Responsible for the Skoll Award for Social Innovation and the funding we did both within the Skoll Community and in our new areas of strategic focus. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, led a team to quadruple grant making in one year in 2020. Delivered a new focus on five key areas: sustainable & inclusive economies, climate mitigation & adaptation, racial justice, pandemic response & universal health care access. Streamlined decision making with our first Investment Council, while increasing the organization’s focus on equity at all levels:* Led a redesign of our flagship Skoll Award with a more expansive and modern focus on local leadership and social innovation. * Co-created new COVID Emergency Fund with our community, delivered $19M in emergency grants in 2020 and $10M in 2021.* Pivoted from our traditionally onsite due diligence to virtual diligence assisted by local partners in the U.S., Brazil, and Kenya.* Responsible for a team of fourteen with an operating budget of $2.9M.

Promoted to lead a team of remarkable professionals who identify social entrepreneurs solving the world's most complex problems, invest in them, celebrate their success, and connect them to others like them. Responsible for the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and for the funding within the Skoll community. With a consistent focus on equity in hiring, grew a team that represented the communities we served:* Responsible for an operating budget of $2.3M and approximately $30M in annual grant making. * Grew the team from four to fourteen diverse and global investment and program professionals.* Focused the team on building a pipeline with more creativity and equity, increasing the team’s focus on women and local leaders.* Led team on due diligence on three continents with social entrepreneurs working to improve community health, gender equity, youth employment, clean energy and much more, including Last Mile Health, MyAgro, mPharma, and many more.

Led product strategy, road map, and requirements for a consumer-focused cloud storage solution for Windows, Mac, Kindle, iOS, and Android. Collaborated with a diverse team of developers, designers, and senior leaders.• Re-defined product vision from scratch, defined first customer persona, and implemented new product development process.• Transformed group with two launches in prior 6 months into a team that delivered 22 significant launches in 12 months.• Launched first integrated Photos app on Kindle FireOS and first Cloud Drive Photos app on Android and iOS.• Launched photos experience on the gloriously unsuccessful Amazon Fire Phone.• Led team of ten product managers and user researchers.

Led product strategy, road map, requirements, design and marketing for developer-focused checkout and payments solution. Defined strategic plan and product vision.• Launched industry-first inline alternative payments product, increased share of cart while decreasing integration time by 45%.• Launched Checkout by Amazon in Germany, exceeding goals by 670%, far exceeding the original U.S. launch.• Redefined Flexible Payments Service road map to retain key developers like Kickstarter.• Led team of eight product managers, designers, and marketing managers in U.S. and India

Trusera was a consumer health startup focused on enabling consumers to make difficult health choices, like finding childcare for a child with autism or informing a loved one about breast cancer, by connecting them to experienced health veterans. Led product strategy, road map, feature requirements and web design from concept to execution at health-focused startup. Collaborated with marketing team on business development, copywriting, social media and technical marketing. As a member of the executive team, made the difficult decision to wind the organization down during financial crisis of 2008-09.• Delivered 50 features in five months including a new home page that increased membership conversion by three times.• Increased eCPM by more than 50% and click-through by almost 100% in 30 days through testing and analysis.• Increased unpaid search traffic by 200% in five months with SEO, saving thousands per month in SEM.• Managed team of 6 and $900,000 budget.In January, 2009, Trusera was honored as a SXSW Interactive Awards finalist.

As the first employee of a web startup, developed the customer research, naming, branding, product design, public relations and social media from initial concept to nationally-recognized launch through scrappy, low-cost customer research. Secured coverage from New York Times, Venture Beat, Mashable, BusinessWeek and Financial Times. Led more than 30 usability sessions and 8 focus groups to design and refine strategy, thousands under-budget. Increased unpaid search traffic 180% in three months and launched 80 features.

MegaPath operates one of the largest end-to-end communications networks in the US. It provides data, voice, security and hosted IT services for small, medium and enterprise businesses nationwide, as well as wholesale solutions to carriers and service-providers.Grew revenue in my region twenty-five times by developing partnerships with more than 50 salespeople at Verizon Business, AT&T and Sprint. In an undeveloped territory, closed business within 60 days of employment and went on to become a top-ranked performer. Closed millions in business at American Express, Warner Music Group, Patterson Companies, LifeTouch and other Fortune 500 companies with a team-oriented and deliberative approach.

Acquired by Dell in 2012, Aventail built the industry’s first SSL VPN, delivered initially as a software product, then expanded into managed services and hardware appliances for Fortune 500 and other large corporations, including Deloitte Consulting, Amazon, and DuPont.Led product strategy, road map, messaging and positioning and go-to-market strategy for award-winning SSL VPN product through evolution from software to Software as a Service to hardware appliance. Led more than 30 product launches in U.S. and U.K., awarded a patent for innovative Internet security technology. Awarded the Leader quadrant in Gartner’s SSL VPN Magic Quadrant three consecutive times. Granted year-long leave of absence for personal travel in 2004. Led team of two product managers.

Gartner, Inc. is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company.Selected for highly competitive technology research training program for liberal arts majors. Completed three technology rotations from wireless to imaging to Internet security. Promoted to Gartner's worldwide lead analyst in VPN, responsible for analyzing the vision and viability of more than 15 technology companies in network and Internet security market. Consistently a top-ranked conference presenter in US, UK and Europe.