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Santa Clara, CA, US

Seattle, Washington, US

Lead Product Manager for OctoAI's Text Generation Vertical0->1 Launch PM for OctoAI's Open Source LLM APIsIntegrating and scaling LLMs with dozens enterprise customers at billions of tokens/day in productionResponsible for LLM roadmap including model expansion, optimization, and new feature enablementWriting and publishing on Open Source LLM developments.

Seattle, Washington, US

Product owner for B2B SaaS platform that offers machine learning acceleration, deployment cost reduction, and MLOps agility to enterprises that are deploying ML at scale.

Seattle, WA, US

Product owner for Alexa Mobile’s Speech ML roadmap, prioritizing science and engineering efforts in wakeword, speaker verification, and speech-to-text improvements for Alexa on mobile phones. Lead 25 engineers & scientists to launch a novel Voice ML product. Launched Alexa on India’s top-selling smartphone Built systems to reward service quality for 100k.

Invented computer vision cat door to prevent feline from bringing prey into home, using Python, Sagemaker, & AWS Deeplens Camera. Featured on The Verge (bit.ly/3aqIMVV), BBC, and Gizmodo; selected as 2019 “Inventions We Love” panelist for Geekwire Summit. Ignite speech and AWS promotional video generated >700K views on YouTube (bit.ly/2NGKgl0).

New York, NY, US

Conducted feasibility study and developed business model for the use of geothermal energy to dehydrate fruits and vegetables in Jordan.

Seattle, US

Created financial model to determine path for achieving 100% renewable energy for REIʹs commercial operations, providing a portfolio‑level investment strategy for over 130 retail locations

Led a strategic planning process for environmental nonprofit involving 45 interviews with sustainability leaders; resulting strategy was adopted by senior management

San Francisco, CA, US

Identified underdeveloped corporate relationships and secured three new philanthropic sponsors for 40th anniversary celebration. Defined and launched strategy for organic cropland conservation partnership

Presented more than 400 hours of introductory sociology and psychology to students. Designed and taught three customized curricula that raised student performance on international exams 21% above prior year baseline. Planned and implemented an overhaul of school attendance policies and sanctions.

Developed and executed 3-year fundraising strategy that consistently exceeded targets. Cultivated funding partners and composed customized proposals that secured more than $500,000 in 2010.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Authored more than 20 grant proposals and collaborated on 22 other proposals that collectively secured $12.2 million in 1-year period. Managed communication with local media, elected officials, and partner nonprofits

Ms/Mba, Sustainable Enterprise

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology