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Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, Us

• Member of Executive team - Product & Technology portfolio management, software development operating model, communications, and reporting responsibilities. PADI is the global leader in Scuba training, 1M+ certifications annually and serving 130,000+ professional members.• Direct a team of Project Managers & Scrum Masters to manage product development and implementation initiatives for elearning, professional member tools, eCommerce, CRM, padi.com and mobile apps.• Also responsible for the Production and Translations team who manage product, marketing, and communications translations for 25+ languages; utilizing human translators and AI Translation engines such as DeepL, ChatGPT, Google Translate and Amazon Translate. This team also manages the eLearning Platform used by all Dive Instructors and students around the world.• As Data Protection Officer, I established the privacy program and lead a cross-functional team to ensure privacy and data protection across offices in Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Europe. I also led the GDPR and CCPA compliance initiatives and responsible for on-going privacy operations and TrustArc systems management.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Associate Vice President, Business PlanningVice President, Product Planning and Programs GroupVice President, Strategy & Business Planning• Led teams in the Cox Auto Media Division and Kelley Blue Book Business Unit to develop strategic plans and roadmaps, communicate and align plans with other business units, and execute program management of major initiatives.• Directed a team of Project Managers & Scrum Masters to manage product launches for AutoTrader.com and KBB.com web and mobile properties (36M unique visitors/ month). Also led a team of Program Managers and Business Process Consultants to lead divisional-level operations, business process, and integration initiatives.• Responsible for product operations, product portfolio plan development and implementation, communications and reporting.• My teams' deliverables were integral to the growth of AutoTrader.com, KBB.com, and Dealer.com brands that deliver $1.8B of annual revenue and support over 20,000 dealer, OEM, and other automotive industry clients.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Vice President, Strategy & Business PlanningHead of Product Strategy & OperationsVice President (5 yrs)/Director (2 yrs), Project Management Office• Led cross-functional business planning to develop the 3-year business unit strategy, portfolio, roadmap and initiatives management for the annual planning cycles. Responsible for communications and coordination across the other Cox Automotive business units. From 2006-15 revenue grew from $65M to $300M.• Responsible for the product team’s strategic plan, roadmap development and product operations. Led a team of vice presidents and directors to manage the product portfolio and executive business unit reviews.• Established the PMO and led teams responsible for web site redesign, mobile development, and digital advertising product launches. Implemented portfolio management process used by executive team to operate the business. • As a senior technology leader I was directly involved with establishing the strategic direction, implementing the operating model and resource management, site visits, and executive reporting for both the company’s Agile Development Transformation and off-shoring initiatives in China and India (involving more than 200 team members).

Co-founder of Creative Stream, Inc. which specialized in integrated custom entertainment, security and network systems for the luxury residential market. Managed business operations, purchasing & inventory, accounting and finance functions. Western Region sales leader for Boston Acoustics outdoor systems for 2003-05.

Aliso Viejo, Ca, Us

• Product management of the Vista Plus ERP Interface products (Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft), Oracle Schema Manager, and SharePlex File System Replication products. Responsibilities included product life-cycle management, customer and industry presentations, sales support and tools development, and go to market/product launches. • Program Management for Information Availability ($25M/yr.) and High Availability Business Unit ($90M/yr.) product development and launches.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Directed staff of Project Managers to implement the billing systems and processes for this start-up wireless telecommunications provider. Launched several major DMA markets in California & Nevada, growing to 200K+ subscribers in less than 18 months.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Minor In Mathematics