Experience

Haiti Partners

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ex-Officio Board Member

  • Sep 2012 - Present

  Haiti Partners is helping Haitians change Haiti through education. I've been involved in humanitarian work in Haiti with my brother, John Engle, since 1991 and have traveled to Haiti dozens of times. After the earthquake in 2010, I became active in the project to build the Haiti Partners Children's Academy and joined the board officially in 2012. Contributed 25% of my proceeds from CoTweet to the Haiti Partners Children’s Academy, and led fundraising efforts that have raised over… Show more Haiti Partners is helping Haitians change Haiti through education. I've been involved in humanitarian work in Haiti with my brother, John Engle, since 1991 and have traveled to Haiti dozens of times. After the earthquake in 2010, I became active in the project to build the Haiti Partners Children's Academy and joined the board officially in 2012. Contributed 25% of my proceeds from CoTweet to the Haiti Partners Children’s Academy, and led fundraising efforts that have raised over $1m more. Created a fundraising model connecting communities of supporters in San Francisco, Denver, Hershey, and Venice Beach to adopt a class of children at the Haiti Partners Children’s Academy and raise $25k each year to cover their expenses. The San Francisco event has been running annually since 2012 and is now held on the Ohana Floor at Salesforce Tower. Created Language Hangouts, a program connecting Haitians learning English with native English speakers for weekly video conferencing sessions where Haitians can practice their English. Show less



Good Work House

• United States
• Recreational Facilities

• Founder

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2022

  Greater Los Angeles Area Founded Good Work House, a member-based community built around impact-driven creators in Venice, California. Members paid monthly dues to sponsor a Haitian child’s education. That gave them access to a variety of events led by volunteers that included live music, yoga, book signings, film screenings, open mic night. The physical venue closed due to COVID. Re-birthed Good Work House into web3 along with two dozen NFT artists and developers. Our convening project, Groundbreaking, was a… Show more Founded Good Work House, a member-based community built around impact-driven creators in Venice, California. Members paid monthly dues to sponsor a Haitian child’s education. That gave them access to a variety of events led by volunteers that included live music, yoga, book signings, film screenings, open mic night. The physical venue closed due to COVID. Re-birthed Good Work House into web3 along with two dozen NFT artists and developers. Our convening project, Groundbreaking, was a collection of Haitian art from a group of twelve artists in Port-au-Prince that we mentored virtually for ten weeks, helping them to launch their first NFTs. We supported the collection with an event at BudmanStudio in Venice. After a period of “emergence,” a successful NFT enthusiast community, IRL Alpha, built around a weekly IRL event and livestream, became viable and was spun out. Created Camp Good Work House, a virtual summer camp for middle and high school students in the summer of 2020 to keep kids connected during the first summer of Covid. We recruited two dozen creators and mentors and hosted 150 kids over 8 weeks. Show less


On Deck
• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Fellow, Community Builders Fellowship (ODCB1)

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2021


Tap Bio

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Co-founder and CEO

  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2019

  San Francisco and Venice, CA



Seesaw (acquired by Byliner)

• Co-founder

  • Jul 2012 - Nov 2013

  San Francisco, CA Seesaw created consumer mobile apps Seesaw and Everlapse. The apps were beautiful but failed to gain enough traction and the team was acqui-hired by Byliner.



ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce)

• VP Social Media

  • Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

  San Francisco, CA Led the ExactTarget Social Media Lab in San Francisco after ExactTarget acquired CoTweet Launched CoTweet in Japan in partnership with NTT Developed new products working collaboratively with customers



CoTweet (acquired by ExactTarget in March 2010)

• Co-founder & CEO

  • Dec 2008 - Mar 2010

  San Francisco, CA Co-founded CoTweet, the first tool that brands used to manage Twitter in 2009, serving as CEO. Raised $1.1m from leading early stage VCs and led the team to a $20m exit in 16 months.



Swatchbox Technologies

• VP, Business & Product Development

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2008

  Created the Swatchbox brand. Launched DesignMyRoom.com, an award-winning site for interior design and decorating. Created concept, led product design and development, signed founding sponsors (Armstrong, Benjamin Moore, Kohler, smith+noble, Whirlpool), attracted celebrity interior designers, created distribution and ad sales partnership with Hachette Filipacchi Media US (publisher of Woman's Day, ELLE Decor, Metropolitan Home), and directed marketing and public relations for the site. Grew the… Show more Created the Swatchbox brand. Launched DesignMyRoom.com, an award-winning site for interior design and decorating. Created concept, led product design and development, signed founding sponsors (Armstrong, Benjamin Moore, Kohler, smith+noble, Whirlpool), attracted celebrity interior designers, created distribution and ad sales partnership with Hachette Filipacchi Media US (publisher of Woman's Day, ELLE Decor, Metropolitan Home), and directed marketing and public relations for the site. Grew the site to 150k monthly unique users with a loyal community. Show less



Armstrong World Industries

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of eMarketing

  • Oct 2001 - Dec 2005

  Responsible for global web portfolio and eMarketing efforts. Established a world-class website portfolio—serving 9 million visitors annually in more than 100 countries and 10 languages—that became a benchmark for the building products industry. http://www.armstrong.com



Breakaway Solutions

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Managing Director, Branding & User Experience

  • Sep 1999 - Jun 2001

  New York, NY Built the Branding & User Experience practice at eBusiness integrator Breakaway Solutions (Nasdaq: BWAY) from 1 person to a team of 75 brand strategy, web design and usability professionals across offices in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Dallas and Silicon Valley.



Conducent

• Italy
• Professional Training and Coaching

• VP, Business Development

  • Jan 1998 - Sep 1999

  Played key business development role for this venture-funded Internet advertising network. Established partnerships with Lycos, REUTERS, ZDNet and dozens of software developers.



CKS

• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager

  • May 1995 - Sep 1996

  Cupertino, CA and New York, NY Third person hired to CKS' Interactive division in Cupertino, CA. Led design and development of Prudential's first website. Played key role in establishing CKS' New York Office, winning and managing strategic web initiatives for Citibank.