Unlock productivity with Empwr.ai, the AI agent and team assistant turning conversations into action and collective knowledge.

I shepherded a new AI SaaS business from concept to corporate spin-out (Empwr.ai) over the course of a year. I worked with an Advisory Board of technology leaders and a small cross-functional team to apply lean startup principles, the testing business ideas framework, and a gated funding model to a backlog of innovation concepts. Once the Empwr.ai concept gained traction, I devoted my time to that venture culminating with a spin out in September 2024.

Envorso is a technology consulting firm helping some of the most impactful brands in the world through once-in-a-lifetime transformations. We currently work with Automotive OEMs & Suppliers, Telecommunication, Energy and Financial services firms. The firm is expanding rapidly and is located in the SF Bay Area, Seattle, Detroit, New York and London.

Chief of Staff for two successive executive leaders of Ford Model e’s global software development organization: Todd Warren and Roz Ho. Our team was responsible for all in-vehicle Software at Ford, from the tailpipe to the cloud, to the FordPass iPhone App. Model e Connected Vehicle Software is building the next generation of computing and mobility, contributing to key scenarios in our electric vehicles like the F150 Lightning Pickup and Mach e.

With deep experience in corporate innovation, entrepreneurship, product management, and growth marketing, Dao Innovations helps companies find product-market fit, accelerate growth, optimize operations, or experiment with new business ideas.

I helped establish the user-centric product management discipline at EB with processes, hiring, mentoring, and by directly serving as a product management leader for the supply side of the marketplace. I led teams to deliver core value to users and to build a modern martech/growth stack leveraging a state-of-the-art customer data platform. As the Director of Product Growth, I collaborated across the organization to exceed talent acquisition growth objectives and lay the foundation for sustainable growth loops. This was a contract role though Vokal's leadership consulting practice.EmployBridge is America's largest industrial staffing firm. The company puts more than 400,000 temporary associates to work annually across a network of over 365 offices in 48 states. In 2020, EmployBridge provided more than 130 million work hours to 11,000 customers, generating more than $2.9 billion in revenue.

Vokal is a leading digital product innovation, strategy, design, growth marketing, and software development consultancy. We've done inspired work for Chamberlain, Bosch, Whole Foods, Exelon, SpotHero, San Francisco 49ers, Lou Malnati's, and Groupon to name a few.

Northwestern University's NUvention Web + Media is an interdisciplinary experiential learning program in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University designed to expose students to the entire product and business development life cycle of a start-up software company. The NUvention Web + Media Advisory Board is made up of dynamic professionals including founders, serial entrepreneurs, and capital advisors.Named a "Top 10 Best Entrepreneurship Course" in the United States by Inc. Magazine.Advise a student venture in the class, and evaluate all teams in a 'VC pitch' at the end of each quarter.

Joined the team as a consultant through Dao Innovations. Helped pivot the business, realizing rapid growth with significant ARR. Established a key growth loop. Helped grow the team and raise a new round of capital investment.PathMatch helps college students connect to modern career paths and get an edge over the competition to land top jobs and internships.

desirelist is a product recommendation platform powered by athletes, models, musicians, and other experts

In this role I also served as the Product Manager for Vokal Vision, a client-facing analytics tool that I took from concept to market.

Groovebug partnered with Universal Music Group, EMI, and Wolfgang's Vault to release a suite of music subscription apps. Each of our subscription apps were ranked among the Top 100 Grossing iPad apps in music every quarter after their respective launch dates. Groovebug offered a next generation music experience for mobile devices by combining the richness of box sets, the power of native mobile apps, and the social web. As the CEO, I built the team, developed our business and marketing strategy, managed the product roadmap, and cultivated partnerships with Universal Music, EMI, Wolfgang's Vault, the Echonest, Localytics, Decibel, and Biz3 Publicity.Groovebug powered apps:DG Discovery - we worked with Deutsche Grammophon, Universal Music's flagship classical music label, to bring a one-of-a-kind curated classical music subscription app to iOS. This ground-breaking app solves the classical music meta data problem that plagues other music streaming services. Blue Note by Groovebug - we worked with EMI (now UMG) to bring the acclaimed jazz label, Blue Note Records, to the iPhone and iPad via an immersive "digital box set," complete with a first of its kind micro-subscription music streaming service. Featured by Apple in an international outdoor advertising campaign for the iPad.Concert Vault for iPad - we worked with Wolfgang's Vault to bring the world's greatest collection of recorded live concerts, both audio and video, to the iPad. Groovebug - the first personalized music magazine for the iPad was hailed by iPad Insight as an "iPad App of the Year" for 2011.

I was hired to develop the U.S. marketing strategy and build a marketing organization to bring the FIBARO line of home automation products to market in the United States. I gained approval from both U.S. and European executive leadership for an integrated strategic marketing plan which included channel partnerships, trade shows, lead nurturing via Salesforce CRM, B2B and B2C multimedia content marketing, influencer marketing, social media, SEM/SEO, re-marketing, marketing/email automation, brand strategy, B2B and B2C PR, and integrated customer service.I managed a Salesforce.com implementation, mapped the technology architecture for the U.S. operations (to include Salesforce.com, Exact Target Marketing Cloud, NetBase, Desk.com, an ERP system, Google Apps for Business, and Asana), recruited/hired three marketing team members, managed the development of two new web sites, managed agency relationships, and created detailed content marketing, social media, and trade show (CEDIA) promotions plans.

Conducted qualitative research to build customer personas, identify UX issues/opportunities, and uncover unmet customer needs. Analyzed web analytics and transactional data. Delivered a product and UX recommendations document.

Worked on the Integrated Marketing Communications Program's learner-centered teaching initiative under Professsor Ted Spiegel.

Managed online marketing for the firm. Worked with attorneys and practice groups to develop and execute marketing plans. Migrated the firm's static HTML web site to a dynamic site with a CMS. Redesigned and developed the firm's intranet. Launched practice group blogs. Led led marketing workshops with partners. Won a Legal Marketing Association Your Honor Award.