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Dallas, TX, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Define and execute product strategy delivering interior comfort without compromise to the environment.

Cambridge, MA, US

Walnut Ventures is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and executives who invest in and mentor Boston-area seed and early stage companies with technology-based B2B or B2C products.

New York, New York, US

Creating the world's finest scooters. Led and facilitated the creation of extraordinary urban transportation vehicles and experiences through microbility. Enabled sustainability minded people to have the most efficient, enjoyable, and stylish transportation in cities around the world. Led product strategy, vision, design, and development for vehicles.

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• Led Bose $1B+ core global wireless speakers business, and bring world class experience in general management with an emphasis on IoT, consumer insights driven innovation, and modern marketing.
• Led cross functional business management including P&L, business strategy, product and software development, to sales performance, and day-to-day life cycle management.
• Launched a new portfolio of smart speakers to drive growth through superior differentiation in this nascent and dynamic market. Featuring best-in-class Bose audio performance, market unique choice of Google Voice.
• Managed the mature SoundLink bluetooth on-the-go portable speakers portfolio to maintain strong share in a highly competitive market. Introduced a new strategy to recapture share, reverse double digit revenue and.

Boston, MA, US

• Led the development of GE Lighting’s $50MM connected home business.
• Founding employee of the team which introduced first Google and GE Lighting relationship and related product platform to market in Fall of 2018. Developed the industry's first lighting fixture with Amazon Alexa.
• Drove smart product development, partner ecosystem collaboration and oversight of GE Lighting’s connected incubation lab. Guided the team charged with launching GE Lighting’s first connected products and overall.
• Represented GE's consumer IoT business and new C by GE product line to the press and at global conferences.

Boston, MA, US

• Led business transformation across GE Lighting and Current by GE business units, and partnerships with GE Healthcare and GE Digital reaching global healthcare markets. Commercial and BD lead evangelizing GE's.
• Championed Current by GE's entry into the $25B+ global hospital acquired infection management business including technology development.
• Built GE's first consumer wireless smart bulb and wellness light product lines and categories within the Internet of Things ecosystem. Supported GE's enabling relationship with Quirky and their Wink smart home platform.

Boston, MA, US

• Hired to bring consumer packaged goods marketing best practices to navigate unprecedented industry technology change.
• Led product, channel & account, brand and communication strategies for the iconic GE $1B lighting consumer business across the North American consumer markets with results of over 10% growth. Championed new product and.

Ecully, FR

• Promoted to overhaul a rapidly declining high end appliances business and usher in new global efficiencies.
• Led the acceleration of the $200M kitchen electrics appliance businesses in the US by setting product, distribution, and communications strategies across all High End and Mainstream brands – including All Clad, Krups.
• Specified new products and managed OEM or ODM sourcing processes as appropriate. Developed profitable and competitive product lines for the $500M Anglosphere countries – US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand – and.

Ecully, FR

• Led $100M premium branded businesses with P&L, product, pricing, merchandising, and communications responsibilities for the top garment care brand in the US – Rowenta. Managed 3 categories of products and multiple.

Singapore, SG

• Managed new high growth floor care businesses with P&L responsibility for the US, Dyson’s largest global market, in mass, club, regional, independent, and online channels with first year sales exceeding $65MM..

New York, NY, US

• Led global brand marketing strategy and execution for Xdrive - AOL’s market leading entry in the rapidly growing online storage category that includes music, video, photo, and document delivery.

New York, NY, US

• Conceptualized, validated, and recommended development of 15 new online service business plans in the music, education, security, and personalization categories and that have since launched and generated over $100MM in.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables: Manage all marketing and product management efforts for +$215MM brand. Initiated creation of current Steamers product line. Integrated Pillsbury heritage business. Developed.
• Betty Crocker Cookie Mix & Small Size Desserts: Led all marketing efforts $100MM portfolio, including all aspects of marketing mix, and delivered 25% volume growth. Developed top-turning, kid-focused line extension..
• Convenient Store Channel: Drove business-building efforts for rapidly growing convenience store channel business. Directed transformation category management partnership with major national customer.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Managed daily exchange of technical information between HP and 40+ gas chromatography channel partners worldwide, significantly improving reseller relations and performance.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Developed market entry strategy for revolutionary analysis instrument contributing to $1Billion new business generation effort. Led sales development of critical European market.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Managed product development testing & equipment calibration departments with budgets of $1.4MM and staff of seven. Conceived and launched two new businesses commercializing 10% of department capacity to non-competing.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Led electrical engineering and chemical process teams supporting $500MM scientific analysis instrument business including global manufacturing processes in the US, Germany and China.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing, Strategy, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering