I have had the opportunity to turn my passion for the Auto Industry into an exciting career. I have focused on Product Management and Pricing while gaining a breadth of experience ranging from Dealership Customer Experience to Agile Product Development. I owned an electric vehicle from 2014-2021 and look forward to driving the adoption of EV and eventually autonomous vehicles.I enjoy leading and learning from my team members and have recruited and developed top performers from outside our organization. Core Competencies:- Cross cultural partnership with effective communication and focus- Focus on customer experience - Avoid feature creep - Reduce friction for end users- Creative and powerful use of customer research to drive product development- Fail quickly and adaptProduct Management accomplishments: - Infotainment & Connected Services: my teams were responsible for Financial Planning and Product Planning for the Toyota and Lexus brands: - Secured CarPlay and Android Auto with rollout beginning in 2019 model year - Created $80/year $8/month pricing strategy for Safety Connect, Remote and Destination Assist products- Lexus Vehicle Planning: while controlling a portfolio of Lexus vehicles our team pushed the perception of the brand to challenge BMW for dynamic leadership: - 2014 Lexus IS 350 1st place in Car & Driver’s June 2013 comparison test vs. BMW 335i and Cadillac ATS - 2011 Lexus IS F Lightning Lap 3:05.4 matched the 2009 BMW M3’s lap time and was nearly 9 seconds faster than the 2008 Lexus IS F’s 3:14.0 - Lexus LFA Nurburgring edition 7:14.64 laptime was a production car record at the time - Supported vehicle launch milestones including auto show debuts, developing marketing collateral and crafting PR messaging