In my role at VendNovation, I am guiding the company through a pivotal growth phase, focusing on engineering excellence and the development of innovative automated retail solutions. I approach this without managing direct reports, yet I drive significant organizational and product enhancements. My ongoing contributions include:Strategic Team Development: Identifying skills gaps and organizing team structures to enhance effectiveness. I collaborate closely with HR to craft job descriptions, align salary ranges, and recruit a high-caliber engineering and product team.Market and Product Strategy: Actively formulating research strategies, conducting critical interviews, and defining solutions that align with both market needs and our company's strategic goals. I am developing comprehensive product roadmaps that guide our evolution across various product lines.Product Platform Unification: Leading the effort to integrate our diverse product offerings into a singular, cohesive platform. This initiative is expanding our service delivery to a broad spectrum of customers, from small businesses to large enterprises, enhancing their experience and satisfaction.Stakeholder Engagement: Translating stakeholder visions and customer feedback into actionable improvements for our products. I balance technical possibilities with customer needs to ensure we deliver solutions that provide genuine value.Quality and Change Management: Championing quality-first strategies and steering change management processes to address internal challenges. My focus is on fostering a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring VendNovation adapts and thrives in a competitive landscape.Leveraging deep industry expertise and a strategic mindset, I am at the forefront of driving VendNovation's product and engineering teams toward excellence, innovation, and scalable growth.

As Technical Product Leader at T-Mobile High-Speed Internet, I spearheaded the development of the ICA App, a spatial analytics platform that centralized data, enhanced infrastructure, security, and user experience to drive data-driven decision-making across the organization.- Led the development of ICA App, a comprehensive spatial analytics platform, enabling the High-Speed Internet team to visualize and analyze data from various T-Mobile sources in a centralized, secure environment- Unified marketing, customer, gateway, location, and network data to empower users in gaining valuable insights on T-Mobile's High Speed Internet product, subscribers, and customer experience- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve backend infrastructure, resulting in 2-4x faster map load times, enhanced scalability, and up-to-date data availability for users- Enhanced security by implementing a custom SQL API interface to manage user access based on their role and access level and provided curated map layers tailored to user roles and use cases- Developed an intuitive data styling UI, making it easy for non-admin users to create their own map layers and visualize data to derive business insights- Addressed diverse data analysis requirements for Front Line Engineering, Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and Business Development teams, facilitating data-driven decision-making across the organization- Continuously expanded platform capabilities by integrating new data sources and datasets in partnership with team members, while improving the overall mapping and analytics experience for all users

Specialty outdoor hospitality and services company launching new hospitality concepts in early 2018.Responsible for launch of new company, fundraising, operations, product development, marketing and sales.

- Engaged stakeholders and leadership, and collaborated with security and privacy teams- Led design and front-end development teams- Integrated Deep Brew (Starbucks AI and ML platform) for personalized recommendations- Conducted ideation workshops and managed the Design, Build, Test, and Learn process

- Designed and developed the new Starbucks web platform- Owned product research, competitive analysis, and product roadmap- Created and led bi-weekly Show & Tell education series for stakeholders- Aligned cross-functional teams and developed internal Starbucks employees

Onestack partners with amazing entrepreneurs to accelerate growth through experience and connectivity.Work with small-to-medium size SaaS companies in the PNW and collaborate with the Australia team on creating their market entry plan and go-to market validation.

Work with FarmCloud founding team on product and business development initiativesFarmCloud provides an easy way to collect a farmer’s agriculture data from sensors, images, hand input, and third-party data sources into a single cloud based storage solution. Easily visualize trends, detect changes, and create forecast models using your farms historical data. Easily share key insights with agricultural decision makers and influencers across your ranch operations. Provides a real-time communications channel inside our platform where you can flag problem areas for review and provide instructions to your ranch labor force using web, mobile, and text based communication channels. Reduces uncertainty and optimize agronomic output in a cost-effective manner.- Conducted market research and competitive analysis- Assisted scientific team with prototyping and testing technology in the field- Met with clients and partners to understand needs and create a phased product roadmap

Specializing in mobile/web applications, IoT, and emerging technology ecosystems.Country Manager, Australia- Oversaw new market entry, including vendor selection, pipeline development, operations, and talent acquisition.Director, Client Engagement- Managed a team of engagement managers, project managers, and program managers.- Formulated and implemented global business development and client pursuit strategies.

- Managed business while CEO was on leave- Developed and researched new product concepts and market analysis- Managed client account management, delivery, and growth initiatives- Led digital media team responsible for designing and creating interactive phone simulation tools

- Reviewed video game test plans, documented software bugs, and provided team oversight