Specialising in Solution Ownership and Agile Product Management

Responsible for managing technology projects at Allrecipes, the world’s largest cooking website serving a community of 85 million consuming 3 billion pages annually, developing International markets with 12 local websites, and expanding the business to IoT devices including the Amazon Alexa voice platform.- Lead the Allrecipes product innovations in voice and IOT with Amazon Alexa and Samsung partnerships - Lead a video growth initiative in partnership with Brightcove, resulting in substantial increase in views per month.- Lead the re-design of Allrecipes.com enabling users to personalise their experience on thesite for their cooking interests. In first 3 months, over 1.8m people signed up and userengagement grew by 38%.- Lead a project to recover a traffic drop for Allrecipes International. This resulted in arecovery back to positive growth, and an increase in traffic to Australia.- Lead the Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Products) site development and launch atGoogle I/O that quickly grew to over 20% of mobile impressions.

Consultant helping companies develop and market new products.Lead the evaluation, development and marketing of new advertising and digital products for Dominion Marine Media. This included market and competitive research, data analysis, auditing current capabilities, identifying partners, defining processes, developing product concepts and marketing plans. Developed an IOS Application connected to an in-car device for a new startup insurance company aiming to disrupt a traditional industry with pay as you use business model. Developed a new eCommerce product for a Pacific Northwest website in order to generate new revenue and grow the user community.

I managed a global development and product management team. Our goal was to build the online advertising products that customers love to use, raising the bar on level of product usability and experience. I was responsible for creating the strategic direction for DMM’s Recreational Marine Industry technology through a clear understanding of new technologies and the consumer and customer requirements and investment possibilities. This senior and visionary position identified product needs, set design goals and craft experiences that translated business and user needs into highly engaging experiences for the Global marine trade and the Boating Community, so DMM could develop best-in-class software and online experiences. I also managed and improved internal software development and system operations processes, improved the technical skills of the team so they could develop new technologies such as Mobile apps, and mentored, challenged and motivated development team members.• Lead the project prioritization and quarterly strategy review with the executive team and product stakeholders and implemented a successful prioritization process to select the next big idea.• Managed the I/T budget, investment decisions, monthly budget/actual tracking, expense approval, staff hiring, appraisals and development.• Implemented DMM’s mobile strategy, including concept designs, advertising layouts, revenue plan, and roadmap. Launched two mobile apps, one mobile site and responsive design website. Mobile traffic growth increased over 35%.• Developed a new eCommerce system for DMM’s consumer advertising products to add new packages and reduce development costs.• Developed a new CRM system for Yacht Brokers, which included backend workflow and upgraded user experience. This was successfully implemented with DMM’s largest clients.• Oversaw marketing messaging, sales communications, and spokesperson at industry events.

Lead team of product managers to develop and promote technology platforms with Disney brands - Disney Online, Disney parks, ESPN and ABC. Worked with key stakeholders in Disney business units on projects, developed and implemented product and marketing roadmaps, and lead strategic planning process.• Developed a new content management platform for the Disney/ABC.com website re-design, resulting in significant increase in consumer visits, registrations and page views per month.• Managed a community/profile solution with over 160million users for key Disney initiatives including MagicBand at Disney Parks, ABC mobile apps, and ESPN Fantasy Football and March Madness events.• Defined an eCommerce platform for ESPN International to distribute live and on-demand sports into 20+ Asian and European markets. • Developed a new eCommerce experience to help ESPN Insider increase revenue through online subscriptions and mobile payments. Presented the idea to stakeholders, secured investment, and liaised with stakeholders during implementation.• Developed roadmap and financial build-buy analysis for a new personalized email platform that delivered over 2bn emails to Disney consumers, while providing more reports for decision marking and lowering costs.

Worked with the Getty Images New Revenues team to evaluate new business opportunities. Launched a new media management platform, which won the 2007 ‘market share leader’ award from Frost & Sullivan (industry analysts), implemented digital media libraries for major customers, managed the marketing budget and executed strategies to grow the MMS and Image.net businesses. • Developed a new content management platform, which won the 2007 ‘market share leader’ award from Frost & Sullivan (industry analysts). • Developed digital media management and consumer print on demand products for General Motors (that reached over 30,000 agencies and dealers around the globe), NBA, MLB, Sports Illustrated, Boeing, Symantec and Getty Images Mobile and Film business units.• Lead a re-design of the image.net publicity service, used by over 85,000 journalists around the world and available in 17 languages. Developed key messages, content strategy and reviewed copy.

Lead the product definition, packaging, pricing, positioning, and internal and external communication for a new start-up VPN service and appliance offering, Aventail.net and Aventail EX-1500. Recognized by the Executive team with a Marketing MVP award.

Held Various roles including Management Consultant, Solution Manager and Principal. I worked with Fortune 500 and small/medium sized companies in the UK, Germany and US to develop new products and improve processes. Track record of delivering projects on time with very high customer satisfaction. I received an IBM worldwide excellence award for a Mercedes-Benz/Freightliner project that reduced new vehicle development by 50%.

Build out new distribution routes for the newspaper throughout British Columbia, as well as resolve partner issues.