I lead strategy for data and generative AI for the worldwide retail, consumer goods and gaming industry team. I collaborate with customers and partners around the world to reimagine how data and generative AI can drive business outcomes and deliver amazing experiences. This involves working with our first-party product offerings such as Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, Fabric, Power BI, Azure Purview, Synapse, and more, as well as our ecosystem of third-party partners. I also collaborate with a cross-functional team to lead the strategy and evolution of Microsoft Cloud for Retail.

I led strategy for the Commerce & Consumer Engagement domain helping retail and consumer goods companies build omnichannel-first capabilities to drive business acceleration.

I teach the following courses: Mindful Product Management: Part of the MMM program, collaborating with Kellogg MBA and MS in Design Innovation graduate students. The course focuses on how modern product leaders can embrace mindfulness as a foundation for creating purposeful products, experiences and teams.Business Model Design: Master of Product Design and Development Management (mpd2) graduate program. The course brings together all aspects of product development in a single hands-on team project from ideation through product prototyping to include business and market plans. A key focus is on the commercialization aspects of the product development lifecycle by exploring business model discovery, definition, design, and scale.

AIF is a healthcare fund focused on the growing mental health market with a particular emphasis on innovation in ASD (“Autism Spectrum Disorder”) and related conditions (ADD, ADHD, Social Anxiety, GI, etc.). Since its founding, AIF has become the investment and innovation arm of the autism community. We target market VC returns and invest in scalable businesses that are creating a better world for individuals with ASD, neurodevelopmental disorders, mental health issues, and associated complex chronic conditions.

I co-founded an innovation studio called Moonshot Horizon. We partnered with global brands to discover, design, and scale digital experiences using a proven approach: FUEL. Acquired by Pactera Technologies, a Blackstone portfolio company, Moonshot evolved to become Pactera’s Innovation Outpost helping companies across industries successfully transform through emerging technologies and modern ways of working.

Razorfish is a full-service agency with digital and technology at the core. We create experiences that build businesses, combining the best thought leadership of the consulting world with the leading capabilities of the marketing services industry.I lead a team of commerce and content management product managers across the country helping to execute large scale digital transformation projects as efficiently and effectively as possible. In addition to tactically delivering on projects, I facilitate the growth of the digital product management discipline by fostering collaboration throughout the regions, working with my team to define and execute our vision, and generating awareness into the value of functional analysis by building relationships throughout Razorfish.

Advisory - Products & Services Industries - Customer Impact - Digital Change

Amplifi Commerce is a leading provider of multi-channel commerce and interactive marketing services enabling clients to navigate and thrive in today’s digital economy. Our ecommerce and ebusiness consultancy provides business strategy, digital marketing, technology implementations and operational management solutions that make a measurable difference to brands across the globe.

Arc Worldwide provides marketing solutions. It provides direct marketing services, including relationship strategies, campaign strategy and management, acquisition / retention / loyalty programs, predictive modeling and analytics, multi-channel contact management, direct response creative, and database strategies/designs, as well as shopper marketing services, such as consumer retail strategies, consumer path to purchase, channel, category and retail strategy, retail environment design, on-premise and off-premise, activation programs, package designs, merchandising / displays / collateral, and walking brands. In addition, it provides interactive marketing services, such as digital marketing strategies, segmentation/profiling/consumer analysis, user experience strategies and designs, digital content and creative development, digital branding, Website/micro-site development, online campaign development, technology strategy, application development, systems implementation, and digital relationship strategy and management. Specialties: marketing, advertising, digital, crm, ecrm, e-crm, interactive, shopper, retail, activation

Summary: Engaged with cross functional client stakeholders on full lifecycle projects to define, design, implement, and support critical online initiatives My Clients: General Motors, McDonalds, Eileen Fisher, Life Uniform, Burton Snowboards, LeapFrog, Wynn, Badcock & More Home Furniture, Lonely Planet, Francesca's Collections, MenardsRoles: Lead Business Analyst, Product Development

Acquity Group delivers award-winning, tailored solutions to elevate brands and businesses by maximizing the digital channel. Acquity Group’s innovative strategy, marketing & design, IT planning, and commerce & content services are the cornerstone of effective digital communication for today’s leading brands. Acquity Group is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in Irvine, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Overland Park, KS; Scottsdale, AZ; and Dallas, TX. Contact us at www.acquitygroup.com to help define a unique perspective for your business.Industry Categories: -Primary: Management Consulting-Secondary: Consulting-Other: IT Consulting, Graphic Design, Business and Digital Strategy, eCommerce, Enterprise Content Management, Enterprise Portals, IT Governance/Operations, Project and Portfolio Management Enterprise Application Integration, Interactive Marketing, Managed Services, Recruiting & Staffing.