Advisor to the Founder/CEO/Board on Product platform vision, definition, and strategy. Primary areas of focus include Fund-raising strategy, Product-Market Fit, and Customer Segmentation.

Advisor to the Founder/CEO on Product strategy, architecture/design, team building, and execution. Assist with fund-raising, evangelism, Product and Engineering talent recruitment/acquisition, and team leadership.

Advisor to the Founder/CEO on Product vision, definition, design, strategy and execution. Primary areas of focus include Product-Market Fit, Customer Segmentation, Pricing and Business Model development, and Early-Stage Product Testing.

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Convera was formed to acquire the assets and companies that today comprise Western Union Business Solutions, a division of The Western Union Company. Following this acquisition, Convera will become one of the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments companies in the world.As a standalone fintech company, Convera will build on its customer-driven culture and accelerate its investments in technology, product innovation, and people to drive growth. Our vision is to help make global business payments simple, secure, and smart, removing friction from global commerce for our business customers. My scope includes the transformation and growth of the Product Management, Design, and Research functions.

- Global product lead for real money gambling user and developer experiences on Google Play.- Incubation and development of Play Store’s platform capabilities to enable all segments of game developers to maximize reach, user acquisition, and monetization throughout the lifecycle of a game.Previous: PM Lead, Wearable Computer Vision

Product leader for eBay’s Monetization Domain which owns pricing, subscriptions, and seller data platforms that charge and maintain over 12K transactions per second and ~$7B in annual revenue for eBay’s global marketplaces.Vision and Strategy• Working cross-functionally and across global partners to develop the vision to optimize eBay’s monetization technologies.• Leading a balanced portfolio of business- and technology-driven priorities as well as the inclusion of new data science and machine learning techniques and models to leverage insights from eBay’s transactional data. Team Leadership• Led the transformation of eBay’s first engineering teams to Agile Scrum, successfully executing a CTO change directive.• Leading a team of PMs and PM managers to execute both near- and longer-term product investments.

Leader of the Next Devices SW PM team. Responsible for all SW experiences and strategy on wearable technologies, such as Moto 360, and internet of things (IoT) companion products. Working with cross-functional teams to define next generation technologies for Motorola’s portfolio.Innovation and Strategy• Developing the SW for Motorola’s wearable and companion devices portfolio, including the flagship Moto 360.• Incubated and launched Motorola’s marquee health and wellness software experience, Moto Body, as well as the Moto Connect APK, the nexus of Motorola’s internet of things (IoT) strategy.• Filed three patents for next generation technologies to be used in the development of devices and SW architectures.Direct Team Leadership• Started Next Devices team and recruited all members of the Next Devices SW PM team. Extended leadership team of Next Devices to include Engineering, Design, and QA counterparts.• Managed the transition of SW team through two major acquisitions – first by Google, then subsequently by Lenovo. • Fully supported the training of the Next Devices team in Agile, Dual-Track Scrum methodologies.

Developed cross-functional relationships to conceptualize, create, and launch complex software offerings utilizing platform data. Provided leadership for functional product management and broader company initiatives.Executive Leadership• Represented product management in executive discussions and presented IPP’s three-year product roadmap to key stakeholders.• Co-founded company-wide PM Mentorship Program to advance skills of Intuit’s 200+ member PM community.• Conceived, organized, and premiered the first-ever coding competition at the company’s annual Innovation Conference. Product and Market Success• Drove the launch of Intuit’s Customer Account Data API (used by Mint.com) to third-party developers, an end-to-end, customizable workflow targeted to compete against Yodlee in the data aggregation market.• Successfully led engineering team based in Intuit’s India Development Center to release QuickBooks’ “passive-sync” technology to expand the number of connected clients to Intuit’s data cloud by 300+%.

Applied emerging online, mobile, and social technologies, to improve software products and benefit accountant customers. Leveraged strategic training, leadership, and facilitation skills to lead initiatives designed to meet urgent revenue gaps.Product Achievements• Earned second highest score for a new product, a web-based file-sharing service for the industry-leading accountant software, QuickBooks Accountant. Won annual CEO Connected Service Innovation Award for most innovative product.• Successfully led the end-to-end design, development, and launch of Intuit’s first accountant-focused mobile offering, improving customer engagement and product ratings.Direct Team Leadership• Promoted to lead all mobile strategy for APD. Recruited, hired, and managed product management team.• Selected as high-potential leader after performing in the company’s top 10% in consecutive years. Completed Intuit’s 2-stage executive training program.

Start-up company leveraging collaborative filtering algorithms to create online recommendation engines.Entrepreneurial LeadershipLed a team of entrepreneurial engineers, academics from Stanford University and MIT, and industry experts to build a web- based service utilizing collaborative filtering algorithms. In charge of full product lifecycle, including product definition, marketing, and engineering requirements.• Launched Truefoodies.com, a photo-based online community using ratings and correlations to calculate specific entrée recommendations matching diner preferences.

Delivered game-changing strategies to meet critical needs of corporate leaders in the technology sector. Led urgent, fast-paced projects with elite teams. Performed extensive client and market data analysis and aligned stakeholders in complex matrix organizations.Strategic CaseworkCustomized licensing and pricing structures for industry-leading 3D design software company with annual revenues exceeding $2B. Examined highly diverse user segments to capture lost revenue from piracy and abuse of licensing policies.• Identified over $100M in lost revenue and transformed licensing deficiencies into new revenue opportunities.• Revealed billions of dollars in lost revenues from international piracy, leading to continued partnership with the client.Facilitated post-merger IT integration of Fortune 500 industrial goods company with its closest competitor, whose IT expertise, infrastructure, and talent was a key motivation for the acquisition.• Restructured resulting IT organization to maximize both sources’ key strengths and to smoothly eliminate redundancies. Worked with acquirer’s management team while retaining merged company’s key assets.• Successfully retained CTO of acquired company to lead the resulting IT organization and facilitated smooth transition of outgoing (incumbent) leadership.Established trusted relationships to advise the world’s largest technology distributor, a Fortune 100 company with annual revenue exceeding $35B. Analyzed company and market data to diagnose root cause of slumping sales during industry boom.• Recommended turnaround strategies to CEO and executive team supported by all client stakeholders.

Strategic Analysis and ExecutionSponsored by the Office of the COO to determine the best use for RFID, an emerging technology leveraged by key competitors; worked out of Amazon.com’s largest west-coast warehouse that ships $1M+ in product weekly. Developed firsthand understanding of all operational processes and engaged warehouse work force. Formulated hypothesis, aligned stakeholders, and led the first-ever installation of $70K+ of RFID equipment to execute strategic experiments.• Successfully advised Amazon.com to delay the implementation of RFID using a data-backed analysis of RFID’s impact on critical warehouse operations and ROI models.

Fab-less chip design startup creating low-cost Global Positioning System (GPS) processors. Acquired by SiRF Technology Inc. in July 2007, which merged with Cambridge Silicon Radio in February 2009.Technical LeadershipDesigned and implemented software for Centrality’s flagship processor. Trained and led teams of engineers from China and the U.S. on the development of Centrality’s consumer GPS module. Worked extensively in China.• Technical achievements led to company’s third round of venture capital funding.• Helped grow company from 25 to 120+ employees.• Released the original Atlas processor, one of the industry’s first SoCs to combine an application processor with a discrete signal processor.