Enabling Economic Empowerment

Gather is re-imagining the way private events are planned, managed and executed, empowering thousands of restaurants and venues across the U.S. to successfully grow their events business. With a cloud-based platform that helps teams streamline event sales and workflow, from initial inquiry through day-of execution, Gather is simplifying event planning for mid-market venues and their customers.

Bloc is an intensive online bootcamp for aspiring developers and designers. Bloc relies on the time-tested apprenticeship model, combining experienced mentors and industry-vetted curriculum to offer students around the world a more accessible and effective alternative to an offline bootcamp.- Own feature development of core platform used to connect remote mentors, students, support teams, and content developers- Conduct user research and data analysis to outline platform feature roadmap with a focus on student satisfaction, success, and retention- Led complete redesign of internal mentor tools to increase mentor responsiveness and efficiency while delivering higher levels of service to students- Product initiatives have led to quarter-over-quarter increases in NPS for the past year- Doubled response rate of NPS survey and introduced base-level KPI tracking to the core product

CityVille Mobile (iOS and Android) & FarmVille 2 Country Escape (iOS, Android, Amazon)Drove feature development for CityVille, a pre-launch free-to-play game targeting mobile and web users. - Created design specifications for product features validated through user research, market analysis, and internal best practices- Worked hand-in-hand with developers, designers, and artists in a milestone-driven environment through the game's Production phase- Presented product opportunity and competitive landscape updates to C-staff and company- Maintained revenue and growth metric models informed by market trend and internal data- Cross-trained on FarmVille 2 Country Escape, conducting event feature analysis, readouts, product update presentations, and writing feature design specifications

CityVille (iOS and Android)- Coordinated Art, UX, and Engineering teams from game concept to production phase- Established feature development pipeline from design to integration and evaluation- Conducted JIRA Agile software project management training for multiple teams across the company- Initiated and ran team-wide hack-a-thons generating numerous gameplay mechanic ideas that were integrated into the pre-production build- Ran and reported on multiple user tests- Worked directly with internal sound engineers on game score and SFX

FarmVilleHit farming game on Facebook and mobile, generating over $1B in revenue over its lifetime and peaking at 30M+ daily active users.- Managed schedules, communication, and updates of multiple engineering pods - Coordinated content and feature releases multiple times a week while maintaining up-time of one of Facebook's largest games by player volume and revenue- Producer over the engineering pods responsible for the timeliness and quality of six unique FarmVille expansions, each one generating significant revenue over lifespan- Primary point of contact and organizer of outsourced engineers developing features alongside in-house engineers- Managed creation of tools used to decrease cost and time investment for repeatable game featuresRewardVilleZynga's first .com destination and player rewards product. Featured a catalog of game-specific rewards earned by playing any number of Zynga games on the Web. Included a central system for managing reward balances across unique products across Facebook. - Primary point of contact for eleven game studios, coordinating in and outbound asks for updating content

Manage schedule, communication, and milestones of a small, multi-disciplinary game team working with unreleased augmented reality technology for mobile platforms.Student team delivered playable AR demo of a game called "Bug Juice" - played with Android phones on the side of a milk carton.Check out the video demo here:https://youtu.be/Ij-GC_2s7qU

Coordinated with multiple game development teams to design, prepare, execute, and act on consumer playtests. Created detailed design document for a database front-end used to target and schedule user testing study participants.