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Austin, TX, US

Toronto, Ontario, CA

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• Recruited to be CEO by parent company and board consisting of CEO's, a Major League Sport Commissioner and former founders.
• Built 1-800-CARWASH, a mobile car cleaning platform, with 11 pilot clients and 17 investors
• Developed GTM strategy, financial projections, and product and raised $650k in funding at Pre-Seed
• Founded Mobile Technologies, Inc. and secured rights to purchase 1-800-CARWASH brand and assets
• Parent Company & Board pulled before launching. All investor money was returned.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Graduated TechStars NYC cohort (spring ‘21)
• Built personal dev. startup from an idea into 30+ person remote team during pandemic
• Account Manager of 125+ bestselling authors and publishers to create core Book Club product- Authors included: Byron Katie, Ryan Holiday, Nir Eyal, Bill Perkins, Evan Carmichael, and 120 others- Publishers included.
• Crafted foundational content dev. strategy resulting in 76% of users purchasing a 2nd time with MVP
• Created content dev system and managed team of 15 & consistently reducing production time/costs
• Managed, recruited, and/or trained executive team including Product, Marketing, Content, and Sales

Austin, TX, US

• Onnit is a supplement, fitness and wellness company based in Austin, TX. Acquired by Unilever for $350M in 2021.
• Joined Onnit to expand my knowledge of nutrition, movement, and trauma as alternate medicine
• Assisted the operations team to ensure customer orders were fulfilled while keeping product stocked at all times
• Balanced customer and vendor satisfaction through automation while ensuring a human-first touch
• Graduated to become Onnit Academy Certified Trainer in Steel Mace, Durability and Foundations
• Attained Spiritual Wellness Method Level 1 Certification + Wim Hof Breath Work Certified Coach

Chicago, IL, US

• Employee #17, grew monthly parking vertical and left the world’s largest parking reservation platform
• Cultivated national relationships boosting vertical gross revenue from $1M to $13.5M in 2 years
• Senior Project Manager for engineering, design and product sprints, pushing monthly parking into app
• Built cross-functional sales & marketing analytics dashboard to improve acquisition from demand data
• Created pricing model and led product management for SaaS product from idea to shipped in 6 months
• Hired & managed inbound sales team growing qualified leads by 50% with avg. conversion rate of 35%

Chicago, IL, US

• Grew overall supply by 200% in under a year while 3X annual gross sales in under two years.
• Analyzed garage-level, neighborhood, and market data to provide actionable data across all teams.
• Ensured measurement and development of sales, marketing, and engineering as the product expert.
• Created exceptional customer experience through consistent testing, outreach, and CRM tools.
• Developed internship program and mentored interns over two summers.

• During Chicago winter, roommates challenged each other to come up with a company, this was mine
• Launched stand up paddle board business at North Avenue Beach on Chicago’s Lake Michigan
• With no car and only a wagon to transport two 12" boards, over a bridge, I learned many lessons
• Designed program for corporate clients reducing stress, meditating, and exercise all before 7am
• Crafted Facebook ads to increase customer base resulting in multiple reservations per conversion

Chicago, IL, US

• Implemented B2B program for client-side marketing while becoming an industry thought leader
• Authored content and ran web development for a 6 micro sites driving traffic to SpotHero website
• Enforced SEO and keyword optimization resulting in increased search engine results as high as page 1

Chicago, Illinois, US

Learned first-hand that celebrities and sports stars are just human beings and to treat them as such.Worked in a fast-paced environment for two titan personalities, Roe Conn and Richard Roeper.Produced On-Air written material, booked guests and managed the daily schedule downWrote content and organized the station's daily blog and the station's production.

Bristol, CT, US

First "big-boy" job working downtown Chicago at ESPN1000, Chicago's leading sports radio stationWorked directly for Director, Producer and legends, Carmen DeFalco, John Jurkovic and Harry TeinowitzAssisted in the production of each day's rundown and handled the scheduling of guestsSelected out of all interns to develop the show's "Bible" Chicago Bears.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Broadcast Journalism

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