Driving AI adoption and innovation in home lending.

Startwise exists to make work worth it. We built a platform to help companies upskill employees and we partner with governments to build job training programs that help people launch fulfilling careers.→ Led UX design for a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, customer success reps, and sales leads→ Designed UIs and design systems that cut new hire ramp time in half and saved managers 5 hours a week→ Built our advisor board, with senior talent from Meta, Atlassian, Udemy, Patreon, The Muse, and more→ Sourced our biggest client, an agreement with the Prime Minister of Barbados to train 3,000 in remote jobs→ Directed hiring and program design for Startwise Barbados, estimated to increase GDP by as much as 2.5%

Human Friendly is a paid membership community for the age of AI. Our members come from diverse backgrounds and levels of optimism about AI to host meaningful conversations and team up on AI projects.→ Designed the UI and UX for our community platform, web presence, and customer journeys→ Built and tested generative AI products, e.g. a member matchmaker and community charter generator→ Launched the community from concept to kickoff with dozens of paid annual members in three weeks→ Assembled a leadership team of engineers, designers, product managers, scientists, and artists→ Achieved 18% organic month-over-month growth in memberships and ARR

Limitless Harmony is a consultancy and product incubator. We help clients build winning products and teams, and incubate internal products that have become growing startups and successful crowdfunding campaigns.→ Served as design and leadership consultant to dozens of CEOs and executives in Product and People Ops→ Hired and managed dozens of contractors, including developers, designers, marketers, and sales reps→ Sourced and negotiated contracts with 12+ mission-driven startups and VC firms→ Earned contract expansions and referrals from 91% of clients→ Launched a portfolio of products, including startwise.ai, humanfriendly.ai, and greenhousegame.com

Future Africa is a venture capital fund founded by the famed 2X unicorn founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, which serves as the first investor in bold and visionary leaders building global businesses to solve Africa's biggest challenges.→ Coached the executive team through founder exits, team pivots, market disruptions, and the SVB crisis→ Helped the team double productivity by leading a retreat in Ghana and running a manager workshop series→ Designed the firm’s core values and integrated those values into branding and people operations→ Co-designed the Community Platform that attracted and connected 400 investors and founders→ Transitioned to advisor after we launched $50m Fund 3 and achieved 35% year-over-year portfolio growth

Andela was founded because brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. Backed by Softbank, CZI, and Generation Investment Management, Andela is now a global talent platform valued at over $1.5 billion.→ Led the design of a tech training platform that launched the careers of 1000+ elite software developers→ Hired and led a team of 12 engineers, trainers, and program managers to scale training across 5 countries→ Worked with cross-functional teams to scale training platform, which eventually reached 100,000+ learners→ Personally trained the company’s first 300 engineering hires in soft skills and cross-cultural collaboration→ Credited for building programs that led to Andela being named #1 company to work for in Nigeria and KenyaI was awarded the Andela Leadership Award, an equity award granted to 1% of the company.

→ Led the research and design of community-based arts and education interventions→ Built the Big Picture Art and Culture Collaborative under the Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research→ Delivered free arts and education programs to hundreds of inner-city youth on a shoestring budget

→ Built Foundation Academy's office of community partnerships→ Attracted $60k of community-sponsored programming including a STEM program, artist residency, and organic garden→ Conducted applied research in special education and education interventions for boys of color

→ Helped place 100% of students in university in a city with a 52% high school dropout rate→ Taught and developed curricula for college and career preparatory courses→ Coordinated the school-wide advisory program and managed student behavioral interventionsMy first job out of university, I was essentially hired as the acting head disciplinarian of an inner city high school. What a wild way to start my career, eh?

→ Assisted PhD researchers in analyzing data on 400+ international conflicts to spot peace-making trends→ Delivered masters forum on the exploitation of American democracy through immigration policy→ Earned acknowledgements in multiple publications in immigration control, risk, democracy, and international governance

→ Ran the testing office to accommodations for 300+ students with disabilities→ Managed a team of seven to coordinate midterm and final examinations with accommodations for 300+ students with disabilities→ Advocated for a healthy harmony of disability accommodations and rigorous academic standards

→ Joined as the founding manager of my home city's first pedicab company→ Hired and coached a team of 20 pedicab riders→ Set the bar for sales by developing a city tour and selling it like a madman on the streets of Frederick, Maryland

→ Researched needs and opportunities for constituent groups across Maryland's 157 municipalities→ Managed relationships and events with mayors and other local officials across the state→ Wrote briefings for the Maryland Governor and his staff

I started a lawn and home care business at the age of 13.I keep this on my profile in the off chance that someone out there who is mowing lawns in the hot sun needs a reminder that they're building skills that they can use to shape a beautiful, impactful career.