Engaging in side projects working with data management, analytics, and visualization tools.» Building custom dashboards and data solutions using AWS RDS databases, Retool» Exploring new methodologies and tools for optimizing data pipelines and integrating cloud-based platforms.» Collaborating with small businesses/startups to provide data access, insights and actionable recommendations.

Co-produced, co-hosted, and launched the top-rated podcast focused on Infonautics, the pioneering information technology startup in Philadelphia's suburbs. Delivered unique insights into the company’s innovative journey and culture which helped shape the careers of many of today’s leading technology, marketing, product, and people professionals.Key Achievements» Successfully distributed the podcast across all major platforms, reaching listeners in over 13 countries worldwide.» Co-hosted and co-produced 20+ episodes across 3 seasons, sharing valuable insights and engaging with a global audience.» Responsible for unintentional deletion of podcast episodes. 😬

As part of the Hello Privacy team acquired by Array, I led efforts to enhance data visibility, streamline operations, and drive business intelligence through the development of dashboards, visualizations, and data migration strategies for our privacy product. Collaborated closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to provide critical insights and ensure seamless system integration across departments. Proactively resolved data connection issues and supported financial operations through forensic billing investigations.Key Achievements:» Migrated BI dashboards from AWS Athena to Aurora and transitioned reporting platforms from Looker Studio to Mode Analytics and Domo, improving data accessibility and analysis.» Created visualizations for the privacy product, delivering critical insights into operational health and empowering leadership with actionable data.» Diagnosed and repaired data connection failures across systems, ensuring smooth integration for Growth, Client Success, HR, and Finance teams.» Conducted forensic billing investigations and executed manual billing processes, ensuring financial accuracy and resolving operational discrepancies.

At Gopuff, I improved cross-organization transparency by creating unique tools and solutions for Product Leads to display progress. By streamlining stakeholder communications, I helped to evaluate roadmaps while designing integrated solutions, mentoring teams, and introducing Airtable tools. Key Achievements:» Offered renewed visibility into product and engineering roadmaps, enabling Product Leaders to engage their teams comprehensively; consolidated numerous spreadsheet roadmaps into universal Airtable base solution. » Leveraged new universal roadmap to establish biweekly meetings to update CEOs on roadmap progress; solution reduced stress and churn across the business by instituting steady cadence for roadmap update meetings. » Conducted feasibility research for incubating new products/businesses within the ecosystem; closely partnered with Business, Product, and Operations organizations as part of Strategy team.

My primary role was to continue to lead and maintain the strength of our proprietary food and ingredient data while resolving complex challenges presented by the acquisition and integration with Whirlpool. I comprehensively supported product initiatives aimed at boosting data awareness across the enterprise. Additionally, I led privacy, automation, and compliance efforts to reinforce the strategic roadmap.Key Achievements:» Evangelized enterprise data awareness as the company grew, empowering success of critical product initiatives; outlined legacy databases and processes via new documentation system, allowing company to grow. » Spearheaded data compliance with GDPR and CCPA by acting as Privacy Champion; devised support processes, built automation tools, and defined/documented workflows to align strategic direction with regulatory requirements. » Ensured partner and company success by collaborating with Marketing and Business development groups.

At Yummly, I was the first employee who laid the foundation for the company and product to become the #1 recipe app worldwide. I built an international data team to facilitate the growth story while fostering critical business partnerships. I also founded and optimized data processes, programs, and solutions to enable scaling. Key Achievements:» Authored Food Genome (ingredient graph) at the heart of core Yummly personalization/recommendation engine; graph featured >50k components, contained necessary metadata on nutrition, diet, allergy, and grocery dimensions. » Grew recipe database to 2.2M from 42,000 unique sources across the world.» Wore many hats as company evolved: ❱ Partnered with Data Scientists to build recipe NLP framework. ❱ Anchored overall quality assurance (QA) efforts. ❱ Nurtured partnerships with CPGs to boost recipe ingestion solution and drive successful campaigns on the platform. ❱ Wholly supported early-stage product conceptualization/development and recommendation functionality. ❱ Outlined and implemented customer support system. ❱ Active leader in fundraising and acquisition efforts as member of leadership team.

TNS Media Intelligence (now Kantar) is a global market research and market information group.This leadership role involved oversight of all media data collection processes. While reporting directly to the CTO, I capitalized on software development process improvement opportunities and amplified front-line workers' skills. Key Achievements:» Proactively identified knowledge gaps among software domain to refine core business operations. » Developed wiki to diagram/define entire media collection workflow requiring cross-enterprise collaboration.» Revitalized feature request tracking system to optimize internal production tools» Steered pre-accreditation process with Media Rating Council; oversaw documentation and process requests/responses.

Yummly | Dayak | ZoomIn.com | McGlinchey Communications

Founding partner in a service built to provide you with a digital heirloom of loved ones -- preserving the personality and personal stories of people in professionally-created and edited digital video.

KidsHealth is the web's most-visited and longest running site providing doctor-approved health information about children for parents, kids and teens. As Product, Project, and Test Manager, I boosted product enhancements and steered key initiatives. I also managed QA for the web's most-visited site delivering doctor-approved health advice. Key Achievements:» Collaborated with editorial team to identify/resolve workflow issues; generated product and UI for in-house graphics management suite featuring searchable repository of stock images and fully-integrated content management solution.» Boosted email content management and editorial efficacy, expanding content licensing prospects.» Built organic project management tracking system leveraging cloud computing database service. » Harnessed WebTrends data to participate in Google's Health Co-op, delivering annotations for >2,000 articles.

While between jobs, I made the most of summer and family life by working on many projects through 6 months- Assisted with a home flip including cleaning, yard reclamation- Demolition work- Multiple A/V installations in homes- Chicken coop construction

Member of senior staff, responsible for developing, improving, and maintaining processes for: catalog database operations on eBay and Half.com; retail-level seller inventory and order automation; electronic inventory distribution of data feeds to affiliates, shopping comparison sites, and search engines. Provided expertise in use of catalog data, operational best practices, and inventory distribution systems in support of the transition to eBay platform.

-Member of senior staff.-Managed a team of editors and researchers developing company’'s curriculum product, ClassMate.Oversaw redesign and product launch of ClassMate.-Managed product integration for universal authentication project that allowed members of bigchalk.com to access their products through a single login.-Reduced cost of goods for Electric Library by an estimated $1 million by reducing royalty payments to publishers through redefinition in royalty calculations.

-Integral to the Infonautics' efforts to establish the Electric Library product line in the education, consumer, and business markets internationally by establishing and managing our scalable process to implement multiple data format feeds of content through coordination of technical, operations, finance, and licensing teams. Grew feeds from 300% representing over 1,000 publications.-Negotiated content licensing agreements with U.S. and international newspaper and magazine publishers for use in Electric Library.-Negotiated technical implementations of multiple data format feeds with publishers.-Represented the rights and interests of our publishing partners throughout the company.-Created company wide reporting of content statistics.-Negotiated data conversion contracts with external resources.-Member of transition team for merger of the K12 business unit with that of Bell & Howell Information & Learning to form bigchalk.com

-Responsible for management of U.S. circulation department for an international publisher of over 200 medical/scientific cd-roms, journals, books, and atlases.-Managed U.S. production of cd-rom products-Grew department handling data entry of subscription orders, payment processing, billing, renewals, customer service, and technical support.-Product Managed design of proprietary subscription fulfillment database designed to handle data entry, billing and reporting for both U.S. and U.K. offices.-Negotiated terms with data conversion vendors for cd-rom product line and with fulfillment houses.

ice cream cone counter jockey: expert crafter of malts, shakes, floats, splits and sundaes (specializing in 'Dusty Roads') and master of the impossible double-dip of Rum Raisin (on a sugar cone); busboy, dishwasher, floor-mopper