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New York, United States

Crimson Education is a Series D global education technology company backed by Tiger Global and Icehouse Ventures. In this role, I am responsible for incubating new products and offerings that address the evolving needs of postgraduate learners, providing regional sales enablement, and contributing to over a third of our division's monthly revenue.

Working directly under the VP of Product with quarterly reporting to the CEO, COO, and CRO, I expanded business revenue 35% year-over-year through growing our team from one to four full-time employee, driving regional go-to-market strategy, and implementing a revamped customer success operations system that resulted in a 75% reduction of quarterly refund requests. I was directly responsible for our business line's market expansion strategy, financial performance, and sales forecasting.

Stanford, California, United States

I was selected to participate in a competitive Stanford fellowship, where I worked with a division that oversees all hybrid and digital learning initiatives university wide. I contributed to the incubation of new programs aimed at expanding educational innovation for equity, and I conceptualized a $1.5 million proposal which was presented to Apple executives and Stanford University Vice Provosts. Additionally, I worked closely with Stanford’s HR division to develop and launch a new Coursera certification on project management and data analytics for university staff, with over 7,000 employees successfully completing the program to date.

Purpose Built is a social impact incubator founded by a former Yale SoM lecturer. As a Venture Analyst, I connected providing targeted support to incubated companies to accelerate their launches. I evaluated over 100 business concepts across fintech, edtech, real estate, and SaaS categories, with innovative solutions in the realms of upskilling, fintech, and the future of work.

Venture for America is a two-year fellowship program for first-time entrepreneurs with a 20% acceptance rate. As the Manager of their accelerator program, I designed targeted curriculum for startups across e-commerce, SaaS, and IOT channels, providing weekly coaching on topics such as customer acquisition, product design, brand building, and operational challenges. During this time, I established relationships with angel investors, foundations, and corporate partners such as Google and Mastercard, with participants receiving up to $1 million in funding through grants, SAFE notes, and VC investments.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Developed holistic product strategy to tie needs of the audience to organization’s mission and business to double revenue and achieve community engagement goals• Revamped membership strategy through surveys, empathy interviews, analysis reports, and cross-functional product brainstorming sessions• Built and managed coalitions of local non-profits, media entities, and city officials to drive city-wide community engagement projects• Engineered all components of live-streaming events and prepping high-profile speakers, like media personalities, mayors, and state officials• Managed all customer support queries and released monthly surveys to improve user experience

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Instructure is a multinational learning technology company generating over $250 million annual revenue, engaging over 30 million users worldwide through tools such as Canvas LMS. During my time there, I contributed to the optimization of content and marketing strategies that reached users throughout 80+ countries. I worked closely with web development, finance, and product teams to evaluate and present monthly engagement reports to the VP of Digital Marketing, outlining usage of Canvas and Bridge platforms.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

In this role, I managed social media strategy and web optimization efforts.-Recommended new Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter strategies based on competitor analysis and successfully encouraged administrators to expand social media activity, resulting in a 631% increase in social media engagement- Monitored website traffic with audience, landing page, referrals, and keyword search reports in Google Analytics to help optimize marketing campaigns- Furnished metadata in WordPress for SEO, helping increase pageviews by 124%

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I was selected out of 600 applicants for a highly competitive opportunity with the U.S. Department of State, providing strategic advisement to 200+ government employees and embassy staff on digital media innovation and modernization tactics.

Master'S Degree, Education Innovation & Technology

Activities and Societies: Digital Education Fellow & GSB Case Writer.Completed advanced coursework in Global Education Policy, Workforce.

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Policy Analysis, Economics, Spanish

Activities and Societies: University Scholars Program, University Center for Activities & Events, Duke Learning Innovation, United.