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-ADHD & Executive Coaching: I help people and companies grow by drawing on my 10+ years of experience managing people. I act as a sounding board for people to gain more understanding of themselves and their company dynamics, and discover solutions that work for them. I use coaching questions and methods such as GROW to help people develop their strengths, find solutions to issues they’re facing, and achieve their goals. -Attorneys: Drawing on my own experience, I offer executive/leadership coaching for attorneys facing the challenges that come with taking on management roles after law firm practice. I also offer coaching to attorneys interested in finding new roles, both as in-house counsel and in new careers. -General Career Coaching: I also offer career coaching for anyone looking to break into the tech industry.

Ed tech nonprofit offering free online writing tools to low-income K-12 students; to date, Quill.org has served 2.8M+ students.Key member of leadership team with cross-functional scope. Capably led, coached and mobilized 5+ direct reports with responsibility for up to 15 staff spanning marketing, literacy, curriculum development and, at times, product management /design and technology / engineering functions. Reports to Executive Director and the Board.Highlights-Developed and refined hiring and interview processes and led efforts to source, vet, interview and hire as Quill grew from 8 to 21 people. -Mobilized team to support rapid growth of user base from 700K (Aug 2018) to 2+ million (Jan 2020).-Established cadence for performance management and talent development through use of regular 1 on 1s, processes for employee recognition, and implementation of career conversations and other career development opportunities; this led to visible improvements in team morale, productivity and performance and turnover rate decrease from 78% to 15%.-Led adoption of value-driven ethos and work culture via design and execution of off-sites, development of company values and creation of robust Code of Conduct.-Established and maintained key and iterative organizational processes, including product backlog & related kanban board, support, hiring, board preparation, and financial/audit-preparation processes.-Spearheaded first set of Objectives and Key Results.-Supported organizational efforts leading up to a $1.3 million grant from Google AI for Social Good and a $450K grant from The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).-Supported negotiations and worked closely with Executive Director in securing a multi-million-dollar partnership.-Managed accounting function, ushering organization through on-time and successful audits.-Prepared company financials, hiring, legal, audit, office and impact updates for the Board of Directors and presented these at quarterly board meetings.

Promoted from product management role at VC / parent company (1/0 Capital) into Chief Product Officer role at startup Climb Credit. Led development of product strategy across the organization, including developing and maintaining product roadmap and leading the ideation, technical development and launch of all software products. Managed marketing and data science teams. -Executive Strategy & Communications: Planned and led company strategy sessions; prepared and presented investor reports, pitch decks and other externally-facing collateral.-Product Innovation: Performed first market segmentation / product-market fit analysis; introduced product metrics; conducted first user interviews.-Sales & Marketing Analysis: Researched and assessed new verticals for market entry; created lead scoring framework and guide.-Re-designed Climb application and streamlined approval process, drastically improving application Net Promoter Score (NPS).-Managed ROI analyst; led development of standardized ROI calculator, and statistically demonstrated the value of firm’s underwriting.-Implemented first project management software (Asana), and managed launch of Climb’s new financial product (Full Stack) including 100+ items across Climb’s engineering, operations, capital markets, sales, partnerships and data teams.

Product managed internal tool used company-wide, directly oversaw two privacy program managers, and served as senior privacy advisor to multiple teams across Facebook. -Product Managed Internal Launch Tracking Tool: Led every aspect of development from idea to source of truth for Facebook’s management team on 1500+ feature launches. Road-mapped, managed engineers, committed code, and partnered with internal stakeholders to understand unique processes, pain points, and needs.-Data Visualization: In partnership with external studio, drove production of cinematic, award-winning data visualization videos for high-profile events (e.g., Cannes, Davos, SMB launch event).- Drove Privacy XFN Process: Guided product teams on incorporating privacy-by-design into products; advised on legal, policy, communications and marketing implications.-Thought Leadership: Advised executive management on policy and privacy issues for Facebook Messenger, drove consensus among product teams and senior company leaders.-Team Management: Mentored, mobilized and managed 3 team members, including on-boarding 2 new people.

Key member of management team responsible for custom analytics solutions including all stages of reporting, data extraction and legal analysis, market research and competitive analysis, report design and writing, and advising engineering team. Defined company strategy as to intellectual property product offerings and advised engineering team, including providing input as to SaaS product, filing bug report tickets, and improving machine-learning technology. Reported to VP of Product.-Provided Strategic Advice to Board & Company Leadership. As member of management team, was responsible for all research into market space and competitors. Presented to board and worked with CEO and VP of Product to develop board meeting materials and slides for Series A offering that raised $4.8 million.-Managed large team of contractors on study for the government accountability office; study led to three published papers (I served as co-author) and a GAO report cited by the White House.-Presented data and insights and made key recommendations to high-level legal officials at top customers, including Google.-Co-authored paper selected for publication at the Fourteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law. - Machine Learning Innovation: Worked closely with machine learning engineers to train computers to recognize patent trolls.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2158455

Intellectual property litigation and counseling, including patent, copyright, and trademark, with a focus on companies in the Internet search, software, computer hardware, and semiconductor industries.