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San Diego, Ca, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Independent technical consultant specializing in launching new product initiatives. Capably served as strategist, innovator and hands-on contributor.Currently focused on a stealth project and engagement with greatnonprofits.orgSelected Accomplishment:• Launched U-T TV, the new television initiative for the San Diego Union Tribune. Designed the web delivery architecture, from master control to online. Managed the workflow from Live to on- demand delivery. The online live broadcast was launched one month ahead of schedule.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Rev leverages the power of AI and LLM to improve B2B RevOps, Sales and Marketing processes. The flagship product, Sales Development Platform, revolutionizes the sales and marketing processes that occur above the revenue funnel, helping customers find quality opportunities in less time.

Louisville, Kentucky, Us

Part of the Digital Health and Analytics Business Unit responsible for the Member Longitudinal Human Record Project. The goal of the provide a holistic view of the members health journey over time.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Led product management for the suite of product on the MedImpact Pharmacy Benefit Platform (PBM). MedImpact is the nation's largest privately held PBM.

San Diego, California, Us

Member of the leadership team responsible for strategizing product vision from conception to delivery to sunset. Manage product roadmaps incorporating data management, data analytics, and machine learning for the next generation of MacroTrend™ platform. Proficient in various product management tools for managing product roadmap and backlog.Selected Accomplishments:• Lead the development and delivery of the MacroTrend™ platform, a ground-breaking Digital Marketing platform accompanied by a suite of applications including Macro SEO. Member of the leadership team as well as a hands-on contributor as the need requires. • Strategize product vision from conception to delivery to sunset. Managed product roadmaps incorporating data management, data analytics, and machine learning for the next generation of MacroTrend™ platform. Proficient in various product management tools for managing product roadmap and backlog.• Built and lead a team of program managers, product managers, engineers, and consultants (including off-shore and near-shore resources) to develop and deploy a world class content publishing system. Clients saw 30-50% traffic gain within the first year of deployment.• Deliver groundbreaking content to top internet brands in highly competitive verticals reach their broadest market share. Global clients include Expedia, Sears, Advance Auto Parts, VRBO, Grub Hub and Travelocity.

Oversaw a product management team in the development of new products for this market leader in online video platform and private sharing application. Successfully led business development efforts. Performed business and cost analysis. Analyzed market segments and created effective business and marketing plan. Champion for data-driven decision making within the company. Focusing on OKRs, lowering user acquisition and retention costs while increasing the viral coefficient for user growth.Selected Accomplishments:• Lead product management team in development of new products for this market leader in online video platform and private sharing application. Successfully led business development efforts. Performed business and cost analysis. Analyzed market segments and created effective business and marketing plan.• Directed the development of Givit™ from conception to launch. Givit™ was an innovative location based private video sharing application for desktop and mobile. Launched in Oct of 2011, Givit™ saw a 10x growth in user base by January of 2012 without marketing effort. Led the efforts in defining the product vision, business plan for board approval, product design, go-to market strategy, pricing model, and user acquisition strategy. Later drove the migration effort for Cisco’s FlipShare™ users to the Givit™ platform.• Led the launch of the VMIX Online Video Platform (OVP). VMIX OVP was the first API driven video platform and the first platform to deliver video to the iPhone. A market leader with deployments on over 100 top media sites within the first year of launch, with a client portfolio made up of top U.S. media groups. The platform was the sharing infrastructure for Cisco’s FlipShare camera and launched the first dedicated video portal for NASA.• Champion for data-driven decision making within the company. Focusing on OKRs, lowering user acquisition and retention costs while increasing the viral coefficient for user growth.

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Responsible for creating a new market for Kintera in the Membership space. Drove the product vision for servicing major membership based Non-profits such as the Boy Scouts of America and YMCA. Managed the project for feature development such as membership sign up and renewal.Led the migration effort of the online fundraising payment system. The new system supported international payments and decreased the reconciliation cycle by 75%. Overall system enabled the company to expand its footprint globally while lowering the cost of accounting.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Managed the development of an innovative customer support application combining client account data and in-game activities. The application significantly streamlined customer support engagement by greater than 50% without impacting users’ in-game experience.

Bozeman, Montana, Us

Orchestrated the implementation and deployment for a state-of-the-art unstructured text analysis technology that enabled clients such as eBay, Fidelity, excite.com, dell.com and support.com to incorporate natural language processing for online support. The application lowered level 1 support for the technical support team by 50-60% while increasing the throughput for the level 2 and above inquiries. Managed the development of data segmentation application designed to profile a large dataset for modeling purposes. The application enabled data scientists to quickly validate data models with high accuracy prior to deployment on the complete dataset.

Arlington, Va, Us

Responsible for all pre-sales activities for this west coast office of Autometric.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Mba, Entrepreneurship

Bs, Computer Science