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Capital Ideas LLCManaging Partner
Aug. 2023United StatesEmpowering Africa. Helping to solve the housing crisis in Africa (50MM residential homes deficit) through innovative financing approach of residential real-estate projects across the African continent.
HairvineChief Executive Officer
Aug. 2023New York, United StatesMarketplace & Community solution for stylists & clients in the beauty industry for textured hair.
Relatus AIChief Operating Officer
Jun. 2023 - Aug. 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
Relatus AIVP Product, Data & Partnerships
Jun. 2020 - Aug. 2023Seattle, Washington, United StatesEarly stage SaaS generative AI/ML-based collaboration & productivity platform for professionals and organizations. The product is multi-platform, for individuals, teams, and enterprises on a B2C, B2B, B2E business model with frameworks for finding investors, limited partners, strategic hires, and subject matter experts at start.
SpokeoMobile Strategy Consultant
Mar. 2019 - Oct. 2019PasadenaDelivered new mobile product strategy, mobile launch & user acquisition strategies, ASO & Channel strategies and designed new business strategies for expansion and new user growth.
dwellio Inc.COO & VP of Product Development
Feb. 2018 - Jul. 2020Greater Seattle Areadwellio was a data-science technology company that was set on disrupting real estate and neighborhood search & discovery.
March WardenHead of Product
Feb. 2016 - Jan. 2018Greater Seattle AreaInstrumental in product design & development practices for this digital consumer development and strategy firm. The firm mostly focused on early and mid stage companies.
RUUVY Inc.Chief Product Officer
Apr. 2013 - Oct. 2015Greater Los Angeles AreaCelebrity-Driven Entertainment, Brand Management & Data Science Company Data Science company that utilized content engagement to build consumer profiles and predictive consumer insights by managing and curating the online experiences and social media presences of celebrities, musicians, bands, and others
Somo LtdManaging Consultant
Jan. 2013 - Aug. 2013Santa Monica, CA, London, UKHired into a wide-ranging Executive consulting role at SOMO, the largest independent mobile-first full-service agency with global organization operating in Europe, North America and Asia. With over £35M in revenue, and 110+ employees, SOMO’s clients included: Disney, BBC, Audi, Samsung, Microsoft, NFL, Zynga and many others.
BUZZMEDIA Inc., now SpinMedia Inc.VP Product Development & Program Management (Acting)
Apr. 2011 - Jan. 2013Hollywood, CARecruited into new position, reporting to CTO while leading and implementing product strategy and development. Challenged to guide organization to become vendor independent, overseeing product development and creation of project management processes, servicing technology, product development, and ad production organizations. Lead operations and product development for more than 40 sites while ensuring maintenance of ComScore Top 50 media network title. Implemented various project-fitting development practices, including Agile, primarily Scrum, and Kanban. Directed M&A processes as well as redesign of all new property acquisitions, including Spin.com.
Private Access, Inc.Technical Engagement Director
Mar. 2010 - Apr. 2011Irvine, CAServed as project lead while directing associated internal strategic product development, reporting to Chief Technology and Product Officer. Recruited to join previous executive from MTV and MyLife/Reunion.com, managing all staff in Technology and Product Development Department. Co-managed redefinition of strategic business and open market adoption model and guided new architecture of product roadmap. Oversaw Personal Health Records (PHR) integrations with Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault. Spearheaded development of adapting and redesign of existing registration flow to a publicly open registration flow, integrating PHRs, new medical questionnaires, and identity verification services. Designed integrated instances of Private Access products RecruitSource and PrivacyLayer for Condition Specific Organizations (CSO) such as KS&A, MMRF, and University of Michigan for Clinical Trial Recruitment (CTR) and privacy management for state-run bloodspot programs.
iconmobile LLCProject Director
Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2010Santa Monica, CASpearheaded development of mobile applications, mobile optimized websites, and other mobile related events, products, and services. Oversaw device detection, enabling website for Microsoft to deliver Windows Live For Mobile products to specific phones, OS, or carriers. Extended reach of Windows Live For Mobile by adding additional services and business groups through client engagement such as Bing, MyPhone, and Marketplace. Conceived and executed data management backend to give client content management functionalities. Built strategic partnership with JWT, another partner agency of WPP, as mobile partner for mobile initiatives for their clients such as Johnson & Johnson.
MyLife.comSr. Project Manager Technology & Product Development
Jun. 2008 - Feb. 2009Los Angeles, CAEnlisted by new turnaround CTO, from previous position at Neopets. Led development and deployment of Reunions vital data enrichments projects, including new functionality, enabling pre-populated profiles, confirming identities, and enabling sale of contact information. Instrumental in implementing organizational changes outlined by CTO, including building new Project Management Office and implementing required processes, including formal change order and risk management. Evaluated various outsourcing companies to staff-up for aggressive launch timeline for MyLife.
ViacomSr. Project Manager Technology & Product Development
Feb. 2007 - Jun. 2008Glendale, CAOversaw all process and project operations, directly reporting to VP. Hired to establish PMO practices, including project, resource, and development management. Became key liaison between Product Development Department and stakeholders. Instrumental in creation of virtual item business, “NC Mall”, focusing on establishing secure environment and developing all mall functionalities and architecture to establish new company business paradigm. Directed outsourced development of Adobe Air application powering Neopets game. Planned implementation, configured JIRA, and rolled out use companywide for issue tracking and project management purposes.
Global Gaming League Inc.Manager Product Development & Operations
Oct. 2005 - Feb. 2007Santa Monica, CAOversaw music sweepstakes and website development for Halo 2 soundtrack in cooperation with Microsoft and Bungie. Managed multiple tournament microsite developments and deployments for clients, including Best Buy, Activision, GameStop, UbiSoft, SOE, EA, THQ, and WWE. Led implementation of payment processing infrastructure with Click & Buy. GGL Product Development Environment: MS .NET, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), Macromedia Flash, and J2EE.
K1010 Media GmbHHead of Marketing
Nov. 2000 - Aug. 2005Los Angeles, CA & Berlin (Germany)Lead and managed all online marketing efforts of campaigns, promotions and competitive activities. Managed localization and Americanizing of online games and game design/concepts for launch in U.S. (including redesign, adaptation and managing group of daily content editors, etc.). Led transition from free-to-play to subscription model for Germany and U.S.
SGIMarketing Analyst
Jan. 1999 - Dec. 1999Mountain View, CAEnhanced and updated SGI’s online support portfolio website that was geared to be first line of support for SGI’s hardware products and support services. Conducted competitive surveys of support services for SGI server families. Developed global services availability matrix for multinational customers and international transactions. Designed matrix into a web-based sales tool for internal use.
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