Strategy, operations, due diligence, product management, and innovation consultant to corporate and investment management clients.

Consultative role supporting division executives on product portfolio growth, retention, and strategic initiatives:• Conducted strategy assessments and competitive landscapes for key portfolio growth conferences and new launches, including long-range product planning• Pioneered recession preparedness analysis for business resilience – imperative to mitigate COVID-19 impact• Prescribed value-driving actions to improve exhibitor retention, led investigation of key drivers and prioritized actions, resulting in an 8-point retention increase• Spearheaded exhibitor product inventory and pricing analysis• Discovered trends in incentive over-allotments to recapture $1M/year revenue per conference• Led joint effort to create a competitive intelligence shared data repository • Advised Conference executives on miscellaneous topics requiring a data-driven, consultative, dispassionate analysis• Collaborated broadly across global teams, building strong partnerships with 150+ colleagues

“Intrapreneur” role within Deloitte's product incubator, leading transformational product and service creation with start-ups and cross-functional teams of experts to reshape centuries-old professions (accounting, tax) using digital tools, cloud, AI, data science, and analytics. Synthesized innovation theory, strategy principles, and practical technology. My responsibilities spanned three areas:1. Product management• Formulated, articulated, and executed product strategy; defined product roadmaps, including PoCs and MVPs• Led design and implementation of digital applications using AI, ML, NLP, RPA, Data Science, and Analytics • Managed requirements and priorities; built products that delight users, inspired by design-driven philosophy• Product highlight: Award-winning legal contract review AI tool instrumental in largest corporate spinoff of 20152. Technology provider management and team leadership• Led teams of experts (analysts, data scientists, engineers, visual designers) to build software products and services• Evaluated solution providers and technologies; conducted vendor assessments and authored technology landscapes• Collaborated with tech provider executives (typically, CEO and CTO of software start-ups or SVPs of larger vendors)• Recruited, screened, and interviewed data science team candidates; mentored new hires and nurtured teams3. Business development and change management• Developed business cases; created revenue and profit forecasts; expanded solutions to new use cases and BUs• Led product pilots and deployments; engaged with 25-100 stakeholders per program; educated and guided users• Created impactful presentations on product strategy and business value for senior executives (including C-level)• Promoted innovative business ideas, technologies, and approaches within a large organization (100,000+ staff)

Consulted on strategy, operations, and technology to top U.S. and global organizations, leading teams of 2 to 8 consultants.Project highlights:1) Managed 8-person agile software development team building digital app store integrations for Fortune 100 high tech client (collaborating with teams across 4 continents)2) Advised top non-profit organization on the infrastructure to support a comprehensive digital marketing strategy (web, email, search, mobile, and social), working directly with the CIO3) Facilitated complex digital curriculum product creation for growth-stage educational software provider (conducted product visioning & prioritization workshops with executives, product owners, educators, curriculum developers, visual designers and engineers)4) Developed an online advertising product market offering, including opportunity definition, domain expert interviews, market research, solution design, architecture, and transition to implementation team5) Led business process design team on omni-channel digital commerce project for major retailer6) As Summer Associate in 2010, advised multinational conglomerate on IT strategy, organization, and governance.

Growth-oriented, consultative role reporting directly to COO & President of growth-stage digital media startup. Projects included advertising revenue analysis, detailed web traffic projections per product vertical, reporting on KPIs, financial analysis, content effectiveness analysis, competitive research, and BOD meeting preparation.

Led team and held primary responsibility for delivering a high-traffic, multi-vendor eCommerce solution for major retailer through development and launch. Advised client executives on best practices, program management, quality control, and roll-out strategy.

Built post-sales software solutions for key customers of leading eCommerce solution provider (acquired by Oracle), growing in responsibility from Developer to Technical Lead:• Led integration and customization efforts; managed quality and enhancement requests; trained business users• Formulated repeatable process for project transitions to the support team• Mentored 3 junior engineers, focusing on technical and project management skill development

Created, organized, and delivered curriculum for introductory programming and database courses to a diverse audience. My main pedagogical goal was to offer busy professionals interested in programming an option to familiarize themselves with the subject in less time and at a fraction of the cost in comparison with traditional professional development programs.

Completed competitive product development lifecycle rotation through 4 departments:• User Interface – Designed and implemented high-visibility UI features and reporting tools• Integration – Developed new product API; demoed features at business user conference• Quality Assurance – Led meetings among US developers and India-based test engineers• Release Engineering – Streamlined product control framework and developed a software update utility

Led study sections, exam reviews, and practical workshops for Harvard Extension School's "Computer Science E-1: Understanding Computers and the Internet." The course pioneered online/distance and hybrid education: in 2005, it was offered publicly as a podcast for the first time, gaining ~10,000 subscribers in the first term (predating MOOCs by several years).

Selected out of ~5,000 undergraduates to serve as sole student employee for IT Support Center (2001 – 2003) and Network Security Group (2004 – 2005). Monitored large multi-campus computer network, analyzed intrusion scans, enforced security policy, and solved problems for university-wide community of professors, students, and staff.

Taught math to 6th-to-10th graders (while still in high school myself)