VP, Fusion Accelerator, UHG Innovation, 2021 to PresentVP, Product Strategy, Optum Technology, 2013 to 2020Built strategy, product, experience, and team accelerator that advises executives across UHG ecosystem and external, C-level and investor clients. Work closely with UHG venture capital funds. Manage 30-person team, 5 directs, and $10 million budget. Report to EVP, OptumLabs. • Designed and led strategy ideation sessions. Drove $1 billion annual reduction in prescription costs and telehealth’s growth from 1.2 million member-users in 2019 MVP to 34 million in 2021.• Led review and stakeholder-centered reimagining of end-to-end M&A process, one of UHG’s most significant growth engines.• Created scalable, cross-functional methodology used for 15 product/start-up launches (portals, mobile experiences, predictive analytics, AI/ML applications, etc.). Cut time-to-market 50% in regulated industry. Reduced early-stage capital needs an average $25 million. • Advised Level2, a partner that combines automated data collection and coaching to reverse patients’ diabetes, on product and scaling to new therapeutic areas. Developed double-digit growth strategy with forecasted $100 million annual cost reduction for UHG. • Played key role in accelerating Mindstrong Health, an Optum Ventures portfolio company that is transforming mental health with innovations in digital measurement and virtual care, from concept to MVP in 6 weeks. Contributed to $100+ million, 2020 Series C valuation. • Advised Buoy Health, an Optum Ventures portfolio company that makes an AI-driven, inter-active, online system to refer payors’ insureds to appropriate in-network healthcare providers, on initial strategy. Contributed to $37+ million, 2020 Series C valuation. • Built multi-disciplinary team of strategy, product management, human-centered design, and behavioral science experts. • Secured contract with Business Expert Press for Ignite All, a team-written innovation playbook.

Advise early-stage founders and investors. Services include team, product, offering, market velocity, and benchmark analyses; evaluations across a large dataset of 25 predictive performance dimensions; identification of growth opportunities; and strategic planning.

SnapApp: Seed-stage, SaaS provider of tools for building interactive marketing content. Acquired by Uberflip in 2019. Led strategy and product vision, roadmap, and development. Owned product P&L. Worked closely with customers, partners, investors, industry, media, engineering, and sales. Managed 12-person research, product, development, and marketing team. Reported to CEO.• Led assessment of existing business and potential markets. Redeployed team and capital to high-growth opportunity. Led to breakthrough, interactive, omnichannel content product. Leveraged Lean/Agile and other methodologies. Delivered MVP to market in 6 months.• Drove product vision, roadmap, and experiments. Developed beta relationships with flagship accounts, including Booz, Allen Hamilton, Clorox, IBM, Intuit, Oracle, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and WSJ. Iterated to optimized product/market fit.• Achieved 7-figure ARR within 12 months of launch. Created predictable, growing subscription revenue that enabled $12 million, 2015 Series A.• Cultivated marketing automation partners to fuel growth (Eloqua, HubSpot, Marketo). Created new, 7-figure channel.• Drove 20% increase in engagement with customers’ content via APIs with major social media platforms (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn). • Played key role in sale of Pangea Media portfolio assets; netted 7-figures, which covered 18 months of capital and operating expenses.

Exit41: Series E+ provider of first multi-device, remote order-taking software solution for the restaurant industry; Featured in Thomas Friedman’s, The World is Flat. Acquired by Janeiro Digital in 2011.Developed and led operational execution of strategy that grew valuation from $1 million at 2002 Series A to $10 million in 2010 equity financing round. Led 60-person team. Reported to CEO.

Direct Hit: Popularity-driven search engine founded in 1998 and acquired by Ask Jeeves for $500 million in 2000.