Laurel Leaf Productions is building a multimedia network of actors, writers, directors and producers - a cooperative media house that produces culturally relevant media projects created by the voices that need to be heard but that have been systemically left out of the conversation.Our films, documentaries, television shows and books speak to a segment of the audience that is dissatisfied with the status quo in entertainment.We explore bolder, often delicate topics with an expert’s touch, appealing to people’s innate wisdom to develop personal awareness and social progress.

Two-time start-up executive, leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers with expertise in robotics and IoT, prototype designers and marketing partners, developing elegant consumer products through purposeful technology.:: Set the quality standard to evolve products from big idea to optimal market fit, inspired to do more than simply resolve customer pain points but to push past a good design to a truly great one.:: Define workflow and deliverables, iterating from works-like prototype through robust industrial design to final patentable design.:: Use deep experience in design thinking and the roadmap of product invention to continually check assumptions and mitigate the risks of launching into the marketplace.:: Maintain engaging online investor deck for next round funding.:: Continuously improve processes to decrease rework and refine communications so that each team member feels valued and truly enjoys their work life experience.

As trusted advisor to executive team and board of directors, engaged to accelerate the valuation of a leading online education corporation with 4 divisions and 20 education sites and to support the negotiations and final deal which culminated in a divided sale of $500M.:: Led OCM teams through Agile implementation of Salesforce CRM and PayPal payment gateway.:: Mentored security team through PCI audit, mitigating security breaches and privacy risks. :: Increased valuation of the company by creating operational efficiencies between sales and accounting including collection of $2M in delinquent accounts receivable.:: Created detailed presentations of the company's structure and value proposition tailored to 12 competing potential buyers.:: To simplify the complexity of the deal, created intuitive hierarchy and documentation repository and instituted regulatory control processes for all parties to navigate and collaborate as negotiations progressed over the duration of the sales process.:: Authored effective program communications including one-sheet weekly reporting for the Board, investors, senior executives, customers, and staff.

Led multiple and simultaneous projects for Retail IS&T to improve systems, processes and tools that support team members in front and back of house by observing their employee journey and designing and delivering enhancements like Retail MD, Enterprise Technology Roadmap, Radar Analytics, and Launch Readiness.:: Directed global launch for Retail IS&T in collaboration with Retail Strategies for more streamlined New Product Introductions (NPI) twice yearly for Apple Watch and iPhone, developing new cross-divisional roles and contingency planning, celebrating increased efficiencies in the launch process and significantly reduced issues in the tracking logs.:: Created Cross-Functional Retrospective Issues Summary for NPI post launch analysis, metrics reporting and continuous improvement, including categorization, root cause, severity of impact, and time to resolution, all key indicators of launch success.:: Single point of contact for real-time communications and Monday Morning Metrics from IS&T Command Center to Senior Leadership during launch.:: Designed RetailMD, store operations dashboard, combining application, network and device monitoring and reporting into a single user interface, providing trending information and emerging issues for stores to be proactive in daily preparedness, reduce HelpLine tickets, enhance troubleshooting, and decrease system downtime for global Apple Retail stores.:: Simplified the complexity of scheduling IS&T activities in the stores by designing and delivering Enterprise Technology Roadmap in calendar format detailing the rollout of over 100 tracks of hardware and software deployments to prepare stores for testing and cutover.:: Developed Radar Analytics Reporting to prioritize bug fixes and enhancements and assign action items which increased visibility and accountability and cut time to close in half.:: Organized Scrum Certification for 35 people across two IS&T divisions.

Upleveled operations metrics and implemented new processes and technologies that led the company to double their profit margin within 12 months.:: Defined the strategy and tools for the PMO, prioritizing highest value initiatives to achieve the Board’s ROI goals quickly and with minimal interruption to ongoing operations. :: Took the company paperless by implementing Imaging and OCR technology, restructuring processes, and addressing impacts of cultural change to save $2M in operational costs.

Implemented Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) as a cornerstone of this $1B sporting goods manufacturing company’s corporate growth and exit strategy.:: Gathered comprehensive requirements in US and Asia to successfully design, develop, train and stabilize PLM line planning, including prototyping to refine business requirements, user acceptance testing and optimization, data migration, online training, and change management in post-production.

Exceeded overall Board and Investment Partner objectives to merge four loan origination companies, creating a top five U.S. mortgage company with annual revenue of $25B.:: Restructured operations to accommodate rapidly increasing volume, reducing time to close by 30 days and cost per loan by $1,500 and repurposing 350 employees.

Created and executed Microsoft Outlook learning programs, estimated by the Corporate Chief Information Officer to earn The Walt Disney Company $5M in improved efficiencies.

Transformed the systems of this renowned museum institution to move worldwide contributors from paper and fax to a comprehensive online interface, elevating the quantity and quality of global submissions to this defacto leader in art history conservation and education.

Bringing together creative site design and practical online strategies for ConAgra Foods Consumer Packaged Goods brands including Hunt’s, Butterball, and Orville Redenbacher, produced promotions to successfully increase customer loyalty and double online traffic.

Designed and launched breakthrough Laboratory Information System to enable research scientists to capture, mine and share patentable genetic attributes in collaboration with academic institutions and the global genome project as a primary objective in securing $35M in venture funding.:: Successfully used process mapping and iterative prototyping to coordinate the requirements of eight bench scientists and the inherent complexity of genetics to create one shared user interface with bioinformatics and hand held data capture.

Redefined the brand identity for GameWorks entertainment venues, a destination retail concept for young adults, developing a 60-item product line cobranded with Sega and Universal Studios, and successfully launched 9 sites in 9 months in the US and Brazil.