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Accomplished C-level executive, board member and advisor working for industry pioneers Google, Pinterest, Fox and Strategic Education, Inc. Currently leading product development for SEI globally developing and launching new products and enterprises by enabling AI to drive innovation and transformation for learners, educators, and employers. Deep understanding of product development, executive leadership, corporate development, operational management, cloud computing, digital advertising, machine learning, and educational technology. Trusted leader with a strong network across venture, private equity, technology, education, media and entertainment enabling the creation of valuable strategic partnerships. High aptitude for emotional intelligence bringing diverse teams together to work collaboratively, communicate authentically and align goals to achieve profitable results. Career achievements include:➤Global Chief Product Officer leading product development and strategy as part of of SEI's executive team. Focused on developing new strategic partnerships, launching products, and driving AI growth across SEI's platform.➤Appointed CEO of Caffeine Studios, JV between Fox and Caffeine. Managed a $65M P&L, directed a team of 30+ professionals, led creator acquisition and production delivering ~100 monthly hours of original live streaming content enabling Caffeine to grow from ~5M monthly users to over 20M in four years.➤Spearheaded and closed Fox's $100M investment in Caffeine in ninety days alongside Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners becoming Fox's entry into gaming and esports. ➤Negotiated and executed a $200M AWS cloud agreement across Fox's platform saving an estimated $22.5M over three years by analyzing usage data by cloud service to secure better pricing.➤Established Pinterest's media partnerships group working with content owners, creators and brands to create unique content for Pinterest helping increase monthly users from 80M to 170M in three years.➤Integrated Google's $3.1B acquisition of DoubleClick's global sales and account teams retaining over 85% of DoubleClick's team helping secure Google's leadership position in digital advertising.➤Launched Google's original AdSense inside sales team growing revenue from $0 to $75M in two years becoming the foundation for one of Google's most long-term profitable divisions. Key skills include:➤Corporate development, product development, strategy, operational design, data application, change management, business development, content acquisition and launching joint ventures.