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Working to revolutionize advertising for retailers and brands!

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for building Amazon's next generation advertising metrics and insights. Utilizing Amazon's unique datasets, I built privacy-first advertising insights that allowed advertisers to reach quantifiably relevant customers that no other advertising platform could.

New York, Ny, Us

-Led a product team that built and managed internal and administrative tooling for the overall Dataminr Platform. Launched 4 new admin and business tools for customers and internal stakeholders leading to thousands of hours in productivity savings for the company and customers. -Responsible for 3rd Party Partnerships and Dataminr's Public API. Launched multiple new partnerships with key vendors in the security space including due diligence on a partnership that led to acquisition.

New York, Ny, Us

- Responsible for setting the strategic product vision, adapting product strategy to business vision with close attention to end user experience.- Responsible for leading product strategy and development for Shutterstock Premier(premier.shutterstock.com), Shutterstock’s enterprise product offering generating $180M in 2019.- Oversaw the completion of multiple revenue-generating and cost-saving product features contributing to nearly 30% YoY growth in revenue including an overhaul of our invoice and credit card processing system, a machine-learning based “authentic” images filter, and many others. - Responsible for all Identity Management including Shutterstock’s accounts service responsible for access, authentication, authorization and user data security for all Shutterstock customers and clients; Shutterstock’s auditing system; Role Based Access Control(RBAC) system; and other supporting services for all of Shutterstock.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Us

Responsible for the 3 teams that managed and built Makerbot's 3 Web software products - Makerbot.com, Thingiverse.com, and Cloud Services. - Designed and launched growth initiatives driving the growth of Thingiverse from 2M active users to 3M active users and doubled the number of registered users within 9 months. - Led the development and launch of Thingiverse Apps, Thingiverse's first developer program, and Thingiverse Eduation, complimenting Makerbot's educator customer base and quickly becoming the largest online source of 3D educational material.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

-Reversed stagnation in Pubmatic's video advertising business growing 3x within 6 months from $2M a year to $6M a year. -Conceived, designed, and executed, in conjunction with UX research, a client-wide study highlighting and pinpointing previously unknown technical challenges restricting the product's growth. Devised and executed on a reversal plan that led to 3x recovery in revenue. -Led cross-functional team in developing one of the industry's first Automated Guaranteed products - an automated and streamlined marketplace for buying digital, guaranteed advertising without middlemen. Defined MVP product feature spec; oversaw UI prototyping and designs; managed development and beta testing; built GTM strategy and plan with product marketing; and participated in industry committee for automated guaranteed standard protocols. -Represented Pubmatic in the Interactive Advertising Bureau to progress programmatic advertising with the digital advertising industry.

New York, Ny, Us

-Successfully deployed 5 mobile and online focused products to the media industry for the purposes of measuring what consumers are watching on mobile phones, tablets, and desktops. -Directly managed all requirements, development timelines, go-to-market strategy, and client SDK deployments in order to successfully begin delivering data to clients including managing budgets of over $9M for the 5 products. -Led and executed the creation of a 40,000 household sample for purposes of measuring mobile activity including development of a client facing mobile app, phone registration process, back-end management systems, and field personnel management systems. -Successfully negotiated and closed over 30 Commercial Software Licensing contracts with clients.

New York, Ny, Us

Participated in Nielsen's 2 year leadership development accelerator for new grads. This consisted of 4, 6-month rorations across the company. Achievements include:-Led the design and development of a Business Performance Dashboard for the International TV Measurement business in 36 countries. The dashboard enabled all levels of leadership and divisions to assess the health of the International Business on a daily basis for the first time. -Product lead for the first measurement of TV viewership on mobile devices during the Sochi Winter Olympics. -Managed a team of 20 associates in the design, development, and testing of a Windows 8 PC computer monitoring software. -Designed an Algorithm for Automatic TV On/Off Detection eliminating the need for manual calibration from field staff. The algorithm received a patent from the US Patent Office with my name as the lead inventor.-Created $300K/year in savings for the Media Business and a 10 minute reduction in cycle time for meter installation in the field.Side Projects:-Completed a research project for the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Council analyzing what the state of the Media Industry will be in 5-10 years.

Falls Church, Va, Us

-Designed motor drive circuitry for Government and Commercial satellites.-Defined key requirements for a common half-bridge motor drive circuit.-Designed a turn-key motor drive circuit for satellites to reduce re-engineering costs.

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-Researched and designed wireless power systems for the consumer electronics industry.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led various job functions relating to the life insurance settlement industry including recruitment of new member companies, reorganization of online database, and overseeing annual member license audit.