- Design and implementing efforts to grow memberships and drive member engagement- Host for the member's exclusive podcast, WarCast- Moderate the member's exclusive discussion group, WarHall

Taught English to predominantly preliterate and illiterate refugee populations, class levels ranging from 0-5. Employed a mixed-method pedagogy with a matrixed-class management style to accommodate the array of students' skills, backgrounds, ages, and needs. Created curriculum tailored specifically to the matriculated populations.

Friend is a free social bonding platform that matches users to trained Friends for quality support and good conversation. Leveraging existing technologies and leading sociological research, I devised the Friend training curriculum, established the volunteering system, and built the website and matching bot, and deployed an integrated solution for users to discover.The service has nearly 400 users who have chatted over video, voice, or (mostly) text trained volunteers to feel… Show more Friend is a free social bonding platform that matches users to trained Friends for quality support and good conversation. Leveraging existing technologies and leading sociological research, I devised the Friend training curriculum, established the volunteering system, and built the website and matching bot, and deployed an integrated solution for users to discover.The service has nearly 400 users who have chatted over video, voice, or (mostly) text trained volunteers to feel more connectedjoinfriend.cofacebook.com/joinfriendnow Show less

Utilocracy was a 6-month project to design democratic decision-making products. The project has just been tabled.I devised the Product Requirements Document and Product Roadmap, aligning the company's mission and initial offering with the market dynamics. I devised a sequence of relevant, disruptive product innovations designed to establish a foothold in the political decision-making marketplace. I owned the offering, from concept and requirements gathering, produced the app… Show more Utilocracy was a 6-month project to design democratic decision-making products. The project has just been tabled.I devised the Product Requirements Document and Product Roadmap, aligning the company's mission and initial offering with the market dynamics. I devised a sequence of relevant, disruptive product innovations designed to establish a foothold in the political decision-making marketplace. I owned the offering, from concept and requirements gathering, produced the app specification, UI wireframes, mockups, userflows, while conducting and incorporating our use-case interviews. Additionally, I designed and deployed user surveys to validate and test our collective decision methodology. Show less

Started in 2014, RHR is 3rd largest cosmetics boutique for redheads in the US.As RHR's first employee, I devised their core offering from concept to market entry, involving 22 products and their flagship innovation product. Moreover, I designed and led their go-to-market efforts and positioned them as a premium alternative in a niche space. During my tenure, every marketing campaign I launched yielded positive ROI, and their customer base grew from 0 to over 1100 customers. In two… Show more Started in 2014, RHR is 3rd largest cosmetics boutique for redheads in the US.As RHR's first employee, I devised their core offering from concept to market entry, involving 22 products and their flagship innovation product. Moreover, I designed and led their go-to-market efforts and positioned them as a premium alternative in a niche space. During my tenure, every marketing campaign I launched yielded positive ROI, and their customer base grew from 0 to over 1100 customers. In two years, they have become the #3 in market share for boutique redhead cosmetics. Show less

Contracted by the Office for Naval Research to produce explanatory and predictive analyses on targeting strategies of groups using suicide attack tactics. Building upon and employing the CPOST Suicide Terrorism datasets, I led the 11-person team and helped develop the project's overall research design as well as implement statistical data and case study analyses. Research design and implementation, collaborative research, project management, quantitative and qualitative analyses… Show more Contracted by the Office for Naval Research to produce explanatory and predictive analyses on targeting strategies of groups using suicide attack tactics. Building upon and employing the CPOST Suicide Terrorism datasets, I led the 11-person team and helped develop the project's overall research design as well as implement statistical data and case study analyses. Research design and implementation, collaborative research, project management, quantitative and qualitative analyses, presentation Show less

Customer Lobby enables local businesses to get more repeat business and build their online reputation and reviews. As CL's first non-dev-side hire, I helped shaped the initial offering, develop outbound sales model, build the initial marketing strategy and resulting core campaigns. During my tenure, we grew our paying B2B customer base to over 700 monthly subscribers. Once the company diversified internal positions, I handled the company's marketing strategy and resultant campaigns… Show more Customer Lobby enables local businesses to get more repeat business and build their online reputation and reviews. As CL's first non-dev-side hire, I helped shaped the initial offering, develop outbound sales model, build the initial marketing strategy and resulting core campaigns. During my tenure, we grew our paying B2B customer base to over 700 monthly subscribers. Once the company diversified internal positions, I handled the company's marketing strategy and resultant campaigns, determining which yielded positive ROI, why, and then scaling to maximize those margins. I left to pursue my Ph.D. in Chicago and the company was read to enter its growth phase.Additional experience in user experience, requirements gathering, client engagement, strategic analysis. Show less

I was a full-time English teacher for Berlitz, leading classes that range from true beginner to business English.