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Des Moines, Ia, Us

Think Ally is my consultancy based on human-centered design and Lean Startup principles to help teams innovate, create, and find solutions to the most complex strategic challenges, inside or outside of their organization.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Launched the company’s first Venture Studio as part of a strategic initiative to further enable transformational innovation in the organization. I lead the studio’s strategy and operations, including strategic partnerships to go from early-stage exploration to the full development, incubation, and launch of new ventures within the studio’s investment portfolio.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Led external customer-centric experience design initiatives into viable business solutions for our core business lines, as well as internal organizational design initiatives that have helped enabled a framework and culture of innovation adopted by innovation teams within the company.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Led the development of growth strategies for target consumer engagement programs; as well as played a key role in the development of the department’s human-centered design and innovation practice.

Ames, Iowa, Us

Since moving to Iowa I've had the good fortune of working with Iowa State in a variety of capacities, as a CyStarter startup mentor, Student Innovation Center Advisory board member, and as an Innovator in Residence designing virtual workshops for students to learn about human-centered design, build their creative confidence and tackle real challenges faced in corporate innovation.

Des Moines, Ia, Us

Partnered with Drake to help design and teach a human-centered designed course for the Spring 2020 semester. The inspiration for this class was to reimagine the learning experience for students beyond teaching process and Design Thinking methods, to challenging students to understand the mindset and build their creative confidence through real world applications. Each class included a blend of method and practice via a series of progressive design sprints throughout the semester.

Atlanta, Us

Led the company's target market growth strategy, business development team, strategic partnerships, marketing execution and the design of a Go-To-Market strategy for its new “For Business” corporate offering.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Joined the company at an early stage to lead the development and execution of its Go-To-Market strategy through key strategic partnerships, brand positioning, marketing and business development, which led to a successful acquisition.

Bloomington, Illinois, Us

Recruited new agents to the company, partnering with field leaders on their strategy to hit growth targets, and helping new agents to develop go-to-market plans. I also sat on the company's multi-cultural markets committee focused on the development of market growth strategies for target multicultural consumer segments.

As founder of HCG, LLC., I’ve had the opportunity to work with small business owners providing consultation for their Go-To-Market and Market Growth strategies. My clients ranged from non-profit organizations, to financial services companies, private insurers, and technology firms.

NAHREP Atlanta is a real estate trade association serving the metro Atlanta area. I co-founded this organization to bring together real estate practitioners, government agencies, and service providers that served the Hispanic market in the process of homeownership. NAHREP Atlanta has become a premier real estate association in the area, and a prominent chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

Corporate Fellow

Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bba