I took a sabbatical year to take in the personal milestones and relocation that I hadn't properly been able to enjoy while working through the pandemic. This afforded me much needed time for travel, outdoor adventuring in the #PNW, volunteer work, art museums, and house projects.

• Defined and executed on a product vision for client-driven custom map development, resulting in 40-80% improvements in key performance metrics. Contributed to empowering designers and powering collaboration across silos.• Led three to six client projects with contract values ranging from $10K to $1.6M, delivering seamless and accurate delivery forecasts and software solutions, driving customer satisfaction and revenue growth.• Managed a team of 12 employees to prioritize problem-focused areas and define clear, measurable goals. Delivered impactful products to the market, enhancing user experience and business success.• Developed design systems, libraries, and/or map aesthetics to align with brand guidelines, ensuring that work products were durable and maintainable long beyond the contract period.• Guided teams in creating tools using React, JavaScript, Node, Amazon S3, Mapbox, and Maplibre, leading to a streamlined workflow and improved collaboration across the organization.• Consistently recognized as a top performing manager based on program efficiency, client satisfaction, and renewals.

• Co-created service offerings around custom dashboards and charting solutions, base map design, and data product strategies; provided expert guidance on navigating the geospatial product industries.• Led the creation of compelling RFPs resulting in a substantial increase in successful bids, and driving business growth.• Shaped a dozen successful data visualization and mapping projects based on client goals and thoughtful creative direction.

• Led the identification and execution of data visualization projects for retail traffic modeling, delivery logistics, and energy transition on behalf of diverse clients, resulting in project efficiency and driving better customer experiences.• Provided expert guidance on navigating the map services industry; developed custom strategies.• Translated technical requirements into meaningful deliverables to inform consulting contracts.

• Championed a multi-scale global mapping platform that is now integrated into Facebook and Instagram product families, leading to an enhancement in platform functionality and a substantial rise in user adoption.• Developed strategies to manage and ingest geodata sources, leading to reductions in modeling errors. This resulted in a seamless and efficient processes, enhancing transparency and customer confidence.• Drove a product roadmap that resulted in a successful product launch 4 months ahead of schedule.Led a team of three to five cartographers and consultants within an engineering team.• Established and optimized QA protocols for updates, maintenance, and feedback, leading to a noticeable improvement in issue resolution and overall product performance.

• Spearheaded technical leadership on building out and supporting rendering configurations for Apple Maps on all Apple platforms globally.• Defined and executed strategies to integrate cartographic thinking within engineering, data, and design teams, leading to improved map experiences.• Defined and enforced style guidelines across all devices and operating systems, set new code review benchmarks, and streamlined asset pipelines; leading to enhanced problem-solving capabilities within technological and cartographic constraints.

• Designed and delivered engaging course lectures for graduate and undergraduate students on map making fundamentals and GIS data management.• Created novel exercises and curriculum to familiarize GIS students with digital cartography.• Collaborated with other instructors to ensure curriculum continuity across courses, leading to a seamless learning experience for students.

• Crafted product vision through narrative and visual storytelling based on pubically available or licensed data.• Developed ETL scripts and technical documentation, streamlining data processes and improving public awareness of product capabilities.• Collaborated with prospective customers to understand their product requirements, resulting in increased accuracy of product recommendations.• Defined procedures for sampling and summarizing marketing, demographic and geographic data, leading to improvements in data reliability and meta-data management.

• Collaborated across local government agencies on successful integration and data visualization for modeling energy efficiency and health indicators in the urban built environment.• Contributed to collection, maintenance, and distribution of geographic data across city agencies and through open data portals, improving public access to city-owned data.• Created an interactive map of SF pedestrian high-injury corridors, named among best government open data releases of 2012.