Turso is the open source managed database database offering based on a fork of SQLite, specializing in multi-tenancy and embeddable databases. Try Turso for free at https://turso.tech.

Permit is a full-stack permissions framework helping developers bake access control into their cloud-native applications in minutes. Stop wasting time building permissions from scratch and having to re-build them again and again at scale across complex, distributed applications. Permit leverages the power of open source technology, provides all of the required infrastructure to implement end-to-end permissions and offers an easy to use frontend UI, all out of the box. Try it for free today at Permit.io!

Braze is an end to end customer experience platform designed to connect people to the brands they love. I am excited to join Braze as their new Director of Developer Marketing to build strategy focused around enabling developers to make the most of Braze's technology and offerings. Let's go!

I helped build, grow and nurture the Label Studio Community from around 900 members when I joined to more than 3400 when I left. In addition to managing our social media, including Twitter Linkedin and Youtube, I implemented and ran/hosted biweekly webinar series in the MLOps space + started, curated and wrote our monthly Newsletter on Substack + shared weekly Community Blasts with our Slack Community + designed and ran a new from-scratch Champions program allowing data scientists, data engineers, annotators and Machine Learning developers to earn points for encouraged activities, gain recognition/notoriety and, of course, redeem points for cool exclusive prizes + and much more. I am proud of the work done here and am confident the community surrounding this excellent nascent product is in now in a vibrant place. Heartex has a great team and a fantastic product market fit - it was an excellent early startup experience and I am grateful to the entire team for it.

I managed a global team of world class, brilliant Developer & Creative Advocates focused around Bose AR, an innovative new audio Augmented Reality platform for Bose Wearables. I was also the face of Bose' audio-focused Augmented Reality platform software and thought leadership efforts, frequently giving talks and sitting on panels to forge a new industry lane for AR lead by Bose.Responsibilities Included:-Manage a global team of developer advocates focused on three main programming languages / development environments: iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin + Java) & Unity (C# + JavaScript)-Public face of Bose AR, making the case to the market about a sound-first approach to Augmented Reality and the value proposition for developers of the Bose AR platform-Key stakeholder in product development strategy, go-to-market for the program and tactical execution-Responsible for building, within Bose, new expertise around SaaS Platforms, Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/XR) and robust Developer Ecosystems where none existed previously.-Product and platform development prioritization leveraging existing experience in Product Management to help engineering and product departments operationalize and ship products in a lean, agile and, most importantly, customer-centric way.

I managed a scrappy team of Product Managers within IBM called the Watson Developer Labs, with VR/AR Labs nestled in there. This team was built for the threefold purposes of 1. Strategically creating the next generation of IBM products, platforms & experiences developers love, 2. Enhancing the simplicity and usefulness of existing Watson-led IBM platforms, and 3. Delivering useful tools for our Developer Advocates to leverage in their community engagement and training efforts. We were responsible for three main areas of developer facing initiatives: Developer IncentivizationDeveloper MarketplacesAR/VR Labs

Full Time Employee (FTE) not contractor. Responsible for the creation and execution of strategically scalable programs designed to dramatically multiply developer success on, and adoption of, Google Play as the platform to beat in the mobile space.This includes team building, outreach efforts, online initiatives, in person events-based gatherings (including presence at industry shows), business development and coordination, social media, working with cross functional teams from all over the Google universe, and collaborating with strategic partners to just generally "make it happen."Nestled within the elite Android group, focused on Google Play, this role is truly cross functional and, hopefully, is a bridge for folks looking to find their way into the Google universe.

Managed a fantastic product/developer marketing team responsible for strategy generation and execution at Samsung Developers, MSCA. This included events, social media, branding guidelines, online initiatives, contests, own-branded conferences & initiatives, and developer/enthusiast/hacker press engagement. Also frequently spoke at events worldwide and am interested in re-branding Samsung from a strictly consumer electronics hardware company to one that is seen to be developer friendly and software strong.

Founding member of the HTC Developer Relations team, advocating for HTCDev's products and programs. In this role I ran our developer community, lead parts of the effort to build www.htcdev.com and launched products by speaking onstage to thousands of developers at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, doing press junkets and interviews. I also brought in over 100 Android app companies - everything from small startups, at the time such as Evernote, to large organizations like EA - to build with our value added OpenSense SDK focused around the Scribe pen on the then-pen enabled HTC tablets. And finally I helped organize events, run hackathons, do lots of public speaking and booth manning and swag designing and helped to direct our strategy in any number of other areas. Basically I was ridiculously scrappy - and were a great global team with lots of diverse talent that did a lot of good in a short amount of time.

I was producer and host, co-host and/or frequent guest host of a myriad of shows on ThisWeekIn, a former Jason Calacanis network from which ThisWeekInStartups persists to this day. Those shows included ThisWeekIn Tech, Android, Video Games and more. While there I was responsible for delivering the entire content and associated show run including news stories of the day and even interviews. The highlight of my time there was interviewing Justin Khan when the thing he was most known for was still called Justin.tv (now Twitch) and he hadn't started Khan Academy.

I owned, operated and was the chief engineer for a small web development company working on vanity websites for artists, actors and musicians in the greater Los Angeles area - mostly in flash cs2/cs3 but also html, light html5 with css/javascript elements (and some wordpress & drupl).

Attempting to leverage my Musical Theater Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA, I took a contract as a singer in a four person, all male, barbershop acapella quartet singing on a cruise ship that traveled to more than 35 different countries within the span of less than a year. Specifically I was the bass/barritone anchor responsible for keeping the beat and anchoring the chords. I sang doowop classics and elvis crooner songs but my favorite were the Frank Sinatra pieces I got to croon over. It was quite a singular experience!