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Boston, Ma, Us

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

Working with entrepreneurs and their companies to help increase and enhance the entrepreneurial talent pool, support the growth of technology and innovation in Rhode Island, and support the success of these RI ventures.

• Serve as Trusted Advisor, Product and Technology Lead for all customers.• Craft and execute full-service product offerings and project plans• Manage innovative, diverse teams of developers, architects, engineers, QA, and designers for a full range of clients.• Brief clients on the latest technologies and work with stakeholders to incorporate them into their business. Technologies include AI, unified communications (UC), voice-enablement, and other digital experiences.• Key clients have included Northeastern University, Adtalem Global Education, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

We are experts in voice enablement. We understand the design and interaction of how voice can transform your organization. Our team is headed by a worldwide-recognized Alexa Champion and includes voice experts and voice user interface designers that have voice-enabled every industry, including education, hospitality, manufacturing, media, and healthcare worldwide. We work with companies that already have a voice-enabled presence or a project underway. We offer expert audit or advisory or full end-to-end voice development.

Mckinney, Texas, Us

One Stop Wellness is a comprehensive wellness company that empowers employees to improve their lifestyles, productivity, and overall well-being. As part of The Voice Advisors, we are responsible for the design and development of the One Stop Wellness voice-enabled experience.

In tandem with the co-founders, I served as the Chief Product Officer and spearheaded a strategic pivot, taking charge of QlipCast's product strategy. This encompassed conducting competitive analyses, prioritizing features, and working closely with the co-founders to actualize their vision. As the CPO, I formed and led cross-functional international teams, overseeing architects, developers, user experience professionals, and quality assurance personnel. This resulted in the successful transformation of QlipCast into an intuitive and user-friendly product.

Boston, Ma, Us

In my executive advisory role at Infused Innovations, I served as the Unified Communications, voice-enablement, and emerging technology expert. I managed a technical advisory team of subject matter experts working with our clients to transform their businesses. Much of our focus was on the holistic delivery of transformative technologies in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem; however, the team also leveraged the latest emerging technologies in unified communications, AI, voice-enablement, virtual reality, and augmented reality in our drive to meet our customers' innovation needs.

Denver, Colorado , Us

Native Voice is your on-demand voice services library. Get more done using just your voice by connecting to multiple voice services. Responsible for the high-level customer experience, user stories, and product direction. This initial version includes Alexa and voice-enabled Spotify Premium, including requests by song artist or playlist, control playback, and more.

Newport, Ri, Us

At The Innovation Scout, we use our proprietary innovation Scout Platform to help us understand our client's ecosystem, shape the new customer journey and discover new Innovation partners.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

n-Powered empowers universities to address the challenges along the student journey, from pre-enrollment through alumni status. n-Powered offers a #VoiceFirst platform that unifies disparate university systems and allows students, faculty, and staff to access a 360-degree view of the student using voice. Raised seed round and delivered pilot within one month of company inception. Reported to the board and charged with strategy and product direction, business development, and GTM. In the first quarter of business formed a partnership with Amazon and delivered the product for Saint Louis University on more than 2300 Echo Dots. In less than a year on-boarded four universities and expanded product to multiple modalities, including chat and Google Assistant.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Member of founding team; Mobiquity, Inc. is a global digital engagement provider that strategizes, designs, builds, and optimizes data-driven solutions for more than 200 leading brands around the world. 50 million users interact with Mobiquity’s solutions – for accessing weather information and placing mobile orders to tracking patient trends and receiving continuous care™. Mobiquity is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting Partner with competencies in IoT, Mobile, Healthcare, and Life Sciences and is an AWS Managed Service Partner.• Responsible for Mobiquity's Alexa partnership and working with clients to transform their business by leveraging the latest emerging technologies (i.e., Alexa, Messenger Bots, IoT, Wearables, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality). Duties include business development, serving as the subject matter expert on Voice, Bots, and Emerging Technology, and presenting to clients, prospects and at conferences.

Waltham, Ma, Us

• Responsible for running consulting and advisory division, and serving as Technical Advisor to Weight Watchers, Chick-fil-A, IHG, and others. Duties included recruiting and managing global team of Technical Advisors, business development, and building partnerships with external vendors and product companies, and serving as expert in scoping, POC, and vendor selection.

Waltham, Ma, Us

• As VP Application Development, I was responsible for building and delivering Enterprise-class applications and solutions and assisting in the overall growth objectives of the organization. Highlights included creating and managing a geographically dispersed Development, QA, and Architecture team of more than 60 people, and landing and servicing global deals for Weight Watchers, NY Post, Panera, Hearst Publishing, and Conde Nast.

Co-author of The Mobile Gadgeteer blog for ZDNet. We provided news, commentary, and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry such as iPads, Android tablets, cutting edge smartphones, and portable gaming,

East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Us

Acquired by Mobiquity, Inc., Cronk Software was in the business of bringing games, applications, and new ideas to a variety of mobile platforms. Cronk Software launched an Event Mobile Application product, Pocket Lottery application (PoLo™), and its own game, Cronk™, In addition, the company built a variety of applications and back-end systems to power companies in the gift card / payments, publishing, and security verticals. Duties included securing new business, defining and delivering mobile solutions, and building and managing international development teams.

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Acquired in 2007 by NameMedia, Inc., Geek.com has been an online technology resource and community for technology enthusiasts and professionals since 1996. It features the latest news and reviews of the hottest hardware and software, along with Computer Buying Guides, Features, and more.• Grew membership base of Geek.com site visitors from 2,000 per day in 1999 to over 1.5 million unique visitors per month; grew daily impressions from 6,000 per day in 1999 to more than 5 million per month • Single-handedly increased advertising sales 375% within a one-year period • Established business relationships with PR firms, business development departments, CEOs, and product managers at leading industry companies in order to be “exclusive” on product launches• Negotiated contracts with 3rd party vendors for revenue-generating opportunities, co-branding, and content licensing • Recruited and managed worldwide staff of writers, editors, designers, and developers• Site-wide editorial director, author, and reviewer for mobile and wireless products and gadgets

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Technical writing, strategy, competitive intelligence, market research, and trend analysis for present and future mobile and wireless devices• Social media marketing, engagement strategy, mobile marketing, and mobile strategy for international launches of mobile products and services

London, Gb

• Responsible for the implementation and development of GTECH's mobile and wireless product strategy; worked directly with international sales force, service providers, customers, and system architects to advance mobile interactive strategy and solutions • Served as mobile and emerging technology expert for both internal and external technologists and customers; work included researching and presenting internal white papers on emerging technologies and performing independent technology research on both emerging and mature technologies in support of business needs • Developed and presented technology proof of concepts to C-level executives that enhanced and extended existing product functionality into the mobile and wireless space

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Responsible for Competitive Intelligence, Market Research, and Trend Analysis for present and future mobile and wireless devices. • Leveraged knowledge of and contacts in the handheld industry (i.e., PDA, mobile phone, wireless) to perform in-depth technical, usage, and market analysis of competing handheld devices; produced internal white paper emphasizing product strengths, weaknesses, and differences.

• Responsible for growing department to handle 300% increase in customer service / fulfillment volume; work included hiring and training of personnel, managing P&L, and computer automation• Grew attendance levels at seminars to new high and saved 30% by personally handling negotiations for the department

B.S., Communications

A.S., Communications

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