Communication Chair 2022-2025Engagement Chair 2021-2022Asst Engagement Chair 2020-2021

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Acquired by Penn National Gaming in 2018.Absolute Games took over operations for all social (non-real money, non HWC) games at Penn.

Explored opportunities in Virtual Reality. Built a working prototype of a 3D stereoscopic camera that could record and live stream video. Partnered with a design-build factory in Shenzhen to co-develop the camera for production. Part of the Infiniti IoT Accelerator program in HK.hellopeer.io

Acquired by BootsnAll.GeckoGo was an angel-funded travel website and winner of the 2009 Facebook fbFund incubator program, chosen from over 400 companies. Launched in 2007, it grew into an active community of over 2M+ members. GeckoGo was also on Facebook under the name Travel Brain (2nd largest map application on Facebook). It was featured on ABC News,Techcrunch, Budget Travel Magazine and Mashable. Product development / Product management- Managed all aspects of product development from concept to release and ongoing optimization.- Identified, analyzed and prioritized new features. Set up a story-driven feature roadmap. - Engaged in iterative, metrics-driven hypothesis testing and development.- Developed wireframes, created user interfaces, analyzed data and conduced usability tests.- Increased user contribution rates to 5x industry standard.- Ongoing quantitative and qualitative analysis for competitive market and industry opportunities.Business development- Established an exclusive partnership with UK guidebook publisher, Bradt Travel Guides.- Negotiated with other travel sites to produce customized data feeds and widgets.- Engaged in co-marketing and media initiatives with travel suppliers and operators as a low-cost customer acquisition channel.- Developed SEO link exchange partnerships.Founder responsibilities- Built a team, including recruitment of co-founders and hiring.- Successfully raised angel funding. Involved in ongoing investor management.- Headed public relation campaigns. Key liaison to journalists and media.- Managed day-to-day business tasks including cash flow, payroll, accounts payable/receivable- Represented GeckoGo as a speaker on several entrepreneur panels.- Acted as a community manager to all GeckoGo and Travel Brain community members.

- Management of multiple skin care segments with full P&L responsibility.- Oversaw an average of 3-4 product launches and 6-8 promotions per year.- Launched and grew product franchise to a #1 market share position for the skincare market. Followed up with 110% growth 2nd year and 46% in the 3rd year. Product launch used as a best practice case study for other countries worldwide.- Created a Canada-specific suncare line. Worked with laboratories in France and the Scientific Affairs department to create products. - Turned around a declining suncare product line from a double-digit loss to a #1 best-selling position by dollar share.- Oversaw TV and print advertising. Approved all media buys.- Responsible for 3-year plans including choosing launch products, developing promotions, forecasting, budgeting, brand evolution and growth.- Delivered National sales presentations to the entire division of 50+. - Responsible for motivating the sales force and developing sales kits and tools for the team.- Partnered with Châtelaine (Canada’s largest women’s magazine) on several online initiatives.- Coached and managed summer interns.