I’m building SN’s first affiliate and commercial content team to support global partnerships with broadcast rights holders, sports books, ticket brokers and retailers.Manage partnership relationships, develop innovative product solutions, drive revenue growth and deliver best-in-class editorial content for a global audience in 15 markets and five languages with a reach of 30+ million monthly unique users.

Head of Global Sports verticals including basketball, world football, boxing, MMA and F1.Managed international team of writers, editors and producers operating in 15 countries and five languages.Delivered SN annual record in 2022-23 for overall audience including significant YoY increases in each of core global verticals.

I led SN's global NBA and combat teams, and managed day-to-day editorial operations for all sports in North America.The Sporting News is an official partner with the NBA, operating international editions of NBA.com in Canada, Australia, Japan, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. I manage a talented international team of writers, editors and producers, publishing premium NBA content and bringing the game close to millions of fans in every corner of the world.

I oversaw acquisition, onboarding and line management of full-time editorial staff from DAZN to Sporting News for operating official global editions of NBA.com.

- Launched first-of-its-kind SaaS product alongside CTO to scale and enhance TSI’s gamified interactive social media curriculum.- Developed and executed QA process for product delivery and all curriculum launches including formation of Research Advisory Committee.- Spearheaded production as main author and editor for all forward-facing TSI content including but not limited to product lessons, whitepapers, live webinars, marketing partner outreach, annual reports, educator and student surveys, and social media channels.- Directed production of all B2B and B2C sales and marketing assets, spotlighting strategic partners and identifying opportunities to advance prospects through sales funnel.- Launched TSI's #WinAtSocial LIVE current events lessons to facilitate age-appropriate discussions related to topics such as COVID relief and recovery, social justice issues, the 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 insurrection and more.- Designed curriculum framework to map all 63 of TSI's lessons to targeted soft skills and core social-emotional learning competencies.- Built Research Advisory Committee to assist in TSI's curriculum development, identify emerging issues and knowledge gaps, provide rigorous quality control, and champion implementation of latest research on social-emotional learning and positive psychology- Presented weekly and monthly content updates to senior executive leadership including founders, CEO, COO and CTO- Coordinated focus groups, created partner surveys and analyzed all qualitative and quantitative product feedback

- Oversaw original content strategy and vision for official global editions of NBA.com in seven international markets, five of which launched in summer/fall of 2018- Managed international team of direct reports including editors, producers, writers and freelance contributors in United States, Canada, Australia, India, Mexico, Argentina, Spain and Japan- Coordinated with NBA partners and regional sales offices to develop and execute brand campaigns- On-air talent for NBA.com video and audio content.

- Featured on ESPN.com Page 1 and NBA index; Two weekly pieces published domestically and internationally- Focused on growing international readership in China with emphasis on introducing analytics-based content and developing original concepts geared specifically for Chinese audience- Tencent traffic in China for 2016-17 approached 9 million page views and averaged over 200k views- Domestic traffic beyond Insider paywall for 2017 exceeded 7 million page views and averaged over 150K views

- Oversaw all NBA research and analytics content generated for use across ESPN platforms- Extensive copy writing and editing experience for marquee on-air talent on tent-pole broadcasts- Internal communications included daily pitches and proposals to key clients targeting show production staffs, public relations, programming, creative services, art direction, and on-air talent, among others- Presented content and coverage strategy to senior leadership in weekly short and long-term planning sessions- Managed team of Researchers, Stats Analysts and Digital/Social Publishing Editors in Bristol, CT and Los Angeles; included on-site management and logistics at remote NBA events- Spearheaded interdepartmental collaboration to create innovative storytelling devices included but not limited to touchscreen displays, digital and print infographics, virtual studio displays and custom video treatments- Managed, conceptualized and produced original content to support over 100 weekly hours of live studio programming, over 130 regular-season and playoff NBA games per season on ESPN/ABC and social media accounts totaling over 50 million followers on Twitter and Instagram

- Researcher for live studio production at ESPN with an emphasis on 11PM SportsCenter and Monday Night Football- Generate original graphics and video treatments to provide statistical, historical or contextual analysis- Provide real-time support for anchors and analysts in studio during live telecasts- Co-author, editor and primary distributor of weekly NFL notes during the season to support daily production needs including but not limited to studio shows, game event crews, ESPN radio, ESPN.com and mobile apps- Remote assignments included Monday Night Football, NBA Finals, Super Bowl, USA Soccer, NBA Draft and NFL Training Camps- Contributor to ESPN.com, ESPN.com local sites and ESPN Stats & Information Blog

-Administered psychometric evaluations in assessing cognitive abilities in geriatric research participants-Conducted fMRI experiments at Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke Hospital-Trained new research assistants to administer tests and update lab database using Microsoft Access