovation Center inventors cultivated solutions able to bridge data science with Veteran's care; AR/VR with military readiness; and Machine Intelligence with cyber resilience--just to name a few. - Cultivated diverse portfolio of 90+ Technology inventions through product management experiences including capability hacking, client co-development, and external partnership (ex. Vinetta Project, Dell, NVIDIA, General Assembly, Habitat for Humanity, and Intel); Delivered outcome based insights and recommended business and brand strategies to Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer regularly - Created Innoversity an innovation education series teaching internal inventors idea incubation, rapid prototyping, Agile methodologies, go to market strategy, strategic communications to name a few; designed primary research to inform education subjects and marketing proven practices- Managed Innovation Center programming brand development, activations and associated KPIs; duties included creative project management, content development, and brand maintenance, and brand partnerships

- Managed team of five as product owner, leading agile development, content creation, client relationship, and adoption strategy of enterprise platform solution- Introduced agile mindset and development practices such as user stories, sprint planning and retrospectives to improve effectiveness of development, validation, and delivery- Authored and published series of white papers to disseminate complex reference architecture and services into comprehensive - Acquired HTML and CSS hard skills in order to increase velocity of multi-media content development for communications and instructional deliverables

Led team of eight to administer 200+ original instructional systems and multimedia products utilized by >10K United States Airmen; Recognized for growing engagement scope by 37% and doubling contract of full-time deliverable team through proof of customer success

Joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a technical instructional writer supporting the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)—recognized for proactive leadership and performance through fast-track promotion within 9 months

Managed operational and strategic planning for this digital publication that informs modern professionals on workplace trends and culture; Planned and implemented sponsored events to grow publication brand and reach target subscribers; past sponsors include ANN Inc and Moet Hennessey