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Kingston, Ny, Us

Work From Anywhere, Remote, Oo

Contractor for the Toptal talent network.

Contracting (via SteppeChange) as Technical Product Lead for the Choreograph Occasions Graph platform, an audience targeting and data segmentation application utilizing zero PII. Audience segments are defined via spatial-temporal cells that determine the activity at a particular place and time. Occasions Graph is an end-to-end platform that combined audience creation and targeting, brief creation, activation across multiple DSPs, and reporting at a spatial and temporal map visualization level.

Tempe, Az, Us

Contracting as Product Lead (via Toptal agency) for the Pocket initiative, a blockchain, SSI and verifiable credential solution for storing learner’s skills and learning records. Leading the project as Pocket initiative product and engineering manager in developing PRDs, roadmaps, information architecture, and JIRA issues. Support the UX and Storytelling teams in their deliveries, and participate in many standards initiatives, including Open Skill, Open Badges, and the Comprehensive Learner Record.

London, Gb

Head of Product for a UK based startup that is a leader in the nascent Data Ecosystems market. Built a team of product managers and UX designers. Created all prioritized roadmaps in conjunction with clients and business stakeholders. Oversaw the signing of two major fortune 500 companies as customers, a formal product launch, and a successful series A funding round.

Product Manager for Ad Tech and Mar Tech applications, including a retargeting and audience targeting application developed with the AppNexus API, and the next gen of the Sellpoints landing page optimization app, both stand-alone and integrated into the Syndigo platform.

New York, Ny, Us

Director of Product for the CORE technology group, which includes the analytics platform and key dynamic creative technologies. Executed the design and development of release of key features that has enabled the company to take a commanding competitive technology lead. Responsible for all 1st and 3rd party Audience/Cross Device/Feed integrations as well as internal Decision Engine targeting, analytics pipeline, and client reporting. Lead adoption of JIRA and other Agile development processes and road mapping. Served on IAB Dynamic Content and OpenData specs.

San Francisco, California, Us

Director of Product Management and UX at LifeStreet Corporation, a digital marketing startup. Principle information architect, designer, and development manager for LifeStreet’s cloud-based in-house digital ad creation, management and testing platform. A principle contributor in the development and launch of the #1 in-app ad-based revenue platform on Facebook. Developed reporting and analytics capable of handling terabytes of data daily.

Pleasanton, California, Us

Employee #25 at Dave Duffield’s (founder of PeopleSoft) new cloud-based SaaS Enterprise Startup. UX Designer for the first generation of the Workday HR product. Pushed the initiative to adopt HTML5 for the UI platform (Flex was eventually adopted instead).

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Senior UI Designer for an operational analytics startup. Visual and interaction design for the dashboard monitoring front end as well as the Eclipse based IDE. Offered Director of UI Engineering position prior to departure to Workday.

Austin, Texas, Us

Senior Interaction designer in the Tools and Technology group at PeopleSoft. Designed and supported variety of applications and development tools, including the design of next-generation spreadsheets, tree-controls, charts, and other structured data presentation. Wrote design specifications, use cases, and usability test scripts. Lead cross-department design teams to create final functional and technical feature specifications.

Designed, formatted and wrote highly technical documentation, both paper and online, for several clients. Created advanced Microsoft Word templates with redesigned menus, dialogs, and automation. Clients included American Airlines, Electric Power and Research Institute, and GDI. Designed interface and functionality for data input applications on the PalmPilot for Tescina, Inc.

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Senior Designer and Product Manager for the Clickmarks Enterprise Suite, a set of Windows and Web-based applications designed to provide non-invasive connectivity between many types of devices and platforms. Responsible for the specification of all aspects of the interface and new features for Clickmarks Studio, a portlet and web service creation application, as well as a complete usability and interface review and overhaul. Used Visual Studio to design, test, and implement interface and functional changes. Designed and helped implement HTML and Java based portals. Designed and implemented SMS, MMS and Locations services application creation for Via Vodafone. Responsible for bug and feature tracking, resource allocation, and release scheduling. Created and maintained product roadmaps and documented product development cycle processes.

Sole product designer for the SigmaPlot family of products for Windows platform systems. Responsible for the specification of all aspects of the interface and new features. Coordinated with product managers, and manage programmers, technical writers, and testers in the design, implementation, and verification of new and upgraded product interfaces and features. Product manager for specialty projects involving off-site expert consultants and multimedia productions. Established design and development guidelines and procedures for a successful incremental development process. Produced VB sample macros, documentation, and code. Created and administered user forums contributing to design direction and feedback.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Product manager and designer for several AutoCAD 2000 features. Participated in customer site visits and facilitated usability testing. Worked closely with project management, QA, and developers in feature refinement and completion. Responsible as a key customer contact during alpha-gold testing period.

Managed several senior technical writers and documentation projects, both on and off site. Designed and wrote paper and online documentation for advanced scientific software using desktop publishing and other authoring tools. Managed individual documentation projects, interfacing with software engineers, graphic artists, management, and print vendors.

Managed computer hardware company technical support department. Handled customer service and support on and off site, wrote and published product documentation, repaired hardware.

San Diego, California, Us

Customer service and support for computer software on several microcomputer platforms, including IBM, Apple, Amiga, and Atari.

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Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

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