Helping to grow an amazing company and brand.

I oversee the Commerce group, which includes The New York Times Store, our travel business Times Journeys, and all brand licensing operations including the Wine Club, School of The New York Times and 3rd party brand licenses. This includes full strategic and operational oversight of these business lines, management of three P&Ls as well as all staffing plans. It's a rare mixture of general management, strategy, operations, product and design work on both physical goods and digital products.In this role, I was able to lead the team to record annual numbers for profitability, total customer reach, and NPS after completing a major strategic and operational turnaround in under one year.

Led the relaunch and rebranding of The New York Times Store. In parallel, made enhancements to underlying operations that increased gross margins and overall profitability while reducing COGS, shipping, and warehousing costs. Fully owned P&L and managed Store team.

-Product owner and manager of an engineering team building the first internal data system (both front end and data pipeline) for The New York Times newsroom, which we call "Stela"-Managing a phenomenal team of 6 growth editors who help shape our news report every day-Reporting to masthead and senior executives on major strategic initiatives within Audience Development

Managed day-to-day product development and growth initiatives for The New York Times domestic and international sites. Project launches included new sitewide navigation, Home Page video player, Watching module, replatform of Dealbook, and the creation of the NYT Trending page.

Provided strategic insight and support for print and digital operations at NYTCO, including daily support of senior executives and quarterly production of Board materials. Developed product positioning strategies and competitive analyses for New Products including NYT Cooking.

Helped develop and scale Blue Crane Studio, LLC with brands including Brooklyn Candle Studio and Postal Modern Paper. Tasks included:-front-end website development-SEO and analytics implementation-general legal assistance including articles of incorporation-social media marketing campaigns-ecommerce operations, financial management and capital investment strategieshttps://brooklyncandlestudio.com/http://postalmodernpaper.com/

Co-founded local food startup in Brooklyn; website was a finalist for the 2012 James Beard Award for best group blog.

Highly selective NYU and Columbia program that provides consulting for NYC-based startups.

MBA with focus on Strategy, Media, and Entrepreneurship

Involved in the screening and due diligence process for the New York Angels.

Contracted to help launch the Global Center for Nursing Education international meeting series in the UK.

Developed market forecasts and best practices for hospitals and other healthcare institutions. Managed teams of analysts in the creation of two national meeting series, the Future of Orthopedics and the Future of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Led consulting engagements for medical device companies ranging from startups to several of the largest firms in the industry.

Provided research support and analysis for national meeting content on clinical healthcare topics with a focus on technology innovation; helped launch the first of the company's business technology tools, the Outpatient Forecasting Tool.

Provided best practice research and analysis for hospitals and health care organizations.

Conducted ethnographic field research in South Side of Chicago; utilized research to write honors thesis in Anthropology.

Researched speakers, wrote editorials, and worked on Commonwealth Club newsletter.