Helped grow the product from 0% to mid-teens market share

Ensure that Duolingo has a strategy for a positive business outcome, and is actively working toward it. Collaborate on both team- and company-level projects, providing support via strategy, market research, customer segmentation, analytics, operational planning, and project management.

• Designed, piloted, and launched Level in two months. • Developed and iterated customer profiles, playbooks, and replicable sales processes. • Built operational structure supporting growth to a $2m annual revenue run rate, five cities, and five programs in 18 months. • Product managed development of software built in Ruby on Rails and Salesforce. • Closed first B2B sales and built out enterprise sales business function. • Managed $3m budget, and developed financial projections, analyses, and ROI calculations. • Influenced, leveraged, and communicated using data with cross-functional teams including members ranging from C-Level executives to vendors to internal partners• Our work has been highlighted by the Christensen Institute, the US Department of Education, and Time.

• First employee hired at New Ventures; built NU’s corporate entrepreneurship competency.• Created and successfully executed GTM strategies for three companies and seven products.• Conducted primary and secondary market research, customer research, investment due diligence, and vendor research to guide investment and business strategy.• Founded the Experiential Network and took from validation to growth stage (3 years later, it provides 2,000+ students consulting gigs with 800+ employers, with classroom support).• Product managed backend software used to manage the Experiential Network, leading product design, user testing, and project management. • Managed the New Ventures P&L, and built financial forecasts.• Co-founded Learnx.co, an online-learning platform used to serve incoming students.

• Constructed a dynamic model of employees returning to work after injury. • Taught 9 Liberty Mutual researchers how to use system dynamics modeling.

Wrote and researched open source content about business for use by undergraduate finance students. Managed seven freelancers to double the breadth of products offered in a span of eight weeks. I also led a team to compose a new economics textbook in eight weeks.

Helped plan, market, and execute a national summit at Ohio State that attracted over 1,200 attendees in April 2011. The summit focused on social entrepreneurship and the role that business plays in major social issues.Co-Director of APTE 2012.www.aptesummit.org

Created and implemented a financial model that projects how decisions related to the funding of pipeline products affects overall profitability. The model has been actively used by the leadership teams of multiple business units. Coordinated and consolidated information to assist in the creation of a preliminary business plan. Assisted in auditing accounts for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulation.