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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Calendly connects millions of people around the world. Our product takes the work out of scheduling so that our customers can get more done. Responsible for Calendly's core scheduling, AI investments, Browser Extensions, Mobile, Admin, and Vertical SaaS Applications. Stay tuned as we reinvent our core capabilities with AI and expand into entirely new jobs to be done!

Over the years, I have supported some amazing founders in their entrepreneurial endeavors. My portfolio includes early-stage direct investments, participation in late-stage SPVs, and limited partnerships in VC and real estate funds; select investments below:- Air.Inc: Creative Ops collaboration tool.- Drop: Next-level shopping rewards.- Vimcal: Superhuman for calendars.- Cutback Coach: Building healthier drinking habits.- Trustworthy: Family operating system.- Roll: Infrastructure for social money.- Epic Games: Metaverse gaming company.- Hustle Fund (LP): Invests at the hilariously early stage.- Opsis Capital (LP): Invests in mixed-use real estate in LA.- Hyphen Capital (LP): Invests in the next generation of Asian American founders.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

First Round Capital matches seasoned leaders with early-stage operators in a unique mentorship community. I have had the privilege of mentoring some fantastic startup founders and product leaders through this program.

Irvine, California, Us

Kajabi is the leading all-in-one platform for creators and knowledge entrepreneurs to build, market, and sell digital content. During my tenure, I was responsible for leading the product management, product design, and UX research teams at the company. Led Kajabi's multi-product portfolio expansion (courses, podcasts, coaching, community) and drove new AI investments in product creation and audience building.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Between 2018 to 2020, I was Head of Product for the Modern Life Experiences business unit at Microsoft (with a product portfolio that includes MileIQ, Money-in-Excel, Spend, and Microsoft Family Safety). Drove product strategy and led a world-class product team across a 150-person global organization in San Francisco, Redmond, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. Directly responsible for Microsoft’s consumer fintech investment (includes setting business strategy, developing new product experiences, defining multiple go-to-market channels, and building internal and external content partnerships). Our first consumer product in this space is Money-in-Excel.Worked with the product design, user research, business development, and product marketing teams to bring a new consumer freemium product for parents and children to market (Microsoft Family Safety).

Redmond, Washington, Us

Joined Microsoft as a product leader to help scale the MileIQ product and business. Promoted to Head of Product for MileIQ 8 months into my tenure.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

MileIQ is the first automatic mileage tracking and mobile reporting solution for the self-directed workforce (includes self-employed, sole proprietors and SMBs). MileIQ raised a total of $14 million in funding from CRV, Trinity Ventures, and SV Angel. MileIQ was acquired by Microsoft in November 2015 to accelerate its vision to reinvent the future of personal productivity and business processes by delivering automated, intuitive, end-user focused products that give consumers back time, money, and peace of mind.----- Highlights -----Drove product strategy, refined product vision, and delivered an expanded product suite (inclusive of expense-tracking and time-tracking) for MileIQ. Analyzed various growth opportunities culminating in the international launch of MileIQ in the UK and Canada and the integration with Office365 and Dynamics365.Led the organization through the transition from a flat product and engineering structure into autonomous product squads. Created multiple processes for cross-functional feedback loops to build learning, iteration, and innovation into the organization.Spearheaded the SMB, Enterprise, and Partner growth effort for MileIQ via a new B2B initiative (MileIQ-for-Teams).Led the product definition and development of a expense tracking solution for consumers and SMBs (Microsoft Spend).

Edmonton, Alberta, Ca

Betable provides the only full-stack platform for the real-money gaming ecosystem. Our team is focused on using technology to enable the creation, distribution, and discovery of iGaming content – building solutions for marketers, developers, and consumers alike. Betable raised a total of $23 million in funding from Venture51, Greylock, True Ventures, and Founders Fund. ----- Highlights -----Led the 0-to-1 development and continuous improvement for various B2C and B2B products including: Betable Wallet (universal identity, KYC, payments, and loyalty program), Betable Reach (content management system and developer marketing tools), and Prospect Hall (ecommerce consumer product). Introduced an A/B testing framework to iterate on various web and mobile UI changes, marketing landing pages, competitive social features, user registration/activation flows, and checkout/deposit flows. Optimized network-wide player promotions and developed a gamification-based loyalty program; led to statistically significant increase in deposits, cash-bets, and player retention.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

Joined Kabam during its hyper-growth phase as the company scaled globally from 300 to 1200+ employees over a 2-year period. Enjoyed an accelerated set of responsibilities, including optimizing live game events (monetization), building new features (engagement & retention), and launching/scaling new 0-to-1 mobile games (in various genres). Learned a ton about product management, growth, data analytics, user/player psychology, managing PMs, and building scaled product organizations. Kabam was acquired by Netmarble Games (Feb 2017) and 20th Century Fox (June 2017) for a combined $1 billion.----- Highlights -----Owned P&L and product strategy for a portfolio of games with eight-figure annual net bookings, including Dragons of Atlantis, Godfather: Five Families, and Edgeworld. Managed 35 person cross-functional team (encompassing Engineering, Product Management, Design, Art, and Customer Support functions).Led product diligence and defined strategic rationale for Kabam’s largest studio acquisition of TapZen and Magic Pixel (creators of "This Means War!" / “Marvel: Strike Force” / "Avatar: Pandora Rising”).Guided the divesture and led the head-count analyses of Kabam’s strategy web-games studio to RockYou.

Menlo Park, California, Us

Originated, evaluated, structured and executed on early-to-expansion stage investment opportunities on behalf of a venture capital fund with $1 billion of assets under management. Focused on consumer internet and enterprise SaaS companies. Managed a portfolio of 10 existing investments and invested $30 million in 8 new transactions.

New York City, New York, Us

Successfully closed 7 transactions spanning mergers & acquisitions (2), leveraged buyouts (2), equity offerings (2), and high-yield debt financings (1). Focused on eCommerce, internet/digital media, enterprise SaaS, and IT services.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics

International Business