VP of Product

• Apr 2023 - Present

Sr. Director of Product

• Jan 2022 - Apr 2023

Director of Product Management

• Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

Senior Product Manager

• Jun 2018 - Jan 2021

Transitioning company’s product strategy and delivery from lean startup to stable growth mode by working with executive leadership to develop strategic business objectives to inform a well aligned product roadmap. This is further facilitated by implementing and upholding Agile methodologies, developing a request intake and prioritization process, a standardized feature scorecard, improved communication platforms, and a data governance model. Additionally, led initiative to develop a user research program, discovery processes, and persona development. Show less

Manager of Product Ownership and Business Analysis

• Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

Managed team of BAs and POs to define, develop and deliver high quality products that provide value to the business - including a native mobile application, global expansion of web and mobile apps, branding redesign, and a transition to one-site architecture.

Product Owner/ Scrum Master

• May 2017 - Feb 2018

Organized requirements from multiple product managers in a balanced backlog serving multiple global delivery teams while ensuring the backlog serves to meet corporate directives and goals. Implemented more disciplined approaches to backlog grooming and sprint management, while empowering the delivery teams and promoting visibility to upper management.

Business Analyst

• Dec 2016 - May 2017

Liaised between leadership and technical teams to identify and execute against business priorities. Served as BA on a project with our largest partner, resulting in two new products developed in a six-week timeframe. These products generated 20% of digital business revenue for FY 2017.

Manager of Client Services and Product Development

• Oct 2015 - Nov 2016

Assisted executive team with maintaining client needs and business requirements. Cultivated strategic organizational partnerships with diverse actors including Gates Foundation, international NGOs, national governments, USG, and others. Secured 70% of overall company revenue in FY 2016, achieving 67% growth from FY 2015. Built $600k pipeline, actualized on a 30% close rate, generating over $200k in new revenue. Led client services team to balance both immediate and long term deliverables to exceed expectations. Managed all existing client relationships and project plans for client services work and product subscriptions valuing over $2.3M while also contributing to new business development strategies. Show less

Data Analyst

• Jun 2014 - Oct 2015

Served as data management consultant for over 20 international projects with more than 12 partners. Supported data collection and processing work related to clients' implementation of the aWhere location intelligence platform for international development. Acquired, organized, analyzed, and loaded data related to international development activities. and conduct technical trainings to build capacity to optimize their data by using aWhere Products and other analytical tools such as Postman, RStudio and SQL. Show less

Policy Research Assistant

• Jan 2013 - Jun 2014

Conducted literature reviews relevant to state and federal education policy and education development opportunities. Wrote policy briefs for distribution to local, state, and federal officials. Corresponded with state and federal officials and staff members. Managed state and federal tracking documents. Scanned data and export into software files. Performed data entry and initial analyses. Documented and managed data sets, and prepared tables, graphs, and reports for government relations activities. Show less

Research Associate/Program Developer

• Oct 2010 - Oct 2012

Traveled to South Sudan as organization's envoy. Implemented the survey tools I and other interns developed. Survey data is being used to create viable and sustainable programs intended to be implemented in 2013. Additionally this data will be used to attract other academic and organizational partners and to solicit and secure financial grants to further the organization's work in South Sudan communities. Traveled to South Sudan as organization's envoy. Implemented the survey tools I and other interns developed. Survey data is being used to create viable and sustainable programs intended to be implemented in 2013. Additionally this data will be used to attract other academic and organizational partners and to solicit and secure financial grants to further the organization's work in South Sudan communities.

Rotary International Administrator

• Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

Synchronizing the five committees of the Peace Corp to ensure all contact databases, websites, conference content, and all activity relevant to the process of joining the International Rotary is shared and accessible to everyone. Synchronizing the five committees of the Peace Corp to ensure all contact databases, websites, conference content, and all activity relevant to the process of joining the International Rotary is shared and accessible to everyone.

Refugee Employment Placement

• Dec 2011 - May 2012

Helping refugees and asylees secure employment through interview preparation, resume building, special skills training, and employer connections. I also work with helping clients adjust cultural changes nd expectations of their workplace. Helping refugees and asylees secure employment through interview preparation, resume building, special skills training, and employer connections. I also work with helping clients adjust cultural changes nd expectations of their workplace.