Highlighted Clients:THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION | June 2022 – December 2022Led partnership, integration, and communication strategy for The Pandemic Prevention Institute, World Health Organization Berlin Hub, and Google.org as part of $3M follow on funding for open source data science platform Global.healthCo-wrote funding announcement press release featured on The Rockefeller Foundation website and media kit.Conducted user and market research on distributed computing, created product requirement documents and strategy presentations for senior leadership at The Rockefeller Foundation, Oxford, Harvard, and WHO. SURVEYMONKEY | April 2020 – November 2020Recruited to create and lead SurveyMonkey’s first-ever public health research partnership with Harvard to support CDC and public health policymakers monitor and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by scaling symptom and behavior tracking through SurveyMonkey's millions of daily survey respondents. Developed new partnership and data integration with Tableau to create public dashboards to visualize 2 million+ survey responses.Co-authored peer-reviewed scientific research paper with PhDs at Harvard, Oxford, Colombia, demonstrating the effectiveness of self-reported mask-wearing on reduction of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA using SurveyMonkey data generated through the Outbreaks Near Me partnership, receiving citations in over 75 research publications.TWITCH.TV / AMAZON | November 2016 – February 2017Reported to Twitch’s SVP of Alliances and Corporate Development to drive successful integration of AI startup ClipMine acquisition. Created SQL and Tableau reports of game-specific Twitch activity for business development and partnerships teams to present to game developers. Led market research project with counterparts at Amazon Video to analyze and present market trends and revenue projections to Twitch leadership to inform eSports TV licensing deals in key global markets.

Hired by The Rockefeller Foundation to lead partnership, integration, and communication strategy for The Pandemic Prevention Institute, World Health Organization Berlin Hub, and Goolge.org as part of $3M follow on funding for open source data science platform Global.healthCo-wrote funding announcement press release featured on The Rockefeller Foundation website and media kit.Conducted user and market research on distributed computing, created product requirement documents and private sector partnership strategy presentations for senior leadership at The Rockefeller Foundation, Pandemic Prevention Institute, Oxford, Harvard, and WHO.

Lead product, project, budget, and strategic partnerships for Google.org and Rockefeller Foundation funded COVID-19 open-source computational epidemiology platform and global research consortium founded by leading epidemiologists at Oxford, Harvard, Georgetown, and Johns Hopkins.Manage distributed team of eight engineers and designers across five organizations, four time zones, and three countries. Implement agile product development, quality assurance, documentation, analytics reporting, and continuous deployment processes using GitHub. Run daily stand-ups and sprint planning meetings. Define feature requirements, set release milestones, timelines, and priorities aligned to grant deliverables, stakeholder feedback, OKRs, KPIs, and landscape analysis. Lead user research program, resulting in creation of first public API. Oversee development of automated ingestion infrastructure to scale database from 5M to 100M standardized line-list records from over 130 countries: the largest open-access repository of high-resolution anonymized COVID-19 case-level data in the world.Execute successful international and cross-organizational embargoed product and press launch with communication leads at Google, Rockefeller, Harvard, and Oxford. Achieved audience reach of over 100M readers with features in leading global publications including Nature, The Telegraph, STAT, ABC News, and the official Google Blog, the Keyword. Co-wrote copy for Google-produced announcement video and Keyword blog post. Manage and write all content for WordPress website, Substack, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts.Responsible for successfully achieving and reporting all project milestones and grant deliverables to founders, advisors, and funders. Set agenda and lead all executive board, advisory board, and funder meetings. Implement new Gannt based project management process using Smartsheet. Write grant proposal and develop budget for follow on multi-year funding award from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Recruited to create and lead SurveyMonkey’s first-ever public health research partnership with Outbreaks Near Me — a joint project of Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital — to support CDC and public health policymakers monitor and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by scaling symptom and behavior tracking through SurveyMonkey's millions of daily survey respondents. Developed new partnership and data integration with Tableau Foundation to create public dashboards to visualize over 2 million survey responses. Survey data from the partnership has been cited in CNN, Forbes, and The New York Times. Co-authored peer-reviewed scientific research paper in collaboration with PhD researchers at Harvard, Oxford, Colombia, Boston College, and Northeastern University demonstrating effectiveness of self-reported mask-wearing on reduction of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA using SurveyMonkey data generated through the Outbreaks Near Me partnership, receiving citations in over 75 research publications.

(Acquired by BAO Systems)First Series A hire at social impact SaaS data analytics startup funded by RISE Fund/TPG and acquired by industry leader BAO Systems. Responsible for all business development, partnerships, and new market strategy. Promoted from Director to Vice President and relocated to Washington, D.C. headquarters within 12 months.Doubled client base; added $250K+ TCV and $1M+ in qualified pipeline from leading non-profits, foundations, government agencies, and academic research institutes including Harvard School of Public Health, Seva Foundation, Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County, University of Chicago, Riders for Health, and World Central Kitchen.

Reported to Twitch’s SVP of Alliances and Corporate Development to support ClipMine acquisition integration. Led cross-functional program across product, business development, operations, partnerships, data science, and marketing teams to develop strategy for new commerce channels and social integrations for game developers. Created new SQL and Tableau analytics reports and dashboards of game-specific Twitch activity for business development and strategic partnerships teams to review and present to game developers in quarterly meetings. Led market research project with counterparts at Amazon Video to analyze and present market trends and revenue projections to Twitch leadership to inform eSports TV licensing deals in key global markets.

(Acquired by Amazon subsidiary Twitch) Led strategy and business development for computer vision AI technology startup working alongside former Google engineers and distinguished machine learning PhDs.Reported to Founder and CEO, working closely with Chief Scientist and Director of Product to lead comprehensive market research and customer development interviews to inform strategic pivot from OCR for informational content to Artificial Intelligence-powered indexing and search for video game streams. Findings and recommendations resulted in successful pilot integration with and acquisition by industry leader and Amazon subsidiary Twitch. Led all business development, marketing, and partnership efforts, including securing introductory in-person meetings with executives at Facebook, YouTube, Salesforce, ESPN, Activision/Blizzard, Riot Games, WME-IMG, Andreessen-Horowitz, Spark Capital, KPCB, NVIDIA, and Valve.

Raised $1.2M from leading Silicon Valley angel investors including Marc Benioff, Telesoft Partners, Wilson Sonsini, and Matter Ventures to build EduCrate: a first-of-its-kind, standards-aligned, online library of educational video collections ("crates") curated by teachers, for teachers.Recruited, hired, and managed full-time team including Chief Technical Officer, UX Designer, Senior Software Architect, Marketing Manager, Community Manager and multiple independent contractors and vendors.Accepted into and graduated from Matter (the nation's leading media startup accelerator, backed by KQED, The Knight Foundation, The Associated Press, The New York Times and Google) as part of its third class of startups changing media for good. Conceived, launched, and managed successful $50,000 Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign in partnership with KQED and Common Sense Media to raise funds to sponsor teachers to curate Common Core aligned video collections. Since launching at Matter Demo Day in September 2014, EduCrate has been used by thousands of teachers across the country including faculty at some of the most decorated schools in California, including KIPP Innovation, New West Charter, and Summit Schools.

Researched and recommended advertising models and pricing, prepared sponsorship sales kit materials and presentations for TakePart.com, Participant’s online social activism platform and digital media hub.

Founding member of executive team. Led marketing, outreach, fund-raising, and donor program development to launch first permanent facility for globally renowned media arts non-profit community organization in San Francisco.

Commissioned by award-winning ad agency to produce proof-of-concept viral video ads illustrating marketing potential of user-generated content in new business pitches to Electronic Arts and Chipotle Restaurants.

Reported to state Youth Director. Managed on-campus early voting outreach at local community colleges and universities. Recruited, organized and managed student volunteers. Led nightly street teams at bars, coffee shops and restaurants to inform local youth about early voting locations. Directed and transported students to early voting centers, directly converting registered voters into votes. As a direct result of our get-out-the-vote efforts, Obama successfully carried New Mexico, a key swing state in his successful Presidential election campaign. Our team was recognized and rewarded with personal invitations to attend President Obama's Inauguration and Staff Ball in Washington, D.C.

Current.com Product Development Team: Assigned by Chairman Al Gore and CEO Joel Hyatt to a cross-functional task force to conceive and deploy long-term online product strategy for Current TV. Developed blueprint for and successfully launched Current.com, a social news-sharing platform with real-time integration into Current TV's on-air broadcasts. Yahoo! Current Network: Managed cross-functional Design, Engineering, Legal, Video Production, and Marketing teams to launch first ever co-branded online video partnership with Yahoo. Worked closely with senior managers across Yahoo! divisions (Autos, Travel, Sports, Video) to integrate and promote video content, generate traffic, and drive channel subscriptions. Wrote and edited website and PR copy. Organized, planned, and managed event sponsorships. Designed, implemented, and fulfilled launch contest and user incentive program. Recruited, screened, and interviewed candidates for multiple positions. Managed team of Community Coordinators responsible for meeting weekly traffic and embedded video view goals via daily video content outreach to targeted blogs, social networks, and online communities. Managed producer outreach for Viewer-Created Ads, Current’s flagship community-produced advertising vehicle, to ensure consistently high quality and quantity of submissions. Developed scalable online community incentive program. Organized and managed community outreach events. Wrote copy for website, online ads, social media posts, keyword buys, and company-wide communications.

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center account: Oversaw end-to-end development and execution of all online advertising vehicles for historic joint venture by Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard to launch Windows Media Center PCs. Managed creative development, production and post-launch optimization of rich-media campaign website. Compiled weekly website and online advertising reports and data analysis. Primary agency liaison to online partner agencies and vendors. Trained and managed Assistant Account Executive and Account Coordinator in online advertising strategy and process.

Worldwide IBM account: Managed online advertising and direct marketing efforts in coordination with TV and print for IBM Systems and Technology Group account. Worked closely with senior clients and members of every department across global offices to ensure projects stayed on brand, on schedule and on budget.

Compiled and distributed press kits and artist samplers for independent music management company. Roster included Tears for Fears, The Bangles, Ozomatli and The Dandy Warhols.

Wrote and edited local nightlife, music, and culture listings for Flyer Magazine

Prepared daily news briefings, researched technological trends and capital gains for the National Economic Council Director Dr. Laura Tyson.