Ongoing leadership in video production for Creative Mornings Chicago, overseeing the capture, direction, and editing of live events, speaker presentations, and community interactions. Responsible for ensuring that all video content aligns with the Creative Mornings brand, delivering high-quality and engaging visual storytelling that resonates with a global audience. Actively collaborating with event organizers, speakers, and technical teams to produce compelling video content that showcases the creativity and vibrancy of Chicago’s creative community.

Strategic Innovation Leadership & Product Management – Led the strategic direction for Americana’s p2p RWA marketplace, which managed a ~$40M AUM pipeline at its peak. Demonstrated expertise in product visioning, cross-functional team leadership, and stakeholder management, ensuring the successful authentication, management, and trading of high-value collectibles.Technical Solution Delivery & Platform Optimization – Spearheaded the development and optimization of Americana’s decentralized marketplace platform, focusing on CDN capabilities, web performance, and advanced configuration management. Integrated best practices in Agile delivery, ensuring seamless platform operations and scalability across multi-cloud environments. Led the creation and execution of technical roadmaps, user stories, and iterative product improvements.Passion for Blockchain & Emerging Technologies – Leveraged cutting-edge technologies, including blockchain, IoT, and AR/XR, to set new standards authenticating, displaying, and transacting your most prized digital + physical possessions. Championed innovation within the organization, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technological advancement. Engaged in strategic partnerships and collaborations to push the boundaries of industry standards.Key Achievements:» P2P RWA Marketplace, Strategic Platform Development & Optimization - ~$40M AUM pipeline» Digital & Physical Asset Management, Blockchain & IoT Integration» Advanced CDN & Multi-cloud Configuration Management - Seamless operations across decentralized platforms

Digital Product and Program Management – 10+ years’ experience demonstrating a thorough understanding of business/client needs, facilitating product visioning and technical requirement decomposition, leadership over parallel teams, UX/QA expertise and relationship/program management across all stakeholder levels. Responsible for over $40M+ of delivered product value leading teams from 5p to 50p.Technical Solution Delivery – 10+ years’ experience integrating end-to-end implementations for enterprise product platforms, with a focus on technical excellence through iterative Agile delivery. Ownership over the creation of user stories, roadmaps, scrum ceremonies, technical architecture, MVP definition, project discovery & SOW efforts, and product backlog prioritization activities.Passion for Innovative and Emerging Tech – focused on business transformation through innovative technologies including Augmented Reality, Blockchain, IoT, and Machine Learning. Finalist in IoT and Blockchain Slalom national hackathons and enabled multiple immersive client events (>200p+). Active thought leadership and POV creator, and internal leader for culture, delivery methodology, people and innovation.Relevant Client Projects» Food Services, Strategic Solution Delivery (IOT, ML, Cloud) - $30M+» Food Services, DevOps (Infra as Code) and Enterprise CI/CD Enablement (AWS) - $3M+» Food Services, Infrastructure Marketplace Platform (AWS) - $500k» Non-Profit, Sales Enablement Platform (SalesForce) - $0

Strategic Innovation Leadership & Developer Experience – Led product management for Morningstar’s Enterprise Solutions, focusing on the creation of the Morningstar Developer Portal, which was key in enhancing developer satisfaction internally and externally. Improved the developer experience by fostering collaboration between engineering teams and users, ensuring that tools and platforms were intuitive and powerful. Managed the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch, translating complex financial needs into actionable features that drove significant client engagement.Technical Solution Delivery & Data Integration – Spearheaded the integration of complex financial data into Morningstar’s platforms, ensuring seamless delivery of insights across multi-cloud environments. Applied Agile methodologies to streamline development processes, enabling rapid iteration and continuous improvement. Led the creation of technical documentation, roadmaps, and user stories, optimizing team efficiency.Passion for Financial Technology & Innovation – Advanced financial technology through implementing cutting-edge tools and platforms. Leveraged a deep understanding of financial markets and data analytics to drive product innovation, ensuring Morningstar’s solutions remained industry leaders. Championed innovative technologies to enhance product offerings, contributing to Morningstar’s reputation in financial services.Key Achievements:» Morningstar Developer Portal, Strategic Creation & Developer Experience Enhancement – Boosted satisfaction and engagement internally and externally» Enterprise Financial Platform, Strategic Product Development & Integration – Enhanced developer experience and client engagement» Data-Driven Financial Tools, Multi-Cloud Data Integration – Optimized delivery of financial insights across platforms» Agile Product Development & Technical Documentation – Facilitated efficient collaboration and product iteration