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San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Founding PM and Head of product for a SaaS collaborative learning platform (Enterprise L&D, training firms, and Higher Ed). Led product strategy and built a high-performing product organization, scaling the platform to serve global enterprise customers. Drove innovation and growth to position the company as the leader in cohort learning and skill development.- Defined, drove stakeholder alignment, and executed product vision, strategy, and roadmap, leveraging data-driven insights to achieve 20x ARR growth, over 90% retention, and a 30% improvement in NPS.- Built Product Management from the ground up to a six-member team. Led, retained, and coached the team to deliver outcomes through continuous discovery and delivery.- Led the Generative AI strategy and delivered features to transform into an AI-powered platform to drive automation and improve user experience.- Owned strategy and launch of 0 to 1 products to expand TAM/SAM, provide new customer value, and drive revenue growth through go-to-market campaigns.- Transformed team process and topology to an outcome-driven product team model, increasing the velocity and quality of new releases, delighting customers, and meeting KPIs.- Collaborated with the executive team on M&A strategy and build vs buy decisions, including getting business cases approved for funding new investment

San Francisco, California, Us

Head of product for NovoEd, and education technology startup focused on social learning experiences that bring the best of in person and workshop learning online. Own all of product management for NovoEd's web and mobile products. NovoEd is used to transition from in person to online learning in corporate leadership & development, executive education, training firms, and non-profits via MOOCs.- Defined requirements and launched a Mobile App to support learning from anywhere- Led product transition from product sold for initiatives to a true enterprise-grade SaaS product with an annual subscription

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Promoted to Executive Vice President of Privis Health (formerly known as Acupera). Broad responsibilities across the company including product, strategy, business development, and sales. Leading special projects including a data quality initiative and strategy development for CMS programs and regulations. Successfully responded to and advanced several RFPs. Successfully drove customer contracting process, Statements of Work, and partnership agreements with multiple companies

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Led product management and QA for a cloud-based population health and care management platform. Partnered with C-suite executives to drive product strategy and engineering to scale the platform and bring innovative solutions to market. - Built product management and QA from the ground up, hiring, mentoring, and coaching teams- Defined product strategy and roadmap working with industry leaders for a 0-1 product launch of a care management and population health platform and grew adoption from one to multiple enterprise customers- Led Agile process transformation in collaboration with the VP of engineering, optimizing team velocity and fostering continuous delivery for 50% improvement in time to market and 100% improvement in quality

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Interim lead for customer implementation at Privis Health (formerly Acupera), a cloud-based Population Health and Care Management platform, while also holding my normal role as VP of Product Management . Successfully built a customer implementation team from the ground up. Lead recruiting, directly managed, and provided leadership to customer implementation. included recruiting and managing project managers, business analysts, customer implementation engineers, and customer support. Built teams from the ground up to drive successful releases and implementations at multiple customers, including Montefiore CMO.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Lead Product Management for Privis Health's (formerly Acupera) cloud-based population health and care coordination applications. Was both a hands on product manager, taking the product owner role for the core platform and application teams, while simultaneously growing a product management team to help the organization scale.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for launching Healthline's (now Talix) new HIT Data Solutions product line of Healthcare Big Data Analytics, NLP, and content analytics products. Included market research to identify market problems, developing MRD to define business cases and product direction, working with business development to develop strategic partnerships, and leading the development of new applications from conception to release through a lean agile process. Healthline's HIT business is now Talix.- Developed business case and requirements for an HCC Risk Adjustment app, which became Talix’s core product.- Owned 0-1 product launches for population health analytics and readmission risk apps, expanding TAM/SAM- Defined product requirements & led agile development of the Health Data Engine platform, including data aggregation, NLP, clinical rules engine, & analytics, resulting in 50% faster time-to-market for new products.- Created a $100+ market opportunity and led a cross-functional team to launch an enterprise semantic search product for healthcare and life sciences

New York, Ny, Us

Wear multiple hats including sales engineering, solution architecture, program management, and product management for Healthline’s HIT business unit.• Successfully led small team to built prototype Content Analytics and Enterprise Search product to win major new deal and expand HIT product line• Worked with executive leadership to help define HIT product strategy in Healthcare data analytics market• Work with business development and account management to land new business, including designing client solutions using Healthline products and technology platform• Define requirements for productization of APIs and technology components for reuse across client projects• Work with engineering teams and program managers to define requirements and architect solutions for clients• Program Management for key development projects

Co-founded a web/mobile software startup. Built and launched an enterprise local analytics and marketing platform, before pivoting to a consumer content/social product with a mobile/tablet focus.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Part-time contractor to determine business strategy for Blackboard Xythos products• Completed full strategy review of Xythos business and made proposal presentation to CEO and executive leadership team• Collect data and analyze on market and client sentiment• Analyze business financials and model different scenarios moving forward• Meet with clients and partners to get input on product strategy• Create product roadmap to maximize client retention and growth in key market segments

Lead product management at an early stage startup (employee #6) in the Social Media Marketing/Brand Loyalty space. Responsible for requirements gathering, driving product strategy, sales engineering, and product marketing. Drove launch of a new product line from conception to release, leading to shift in business strategy. • Successfully drove desired user behavior and adoption based on usability reviews, analytics, and A/B testing• Build, prioritize, and maintain product roadmap, backlog, and manage agile development process• Interact with clients and prospects to understand market problems, product requirements, and ensure client success• Create PRDs, wireframes, and high fidelity mockups for multiple applications (Facebook, web, and mobile)• Research third party products and APIs to design integrations • Competitive analysis, product positioning, and development of marketing collateral and product videos

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Blackboard acquired Xythos Software and I took on dual roles shortly after the acquisition, with full ownership of Xythos products as well as launching the Blackboard Learn Wiki and taking ownership of Blackboard Learn Content Management Module. Had measurable results turning around the Content Management module's performance and launched a new product, Blackboard Drive. • Led cross functional product team through multiple product releases and new product launches • Drove a promotional program with pricing incentives, internal training, sales collateral, and client facing webinars to successfully increase new sales, up sell, and client retention. • Worked with clients globally to develop road-map balancing regional and global needs to drive product success. • Presented and met with clients in US and abroad.

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Senior Product Manager for Xythos. Xythos was acquired by of Blackboard but I held responsibility for Xythos Products as well as taking on responsibility for some Blackboard Learn products a well. Took ownership of full Xythos product line. • Executed launch of new SaaS SMB product and led series of projects to get user insights and drive user adoption • Created internal processes around prioritizing, tracking, and managing business requirements including rolling out SaaS solution internally • Managed and prioritized requirements, owned product roadmap and releases schedule, and developed requirements documents • Managed international Channel Partner Relations with product team (Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, UK)

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Managed Xythos developer program. Responsible for APIs, platform, and client applications. Worked with engineering in US and Czech Republic to deliver products. Helped launch SaaS offering and bring SaaS product through multiple releases. • Coordinated with development and QA teams in San Francisco and Czech Republic to ensure delivery of high quality software • Owned release management process for multiple products • Owned and created content for customer and developer web site, including whitepapers, research notes, and sample code for product customizations

San Mateo, California, Us

Senior Software Engineer working Model N's Government Pricing application. • Developed data intensive enterprise applications with Java, SQL and XML • Interpreted government regulations to determine requirements and design a compliant solution • Enhanced and trained internal and external users on customization language and compiler for the customization of data intensive queries and calculations

Austin, Texas, Us

Senior Software Developer for Oracle Files/Oracle Content Services, a part of the Oracle Collaboration Suite • Built document management, content management, and collaboration tools for information workers solutions using Java, Oracle, XML • Led global development projects coordinating with developers in India and different groups at Oracle.