Monetizing GIPHY

• Defining the product vision, competitive strategy, and roadmap for developer products at GIPHY (API + SDK) based on business objectives, partner requests and maximizing value to our users• Operationalizing integration engineering as a function within GIPHY

Helping to define, guide, and drive GIPHY’s API vision and strategy. Our public API serves over 5 billion GIFS and Stickers every day to more than 300 million people via our website, mobile apps, and integrations in every major social and messaging platform, including iMessage, Facebook, Twitter, Tinder, Slack, WhatsApp and many more.• Defining the product vision, competitive strategy, and roadmap for API products based on business objectives, partner requests and maximizing value to our users• Balancing new features and partner requests with engineering initiatives• Collaborating closely with engineers and designers to define and deliver API products• Working cross-organizationally with Business Development, Account Management, and Editorial teams to gather requirements, negotiate priorities, and deliver product solutions• Owning cross-team and company-wide communication around the API team and product• Evangelizing the API vision and product both internally and externally

Project managing a multi-year cloud migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP); including the formulation and execution of many sub-projects of the cloud migration. Empowering engineering teams to make progress in parallel, while remaining unblocked by concurrent work streams, through surfacing, mapping, and planning around cross functional dependencies. Driving adoption and scaling of Agile practices across engineering.• Collaboratively flushing out technical requirements, gaining consensus on deliverables, and building out project plans for engineering teams as part of the cloud migration project.• Facilitating communication and execution by engineering team members at designated milestones of the cloud migration project.• Supporting the Big Data team in building a production pipeline in GCP to enable running data science models in a cloud based environment.

Manage the building, maintaining, and operating of internal tools that increase confidence in the deployment pipeline, monitoring efforts, and data integrity while ensuring a seamless development process. Collaborating across a wide variety of teams including Infrastructure and Product Engineering, Internal Controls, Business Intelligence, and Accounting.• Problem solving to create solutions that optimize for developer productivity• Writing use cases and user stories, building consensus, prioritizing features, and overseeing engineering efforts on feature development• Managing project schedules, structuring work into manageable chunks, and keeping up a high velocity in a fast-paced environment• Led engineering efforts for multi-year SOX compliance implementation

Partnered with Senior Vice President of Product Development to ensure smooth transition from product development to commercial launch of a digital curriculum. Responsible for the governance of vendor engagement and business operations; including contract drafting and execution, vendor payments, and budget allocations. Provided operational guidance and monitoring across division to ensure processes worked efficiently and were scalable; teaming with Engineering, Product Management, and Visual Design/UX. Department liaise to Legal and Finance Departments.• Promoted from Vendor Manager to Business Process Manager in March 2014• Designed and managed division protocol to engage new vendors• Designed, implemented, and managed the contract submission process to the Legal Department and the invoice submission process to the Finance Department• Created a training program for project managers on vendor engagement, and the contract and invoice submission process• Reviewed contracts, in a pre-legal capacity, to ensure business terms were logical and aligned with management’s vision• Tracked and communicated contract status, issues, risks, and decisions to senior management and project management teams• Managed Technology budget on behalf of Chief Technology Officer - Forecast/tracked internal + vendor spend against budget • Created monthly internal resource analysis report; included internal time spent by 200+ employees on key product deliverables (e-Reader, Content Management System, etc.). • Collaborated with Director of Finance to create and roll out department project codes - Project codes used by 450+ employees to capture internal + vendor spend

Engaged in sales, marketing and account development activities including cold calling, potential client consultations, proposal writing and relationship management• Spearheaded efforts with executive leadership team to expand onsite office services to include offsite value added service lines such as records management and document destruction• Conducted and used market research to examine competitor operations including pricing models, service lines, and value proposition to help develop company trademarks in similar service lines• Developed and led educational webinars to expand the knowledge of all site managers throughout the Northeast division regarding new service lines and strategies for identifying new business opportunities within existing client sites• Forged strategic partnerships with multiple external companies to seamlessly integrate their service offerings to clients

Presided over unemployment compensation hearings to resolve disputes between parties adversely affected by an Agency for Workforce Innovation Adjudicator’s decision • Administered oaths, took testimony, and ruled on questions of evidence• Interpreted and applied legal terminology to hearing decisions• Determined hearing outcomes with regards to Florida unemployment laws

Managed operations including interviewing, hiring, training, and supervising a team of recruiters (12 undergraduates, 2 graduate students)

Compiled, reviewed, and assessed information from academic journals, market sources, and government reports • Forecasted job growth for various communities throughout the United States• Applied various statistical tests to data for local economies and interpreted results• Prepared economic analysis reports for regional industry clusters based on labor statistics• Identified rapidly growing employment industries• Evaluated importance of occupations within specific regions

Served as a role model during the transition of first-year students from their previous environment to the diverse academic, intellectual and social culture of Millersville University • Utilized team building strategies to facilitate interaction between students• Provided bi-weekly presentations to orientation groups of 200-500 people