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New York, United States

As a seasoned Chief Product Officer, I have a proven track record of developing and driving successful product strategies that have delivered substantial revenue growth. At Acast, I am responsible for leading the strategic roadmap and product vision, focused on helping podcasters build and monetize their audience.I thrive on creating strategic alignment and operational efficiency across engineering, design, marketing and sales business units to foster a product mindset throughout the organization. With an eye on the future, I set the vision, goals, and metrics for the overall product area and company, typically looking several years ahead to identify future investment areas and drive broader business strategies and decisions.Working collaboratively with my team of product and engineering managers, I ensure we deliver innovative solutions that meet customer needs and drive business growth. I'm proud of my ability to inspire and motivate my team to excel and achieve success, and I believe in leading by example to drive a high-performance culture.

Boston

As an experienced podcast marketplace builder, I've spent the last four years working closely with podcasters, understanding their needs, and helping them achieve sustainable success. Through conversations with thousands of podcasters, I've learned what it takes to market a show successfully and grow podcasting businesses.My experience includes creating initial investor pitch decks and presenting to prominent companies like The New York Times, Bose, Graham Holdings, Automattic, WGBH, McClatchy, among others. I also worked with our CTO to build and recruit our first 9 employees while managing a team of remote employees in design, marketing, and sales.I conducted customer research that led to the identification of a product with paying customers and crafted product market fit and marketing materials from beta customer feedback. I built the initial sales pipeline and trained the staff on identifying potential customers while scaling sales and marketing funnel and operations.My accomplishments include creating RadioPublic, a creator centric marketplace that serves as a platform for listening, engagement, and revenue generation for podcasters. You can visit www.radiopublic.com and podcasters.radiopublic.com to see the platform in action.

Cambridge, Ma

A strong leader with a software engineering background, I've guided teams of software developers, designers, and contractors to create successful B2B and consumer audio products for public radio and podcasting. I prioritize work areas based on hard data and listen to stakeholders and customers, both internal and external, to ensure the products we develop meet their needs.My experience in software engineering enables me to discuss timelines, architecture, and implementation with the development and design team. I take responsibility for product project scheduling, identify the resources needed, and build and manage teams effectively. I listen to and talk with team members as peers, asking them to identify risks and propose alternate solutions.I've led several key projects, including dovetailing the audio-based Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) to enable podcast sales teams to manage audio ad inventory flexibly. Additionally, I've designed and developed iPhone and Android applications for top shows like This American Life, Radiolab, and The Moth, as well as stations like WNYC, WGBH, and WBUR.One of my most significant accomplishments is the development of the PRX Exchange, the largest open audio distribution marketplace. Producers can upload audio stories of all types, from documentaries to music specials to weekly series, and the Exchange provides automated delivery for popular programs like This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour, The WFMT Radio Network, On Being, as well as indie producers.

Watertown, Ma

NearbyFYI made it easy to find budget documents, reports and meeting minutes from thousands of cities and towns. We found, collected and then analyzed the public documents we found using machine learning, NLP and classification tools. We then annotated documents, highlighting the people mentioned, legislative bodies and companies being discussed. Our service alerted journalists, analysts and the public about municipal topics that were relevant to them. Our work was selected as a 2013 Knight Foundation News Challenge semi-finalist.

I was asked to guest lecture "PI-659 Media, Politics & Power In The Digital Age" at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a result of my experience independently developing software to help small and mid-size cities and towns

I created web based knowledge tools that helped civilian researchers better share information within the federally funded research and development (FFRDC) organization. I was an early advocate for open source tooling within our organization, investigating and promoting products that made our development teams more efficient and reliable.

I developed web application software to support the creation of a white-label, auction exchange platform for specific verticals. Our first vertical was called PlayCycle, a marketplace for used video games, where someone could "Seek" or "Offer" a game, console or accessory.

I built web based software applications for clients like Deutsche Bank, Reuters and Eli Lilly.