Experience

University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director, Corporate Relations - Viterbi School of Engineering

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  As Senior Director of Corporate Relations, I bridge engagement between industry partners and USC Viterbi School of Engineering. These relationships typically take the form of research funding and collaboration, philanthropic support including in-kind technology, talent pipeline, and on-campus engagement. As Senior Director of Corporate Relations, I bridge engagement between industry partners and USC Viterbi School of Engineering. These relationships typically take the form of research funding and collaboration, philanthropic support including in-kind technology, talent pipeline, and on-campus engagement.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, College of Engineering

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2020

  I led corporate relations for Cornell's College of Engineering. Our corporate engagement included research funding and collaboration, recruiting, and philanthropic support. I led corporate relations for Cornell's College of Engineering. Our corporate engagement included research funding and collaboration, recruiting, and philanthropic support.



University of California, Davis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Corporate Relations, College of Engineering

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2019



University of California Office of the President

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships, MESA

  • Sep 2013 - Feb 2018

  I led the resource development and strategic partnership efforts for MESA, heading up a team that managed all fundraising, corporate engagement, as well as marketing and communications activities. I was responsible for developing next-generation strategies to grow and diversify MESA's funding sources and industry partnerships. I also represented UC Office of the President in other strategic partnership activities, researching and evaluating potential partners and crafting partnership frameworks on behalf of UC and several of its academic outreach and pipeline programs.



The Online Investor

• Palo Alto, CA

• Co-founder, Partner

  • 1996 - 2012

  The Online Investor pioneered the consumer financial content space and served tens of millions of users before being sold to TickerTech in 2012. The Online Investor was an award winning site featured in Barron’s, NASDAQ, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, and CNBC. Our company started as one of the first official content partners for AOL in their Personal Finance channel. We pioneered integrated display ads and the ad-based revenue model in the brand new internet ecosystem. In 1996 I created one of the first email newsletters for investors and grew that past 100,000 subscribers in a matter of weeks. Along the way we added other revenue streams including e-commerce and subscription offerings. We survived the dot com bubble crash of 2000 and the great recession/market crash of 2008-09, and sold to TickerTech Technologies in 2012. I wore many hats including online operations, business development, IT, and product development, and I managed a large portfolio of content partnerships. I also leveraged our digital marketing using data-driven analytics and marketing tools to grow and monetize our audience.



Hoop FX

• Menlo Park, CA

• Founder and President

  • 2005 - 2009

  I started Hoop FX as a consumer e-commerce company after inventing basketball backboard covers featuring collegiate logos which adapted to nearly any home backboard size or style. We sold direct-to-consumer through our online site as well as through brick-and-mortar and affiliate online retailers. We soon expanded beyond the officially-licensed collegiate market and worked with a number NBA teams, NBA corporate sponsors, and ad agencies such as Interpublic. We were also featured at the 2007 and 2008 ESPY Awards and provided customized covers to a broad swath of notable athlete-celebrities. The business model emulated the hardware/software model of IBM/Microsoft and capitalize on the installed base of 40 million home backboards (the hardware) with our innovative accessories (the software). Our successful pivot into the NBA-corporate sponsor branding market brought additional success and visibility. Along the way, I built significant skills in e-commerce, SEO, SEM, site optimization, email marketing, and business development. I also had the privilege of recruiting and leading a great team of sales and marketing professionals.



S&P Global

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager and Sr. Bond Market Analyst

  • 1989 - 1996

  I began my career at S&P MMS as an entry level editor for Market News - Asia and within a year was promoted to Product Manager of Market News. A year later I was promoted to Fixed Income Market Analyst, and two years after that I jumped up to the position of Product Manager and Senior Bond Market Analyst, running the company’s flagship online product, MMS Treasury Fundamental. In my position as a Product Manager and Senior Analyst, I oversaw round-the-clock delivery of real-time analysis of economic data, Fed policy, global political developments and bond market activity to institutional investor and broker-dealer clientele. I managed contributions from a global team of analysts and economists and managed a team of four direct reports in the Americas. I worked directly with sales, marketing, and technology groups to maximize business performance and achieved the following: • Grew product revenue 25% to over $20 million at a time when the market was shrinking. • Led product to #1 ranking among all third party online information products in 1995. • Represented product and company in global print and TV media, including guest appearances on CNBC and regular quotes in the WSJ, NYTimes, and USA Today.