Experience

The Design Gym

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • May 2012 - Present

  Greater New York City Area The Design Gym is an innovation and culture consultancy focused on unlocking the power of every organization’s greatest asset—its people. Through interactive workshops, culture consulting programs and community building, The Design Gym arms teams with the tools they need to fundamentally shift the way their businesses — and their people — work. Learn more at https://www.thedesigngym.com Some of our amazing partners include Marriott, Kiehl's, Burton, Cisco, Instagram, TED, CoverGirl, The… Show more The Design Gym is an innovation and culture consultancy focused on unlocking the power of every organization’s greatest asset—its people. Through interactive workshops, culture consulting programs and community building, The Design Gym arms teams with the tools they need to fundamentally shift the way their businesses — and their people — work. Learn more at https://www.thedesigngym.com Some of our amazing partners include Marriott, Kiehl's, Burton, Cisco, Instagram, TED, CoverGirl, The Rockefeller Foundation, Porsche, the NYC Dept. of Education, MetLife, Facebook, Kellogg's, and many more. Show less



Wok+Wine

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NYC Partner

  • Jun 2012 - May 2020

  Greater New York City Area Wok+Wine started in November 2008 as a new way to get a diverse group of interesting people together in New York City for a night of great conversation, fueled by delicious food and amazing wine. Since its humble beginnings, Wok+Wine has quickly grown into a monthly gathering of some of the most inspiring, creative and connected people around the world. Wok+Wine has been enjoyed by close to 3,000 people in New York, Venezuela, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Madrid, San Francisco,… Show more Wok+Wine started in November 2008 as a new way to get a diverse group of interesting people together in New York City for a night of great conversation, fueled by delicious food and amazing wine. Since its humble beginnings, Wok+Wine has quickly grown into a monthly gathering of some of the most inspiring, creative and connected people around the world. Wok+Wine has been enjoyed by close to 3,000 people in New York, Venezuela, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Madrid, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Vancouver, Melbourne, Sydney, Whangarei, Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand. Show less



Drawing Insights

• Principal

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

  We're a Social Market Research + Innovation Strategy firm. What that actually means is we take the time to get in front of your consumers, employees and partners to understand what factors are critical to their decision making. This process we use in collecting information is very similar whether it's understanding how to increase idea generation from front line managers or understanding what factors contribute to the purchasing of your product. Once our insights have been collected… Show more We're a Social Market Research + Innovation Strategy firm. What that actually means is we take the time to get in front of your consumers, employees and partners to understand what factors are critical to their decision making. This process we use in collecting information is very similar whether it's understanding how to increase idea generation from front line managers or understanding what factors contribute to the purchasing of your product. Once our insights have been collected and synthesized we begin the fun stuff. We'll work with your teams to collectively create solutions that build off of the opportunities we found in the research. Show less



Draw Group

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of New Business Development

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  With a team of fifty strong across our New York and London offices, Last Exit is a quickly growing digital agency. Our focus on developing interaction and conversation between brands and their consumers has led to a notable client list including; TED, Cannon, Belvedere, Ray-Ban, Ferragamo, Chegg, Vespa and Toyota.



The Hub LLC

• Manager of Innovation

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2010

  New Product Development: Building a website to help small meetings find the "right" location New Business Development: Finding new small meeting markets for our three locations



Frontier Realty

• Leasing and Property Management

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2008

  Managing properties throughout the University City and West Philadlephia area. Working with tenants throughout the application and leasing process. Coordinating work as well as payment with contractors.



Harlem Wizards Entertainment Basketball

• Marketing and Sales Intern

  • Aug 2004 - Mar 2005

  Led entire sales organization for three consecutive months in booking new business Organized on site promotional events including staffing, creation of point of sale displays and tracking patterns in merchandise consumption Created tailored marketing materials that clients used to promote fundraisers