UPSKLS is now Work Simplr!Work Simplr is the next generation of freelance platforms replacing the dated match and "hope for the best" of current options. We are only on demand workforce engine, with students at the center, to help companies get their work done quickly and easily.Work Simplr reset the process of hiring freelancers and takes the stress out of finding, matching, and placing qualified students to do the work- regardless of the volume of the work. No more sifting through hundreds of applications, lengthy interviews, completing onboarding paperwork, or managing the details of execution and ALL the back and forth previously found in freelancing and outsourcing. We make handoff's EASY in about 10 short minutes--we can scope you work and "insta-train" students to get it done well. Work Simplr technology is built for scaling and quality control. Our proprietary algorithms ensure students are vetted, placed quickly, your project is scoped clearly, and student work is monitored for accuracy and timely completion. Work Simplr has launched its areas of focus to cover project work in four distinct categories: online research, data entry/scrubbing, user acceptance testing, and sales lead generation. We're on a mission to pay it forward and reshape the way young students, of every background, leverage their current skills, grow their confidence and gain valuable experience by eliminating barriers for students to access work opportunities to build the talent pipeline of the future. Work Simplr is pioneering the new flex, on demand workforce, with students at the center, to get work done fast & well, hassle free with student 'gig-economy natives' paving the way.

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize business leaders. We offer the most effective approach to achieve better results, grow your company faster and maximize your impact as a leader.

As a seasoned Go-to-Market (GTM) Specialist, Growth Hacker, and Leader, I thrive in innovative environments where I can leverage my expertise to scale growth models strategically. With a proven track record of successfully managing client-facing projects and leading high-performing teams of product leads, growth hackers, and marketing contributors to achieve ambitious growth targets, I excel at preserving the unique aspects of the businesses I work with. My experience has equipped me with the skills to craft a defined growth hacking model, ensuring its integrity and effectiveness across new engagements.I'm particularly drawn to innovative growth models and have keen instincts around product/services aligned with UX and marketing, which I believe can accelerate growth.

I collaborate, present and train in areas including:End to End Business StrategyTechnology TransformationProcess RedesignLean Business ModelingTrend AnalysisGo to Market Planning and ExecutionEmotional Intelligence and EQLeadershipDesign Thinking

Jarbly U supports students in making ideal educational based career decisions with support from industry leaders, encouraging enrollment, improving engagement and completion rates which ultimately leads to meaningful career opportunities by implementing our custom programs to meet your needs.

• Create and execute business strategies to drive growth by partnering with employers and institutions to architect scalable digital B2C enterprise service solutions and content to develop career ready learners from high school through adult with the skills they need for high demand jobs and certifications throughout their lives.• Leverage multiple data points to create a 3 dimensional view of a client to increase efficiencies and improve decision making capacity to solve user needs and prioritize our product roadmap.• Listen well. Persuade. Debate. Craft and deliver clear messages. Open communication to achieve desired outcomes. • Read markets and translate insights into multiple strategies and product solutions. Be an expert with respect to the competition and industry trends while building a compelling, go-to-market story.• Find and recruit talent. Build cross functional, multi-level teams for a unified approach to enterprise software and product development around minimizing risks, accelerating feature development, and optimizing performance and reliability.• Cultivate culture around a growth mindset facilitating new ideas and constructive ways forward.• Distinguish 'urgent' from 'important' needs to prioritize decision making and collaboration around shared goals and strategies. Take the risk. Make the hard call.• Be operationally sound in expense and investment decisions. Reduce development costs by 25% and identify and position leading indicators of success and risk.• Build new sustainable service models @ scale. Operationalize content creation and deployment across wide industry and discipline sectors through partnerships, crowd-sourcing and SME procurement including the warehousing of raw and developed digital assets.•Negotiate and acquire strategic partnership engagements:-LinkedIn.-Peak Learning around GRIT.-David Conley College & Career Readiness.-JumpStart Academy around Career Coaching.-Great on the Job-WayUp

•Led the transformation of product and content ideas from their most nascent stages into actionable concepts to achieve exceptional user experience. Optimized product and content roadmaps with user research, timelines, and resources while maintaining serious consideration of the financial implications, marketing needs, and the overall objectives of the business. •Oversee every element of the product from its conceptualization to its launch and post-launch performance including: product vision, strategy & design, production priority, planning and go-to-market efforts.•Partner with Client Services, Engineering and Media Strategy Directors to ensure appropriate customer feedback and usage patterns are taken into account in future development.  •Built and managed a talent team for the portfolio to market leading position.• Capture market and consumer insights and translated those into new products and models built on and still in use today in a +$100m portfolio.•Tapped into my extensive network and created customer implementation program for evidence based use cases and repeat business that was then replicated in other areas of growth.• Negotiated strategic business partnerships within our portfolio to over $120m.• Demonstrated creativity by returning to the classroom as a student in accounting to gain a deeper understanding of what a student (consumer) needs to be successful in real time.• Delivered presentations across a national audience of educators and students with new trends, recommendations and training on software materials for optimal use and efficiency.•Achieved and exceeded revenue goals annually and operational efficiency goals (budget)--including twice doubling sales performance over goal.

• Marketed and managed $38m portfolio of IT products. • Acquired new talent and conducted extensive (500+) market research interviews to develop business models and alignment with User Experience, Product Management and Support.• Created go to market plan for 60+ products/services.• Exceeded sales revenue by 45% through campaigns around growth and customer acquisition.

•Marketed $22m portfolio of business and finance products.•Developed user experience and wove into a product story and go to market plan. •Exceeded revenue growth annually b 32% with targeted sales campaigns.

• Collaborated on 3 person account management team for IT sales in a Ed Tech Startup• Exceed revenue growth by 11%.