I am a multidisciplinary leader, operator, and consultant working across sectors with startups to established companies, universities, and media productions. I leverage my two decades of experience helping organizations design, operationalize, and iterate growth and transformational strategies for software products, experiential media, and research commercialization.How I typically work:COMPANIES: Full-time, fractional exec/consultant, advisor/NED, and occasional angel investorUNIVERSITIES: Leading industry facing innovation collaborations and labs, sponsored research, and research commercializationPRODUCTIONS: Designing, collaborating, and producing IRL experiences, immersive narratives, and other forms of tech enabled mediaFocus Areas:B2C & B2B productsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Immersive (VR/AR/XR) content & softwareDigital / IRL entertainmentGaming & in-game commerceBlockchainHighlights:I've helped organizations in an operational capacity bring in $100s of millions of dollars by launching new international markets, forge billion-dollar strategic partnerships, address regulatory hurdles, hire 100s of people, develop diverse teams and talent, and exponentially increase MRR/YRR by optimizing operations, product strategy, and scaling business processes.Employe 218 at Uber whose work continues to touch every single trip. I helped the business scale from 25 to 600+ cities by leading bottom-line growth focused strategic partnerships, operations, and product.Started working in immersive technologies (VR, AR, XR) in 2014. I led Blippar's evolution from an AR media agency to a platform as a service (PaaS), built one of the best product development teams on the planet, forged strategic partnerships, and oversaw the post-acquisition integration of Layar. Founding Director of the Media + Emerging Technology Lab (METL) at UNC School of the Arts (UNCSA). Notable firsts in the institution's history: first acceptance into SXSW (2022), most significant/longest partnership between UNCSA and Winston-Salem State University, and am the largest recipient of funding from non-scholarship grants and sponsored research ($1M+). Participated on the design committee for New Mukaab, to help take experiential entertainment, dining and retail to new levels and redesign Riyadh's urban center as part of Saudi Vision 2030.Co-designed and leading Edgeworks at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a first-of-its-kind UNL initiative to integrate media arts with scientific research and industry facing collaborations.
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