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United States

San Francisco, California, Us

Research, strategy, creative direction and communications design across all industries and organizational scales (B2B & B2C). Brand development and management: naming, logo, nomenclature, vision, values, mission, positioning, architecture, platform branding, brand messaging and copywriting.Specialization in 1) Health, Fitness & Sports; 2) Food, Beverage, Nutrition; 3) Social, Media, Community.Clients included: Gaiam, Genentech, YMCA, The Gap Inc, Pepsico, Blackhawk Network.Apps: Watch Duty, Prisma/Lensa, Verv, Simple, .

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Founder & Director of holistic health and fitness community center, natural health provider network and experimental incubator for novel fitness training methodologies and products for top professionals. Members included professional athletes, executives, artists, performers and creators.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Systemic nutritional supplement brand for natural (preventive) health, based in a diathesis-stress model of optimizing vitality for performance, immunity and longevity. Developed over 10 years with professional athletes and endorsed by top medical and fitness professionals.Developed leading brand presence on Amazon.com through innovative marketing strategy. Introduced "clean nutrition" as category marker and achieved "Amazon's Choice" for protein product in 2020, through organic marketing alone.

Berkeley, California, Us

Brand marketing and communications for regenerative eco-technology venture studio.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Education and advisory for achieving market fit at early-stage hardware startup accelerator for prototyping, supply chain logistics and seed funding. Led workshops. Coached teams. Advised founders. Branding, positioning, communications, pitch and marketing strategy.

New York, New York, Us

Strategy and creative direction for repositioning and rebranding of business offering, brand identity and media relations.

Houston, Tx, Us

Athlete coaching and training for Women's Gold and Men's Bronze medalist teams. Physical training, athletic strategy, sport psychology; nutrition and weight-loss; recovery and natural healing modalities.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Director of Strategic Branding and Communications for early-/mid-stage technology startups and established food industry brands. Clients included: Skyy Vodka, Glenfiddich, Mike's Hard Lemonade.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Developed initial brand, product and user experience for virtual social network (now over 200M global users). Conducted wide-scale user research to develop human-centric positioning strategy, brand marketing, internal communications, user experience and community. Redesigned new user onboarding process. Redesigned customer support platform. Developed community management and guidelines. Designed and hosted first developer conference.

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Brand management for world's leading combat sports equipment brand. Brand and product marketing. Media and public relations. Developed nomenclature system for hundreds of products. Directed redesign of global catalog.

New York, Us

World's largest branding agency. Developed brand strategies, positioning, naming, messaging and marketing communications for global brands during first dot-com boom. Clients included Nissan, Sony, Phillips, American Airlines, Symantec, Hyundai, Microsoft, Korn-Ferry, Lexis-Nexis, Eli-Lilly.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

National Health Club chain emphasizing corporate wellness. Managed personal services teams and programs to triple revenue in 6 months. Redesigned company-wide new member onboarding protocol, leading to +35% retention by end of year.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Researcher at Dr. Josephine Nalbantoglu and Dr. Matthew Shapiro's joint laboratories. Exploring memory, learning and sensory deficits in a proposed transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. Designed and conducted experiments to detect olfactory deficits as potential early marker.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Co-directed research study for Dr. Virginia Douglas on hybrid drug (Ritalin) and cognitive-behavior training therapy for children diagnosed with ADHD. Managed laboratory and conducted double-blind drug/placebo experiments.

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Employed as Research Assistant in various labs:Dr. Matthew Shapiro (Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Learning)Dr. Kevin Dunbar (Human Decision Making Laboratory)Dr. Fred Gennessee (Language Processing Laboratory)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd (Incomplete), Cognitive Neuroscience

B.A., Biological & Developmental Psychology