As a Success Architect and Fractional Chief Operating Officer at Liberated Leaders, I bring more than 25 years of leadership experience at companies like Amazon, Fitbit, and Walmart to the growth stories of North Carolina businesses—helping entrepreneurs, business owners, and decision-makers scale entrepreneurship, define technology strategies, and ultimately architect a business exit.Before Liberated Leaders, I served as COO and VP of Global Business Operations & Strategy, Global Technology Platform, dividing my time between (a) evolved global governance and portfolio management for Walmart’s 2,800-person global technology platform organization, and (b) led a 250-person strategy and operations (BizOps) team in helping bring to life the company’s goal of “creating the next retail disruption.”Prior to Walmart, I operated as vice president of employee experience and chief of staff to Getaround’s CEO, where I had a hand in enabling a future where all cars are shared. Getaround’s instant and keyless car-sharing mobility solutions work via patented hardware / software platforms and industry leading mobile apps that help communities around the world reduce their vehicle footprint and share underutilized resources.Earlier, I held business operations and product engineering leadership roles at Fitbit, where I played a role in transforming and scaling hyper growth as the company matured from a 300-employee, pre-IPO wearables darling, to a publicly-traded, 1,900-employee powerhouse. My leadership at Fitbit ranged from advancing the company’s product development practices, materials, and manufacturing processes, to helping reinforce its market position as a consumer services and enterprise health brand.When I began my career, it was more hard hats than technologies, but the principles of rallying resources around a profit-focused goal remain central to building an operational backbone that efficiently scales companies through growth.Recognized as a “force of nature” in my work across Europe, Asia and North America, I began my career in the U.S. Navy, where the men-to-women ratio was greater than 10:1. That experience made me a lifelong advocate for gender equality in technology.