Forge and manage business relationships with large media organizations, technology companies, and academic institutions.Submit occasional music reviews, which have appeared in over 100 outlets including AP News, Washington Post and ABC News.

Lead business operations and relationships with print, broadcast, digital and commercial organizations in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.

Consulting engagements include:• SpaceIt, New York. Partnerships, brand strategy, and content strategy for retail real-estate startup.• Nameberry.com, Los Angeles. Publisher and sales partnerships for distribution and monetization.• Humanosphere.org, Seattle. Development and fundraising for nonprofit news site.• DaySpark, Seattle. Strategic alliances for digital video startup.• PushSpring, Inc., Seattle. New business and mobile data platform adoption.• CareerCo, New York. Go-to-market media and product strategy. • Cagle Inc., Los Angeles. Digital strategy and business development for cartoon syndicate.

As head of business development for online news properties including NBC News, MSNBC, TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Breaking News, and Meet the Press, led team accountable for dozens of active third-party partnership activities including content acquisition and syndication, product development, sales initiatives, mobile and video platform and feature support, and supplier cost control. • Renegotiated sourcing deals with media providers such as Associated Press, Reuters, STATS Inc., resulting in multimillion-dollar savings in fixed costs.• Led RFP processes and negotiations to upgrade mobile technology, video, and advertising partnerships.• Transitioned strategic partnerships and contracts from the MSNBC joint venture to NBC Universal.

Led business development for Msnbc.com, TODAY.com, and BreakingNews.com. Drove traffic acquisition, content acquisition, off-network syndication, sales initiatives, mobile and video platform optimization, and technology sourcing. Participated on brand-strategy team to shape online online identity and mission for TODAY.• Led efforts to integrate small sites into Today.com, resulting in expanded audience, and enhanced content and sales opportunities.• Drove new relationships with digital innovators including Hulu, Facebook, Flipboard, Chute, Nexidia, Zumobi, and Unicorn.• Created new local news offering via partnerships with over 100 local stations, newspapers, and weather and traffic data providers.• Conceived and orchestrated complex multiparty deal to create unique new sports data offering.• Worked with partners to create groundbreaking first- and second-generation mobile and tablet apps.

2002 to 2006Business Development Manager; ProducerLed advertiser- and partner-monetization efforts for major online reference and education product. • Forged, designed, and managed integrated content and ad-services agreements with higher-education providers that became main profit center for Encarta Online.• Negotiated and managed distribution agreement with homepage programming team at MSN.• Negotiated agreements to bring primary, secondary, and collegiate ratings and research tools to Encarta. 1997-2002Online Editor; Researcher: Encarta EncyclopediaEdited and researched encyclopedia entries and led special projects for suite of reference products that displaced brands such as Britannica and World Book to dominate the digital reference space. Leader on virtual team for Encarta Experts, an early foray into user-generated reference and ‘answers’ content.