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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Elevate performance of team of five through transparent leadership and ongoing support while advancing overall design operations and providing sound advice to leadership teams.- Orchestrate priorities for design leaders and their teams as strategic partner, ensuring execution to highest standards.- Accelerate adoption and alignment across Cloud & Network Security as OKR Ambassador and Coach.- Manage Opex budget for international team of 90+ while steering growth and recruitment strategy.- Serve as trusted advisor to Senior Director regarding strategy and communications.

San Jose, California, United States

Drove ideation and execution of forward-thinking UX initiatives to promote human-centered design enhancing customer satisfaction and retention. Conducted extensive research to plan and implement high-impact initiatives across organization.►Encouraged cross-functional leadership prioritization as Program Manager for UX 2.0 (DNA-C on-prem) through collaboration with five UX Leaders to build well-aligned, phased approach.►Organized resource management, measurement, and communication by building UX Tracking & Resourcing System and administrating use by 50+ UX Designers.

San Jose, California, United States

Program-managed UX 2.0 initiative encompassing strategic planning, phased approach, and timeline development. Gathered requirements to determine resource allocations to address conflicts and establish critical deliverables. Evaluated data to uncover opportunities and risks, positively influencing stakeholder decisions.• Expedited project delivery by securing cross-functional support throughout entire organization.• Built trust and solicited feedback for validation or design revisions by presenting UX roadmaps to customers, partners, and internal sales teams.• Spearheaded internal/external weekly Design Thinking workshops to maintain perpetual program alignment with customer and organizational needs.

San Francisco Bay Area

Cisco Design Thinking adapts classic Design Thinking best practices to the unique context of Cisco’s global workforce, heritage, technology portfolio, management culture, and partner and customer relationships. The result is an original Cisco Design Thinking framework that is innovative yet familiar, forward-looking yet approachable. In our first year, our team has opened a new Design Thinking Studio in San Jose, produced a book entitled "Getting Started with Cisco Design: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems — Together," launched an internal website, and developed a training and facilitation program to scale the initiative across the company. Our goal is to make sure that every Cisco team puts users first to create stellar products that solve real problems for regular people.

London, United Kingdom

After working at Fast Track for 5 years, I moved to CSM Events, a new company sitting within Fast Track’s parent company – Chime Sports Marketing. Sainsbury's- Overall accountability for the management of Sainsbury’s account, working with the client to delivery and maximise rights across all sponsorship properties- Planning and delivery of the onsite activation for Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games 2014 at the Olympic Park, working with various event stakeholders to deliver a pop-up merchandise store and activation throughout the park - Management of the branding, activation and hospitality for Sainsbury’s sponsorship of the British Athletics Summer Series, including two annual Diamond League Events o Working with British Athletics to optimize brand exposure at all athletics events o Creating unique bespoke experiential activities to promote the partnership during the events o Delivering hospitality at the London Anniversary Games and Glasgow Grand Prix, including venue scoping, contract negotiation, supplier management, logistics, venue fit out and health and safety- Project managed Sainsbury’s Big Jump, a pop up Long Jump set up in store car parks to raise brand warmth in Scotland during July 2014 Invictus Games - Production Coordinating the Sport Presentation to ensure delivery on time, scope and budget, as well as quality consistency across all venues - Working with multiple stakeholders in sport, technology and venue operations to deliver the in-venue entertainment, while managing contractors and production schedules- Accountable for supplier, contract and budget management across all aspects of the event delivery, reporting weekly to the Invictus Games Community Interest Company board directors

London

Account Manager for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sport Presentation:- Project led the recruitment of 580 skilled individuals to deliver roles such as Producer, Announcer, Presenter and technical crew for the delivery of Sport Presentation across 18 sports - Included all the required scoping of the project, recruitment, scheduling, accreditation, and briefing of all workforce pre London 2012 and full reconciliation of budgets, payroll post event- Fulfilled the role of Production Co-ordinator for Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Games. New Business Development:- Specific role to drive new business opportunities for Fast Track Events (and subsequently Live) interfacing with the Marketing Manager for the group- Led the creation of a supplier and freelance database to deliver consistency in service with the aim to further commercialise our partners and networks- Researching leads, compiling presentations and preparing for pitches for the businessOn Site Event Management:- Support the event team at a number of major events including the BT Paralympic World Cup, Sainsbury’s School Games as a venue manager- This included work with a volunteer workforce as well as on site management of contractors and sports Executive Assistant:- Supporting the Director of Events and day to day operations of the Fast Track Event team - Role included providing support services to the team such as recruitment of freelancers, insurance and contract negotiation

London, United Kingdom

- Acted as the intermediary between the Commercial Director and all department heads from within the Commercial Division- Internal and external relationship management- Preparation of formal and informal presentations to clients, council and board- Organised, created, and provided management for all divisional and departmental meetings as well as social events

London, United Kingdom

- Project Managed high-profile marketing initiatives and events- Oversaw all aspects from conception to conclusion on International projects - Responsible for sourcing venues, staff, suppliers, and general production of large scale events - Brainstormed, pitched and created events and marketing initiatives for new and existing clients

London, United Kingdom

- Maintain diary and managed personal schedule- Manage Madonna’s houses in Los Angeles, London, and New York- Acted as intermediary between Madonna and her accountants, managers, and attorney. - Managed account payables to ensure they were handled in timely manner- Handled all correspondence related to Madonna and her family- Personnel management of house hold staff of ten- Coordinate travel plans and security for promotional tour and other travels - Oversaw Madonna’s children’s academic and extra curricular activities- Ensured all of Madonna’s requests were seen to during travel and while at home- Organized events such as film premieres and parties hosted by Madonna