Experience

HumanSignal

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Marketing & Ecosystem

  • May 2022 - Present

  Heartex is the creator of Label Studio, the most popular open source data labeling platform for data science & ML/AI. We're on a mission to solve the biggest problem in machine learning: inaccurate models and failed ML initiatives due to poor quality training data. We believe that empowering people with expertise or context to curate and add meaning to datasets is the only way to build competitive, domain-specific models that deliver an extra level of accuracy. I'm building a team of… Show more Heartex is the creator of Label Studio, the most popular open source data labeling platform for data science & ML/AI. We're on a mission to solve the biggest problem in machine learning: inaccurate models and failed ML initiatives due to poor quality training data. We believe that empowering people with expertise or context to curate and add meaning to datasets is the only way to build competitive, domain-specific models that deliver an extra level of accuracy. I'm building a team of marketers, evangelists, and open source community engineers to continue growing the Label Studio community, educate data science teams on data-centric AI, strengthen our ecosystem, and build a world-class brand and marketing engine. Show less



Netlify

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP of Marketing

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2022

  San Francisco Bay Area Netlify is changing the way the we build websites and web applications. I built and led a world-class team responsible for brand awareness & communications, growth marketing, enterprise demand generation, content marketing, events & field marketing, and our internal agency for web strategy, design & development.



Open Infrastructure Foundation

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Marketing & Community Services

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2019

  Austin, Texas The OpenStack Foundation is an independent body providing shared resources to help achieve the OpenStack Mission by Protecting, Empowering, and Promoting OpenStack software and the community around it, including users, developers and the entire ecosystem.

• Director of Marketing

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2014

  Austin, Texas Area The OpenStack Foundation is an independent body providing shared resources to help achieve the OpenStack Mission by Protecting, Empowering, and Promoting OpenStack software and the community around it, including users, developers and the entire ecosystem.

• Director, Board of Directors

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  One of eight Individual Members elected by the community to serve on the OpenStack Foundation Board of Directors in 2013.



Rackspace Hosting

• United States
• Information Technology & Services

• Senior Manager, Marketing

  • Dec 2011 - Sep 2012

  Austin, Texas Area In July 2010, I led the PR launch for OpenStack, collaborating with 25 organizations (including NASA!) who participated in the announcement. As the community quickly took off, my role expanded to support more general marketing and community building activities. I also helped launch and market Rackspace Cloud Builders, the OpenStack private cloud business. In late 2011, when Rackspace leadership decided to create an independent non-profit to run the OpenStack project, I supported the… Show more In July 2010, I led the PR launch for OpenStack, collaborating with 25 organizations (including NASA!) who participated in the announcement. As the community quickly took off, my role expanded to support more general marketing and community building activities. I also helped launch and market Rackspace Cloud Builders, the OpenStack private cloud business. In late 2011, when Rackspace leadership decided to create an independent non-profit to run the OpenStack project, I supported the formation of the entity, and then became employee No. 1 at the OpenStack Foundation.

• Marketing Communications Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2011



Porter Novelli

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Account Executive

  • Aug 2004 - Apr 2010

  Austin, Texas, United States I spent nearly 6 years working for the incredibly talented Porter Novelli Austin office, and remain very close to the alumni. We specialized in tech startups, ranging from open source developer tools to consumer tech to enterprise software. Accounts where I made the largest impact: - FiveRuns (Ruby on Rails application management) - SXSW Interactive Festival - Planview (enterprise portfolio management software) - Rackspace (Email & Apps) - Parrot (bluetooth) - BlueAnt… Show more I spent nearly 6 years working for the incredibly talented Porter Novelli Austin office, and remain very close to the alumni. We specialized in tech startups, ranging from open source developer tools to consumer tech to enterprise software. Accounts where I made the largest impact: - FiveRuns (Ruby on Rails application management) - SXSW Interactive Festival - Planview (enterprise portfolio management software) - Rackspace (Email & Apps) - Parrot (bluetooth) - BlueAnt Wireless - Wireless Valley - PwC MoneyTree report, and Oil & Gas sector - HP small business / verticals Show less