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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

I am currently the Chief Strategy Officer for the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute. The ARM Institute is the nation’s leading collaborative in robotics and workforce innovation. Structured as a public-private partnership, ARM and its members catalyze transformative robotic technologies and education for both commercial and defense needs to grow U.S. global manufacturing competitiveness. Founded in 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA, ARM receives funding from the Department of Defense, Department of Labor, Department of Commerce and other federal, state, and local entities to fund projects that advance the state of robotics to make them more accessible and usable, especially for small and medium manufacturers. The ARM Institute is a Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute and part of the Manufacturing USA® network.Since joining ARM in 2017 as its second employee, I was instrumental in the launch of this national institute by delivering its initial set of marketing assets and defining and building the consortium to now over 400 organizations of experts in robotics and workforce development. Today, I lead a team with a focus of strategizing, researching, developing and delivering services and resources that serve its members and our nation as well as growing the organization’s brand, mission, and membership.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

WELD’s mission is to develop and advance women’s leadership to strengthen the economic prosperity of the communities it serves. We provide women with specific tools and skills to enhance their individual economic status. Our efforts help mobilize women to become more active participants in the leadership of area businesses, civic organizations and government. We build programs, events, and a community to support leadership development and business growth.I was selected by the WELD national committee to build the Pittsburgh Chapter in early 2017. With my co-lead and an enthusiastic group of volunteers, I lead the organization to the fastest growth ever for any WELD chapter, gaining, over 150 members and several important corporate members. WELD's strategy is to put new co-leads in place every two year, so I remain an active member and ardent supporter.

Aceda helps companies gain a competitive edge, acquire customers, grow sales, build teams and become market leaders through the rapid development and implementation of successful people, product, marketing, sales, and business development strategies. We do this by taking roles as interim executives or senior consultants who both define and implement the growth strategy. Aceda has launched 16 new companies or divisions in markets as diverse as healthcare, media, manufacturing, defense, medical devices, finance, retail, logistics, and industrial supplies. In total, we have launched over 60 new products and helped over 125 existing products become market leaders.I founded Aceda in 1999 with my husband and worked as a consultant while my children were young.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

SnapRetail is an award-winning online marketing solution in Pittsburgh founded in 2010. As a champion of the independent retailer, the company empowers small business owners to succeed in today’s competitive marketplace by growing their bottom line with better, smarter marketing.I joined the company at a very early stage as to refine the brand, define the product strategy, build the team, and acquire customers, first as a consultant, then as CMO. I was promoted to COO in March 2013. Accomplishments:-- transitioned company from narrow market focus (gift and home decor vendors) to all retail and small business owners-- grew customer subscriptions over 200% and recurring revenue over 100% over prior year (2013-2014)-- stabilized pricing strategy, increasing ARPU 4fold-- reduced customer churn -- built recognizable brand in small retail ecosystem through educational programs and trade shows-- built talented marketing,sales, engineering and customer support teams-- defined and implemented customer acquisition strategies-- drove long-term strategic roadmap, including the introduction of new products.During my tenure, SnapRetail was recognized as a top place to work in Pittsburgh several times, one of the fastest growing companies, and an ICON for retail technology.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Matrix Solutions is the largest provider of sales management solutions to the media industry. As President and COO, I led all operational functions for 30 person organization, including sales, marketing, product development, customer support, human resources, and finance. During my tenure, we achieved highest revenue and profitability growth since 2007. I developed the product strategy for next generation software offering that stabilized customer retention and delivered highest level of customer sales growth in 3 years. I also achieved all defined 2010 strategic and operational goals, and successfully rebuilt the software development team, transitioning from outsourced to internal organization. I began as a consultant in March 2009 and became COO in December 2009.

The Product Strategy Network (PSN) provided education and networking to over 3,500 product management professionals worldwide, with a focus on product roadmapping and product strategy. I taught several courses and helped develop the Symphony Product Roadmapping class that was offered to technology companies throughout the United States, including Oracle, iRobot, and Honeywell.

Responsible for adding 5 new product lines and driving revenue from $2M - $15M during employment. Managed all strategic marketing, marketing communications, product management, and PR activities with a staff of approx 10 people. Helped ServiceWare achieve recognition as an industry leader in CRM and be listed on the INC 500 list of fastest growing private companies (the company was private when I was still there) for two years in a row.

Held various roles in sales support, product management, general management, mergers and acquisitions, and human resources during my 8 years with Legent. During this time, Legent grew from $20M to $500M in overall revenues and was the 8th largest software company in the world when it was acquired by Computer Associates in 1995. This was the largest software company acqusition at the time. Career highlights including growing a brand new product in a highly competitive marketing to a $40M product line and market leader in 4 years, developing and managing strategic relationships with HP and IBM, managing a $200M+ business unit with over 200 employees worldwide and 35 software products, and running the HR organization when Legent was acquired by CA - Legent had 3,000 employees at the time. Other notable responsibilities/recognition included the first woman VP, youngest corporate officer and the first recepient of the Legent STAR award.

First job out of college; was one of 4 management trainees in the information processing department; after the yearlong program moved into systems programming. Responsible for helping to manage and maintain the companie's large investment in mainframe, PC and related technology.

Ba, Business; Major In Information Sciences; Minor In Accounting

High School Graduate With Honors