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First FT Product hire for a coliving/cohousing startup with markets in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.- Coached the engineering & design team to a full transition to Scrum, owning the documentation, training, evangelism, and all sprint planning, estimation, and retrospective meetings- Worked closely with Legal, Finance, Growth, and Operations departments to discover and validate business challenges, document workflows, and build light-weight but powerful internal… Show more First FT Product hire for a coliving/cohousing startup with markets in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.- Coached the engineering & design team to a full transition to Scrum, owning the documentation, training, evangelism, and all sprint planning, estimation, and retrospective meetings- Worked closely with Legal, Finance, Growth, and Operations departments to discover and validate business challenges, document workflows, and build light-weight but powerful internal tools- Led the requirements gathering, documentation, planning, and launch of three major tracking tools that allowed each department to improve operational efficiency without increasing headcount during a planned scale-up- Owned the adoption of a user story framework for product definition and release planning and led related cross-functional team workshops Show less

First hire for a pre-seed home services software ecosystem, launched in Atlanta in early 2018- Executed and refined MVP definition and brought a complex product suite to market- Hired and managed fully dispersed engineering and design teams- Gathered stakeholder and user feedback to identify and prioritize product gaps and solutions to achieve product-market fit

- Consulted for a variety of clients on software development projects, including early-stage startups and larger enterprises with 500+ employees- Provided services including product roadmapping, project management, backlog grooming, user interviews, documentation, wire-framing, and UX reviews- Managed independent development teams dispersed globally, often by introducing and launching a scrum method

Worked with executive, content, and software engineering teams to develop new products that met market and customer (health providers) demand. Organized company scrum process and managed product backlog in certified role of Product Owner. Managed a team of external UI/UX and visual design consultants. Served as resource and primary POC for customers in designing, integrating, and customizing products to operate within existing systems (EHRs and clinical workflows).

Coordinated historically controlled pilot studies with hospitals and clinics, proposed and implemented study design, liaised with clients and software development team, collected and analyzed data. Implemented and integrated services with customer (health providers) workflows and systems, coordinated logistics, desired metrics, and systems customization.

Researched and compiled dataset of historical public opinion polls. Used Stata to extract individual-level data and determine variables that would cause survey bias; reweighed survey results based on variables to ensure comparability to current survey methodology.

Conducted qualitative and quantitative research and compiled datasets for upcoming papers, books, and lectures by Brookings Fellows and Senior FellowsResearch Focus: government management and public sector leadership, health care reform implementation, financial crisis and the rule of law, executive branch politics

Researched current policy issues and summarized findings to senior staff, specifically on health technology policy and Iranian nuclear power. Lobbied Congress to promote bipartisan solutions to policy issues worked on by the BPC. Assisted with the outreach and development of the c4 affiliate of the BPC.

Researched independent project on smoking and the military and composed original memo for senior staff on trade policy and public health. Spearheaded process for updating and substantiating fifty state fact sheets. Managed operations of the department and training of new staff and was elected leader of the intern class to manage collaborative projects.

Prepared issue memorandums and reports for the Senator and staff. Corresponded with constituents and guided visits to Capitol Hill.

Managed an outreach project targeting future advocates, assisted the facilitator of a forty hour course on advocacy training, and analyzed sexual assault incident data and reports.

Developed grant proposals for the New Delhi, India, headquarters. Managed post-evaluation process for a comprehensive international training course on advocacy for sexual, disability, and gender rights in the developing world.

Organized and managed outreach events related to youth access to comprehensive sexual education and family planning.

Researched campaign issues, composed talking points, advocated on behalf of candidate to voters.