Experience

Venture Miami

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Miami, Florida, United States



University of Miami

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• UX/UI Adjunct Professor

  • Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  Miami, Florida, United States • Designed and delivered online curricula with assignments and assessments for a course introducing students to UX/UI principles from user research to UI and visual design . • Provided individual mentorship to 25+ students, enhancing their usability testing skills and providing research on user preferences and behaviour.



Watson Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Science and Impact Measurement Preceptor

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  Miami Metropolitan Area • Taught 30+ business students fundamental data analysis and impact analysis techniques to support synthesis and interpretation of data, guiding students leverage data more effectively in storytelling. • Guided students to create a final project on business analysis of a current organization, assessment of a market, or projections of newly launched organization. • Helped each student leverage projects with specific companies currently for post graduation job seeking.



Center for Black Innovation

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Program Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

  Miami, Florida, United States • Created an accelerator guiding cohorts of 20+ high growth startups through product development, business modeling, marketing, and investor relations resulting in over 50% generating revenue or receiving funding. • Sourced 14 experts to support entrepreneurs in and outside of programs that contributed to over 60+ hours of training. • Built blackinnovationcensus.com, a platform to record, analyze, and visualize 70+ resource organizations to assess access into innovation ecosystems for… Show more • Created an accelerator guiding cohorts of 20+ high growth startups through product development, business modeling, marketing, and investor relations resulting in over 50% generating revenue or receiving funding. • Sourced 14 experts to support entrepreneurs in and outside of programs that contributed to over 60+ hours of training. • Built blackinnovationcensus.com, a platform to record, analyze, and visualize 70+ resource organizations to assess access into innovation ecosystems for disadvantaged communities, by leading a remote analysis and development team. Show less



SAVR

• United States
• Software Development

• Senior Product Designer

  • Feb 2020 - Apr 2021

  Miami, Florida, United States



Dream Impact / ESG Innovation Lab

• Hong Kong
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Design Lead

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

  -Leading design of platform for co-working space in Hong Kong to automate their booking event process with community partners. -Working with Product Manager to integrate graphic designers brand direction and guide developers on interactive design elements. -Establishing testing and iteration cycle to improve on current design



Lavu Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Designer

  • Dec 2018 - Nov 2019

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area • Lead functional and visual re-design for back of house restaurant operations, updating three core features in the admin product. • Trained incoming designers on usage and implementation of global style guide and overall interface structure. • Analyzed 1k+ customer sentiment for respective product updates with SQL queries.



University of Miami School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Fellow (Startup Practicum)

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Miami -Created Partnership and LLC Agreements and founder's documents for local startups -Developed strategies for the protection of companies' IP -Advised startups on legal pitfalls and potential issues particular to their industry



University of Miami

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Fellow (at the LaunchPad)

  • Jun 2017 - May 2018

  Coral Gables, Fl -Working with entrepreneurs at the ideations stage to build viable business models/plans. -Discussing Business Formation and strategic steps forward to reveal viable steps forward. -Addressing foreseeable legal pitfalls with each individual venture.



Venture Cafe Miami

• Operations Lead

  • Mar 2017 - May 2018

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area • Built day to day processes around Thursday Gathering, an event bringing together 300+ innovators weekly. • Developed dashboard to track website traffic, social media, and customer base of weekly attendees. • Managed CRM (Salesforce) and developed outreach pipeline for weekly experts presenting at the event.

• Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2017

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area Establishing connections with other companies, organizations, and foundations in the South Florida area that builds impactful resource building programs that enhance the startup/innovation ecosystem of Miami.



University of Miami School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Law Student (Law Without Walls Program)

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area Teams across the world work together to tackle legal issues with innovative solutions that bring new ideas and technologies into the legal field.

• President (Black Law Student Association)

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  University of Miami School of Law By creating a supportive environment for black law students we hope to provide greater access to resources, connections to alumni and professionals in the legal field, outreach to the surrounding community of Miami-Dade, and programming that both realizes our issues while pushing for greater success within and beyond law school.



US Southern District Bankruptcy Court

• Legal Intern

  • May 2016 - Jun 2016

  Miami, Florida Worked under the Honorable Judge Isicoff: -Learned and utilized Bankruptcy Code while doing research for case preparation. -Worked closely with JA to create a memo on Bankruptcy issues particular to South Florida Bankruptcy courts. -Discussed more intricate issues of Bankrutpcy Code and Law with Judge to reveal future areas of change and progress to be made in the field.