Investing in and helping to build the world of tomorrow, todayAt Factory, you can find me:* Working with portfolio companies* Helping drive successful investments* Incubating new ideasReach out to learn more and connect!

Exploring new solutions to pressing problems. (Vehicle for advising and investing in startups and for certain special projects. Not affiliated with Factory.)

Our mission: To plan, promote and sustain a connected hiking, cycling, and equestrian trail on the ridgelines around San Francisco Bay—linking people, parks and open space for today and future generations.Today, there are over 400 miles connected of a planned 550.Find out more about how you can hike, bike, and ride the trail -- and how you can contribute and volunteer -- @ https://ridgetrail.org/

Led commercial product team, responsible for things like:* Customer and partner data ingress/egress of 3B+ data payloads across 200M+ emergencies annually* Workflow engine and communications automation platform to enable intelligent, real-time action* End-user SaaS products for both public safety and B2B users; developer toolchains for everyone from IoT device makers to computer-aided dispatch systems operatorsHelped mission-driven teams drive impact and business outcomes.

Led teams and helped build company with my roles focusing on product, strategy, and whatever else it took to build the business. In most recent role, brought Product, Design, and Data Science teams together to ship products to optimize decision making for commercial fleet routing and city assets.Our work involved large-scale spatial data processing and algorithmic optimization of transportation operations, policy, and markets to deliver new outcomes for commercial fleets, cities, airports, riders, and their communities.Joining as employee #1 meant no company-building job too big or too small. Some highlights:- Foundational contributions to API specs and architecture now used by >150 cities and companies globally to manage mobility, from vehicles like scooters, taxis, and trucks to assets like curbs and IoT sensing devices.- Designed and launched products including developer APIs, SaaS analytics and administration tools, and mobile applications for cities and fleets. Translated 1B+ API calls from 100,000+ vehicles and sensors into outcomes for efficiency, equity, and economics.- Helped drive Seed and Series A fundraising process resulting in >$33M equity financing.- Direct product lead for Lacuna data science and machine learning research components that used 100+ inputs to optimize city and fleet decision making, unlocking >30% productivity gain opportunities.- Led and supported sales processes to win first customers while managing complex government procurement and contracting; negotiated complex business, operating, and technical partnerships.- Hired, grew, and coached a great team of PMs and designers while building software with real impact.Previous responsibilities included:- Sr Director, Strategy, Business Operations, Partnerships- Director of Product Management- Director of Business Development- Head of Getting Stuff Done departmentLacuna ceased operations in July 2023.

Led design of new end-to-end Search experience for strategic category, coordinating product, business, and design stakeholders; aligned with future of Search to shape roadmaps over 24+ months, supported by customer insights.Separately launched experiment to improve media searches, affecting millions of customers; led design and product strategy and coordinated development and business efforts.

Created lasting impact as a trusted advisor to clients in technology, telecommunications, payments, and logistics sectors. Focused on product growth strategy and experience design, solving problems at the intersection of the creative and quantitative.Responsible for leading successful execution and project management, managing and coaching teams, and working closely with senior clients and partners to deliver impact. Clients included Fortune 50 internet services and platforms, mobile OEMs, telecommunication providers, retailers, and logistics platforms in U.S., Canada, U.K., and beyond.Enhanced corporate citizenship as a chair of global racial & ethnic diversity employee group. Set agenda, managed budget, and developed global team of colleagues committed to advancing inclusion. Served as local sustainability leader.

People Operations Intern (Mountain View, CA) Summer 2010Google Campus Ambassador (New Haven, CT) 2009-2010Online Sales Operations Intern (San Francisco, CA) Summer 2009Policy & Legislative Affairs Intern (Washington, D.C.) Summer 2008

• Independently conducted qualitative fieldwork in Beijing, China on topics around digital youth.• Research and collaboration with subject specialist led to authoring and publication of MSR Tech Report (MSR-TR-2010-60). “Chinese Youth and the Social Web: Identifying Patterns and Trends.”

Digital Natives Project