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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Lead operational effectiveness for Google Cloud’s platform and networking infrastructure. - Working with VP leadership to operationalize organizations through:- Org identity - owning mission, vision, vision roll-out and creation- Manager and Leadership effectiveness through targeted training, implementing survey feedback, establishing manager cohorts, and focused priorities. - Hiring velocity and alignment: owning headcount operationalizing and time to hire metrics and process in coordination with staffing partners. - Working with leadership and HR/ERG leadership on team culture to define strategy and point of view. Build, set, and deliver the operational business cadence.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Manage growing team of Program and Operations leads within the Google Cloud portfolio. Working with UX Leadership to operationalize the organization through:- Aligned priorities by acting as a bridge between UX, Engineering, Product Management, and other stakeholder teams; ensuring interdependencies among these teams are understood and planned..- Lead in key project decision-making, including: program prioritization, requirement gathering, and resource allocation. - Contextualized, translated, and communicated requirements between UX and the rest of the organization.- Own quarterly and annual planning and prioritization with UX team leadership and cross-functional partners to drive decision-making around UX priorities and resource allocation.- Established communications strategy and cadence to cross-functional team leads and senior management regarding program status, resource requirements, risks, and priorities.- Develop strategy for org-wide initiatives and delegate execution. - Build, set, and deliver on operational business cadence - own OPEX, headcount and budget.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Manage a team of 25+ Design Operations Program Managers within the Dynamics portfolio, a centralized and multidisciplinary organization. Responsible for scaling the Design process and amplifying the voice of Design throughout the product portfolio. - Lead Design operations strategy and Design program management, creative operations, and production operations, throughout the Business Applications organization. - Define, standardize, and iterate user-centered design processes by establishing Design developmental frameworks that can be repeatable operating practices, introducing solutions that clear bottlenecks and ensure Design capacity is understood. - Develop, implement, and track programs set to measure and improve overall Design effectiveness

Redmond, Washington, Us

Member of the leadership team with responsibility for driving core strategies to maximize impact across the Mixed Reality Experiences engineering organization. As an organization, shipped five of the first Mixed Reality and Computer Vision apps to market as part of the Dynamics 365 product family, including: Dynamics 365 Remote Assist Dynamics 365 Guides, Dynamics 365 Product Visualize, and Dynamics 365 Connected Spaces. These products were some of the first globally available, commercial mixed reality applications. Managed a team of 20+ employees focused on: - Organizational health, diversity and inclusion culture operations, hiring operations, and rhythm of the business planning and processes including: product planning/review, exec engagement, training, development, experience demos and press/industry communication. Our D&I programs have since been adopted by our larger parent organization and rolled out to 4000+ employees around the globe - Rhythm of the business planning and processes including: product planning/review, exec engagement, training, development, experience demos and press/industry communication. Produced and managed numerous public keynotes and demos, executive press briefings, and key customer demonstrations delivered worldwide - Company reorganization in March 2020

Redmond, Washington, Us

Executive produced and led cross functional teams responsible for managing global events, demo activations and video production for Windows Experiences and Windows Mixed Reality (HoloLens). Oversaw all aspects of production planning, strategy, storytelling and logistics world-wide. Led a multidisciplinary team of program managers, designers, videographers, artists and storytellers who created powerful content across multiple platforms and mediums to support all first party Windows applications and the Mixed Reality platform.- Created an editorial/production strategy to communicate, internally, the Windows Experiences/Mixed Reality vision, roadmaps and accomplishments. This resulted in full funding for our first party mixed reality applications- Produced hundreds of internal and external assets used by executive leadership, marketing and PR. Assets were used in product launches (Edge, HoloLens, Maps, Surface devices), marketing campaigns and press moments- Produced and managed key Microsoft first party events, mixed reality customer demonstrations and executive keynotes at a global scale- Managed a team of 25+ full time employees and vendors who owned event, demo and video activations for Window first party applications and the HoloLens platform- Management and oversight of the HoloLens Experience Center and staff. Hosting thousands of customers, sales and internal demonstrations each year.

Managed all pre, on-site, and post-production for world-renowned photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, a Dutch fashion photographer duo, known for their work in fashion photography, advertising campaigns, music videos and fine art. - Produced multiple large-scale projects with high profile clients concurrently. - Developed a system for tracking and prioritizing work throughout the studio, resulting in expanded productions and growth in the studio’s offerings, including fashion, magazine editorials, fashion films, beauty advertising, music videos and social media events. - Negotiated and managed all event/production/shoot budgets, liaison between the studio, vendors, and agencies. - Managed production team, and partnered in the overall creative process, focused on creating strong relationships with clients and ensuring alignment with creative vision. - Clients Included: Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Nile Rogers, Katy Perry for Moschino, Valentino, Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton

New York, Ny, Us

Produced, managed, and led one of New York’s leading improv and sketch comedy venues, known throughout the entertainment industry as a training hub and performance venue for elite comedy talent and voted Best Comedy Venue in 2011 by the Village Voice. Directly managed 120+ performers, technicians, and staff. - Booked all talent; negotiated and managed all performer pay and event budgets; conceived and implemented the PIT’s online presence (PITtv); and secured sponsors - Executive Produced over 2500 live performances in three venues. Performers included - Kristin Schaal, Ellie Kemper, Michelle Wolf, Hannibal Buress, Nicole Byer, Ramy Youssef, Thomas Middleditch... - Increased gross ticket income by over 200% by identifying key trends in the NY comedy scene and developing relationships with the most sought-after talent in the industry - Improved student retention 55% by increasing stage time for students - Negotiated and secured current 10-year lease on a new 10k square foot performance venue - Established relationships with key talent manager/agents - allowing for key industry auditions (SNL, Just for Laughs, Comedy Central)