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Cleveland, Oh, Us

BRITE is an innovation-first ecosystem advancing the transition to a clean energy economy. BRITE believes anyone, anywhere can be a catalyst for change, and that empowering startups will create opportunity, good jobs, and a resilient economy. A non-profit, BRITE is the only energy tech incubator in Ohio and provides entrepreneur, innovation, and lab services.The BRITE CXO program offers a strategic advantage to cleantech startups by providing experienced, hands-on fractional executives who excel in fundraising, business development, marketing planning, manufacturing readiness, market assessment, and techno-economic analysis. Unlike advisors, these CXOs are in the trenches, helping to propel startups forward.

1848 Ventures harnessing the power of AI to fuel the future of small and medium businesses - helping business owners discover new opportunities for growth. Leads the development of strategic relationships to build capability, and enhance and expedite market entry for 1848’s new-to-the-world technology products and platforms. Designs business strategy and partnerships, utilizing a lens of mutual success to unlock market access and value for both parties, collaborates with internal and external teams from concept development through launch, to push business model innovation and commercialization forward, and identifies and implements best practices and processes to enable success.

Oversees growth-oriented and operational functions including market entry strategy, strategic partnership development, and marketing to best position TakeUp's AI dynamic pricing for independent lodging. Provides leadership to ensure that TakeUp is high-functioning, lives up to our customer and partner promises, and has the groundwork laid to enable scale and growth.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Thought partner to innovation leaders at Fortune 1,000 companies, focused on identifying new opportunities, understanding the market's nuance, and leading teams to roadmap the best direction forward.Created and developed Newry's Quantified Design framework - combining design thinking and strategic insights to enable clearer and earlier understanding of market viability.Leader of teams and efforts in innovation strategy (Horizon 2-3), category expansion, partnership identification and evaluation, and creative facilitation. These have resulted in strategic clarity, new-to-the-world products, opportunity assessments that cut through the fog of hype, internal buy-in around where to push forward and why, and $MM of positive impact.Led quantitative and qualitative research planning, execution, and analysis. Utilized multiple techniques (surveys, focus groups, modeling, etc.) to create a clear pictures of market context and opportunity for our clients. Personally conducted 300+ expert interviews over my time at Newry. Through these interactions I’ve honed my skills in identifying the most important information and market nuances, and piecing it together to communicate the story what is, and what might be.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Project manager leading execution of multiple (often simultaneous) projects, and managing consultant teams. This role often entailed mapping out the approach, designing and executing quantitative and qualitative research efforts, communication development and facilitation, and keeping the efforts on schedule.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Workstream leader focused on primary and secondary research and analysis involving financial, competitive, customer, and market data.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Service offering leadDeveloped and led GSP’s Green Economy Solutions service offering with responsibility for project management, internal and external communications, client relations, and business development. I worked closely with our internal grants, policy, and procurement teams to develop strategies and successfully leverage funding for our clients - which included a range from non-profits like the Green Building Alliance to corporations such as EQT and Giant Eagle.One of my personal highlights was coordinating a strategic partnership between Eaton Corp, Bayer Corp., UPMC, and Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities that led to the successful implementation of regional electric vehicle charging stations. I not only had to balance the desires of multiple stakeholders, but also had to develop buy-in to focus the group towards efforts/strategies that would meet the State’s goals for the program.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Project Manager/LeaderLed projects for Economic Architecture Practice - a group focused on enabling economic development through tech based ecosystems. clients. I was responsible for modeling economic impacts, conducting strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT), spearheading public policy analysis and development, and identifying and applying for funding opportunities. As part of my efforts, I was part of creating an economic development strategy for West Central Wisconsin, which involved both analysis of data (Census, BLS, etc.) as well as driving around the heart of the state interviewing key players from politicians to poultry workers. I also helped lead analysis that quantified the impact of Bermuda’s Insurance and Reinsurance Industry, the results of which were included in testimony before Congress.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote and managed legislation that was eventually passed by Congress which reauthorized the I&M Canal National Heritage Area.Managed Congressional district economic development projects including federal funding activities, and interacted with project and implementation leaders ranging from business lobbyists to non-profit presidents. Led policy activities related to Energy, Transportation, Environment, Budget, and the Small Business.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed Congressional office web site and computer systems and wrote 50 – 60 constituent response letters/week. I also was responsible for some Agricultural issues and in this role, I assisted in coordinating efforts to compensate Virginia poultry farmers after a serious outbreak of avian flu forced them to destroy flocks and coops to help stop the disease’s spread.

Design Thinking

Design Thinking: Innovation Strategy - Certificate-level course taught through the Columbia Business and Design Schools, focused.

M.S. Public Policy & Management, (Economic Development And Public Finance)

Activities and Societies: GIS Teaching Assistant Graduated with Honors

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Wheaton College Men's Lacrosse Team Graduated Cum Laude