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Scituate, Ma, Us

Edmonton, Alberta, Ca

Excited for a new adventure leading Product and Design for Jobber, the best-in-class vertical SaaS solution for SMB home service professionals.

Mentor, Ohio, Us

Excited to be working with several senior executives and board members of Avery Dennison to help shape their digital strategies and solutions. Their mission to optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, and advance sustainability, circularity and transparency is an important one and will have far reaching impact across the world.

Boston, Ma, Us

Led creation and execution of multi-product strategy for the premier vertical SaaS leader, propelling ARR from $180M to $1.2B+ and SMB customer base from 27K to 100K+. Tripled team size to 300+ globally, across Product Management, User research, Design, and Hardware Engineering. Skillfully guided team through pandemic challenges, culminating in a successful IPO in September 2021.Championed key strategic initiatives such as e-commerce, self-service onboarding, Product-Led Growth (PLG), and AI-enabled support solutions. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, I served as the executive sponsor for our employee-led DEI group, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization.

Boston, Ma, Us

Drove the creation of Acquia's long-term product strategy and orchestrated the expansion of our multi-product Digital Experience Platform, utilizing both organic development and M&A. Instrumental in securing our leadership position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant which played a pivotal role in our $1B acquisition by Vista Equity Partners. Actively participated in industry conferences, sharing trends and insights, and led impactful sessions with customer and partner advisory boards.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Following the merger with Citrix's GoTo business, promoted to General Manager of Emerging products, LogMeIn's fastest growing product line which includes LastPass, an Identity and Access Management solution and Grasshopper, a cloud-based telephony system for small businesses. Accountable for establishing and executing the business vision and product strategy while aligning product, engineering and go-to-market teams to deliver on double-digit growth goals.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

As LogMeIn's first Chief Product Officer, led product strategy, product management, design, and engineering for all LogMeIn lines of business including Identity and Access Management (LogMeIn Pro, Central, Cubby, Hamachi, LastPass), Collaboration (join.me), and Customer Engagement (Rescue, BoldChat, Xively). Responsible for growing a diverse team of over 450 employees worldwide operating in several cities in the US and Hungary. Member of the LogMeIn executive team and champion of LogMeIn's worldwide innovation initiatives.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Led team of over 350 engineers and product managers responsible for product strategy, product management, engineering, and innovation for all LogMeIn products worldwide. As acting General Manager of Access & Management business, drove significant growth in LogMeIn's largest line of business through cross-discipline collaboration, improved product packaging, and sales team realignment. Championed innovation initiatives including creation of LogMeIn's first worldwide Hackathon with over 30 teams and 200 participants.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Product executive leading product strategy, roadmap creation, and delivery of LogMeIn Access & Management and Collaboration products including LogMeIn Pro, Central, Cubby, Hamachi, and join.me. Led engineering and product management teams of more than 150 people and drove multiple years of triple-digit growth for join.me, LogMeIn's fastest growing product and one of the fastest growing collaboration products in the world. Championed adoption of agile and lean practices across entire engineering and product team.

Lincoln, Ma, Us

Joined KnowledgeVision to lead their product team and launch Knovio, a web-based video presentation tool.

London, Gb

Led the product strategy, product management and launch of a new social guidance network for college-bound teens. Key accomplishments include:- Designed and launched new consumer-facing online service in under 6 months- Created product roadmap and recommended go-to-market strategies- Conducted A/B split testing to optimize conversion funnel- Built content development team and launched video blogs for teens and parents - Brought agile, lean startup, and customer development practices to Pearson

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Led the effort to relaunch company as VisibleGains, the first video solution for B2B marketers and sellers. Developed new business strategy in less than three months and evangelized company direction to investors, prospects and partners. Drove creation of company name, product offering, brand position, messaging framework, target personas, visual identity, PR releases, and go-to-market launch plans. Managed delivery of website redesign, e-mail marketing campaigns, social media marketing programs, video content creation, and sales enablement programs. Analyzed marketing program ROI and restructured expenditures, reducing customer acquisition costs by 60%.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Responsible for evangelizing and implementing PermissionTV's interactive video solutions. Led the selling and delivery of interactive video marketing solutions for key clients including Toyota Scion, Adobe, Activision, FOX, BBC, The Metropolitan Opera, and Boston Symphony Orchestra.Evangelized company and spoke at major industry events and local area conferences including Digital Hollywood, NATPE, iTVCon, Video 2.0 Conference, MITX, and Vilna Shul. Conducted primary industry research and published articles in magazines, newsletters, and blogs (see Publications).

Founder and Director of Backyard Jams, a unique business providing recreational music making and entertainment for kids and adults. Conceptualized idea, wrote business and marketing plans, funded, launched and operated for 5 years.

Managed major client accounts including Hewlett Packard and Sony Electronics. Provided strategic direction and operational support to maintain and grow key accounts. Built strong relationships through exceptional hands-on customer service skills, technical and business knowledge, strategic vision, and creative leadership. Designed, planned, wrote and delivered new business presentations, statements of work, and proposals.Directed the initiative to conceptualize, design, and implement a next generation e-learning platform which became a key driver of sales growth and operational efficiency for our company.

New York, Ny, Us

Championed the creation of AGENCY.COM's global Intranet and knowledge management portal used by AGENCY.COM employees worldwide. Developed an innovative concept for community-based sharing of information assets, expertise, and intellectual capital. Designed and architected a project history database to capture and leverage project experiences by industry, service line, business problem, and technology.Recognized market opportunity to create a new consulting practice to deliver Intranet-based social, community and collaboration services.Developed packaged consulting services for the planning, design, and deployment of portals, Intranets, and knowledge management solutions.

Ca

First employee and principal architect of the AdValue Network, the first B2B exchange for TV and radio media buying.Personally recognized and seized the opportunity to create an early Internet company and B2B exchange. Led the effort to successfully define the product concept, prototype, and present to investors. Actively evaluated company P&L and designed alternative product marketing, pricing and packaging strategies which resulted in 50% improvement in operating margin within 6 months. Advocated the movement towards providing Internet based services and directed the efforts to create a profitable B2B exchange. Launched Internet product on time and on budget in 1Q97.