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California, United States

• Multiple engagements including:
• Product team hiring, coaching, development
• New product opportunity discovery & development; rapid prototyping
• Recruiting-operations automation & optimization
• Job-seeker retention & re-deployment features
• New self-service PLG channel development

San Francisco, California, US

• Backed by IAC (Nasdaq: IAC) and Thoma Bravo, Vivian Health is the leading talent marketplace in healthcare, matching clinicians to employers.
• Initiated GenAI/LLM-based Recruiter Co-pilot, targeting XX% improvements in talent submittals.
• Deployed multiple LLM-based features for content creation and summarization at scale.
• Launched new Search, Discovery, Profile-development features and a new Loyalty-program for Healthcare job-seekers, leading to XX% increase in Visit-to-Apply %, Apply-to-Submittal % rates.
• Launched new data acquisition initiatives across the ATS/VMS landscape, driving multiple new data-driven features and funnel optimizations.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Change-agent for the digital transformation of a $6 Billion/yr business across recruiting, staffing and direct-to-job-seeker functions. Robert Half (NYSE: RHI; Fortune 500) is the world’s largest specialized staffing.
• Supported development of AI/ML matching systems, targeting XX% improvements in fill-rate.
• Help build new direct-to-job-seeker and direct-to-employer product offering (RHDirect).
• Delivered multiple new client-, candidate-, and recruiter-facing products.
• Developed strategy and roadmaps for the digital transformation of the business.
• Hired new leaders and coached team of 20+ Product Managers.

San Mateo, California, US

• Edmodo was acquired by Netdragon (HKSE: 777) for $138M in 2018.Edmodo is a global K-12 education network, backed by Greylock/Reid Hoffman, Benchmark. Led the Product, Growth, Design, Support and Analytics teams.
• Contributed to doubling of membership from ~49 million to 100 million.
• Supported the development of new AI/ML based feed content recommendation system.
• Launched multiple new products including the new Mobile App, School-Safe-Messaging, new Parents App, the Global Teacher Feed, Student-Organizer, Content Recommendations and Google integrations.
• Helped secure successful sale by leading discussions with acquirers on product, growth.

Pleasanton, CA, US

Founded new online services marketplace for families with senior-care needs to find, manage and pay rated home-health aides. Recruited cofounder team of UX, tech, ops. Built prototype, iterating on user and expert feedback. Raised angel funding.

San Francisco, California, US

• Upwork went public (Nasdaq: UPWK) in 2018 with an opening day market capitalization of >$2 Billion. Elance-Odesk rebranded as Upwork in 2015 after merging in 2014. One of 10 employees at Elance in 2006. Company Officer.
• Co-led the development of new AI/ML based matching systems, driving multiple new platform features.
• Developed and implemented the marketplace “labor supply-chain” system to match supply and demand, using levers including data science, online marketing, channel development, and merchandising.
• Improved marketplace fill-rate by 10% in 2013

San Francisco, California, US

• Design and execute the customer acquisition strategy and manage the marketing budget.
• Tripled (300%) overall customer acquisition in 2 years; increased YoY growth rate by 35X in first year.
• SEO – Increased SEO traffic by 250% and YoY growth rate by 111x using user-generated & new content.
• Email/Social – Launched CRM campaigns for conversion, upsell and retention. Designed and developed viral loops to drive social media impressions and visitors from twitter, facebook and linkedIn. Developed two-sided.
• SEM – Increased PPC/SEM acquisitions across desktop + mobile by 1400% and YoY growth rate by 30x (in first year.) Drove retargeting and display-advertising campaigns.
• Analytics – Developed cohort-based LTV, CAC, ROI and retention analytics to prioritize and inform multimillion dollar marketing budget and product strategy.

San Francisco, California, US

• Design and execute the creation of the customer experience and manage all product investments.
• Product Strategy – Develop, evangelize and manage the product roadmap. Prioritize features based on customer needs, business strategy, technology, site analytics, and competitive analysis.
• Product Management & User Experience Design – Drive the creation of all product specifications, including scope, requirements, interaction design, visual and copy style.
• Winner of the CNET Top-10 in ecommerce award (2009).
• Marketplace: user profiles, online job-board, matching engine, search, job-application process, and applicant tracking system.
• Trust & Quality: user ratings and reviews, multi-variate reputation score, credential and identity verification, skill-tests, portfolios and escrow. Marketplace ‘connects’ to promote quality.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Services Procurement SaaS/VMS business was acquired in 2006 and now owned by IBM. Led product marketing from company-idea to $18M+/year revenues and 15+ Fortune 500 customers.
• Product Strategy - Co-created roadmap and release priorities. Drove new category development.
• Product Marketing - Head of Product Marketing team. Developed all messaging and positioning for Elance 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0. Architected Elance re-positioning as enterprise software firm. Delivered presentations at.
• Strategic Sales & Business Development – Presented company vision and product value proposition to win strategic accounts including American Express ($2M) and Novartis. Developed positioning & messaging to win first 3.
• Team Leadership & Development – Led cross-functional teams across sales, marketing, services and development for business development opportunities. Managed 2002 team of 2 senior managers. Positions held: Director.

Mclean, VA, US

• Strategy consultant in what was formerly the Worldwide Commercial Group of Booz Allen Hamilton. Projects include:
• New Product Development - For global networking products firm, developed marketing strategy for next-generation, VoIP telecommunications switches and routers. Analyzed competitive landscape, interviewed C-level.
• Corporate Restructuring - For Saudi Arabian telecommunications service provider, assisted in implementing new firm-wide business systems. Led client-team to accept new systems software.Experience prior to Booz Allen as.

Mba, Marketing; Second Major In Finance

Ba, Computer Science/Mathematics. Second Major In Philosophy

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