Certifications

PMPProject Management Professional

Sector Experience

Media & Entertainment
Technology
Transportation & Logistics
Real Estate
Automotive
27
years

Years of Experience

10/19

Member Since


Experience

 
Rebel Labs Start-Up
CTO & Head of Product (Product/Tech Advisor)
11/2018 - Present
CTO & Head of Product for consumer nutrition & fitness service (mobile + web). Hired and managed dev team, drove product vision and roadmap, launched initial iOS app and web experience, introduced tools & processes to help the company scale.

MassChallenge Other
Startup Mentor & Judge
03/2018 - Present
Mentor & judge for startup accelerator program. Mentored startups on product, strategy, go-to-market, operations, team-building, and fundraising. Ran workshops on communication and on product validation.

Central Texas Angel Network Finance
Angel Investor & Mentor
08/2016 - Present
Mentored and evaluated startups. Assisted with due diligence as part of deal flow. Group Lead for B2C software companies.

Sophosi Start-Up
CEO
11/2017 - 07/2019
Non-founding CEO of early-stage EdTech startup. Responsible for company and product strategy.  Oversaw latter stages of company pivot to current solution (school hiring platform).  Assisted with raising $100K bridge round to extend operations.  Improved company fiscal responsibility, including introducing internal tools and processes.  Grew relationship with University of Texas (key partner) and secured company admittance to Texas Venture Labs accelerator.

Qcue Start-Up
Senior Vice President, Products
09/2016 - 09/2017
Led Product Engineering team (product, design, dev, data science, QA). Responsible for product vision & roadmap, software development, and release process, as well as team leadership/mentorship. Introduced key internal tools and processes. Stabilized and grew team, plus helped standardize overall company staffing process and HR policies/practices.

Spreadfast Start-Up
VP of Global Solutions / Sr. Director of Product
10/2011 - 08/2016
VP: Built London customer success team, managed office, and assisted with M&A of smaller competitor. Responsible for renewal of multimillion dollar portfolio of EMEA enterprise customers. Product liaison for Europe.
Sr. Director of Product Strategy (prior role): Market analysis & rapid prototyping to shape product vision. Managed team of product managers for agile software delivery (mobile & web). Responsible for integrations with major social networks. Created internal company portal.

Vast Start-Up
Sr. Product Manager
08/2009 - 10/2011
Managed key partnerships, defined roadmap, oversaw agile development for mobile and web apps. Responsible for A/B testing and site optimization.

Google Operations
Head of Enterprise Partnerships
08/2005 - 07/2009
Responsible for Google's enterprise partnership program. Defined partnership strategy, and launched partner program to create ecosystem of technology & services partners. Initiated partnership that led to $625M acquisition. Part of launch team for GSuite (Google Apps). Oversaw education team.

Trilogy Management Consulting
Project Manager & Sr. Consultant-Developer
11/1999 - 07/2005
Led large-scale software projects for enterprise customers. Managed distributed development teams through full project lifecycles. Designed and rolled out change management and issue tracking systems. Member of internal review board to drive adoption of best practices across projects.

Cycorp Start-Up
Sr. Member, Technical Staff
08/1995 - 01/1998
Software engineer at early-stage Artificial Intelligence (AI) company. Performed AI modeling, created build system, built company website, ran product demonstrations.