Experience

The Accidental Ally

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder, CEO The Accidental Ally.

  • May 2020 - Present

  Palo Alto, California, United States Mission To create engaging, enriching work opportunities that fuel the financial prosperity and wellbeing of people with cognitive disabilities. Vision To harness the ability in the disability and fuel the transformation from invisible to invincible. Values Be Authentic. Be Kind and Compassionate. Bias towards Action. Anything is possible. Our why: We believe that we can transform the lives people with cognitive disabilities by harnessing the… Show more Mission To create engaging, enriching work opportunities that fuel the financial prosperity and wellbeing of people with cognitive disabilities. Vision To harness the ability in the disability and fuel the transformation from invisible to invincible. Values Be Authentic. Be Kind and Compassionate. Bias towards Action. Anything is possible. Our why: We believe that we can transform the lives people with cognitive disabilities by harnessing the ability in the disability. We believe that we can fuel their financial prosperity and wellbeing by connecting them to engaging and enriching work opportunities and not just ‘jobs’. We believe we can help employers tap into an underutilized segment of the workforce. We believe we can help employers create engaging and enriching work opportunities for people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. What we are NOT - We are NOT a non profit. We are a for profit business focused on building a long term, sustainable business that can invest in and grow the disabled talent pool. - We are NOT a recruiting or staffing agency. We are a company built and run by people with disabilities. We find, nurture and grow talent which means that we recognize that each individual is unique and is able to learn and contribute in their own special way. We don’t believe in the traditional recruiting and placements models as it is not effective for people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. - We are NOT interested in jobs. We want to create engaging and enriching work experiences for self advocates who may not be able to work in the traditional ways work is defined but are very capable and willing to be contributing members of the workforce. - We are NOT an advocacy agency. We have strong bias to action which means we mean what we say and we do what we say. We have proudly built a strong community of self advocates and their families that is rooted in trust, respect, kindness, compassion and love. Show less



Self Employed

• United States
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Consultant

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area Focused on working with product executive leadership at companies such as Intuit , Sam’s Club, Brambles, on deliverable and timeline based strategic projects.



Sam's Club

• United States
• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Accessibility Lead

  • Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  Palo Alto, CA - Chief Evangelist and Product Lead for the Web Accessibility Initiative at Sam's. - Considered the face and voice of Accessibility within the organization. - Changed the narrative on Accessibility by introducing the 'voice of the customer', bringing in Sam's Members with disabilities to provide valuable feedback on the digital experiences the team is building. - Developed a framework to build accessibility into the fabric of the culture vs viewing it as a liability or … Show more - Chief Evangelist and Product Lead for the Web Accessibility Initiative at Sam's. - Considered the face and voice of Accessibility within the organization. - Changed the narrative on Accessibility by introducing the 'voice of the customer', bringing in Sam's Members with disabilities to provide valuable feedback on the digital experiences the team is building. - Developed a framework to build accessibility into the fabric of the culture vs viewing it as a liability or legal/ compliance requirements (and with very little funding). - Engaged the Design community in the creation of a design system that includes Accessibility requirements. - Engaged the developer community to embrace the 'Shift-Left' mindset with tools, training that would help them build accessible code from the ground up and make it drop-dead easy to practice accessibility principles. - Rolled out a test automation framework that would catch accessibility issues before release to production. - Developed training materials and checklists, universal test cases for accessibility components and developed in-house expertise on how to do manual testing. - Engaged the product community, ensuring product leads understand the importance, take ownership of and prioritize accessibility issues - Organized several accessibility events in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Accessibility Pop Labs to engage the employees in the Accessibility initiative. - Hosted Accessibility Gallery walks and Dine in the Dark event for Sam's executive team members to help create awareness of the impact of making our digital experiences accessible to our members with disabilities. Show less



Intuit

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• QuickBooks (Invoicing and Payments) Product Lead

  • Oct 2010 - Nov 2017

  Mountain View, CA Led the product vision and strategy for ‘Data Driven Intelligent systems’ aiming to deliver timely, important and relevant insights to QuickBooks users so that they can run and grow their business. Led product strategy for Brainstorm,an internal tool for innovation, driving change in the form of hypothesis driven rapid experiments to gain a better understanding of target customers and the benefits they care about. In just 3 months, the team was able to rapidly iterate and… Show more Led the product vision and strategy for ‘Data Driven Intelligent systems’ aiming to deliver timely, important and relevant insights to QuickBooks users so that they can run and grow their business. Led product strategy for Brainstorm,an internal tool for innovation, driving change in the form of hypothesis driven rapid experiments to gain a better understanding of target customers and the benefits they care about. In just 3 months, the team was able to rapidly iterate and learn from lean experiments that informed a clear product strategy and path for execution. Led product strategy and vision to grow the Intuit Commerce Network, a 200M-user network effects business that aims to strengthen the QuickBooks ecosystem of Small Businesses, their customers and vendors via invoice based payments. Show less



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Supply Chain Operations Strategy and Partnerships (Board Electrical Components)

  • Jan 2008 - Apr 2010

  Cupertino, CA -Managed the global supply base of all board electrical and specialized component manufacturers with a commodity spend of over $5 billion across all Mac, iPhone and iPod products. -Bridged the gap between engineering and ops teams by demonstrating and building credibility through early involvement in the development process, delivering cost savings and developing commodity expertise. -Developed a reliable and resilient supply chain for board electrical components that could withstand the… Show more -Managed the global supply base of all board electrical and specialized component manufacturers with a commodity spend of over $5 billion across all Mac, iPhone and iPod products. -Bridged the gap between engineering and ops teams by demonstrating and building credibility through early involvement in the development process, delivering cost savings and developing commodity expertise. -Developed a reliable and resilient supply chain for board electrical components that could withstand the pressure and demands of the Apple ecosystem. -Delivered numerous cost savings and supply chain optimization initiatives to meet the growing demand for Apple products. Show less



Visa

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic Marketing Partnerships (Sponsorships and Branding)

  • Sep 2004 - Dec 2007

  Foster City, CA Hired to support the sourcing needs of the various business units within Visa. Developed a client based support model in an environment of “skepticism” related to the sourcing function. Adept at negotiating master service agreements and developing supplier performance metrics. -Negotiated and executed the partner agreements for the Visa rebranding effort, the launch of the new Holographic Magnetic Tape, sporting events such as the FIFA Sponsorship, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Beijing… Show more Hired to support the sourcing needs of the various business units within Visa. Developed a client based support model in an environment of “skepticism” related to the sourcing function. Adept at negotiating master service agreements and developing supplier performance metrics. -Negotiated and executed the partner agreements for the Visa rebranding effort, the launch of the new Holographic Magnetic Tape, sporting events such as the FIFA Sponsorship, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Beijing Olympics and the re-design of Visa.com website. -Delivered the enterprise launch of the Visa International Supplier Diversity Program. Show less



Safeway

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supply Chain Strategy and Partnerships (Private Label)

  • Jun 2002 - Sep 2004

  Pleasanton, CA Hired out of business school to manage the volatile and high visibility Safeway private bottled water category. In the first year as the sourcing lead, developed and delivered a robust market-driven sourcing strategy and distributed supply chain delivery model to meet the growing demand, a regional supply base that could withstand the volatility of demand/supply. Delivered $7 million in Cost Savings initiatives for Safeway private label products in under 12 months. Executed a consortium buying… Show more Hired out of business school to manage the volatile and high visibility Safeway private bottled water category. In the first year as the sourcing lead, developed and delivered a robust market-driven sourcing strategy and distributed supply chain delivery model to meet the growing demand, a regional supply base that could withstand the volatility of demand/supply. Delivered $7 million in Cost Savings initiatives for Safeway private label products in under 12 months. Executed a consortium buying deal resulting in a cost avoidance of over 20% of the planned capital budget for a manufacturing facility. Show less