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Miami, Florida, Us

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Led engineering design of technology investment for Watson Client Centers, strategic venues to host C-level client co-creation engagements and build Watson brand equity. Identified requirements, business justification, and collaborated with IT architects, AV / technology providers, building architects and general contractors to coordinate work plans and execution. Managed tech transfer to centers from vendors, technology providers, and IBM Research.• Introduced and managed approach to identify technologies and evaluate and test across stages of readiness from concept to implementation. Collaborated with IBM Research, Watson Portfolio, and vendors to deliver roadmap for centers.• Led redesign of Watson HQ data center to accommodate addition of high availability, update aging technology, efficiency, and future proof space.• Established phased approach leading $500K upgrade of critical content services during end of year holiday period. Completed delivery on time and within budget.• Forged cross-team collaboration to prototype and test capabilities, improving human experience of Watson, while gaining executive approval to implement technologies across client centers.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Led implementation for Watson Health Client center in Cambridge and supported design and implementation for Watson Commerce Client center in San Francisco, California. Facilitated collaboration between IBM real estate team, Watson team, vendors, architect, general contractor, and trades to deliver project under compressed timeline. Directed integration of physical architecture, AV and building management systems, software, hardware, and network.• Led design and deployment of HA server space for Cambridge client leading to efficient and resilient server layout, significantly reducing software and hardware outages and disruption.• Directed integration of AV, Spatial software, and content systems, ensuring project coordination across multiple vendor teams leading vendors delivering ahead of schedule.• Trained on-site team to use space and drove adoption shortening the time to value of the space and ROI across the investment.• Managed relationships between IBM, IBM Vendors, General Contractor, and Architect to shorten delivery cycles and parallelize work to keep project on schedule.• Led team to deliver project under accelerated timeline and under variety of challenging and changing project conditions.• Drove hundreds of candidate applications leading execution of Watson Mobile Developer Challenge driving global awareness of Watson Ecosystem and client awareness of burgeoning Watson Platform.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

- Marketed Watson partner ecosystem expanding it from less than a dozen companies to 200+ organizations- Developed and implemented partner branding across partner ecosystem- Led Watson execution of "Watson Mobile Developer Challenge" driving hundreds of candidate applications and millions of media impressions- Led Chef Watson “Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson” book launch in partnership with the Institute of Culinary Education, selling out initial print.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

- Implemented data driven tracking to understand engagement on seller platforms to prioritize high performing content and remove underperforming content.- Reshaped seller narrative for IBM portfolio and scaled new content to thousands of sellers via physical, social, and digital distribution.- Developed content and best practices around social selling for the sales force based on accrued sales team best practices

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Handpicked by senior leadership for a blended sales, consulting, and marketing role. I had the fortune to work on leading technology in the mobile space and with Watson Further, I leveraged my background in sales, technology and entrepreneurship to drive- Innovation in seller knowledge training and enrichment- Storytelling as a primary means of communicating technology- Consistency in how stories are told on a cross product and enterprise level- More authentic messaging, particularly to the office of FinanceOther skills developed included negotiation, product development, and project management.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

- Handled sales channel development for early stage clean web startup- Basic media relations ownership, developed and distributed company media- Drove traffic to and through sales funnel- Developed and wrote a customized business plan

B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, Minor In Economics

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