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San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Paris, FR

Indianapolis, IN, US

• Lead a talented team of mobile developers, product designers, and CMS platform engineers building industry-leading software solutions for the broadcast radio and streaming industry.
• Owned the entire product lifecycle: feature planning, story writing, development, distribution, measurement, and maintenance for native mobile apps and a custom CMS.
• Created roadmaps for native mobile and CMS products, translated business goals into development requirements, and managed workflows in Jira to maximize team efficiency using a mix of Scrum and Kanban agile development.
• Used tools like Leanplum and Mixpanel to A/B test interfaces and optimize user flows over time to increase engagement and time spent in the mobile app.
• Supported millions of users and multiple languages, managed OEM and mobile carrier stakeholder relationships (Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sprint, AT&T, + more) and assisted development partners with SDK and API integrations.
• Built an industry-first reporting platform that collated data sources, analyzed user listening patterns and locations, and provided insight into broadcast radio conversions for advertisers’ retail locations.

Indianapolis, IN, US

• Product owner and UI/UX designer for NextRadio, an FM radio app for mobile devices, and TagStation, a custom CMS for managing real-time radio data.
• Managed our entire product development process, wrote user stories, documentation, and collaborated daily with the engineering and QA teams.
• Created the NextRadio user experience and interface designs, taking the product from prototype to international preload on millions of mobile devices.
• Designed a lightweight message system using RabbitMQ to deliver real-time radio content to millions of users.
• Collaborated with hardware development teams at all major handset makers and mobile carriers to establish an industry-standard FM radio API and make NextRadio the definitive mobile FM radio experience.
• Maintained a focused and fun development culture as we grew our team from 9 to 40+.

Indianapolis, IN, US

Built a custom CMS used by top 10 radio broadcasters for publishing web content, streaming, and automation services. Gathered broadcaster business needs and designed CMS tools to resolve customer pain points and streamline online content production. Wrote product stories, designed working prototypes using HTML/CSS/jQuery, and provided artwork assets.

Indianapolis, IN, US

Designed and developed high-value websites for local and national media clients. Coded Flash games and microsites in Actionscript, produced motion graphics and static designs for McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Puma, Brand Jordan, FOX TV, Paramount Pictures, Pontiac, Ford, Toyota, and more.