Experience

Valent Partners

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

• Principal

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Excited to join a rapidly growing group of passionate business and technology leaders. Helping businesses excel in Program Management, Product Management, Application Development, Design, Marketing, & Business Operations. Excited to join a rapidly growing group of passionate business and technology leaders. Helping businesses excel in Program Management, Product Management, Application Development, Design, Marketing, & Business Operations.



Zoomies: Your Pet Neighborhood App

• United States
• Software Development

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Zoomies is a FUN, ENGAGING, EDUCATIONAL social app for everyone who enjoys, cares for, helps, serves, and loves pets. Zoomies is a FUN, ENGAGING, EDUCATIONAL social app for everyone who enjoys, cares for, helps, serves, and loves pets.



Kia Kaha Creative LLC

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Founder

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2022

  Helping small business owners be strong with marketing, communications, and growth. Helping small business owners be strong with marketing, communications, and growth.



Vision2

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

• VP Marketing (Contract)

  • Oct 2019 - Nov 2021

  Primary objectives were to establish a brand identity in the marketplace and generate marketing qualified leads that would meet their aggressive sales goals. Role has expanded to Go-to-Market strategy, business partnerships, and Customer Success processes. - Completed competitor analysis, industry interviews, and reviewed existing materials to establish the Why, How, What of Vision2, and concise elevator pitch. - Redesigned the information architecture of the Vision2 website and rewrote most of the content - Established a bold, opinionated, and consistent voice on the blog and social channels - Developed and launched multiple campaigns, each included a landing page, downloadable white paper, live webinar, hub/spoke articles, blog and social posts, emails. and paid ads on Google and Facebook - In just 6 months, grew website traffic 554% in Visits, 590% in Unique Visitors and 370% in PageViews Grew Facebook to 2.3M impressions, 823K reached, 44K engagements Show less



Stuck In Customs

• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2019

  Chief “Everything” Officer for a multimillion-dollar art business with operations and clients around the world. Increased revenue by over 400% while profit margins increased over 60%. Projects and responsibilities were challenging and wide-ranging. Key examples are: • Hire, build and lead teams located in Dallas, Portland, Edinburgh, and Queenstown, New Zealand • Redesign and development of StuckInCustoms.com, TreyRatcliff.com • Design and production of tutorial video products • Design of multiple iOS/Android apps • Founded new education company, The Arcanum; Served as CTO and Design/Development lead • Design and launch of online product stores using Magento and Shopify • Design and host global photography workshops • Found and signed Peak Design to co-design/development of a camera bag line which raised over $10M on Kickstarter • Found and signed Skylum to co-design/develop HDR photography software (Aurora HDR) which was Mac's App of the Year in 2017, was downloaded over 3 million times • Signed content partners Ritz-Carlton and Marriott to a multi-year program • Designed and led promotional tours across USA, Europe and Asia with partners such as Google, DJI, and Ritz-Carlton • Launched Fine Art channel with over $1M in sales • Designed, edited and launched a book about Instagram influencers Show less



The Arcanum

• Queenstown, New Zealand

• COO / CTO

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2019



ACTIVE Network

• United States
• Software Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Vice President, Marketing & Community

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  After the acquisition of Fellowship Technologies by Active Network in 2011, assumed the role of Vice President of Marketing & Community. Responsibilities included leading a team focused on product and field marketing, corporate communications, cultivating the customer community, and business partnerships. The team outperformed all of Active's teams in satisfaction, engagement, and qualified sales leads. After the acquisition of Fellowship Technologies by Active Network in 2011, assumed the role of Vice President of Marketing & Community. Responsibilities included leading a team focused on product and field marketing, corporate communications, cultivating the customer community, and business partnerships. The team outperformed all of Active's teams in satisfaction, engagement, and qualified sales leads.



Fellowship Technologies

• Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• VP, Marketing & Community

  • May 2004 - May 2011

  Joined Fellowship Technologies in May 2004 as Vice President of Delivery Services. Later led teams in the areas of Product Development, Reporting, Technology Operations, Internal Systems Development, Product Support, Education, Community, Marketing, and Business Development. The company grew from 10 employees to 120+ with $11M+ in annual revenue. Joined Fellowship Technologies in May 2004 as Vice President of Delivery Services. Later led teams in the areas of Product Development, Reporting, Technology Operations, Internal Systems Development, Product Support, Education, Community, Marketing, and Business Development. The company grew from 10 employees to 120+ with $11M+ in annual revenue.



Hitachi Vantara

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

• Senior Manager

  • Sep 2001 - Apr 2004

  • Project Manager for design, development, testing, and implementation of a web-based loan system • Project Manager responsible for the technical direction, quality assurance, and usability for a web-based supply chain visibility application • Application architect of an order management and proactive alert notification system • Development Manager of a web-based application for retailers in the deregulated energy markets • Development Manager for the development and implementation of a B2B Internet exchange for a global Supply Chain software company • Development Manager of a web-based workflow management system for a telecom provider • Development Manager of a project to redesign the budget preparation process for a utility company • Led the design and development of a career development application Show less



TACTICASOFT

• Argentina
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Aug 1998 - Sep 2001