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Relaunched home care services company with new branding, messaging, and WordPress website.Developed business and fundraising plans for innovative wearable health technology developer.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

I founded Lokket by selling Sputnik (another company I founded, see below) to one of our most innovative customers, an Australian wireless internet service provider. Together, we saw an urgent opportunity and forged a new mission: bring affordable broadband to communities that weren’t being adequately served by incumbent Internet providers. Today, Lokket is closing the digital divide by providing Internet access to students, schools, families and small businesses in disadvantaged communities across the U.S.- Led cross-functional team to pivot the company from WiFi management to next-generation WISP while doubling revenues.- Helped build a leading provider of affordable WiFi for underserved communities and education markets.- Currently serve on the Board of Directors.

Reno, Nv, Us

CIQ powers the next generation of software infrastructure, leveraging and uniting the capabilities from enterprise, cloud, hyperscale and HPC. CIQ is the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux and the creator of the next generation federated computing stack.- Drove marketing strategy, corporate messaging, marketing communications, PR, marketing campaigns, and digital marketing contributing to Rocky Linux’ success as the leading Enterprise Linux distribution.- Led comprehensive website redesign and SEO, generating 400% organic traffic growth in 6 months.- Launched successful awareness, email marketing, online advertising, social media marketing, and demand generation programs that drove >10x growth in lead pipeline.- Introduced HubSpot and full marketing CRM tech stack to increase marketing automation and analytics visibility for marketing decision-making and lead conversion.- Oversaw all events and integrated marketing, including the successful launch of the company and key product offerings at SCC22.

Sausalito, California, Us

Psychotherapy.net is the world’s leading provider of online education for mental health professionals. Leading across sales, marketing, international business development, product development, and operations, I was instrumental in helping the company evolve from a small business to a successful sale to Knowfully, a fast-growing private equity-backed online learning company.- Integrated departmental silos to drive strategic business decision-making and improve operational performance that resulted in the successful sale of the company.- Revamped the sales process and refreshed pipeline, resulting in 20% year-on-year growth.- Conducted primary market research with customers resulting in a new product line that increased customer acquisition and retention.

Sausalito, Ca, Us

I founded Sputnik to bring WiFi hotspot management to the masses. We built and deployed the first cloud-managed Internet of things (IoT) platform for WiFi network management.- Founded and managed the first cloud-managed WiFi company with award-winning solutions deployed in tens of thousands of networks around the world.- Sold the company to Lokket, one of Sputnik’s trailblazing customers, to focus on delivering Internet service to underserved communities.- Managed online marketing for Sputnik, including web, email marketing, social media marketing, and PR.- Drove new business development in the U.S. and globally.- Led product management of the company's innovative line of cloud-managed WiFi access points/routers.

When open-source software started taking off in business, my co-founders and I realized there was no trusted source for enterprise-class support, services, education, custom development and product validation. So we started Linuxcare, raised funding from Kliener-Perkins and built a team of the leading minds in Linux and open-source software. - Co-founded and oversaw the growth of Linuxcare, an innovator in open-source software business models.- Managed corporate and product marketing, market research and PR.- Led brand development for one of the top three most recognized brands in Linux and open source.- Prepared the company to IPO (unfortunately, plans were canceled due to the economic downturn of 2000-2002).

Us

I dreamed of someday working for Steve Jobs, and was blessed to have that unforgettable opportunity (along with a few scars to prove it).- Managed marketing for the professional publishing market, the company’s second-largest revenue stream after the education market.- Built a developer ecosystem and co-marketing programs to create a next-generation publishing platform.

Cupertino, California, Us

- Key member of the founding marketing team focused on desktop publishing, the Macintosh’s first breakaway high-growth vertical. Worked across the entire marketing mix.- Advised and collaborated with developer partners on co-marketing programs to drive $1B in vertical market sales.

Mba, Business

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Executive Education - Stanford Publishing Course