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* Define and own the product strategy for the Travel Sustainable Program, a winner of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Award * Define and own business unit level KPI's, reporting regularly up to the SVP level* Lead product on multiple GTM's, exceeding ambitious growth targets 2 years in a row* Lead a multidisciplinary team across design, engineering, data science, research, product marketing & legal* Directly manage 1 PM; mentor several others * Drive strategic synergy across departments and crafts* Advise product teams across other Booking Holdings brands (Priceline, Kayak, Agoda) on the integration of our Sustainability products into their customer-facing platforms

* Own end-to-end travel booking products in a two-sided marketplace* Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, researchers and data scientists* Craft and execute on product strategy, providing regular updates at the director level* Develop products used by millions of customers per day; iterating constantly via A/B experiments* Identify emergent user segments; building scalable solutions to capitalize with minimal time to market* Leverage ML to better and more efficiently serve relevant content to a diverse range of user segments* Manage stakeholders across the business, from marketing to account management* Share key learnings across the organization to maximize the value delivered by our teams

New York, Ny

* Worked with executive team to build out product roadmap.* Created framework for ongoing user research and feedback.* Designed high fidelity mockups for v1 of customer-facing digital platform.* Advised in recruiting and onboarding in-house design team.

New York, Ny

* Led definition of new products and platform experience in a two-sided marketplace* Established and maintained product roadmap using agile methodologies* Managed a small team of UX, UI and graphic designers* Collaborated on projects with in-house and remote development teams* Elicited user feedback to ensure alignment with roadmap and vision* Conducted usability testing and user interviews for new products and features* Created wireframes and pixel-perfect mockups with detailed specifications for developers and stakeholders* Leveraged user analytics and session recording to test product hypotheses and measure performanceHighlight: Led product through complete rebrand from Jetaport to Skipper. Acted as point person for product with internal teams as well as outside branding agency. Managed internal effort to apply new brand site-wide.

New York, Ny

* Created wireframes and pixel-perfect mockups with detailed specifications for developers and stakeholders* Conducted usability testing and user interviews for new products and features* Leveraged user analytics and session recording to test product hypotheses and measure performanceHighlight: Redesigned offer submission (RFP) platform experience targeted at hotel group sales managers. Fewer user errors and support requests resulted in 50% decrease in internal cost per booking.

New York, Ny

Led definition of new products, platform experience and marketing strategy. Coordinated product development with business operations and development teams. Created interactive wireframes, user flows and messaging.

New York, Ny

Residency as a UX and product consultant to startup teams at an accelerator named by TechCrunch as one of the top 15 in the US.

Dumbo, Brooklyn, Ny

Worked with Adrianne Wortzel to research and help develop her project, Neural-Lit: To Be or What to Be, an interactive literary piece incorporating the fundamental underpinnings of artificial and biological neural networks.

New York, Ny

Worked with founder/creative director to grow company's internet and social media presence.

New York, Ny

Maintained social media profiles for a high-end design PR firm whose clients included Moleskine, Humanscale, Carnegie and more.

New Brunswick, Nj

Worked with a small academic research team under Dr. Jenny Mandelbaum to codify and analyze qualitative data. Presented findings to the academic community on four different occasions, including the ARESTY and SCILS Research Symposiums.

Cresskill, Nj

Edited aircraft paint schemes; organized and maintained client-facing paint scheme database.

Communication And Media Studies

Bachelor Of Technology, Emerging Media Technologies, Interaction Design

Magna Cum Laude. Concentration in Interaction Design. Received departmental award for the School of Technology and Design.