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GiveWell is a research and grant-making organization focused on global health and development. During my tenure, GiveWell grew from 20 to 70 staff, and increased annual funds raised from $160m to $600m.• Promoted to an executive role to lead and restructure the operations department, including finance, HR, technology, legal, grantmaking, facilities, and administrative support. Reported to the CEO.• Grew operations from 9 to 13 full-time employees. Hired 7 staff and managed a $4.5m budget.• Dramatically improved team response times, work quality, and capacity for complex projects.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed growth marketing and technology, leading a team of three. Reported primarily to the CEO.• Grew advertising budget to $1.9m spending across multiple channels, built fundamental marketing • collateral, and redesigned the website.

San Francisco Bay Area

Indiegogo is a leading crowdfunding startup. During my tenure, it grew from 20 to 120 staff and raised a $40m funding round.• Pitched, launched, and scaled Indiegogo’s China program, which grew to over 10% of org revenue.• Launched over 3,000 campaigns from China-based businesses on Indiegogo, raising over $100m.• Hired and managed a team of four in the US and China to source, launch, and grow campaigns.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Progressed rapidly from entry-level to director role, hiring and managing a sales team of three.• Sourced crowdfunding campaigns raising over $35m.• Notable projects: extensive speaking engagements (e.g. SXSW) to promote Indiegogo, formalized org’s campaign strategy function, scaled partner-driven sales model, successfully advocated for pivotal pixel-tracking feature.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Sonora, Ca

• Wrote articles and helped develop content in editorial meetings.• Digitized distribution system, created maps and consumption graphs for use in ad sales.• Created and managed customer database using FileMaker Pro.

• Researched and wrote articles, reviews, and features for weekly publication. • Fact checked special sections and listings.• Participated in paper critiques and helped to develop content in weekly meetings.