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Consulting services for companies in digital media, consumer electronics, and OTT. Specializing in product strategy, design, and go-to-market.

San Jose, California, US

Led retail product strategy for Roku, working closing with product, marketing, and retail teams to develop and execute product roadmap and go-to-market strategies to ensure Roku maintained its #1 market share position in streaming media.

San Jose, California, US

Lead the product management teams for Roku Players, Audio, Remotes, Customer Support Services, and WIFI Technologies.

ShowDrive is a massively scalable cloud video encoding and storage platform enabling low cost DVR functionality on connected televisions and set-top boxes. The award-winning Simple.TV was the first streaming DVR, bridging the gap between over-the-air and over-the-top video and making broadcast TV accessible on any connected device.

Managed the acquisition and integration of CinemaNow and DivX, helping to transition Sonic to a provider of OTT streaming.products and services. Managed the integration of Sonic into Rovi Corp (TiVo) following acquisition.

Responsible for setting Sonic’s strategic direction and guiding its overall growth strategy with a focus on over-the-top video services. Managed Sonic’s acquisition and integration of CinemaNow, transforming it from a consumer-facing VOD service to a white-label B2B provider for Best Buy and Blockbuster with storefronts deployed on millions of consumer.

Integrated Roxio acquisition into Sonic Solutions. Built management team and expanded product portfolio in OEM, retail and direct channels.

Responsible for setting the product and strategic direction of each of Sonic’s three operating divisions: consumer applications, professional products, and technology licensing.

Drove the transition from cutting edge professional products for Hollywood, to large scale consumer deployment of Sonic’s DVD and video creation products. Revenue grew over 240% from March ‘02 to March ‘03.

Conceived and launched Sonic DVD Creator, the world’s first commercial DVD production system. Launched Sonic DesktopDVD, the first corporate-targeted system for DVD production (later sold to Adobe and marketed as Encore).Responsible for guiding the design and implementation of major features and functions in the Sonic Studio audio workstation, the world’s.

Owned and operated a recording studio during college in Middlebury, VT. Recorded, mixed and mastered albums for local bands and live concert events.

Mba, Business

B.A., Psychology, Electronic Music

Ccrma (Center For Computer Research In Music & Accoutisc) Summer Program, Fm Synthesis