Lead the Digital Product, Scrum Master, and Project Management teams for award-winning National Geographic’s digital platforms. Focused the Product team on consumer experience, usability, performance on all digital platforms, and problem definition and market research. Improved collaboration of Design/UX, Tech, Product, and Editorial teams by implementing a collaborative and cross-functional approach using Agile, Lean, and SAFe frameworks. Transformed the small Digital Producer team and streamlined content production by distributing the CMS and production tools to magazine and digital content teams.

Transformed the small Digital Producer team and streamlined content production by distributing the CMS and production tools to magazine and digital content teams.

Led first implementation of Scrum and Agile iterative methodologies during NPR’s comprehensiveredesign of NPR.org. Led, as ScrumMaster, the run, grow, transform approach to productdevelopment and innovation; proven success fostering communication, transparency, and adaptationcreating a high level of efficiency, productivity, and collaboration during product expansion fromdesktop to multiple form factors. Experience with Lean hypothesis-driven Scrum product development.

Provide vision, develop strategy and recruit staff for WashingtonCityPaper.com, the interactive, hyperlocal and ad-driven digital platform in the challenging newspaper industry. Following purchase in 2007, refocused editorial and technology groups to produce and build R&D revenue-generating projects across 6 newspapers in 3 of the top 10 newsweekly markets.

Created new media production department, recruited and managed staff responsible for producing award winning Discovery.com—one of the most popular Internet sites. Led company’s production through maturation of Internet, from development to deployment, during rising investment to cost-containment; adopted new methods, technologies and processes staying at the forefront of a rapidly advancing industry.

Executed day-to-day page makeup of Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine. Included every aspect of monthly magazine production—page construction, story-fitting, quality control, and final approval. Member of new projects team, built original SI for Kids website.