I oversee audio and video operations across the Toronto Star newsroom as head of the Multimedia Production team that includes producers, mixers, editors and hosts, as well as a deep roster of freelancers. Our objective is to create an environment and workflow that engages and enables the newsroom to create compelling audio and video journalism, from story assignment to execution.-Audio (podcasts, co-productions, partnerships, transcription, and operating virtual and physical studios)-Video (news, short documentaries, explainers, live streams and social videos)

Manage audio strategy and infrastructure and oversee all Toronto Star podcasts, including daily news show This Matters, Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner, It’s Political with Althia Raj, true crime series, Suspicion (S1 Death in a Small Town; S2 The Billionaire Murders; S3…tk!), Millennial Money and more to come.

I work with newsrooms -- alongside product, strategy and data teams -- to help optimize content and experiences that drive customer reach, engagement and loyalty across Torstar Daily News Brands: Toronto Star, Metro, Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Region Record, St. Catharines Standard, Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune and Peterborough Examiner.

I help lead and execute the Toronto Star's multi-platform publishing strategy. I work closely with the newsroom and various digital and product teams to ensure the Star's storytelling (written, visual, interactive) is strongly presented, executed and distributed across all platforms (web, apps, social media, print), to best reach audiences wherever and however they access us.

I work with the Co-Productions, Features and Investigations (I-Team) teams -- and other departments on large-scale projects -- across all platforms (print, web, apps) to help with written, photographic, video, interactive and other visual content and presentation.

Our team of Editors and Producers planned and created engaging digital content for our core readers and new users across all platforms, including print, web, social, mobile, tablet and apps. Additionally, we worked with sales, marketing, technology, and ux/design on the digital strategy, growth, innovation, product development, operations and profitability for the Maclean's, Canadian Business, and MoneySense brands. We developed and presented the ROI business cases to Rogers executive for mobile apps, long-form templates, and responsive redesigned sites (which they then rolled out on all brands) and led brainstorming process/requirements gathering and wrote BRDs for relaunches of Macleans.ca, CanadianBusiness.com and MoneySense.ca (brands that combined for 11 golds and two silver 2013 Canadian Online Publishing Awards). -www.moneysense.ca-www.macleans.ca-www.canadianbusiness.com

Along with a team of Product Managers and Business Analysts, and working alongside editorial, our objective was to drive the business planning, editorial innovation, traffic, usability and profitability for the key performance indicators (KPIs) of Canoe’s English and French news and information verticals. We were also responsible for increasing the profitability of existing products and developing new products for the company, through close collaboration with editorial, sales, marketing, the PMO, ad operations, design and technology.

My role as Product Manager was to ensure that content-related products and initiatives were run efficiently and to manage the workflow of editorial content and sales initiatives with Canoe’s editorial, sales, marketing, biz dev, ad ops, design and production departments.

Xtalks, a division of Honeycomb Worldwide Inc. provides both physical and online conferences for executives all over the world, as well as tailored content every day. Our team was responsible for development of new business units as well as the creation and production of printed and online content—editorial, marketing and PR. With the CEO, I helped develop the business plan and launch for two sister start-up companies—Xtalks (profiled in the London Times) and The Advantage Board. Honeycomb Worldwide was ranked 15th on the 2006 Profit Hot 50 list of Canada's fastest growing companies.

I managed content and development for digital microsites for Chatelaine.com and Flare.com, from inception to completion and maintained all the daily, weekly or monthly updates. This involved brainstorming, creating timelines, some design and copy writing, newsletter creation and list management, management of external developers and liaising with clients.

Working with both publishers and editors, my job was to drive traffic and engagement and maintain the standards of the print publications online—through content creation and curation. I was responsible for the creation of 10 e-newsletters a month and five Web sites: Plant, Design Engineering, It for Industry, Canadian Metalworking, and Food in Canada.

My job was to generate local stories and maintain high quality websites for Burlington, Barrie, Brampton and Vaughan, in addition to recruiting and editing writers.

I was responsible for researching, writing and editing daily articles for IDOnline.com and Investors Digest.

With a weekly column in the Arts and Entertainment section, I also contributed stories on news and current events. I acted as the downtown correspondent and helped out in the newsroom at crunch time.