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Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Promoted to develop and subsequently lead a customer-centric core vertical focusing on meal, grocery, and convenience delivery, as well as ride-hailing, taxi, and micromobility sharing platforms.• Identified Mapbox’s market fit for logistics providers with a <36 hour order-to-fulfillment sequence’s geospatial needs. Secured staffing and implemented a consultative, multi-functional customer engagement strategy capturing an $11.0M contract to replace DoorDash’s entire geospatial stack, growing total Mapbox company revenue by 3%.• Replicated and scaled the winning processes to increase total existing vertical revenue by 72.5% ($2.5M) through increased targeted engagement of existing customers outside of renewal sequences, as well as expanding new customer adoption by 19.1% across the vertical.• Defined the vision, strategy, and business case to launch the On-Demand Logistics vertical and transformed that into well-defined product roadmaps, requirements, and go-to-market motions, resulting in On-Demand Logistics being the second vertical selected for major Mapbox investment.• Boosted community engagement by serving as the voice of the product for Mapbox’s Developer Conferences and industry panels to audiences including C-suite and potential customers.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Functioned as the Head of Logistics APIs—two levels above hired position—for a Series D→E company. Managed 7 developers, 3 production APIs, 2 beta APIs, and several alpha trials.• Grew legacy API revenue by 38.4% by implementing an account-based go-to-market program.• Increased adoption of the Optimized Trips v2 API from 9 to over 1300 participants by implementing a customer intimacy and awareness campaign.• Expanded into the Business Intelligence (BI) and Internet of Things (IoT) markets by implementing a new channel strategy that natively integrates Mapbox Logistics APIs such as Isochrones into Snowflake Native, Tableau, and Qualcomm Aware ecosystems.• Launched Matrix API with enhanced routing engine, MapGPT integrated AI for logistics, and time-aware Isochrones including go-to-market, beta testing, and several large-customer proofs of concept.• Led API product strategy, management, and execution. Defined a clear, committed, and flexible product roadmap; drove adoption and revenue objectives and key results.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Managed the development and scaling of new product initiatives across Verizon’s geospatial verticals: the consumer Mapquest.com, API platform, and several emerging location technologies.• Saved $12.8M annually in utility pole survey costs for the 5G network build-out by defining and launching a 0→1 street-view Computer Vision AI and Machine Learning geolocation product.• Directed the development of Verizon's $110M, 5-year strategic plan for location services.• Led the product strategy and business case development for 3D mapping, consumer loyalty, Digital Space Management, inclusion and accessibility mobility, and next-generation geospatial products.• Created a scalable New Product Development methodology that balanced the best features of Agile Software Development with the realities of budget and delivery schedule.• Increased operational velocity by implementing rigorous, quantitative, and repeatable processes for make/buy/partner decision making; financial and pricing modeling, positioning and strategy; technical tradeoffs; and supplier selection.• Managed business-wide initiatives to train the workforce in 5G fundamentals, Design Thinking and Playing to Win frameworks, and mentored the Product Management and Marketing teams.

Arlington, Va, Us

Functioned as a Director, leading product management for the $154M environmental software vertical, encompassing a $5.0M budget and 13 cross-functional employees in a matrixed organization.• Designed and launched a commercial go-to-market strategy for Raytheon’s AWIPS/uFrame™ environmental forecasting software, scaling existing products into the commercial weather prediction market resulting in a 98% annual Return on Investment (ROI).• Directed the 5-year strategic planning process for the $380M Navigation & Environmental Solutions business unit. Led market research, competitive intelligence, benchmarking, financial modeling, M&A and partnering strategy, and consensus building within the C Suite.• Designed and implemented the business’s product roadmaps, value proposition, R&D prioritization and budgeting, systems architecture, and technical tradeoffs.• Selected as a “High Potential” employee — the top 2% of Raytheon Company’s managers.

Arlington, Va, Us

Increased annual recurring revenue by $186.6M by winning 2 logistics Software as a Service (SaaS) contracts with new customers in previously unaddressed markets. Led outbound product management for the expansion of Raytheon's logistics software and technical services business. Managed a remote, international, cross-functional product team of 9 employees and 5 commercial partners.

Arlington, Va, Us

Developed the go-to-market strategy and product roadmap for 4 new Artificial Intelligence-based Immigration Control & Identity Management software products. Optimized the business development budget by developing and implementing a quantitative market analysis methodology.

Washington, Dc, Us

Selected over 34 peers to serve as program manager for the calibration and certification of intelligence collection systems for the Atlantic Submarine Fleet, leading 60 senior technicians. Delivered 100% coverage of sensors for 11 deploying submarines despite a 25% decrease in funding; awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for outstanding performance — the top 3% of the organization.

Washington, Dc, Us

Held positions of increasing responsibility directly managing USS Parche’s at sea, in port, and shipyard operations, leading cross-functional teams of over 28 Officers and Sailors. Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the Navy Unit Commendation, and 2 Navy Achievement Medals for 2 unsupported missions of national-level tasking and the decommissioning of USS Parche.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Concentrations In Finance (Corporate Track) And Manufacturing & Technology Management

Education record

B.S., Organizational Leadership And Supervision

High School Diploma