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• Leading teams in the development of web properties, mobile applications, interactive television products, and financial services for large enterprises and hungry startups.
• Facilitated agile transformations for clients, coaching cross-functional teams on methodologies such as Scrum, SAFe, and Kanban to increase productivity and improve product quality.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define product roadmaps, set KPIs, and develop release plans, resulting in successful product launches and increased customer satisfaction.
• Achieved alignment and delivered business value on time and within budget by facilitating collaborative planning, creation of objectives & and key results (OKRs), and tying team contributions to overall business.

Springfield, Massachusetts, US

• Team leader in the Digital Experience group, delivering consumer-facing applications for MassMutual.com and related properties.
• Unified MassMutual's diverse and siloed product offerings into a cohesive direct-to-consumer product.
• Delivered a Digital Experience Platform (DXP) enabling personalized journeys to help MassMutual's customers secure their financial future at any stage of their lives.
• Directed a 12-person team providing a front-end React.js framework and content API services to MassMutual development teams, enabling brand and feature consistency throughout our products.
• Led web Accessibility efforts, achieving industry-leading scores on Google Lighthouse and creating an inclusive experience for customers with physical, visual, and cognitive impairments.
• Built an Agile coaching practice with other team leaders, providing learning and collaboration across teams and doubling average velocity.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Led product development efforts for newly created division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt focused on digital consumer products.
• Developed Curious World, an award-winning subscription property for the early learning children’s market, taking product from concept to launch in seven months. Grew product to over 1 MM downloads and 100K subscribers.
• Hired and managed a core team of digital producers, user experience architects, designers, and product managers, implementing Scrum-based processes to improve the frequency of releases to 2 weeks and reduce major bugs.
• Launched over-the-top television (OTT) applications for Curious World on Roku and Apple TV platforms, garnering heavy app store promotion and increasing the reach of the product.

New York, NY, US

• Transformation of a 100+ year-old B2B media company from print publisher into digital-first news, information, and data services provider, leading to a successful $1.6B exit to Informa in 5 years.
• Led a multi-discipline team that built and managed the content platform and processes, powering 72 of Penton’s industry-focused information properties, serving 8MM unique visitors per month.
• Developed over 40 iOS and Android apps powered by the CMS platform using RESTful services architecture.
• Integrated data, premium content, and e-commerce capabilities into all of Penton’s digital properties, creating a new source of revenue for the company.

• Provided strategy and consulting services to Financial, Technology, and Media & Entertainment companies. Led development projects for new interactive products and services.
• Relaunched Disney / ABC’s Ideal Bite newsletter as web property in 3 months using agile methodology.
• Managed content projects for Independent Film Channel’s Digital Media division, including relaunch of four properties (IFCTV.com, IFCFilms.com, Affiliate extranet and IFCi On-Demand Channel).
• Functioned as Product Owner, managing multiple vendor teams, budget, and backlog prioritization, relaunching FastCompany.com.
• Opened and staffed New York office for Achieve Internet, San Diego-based web development agency, facilitating business, market and promotional needs of major clients, including Lifetime TV and Sony BMG.

New York City, NY, US

Performed strategy and development work for an online broadband network, featuring original video content, later merged into the team that developed Hulu for NBC Universal. Built and managed a team of 10 digital producers, designers, and developers.

New York, NY, US

Master'S Degree, Interactive Telecommunications Program (Itp)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature