Experience

ideas42 Ventures

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Studio Lead

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  At the ideas42 Venture Studio we build companies that solve massive social challenges. We do this by recruiting talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with direct, lived experiences in our focus areas, and we work directly alongside them for 18 months in an intense research, behavioral design, prototype, sell, deployment, and fundraising process. At the end of 18 months, we expect each of our entrepreneurs to have a product in-market making a difference in the world, with capital to continue to grow far beyond the Venture Studio. Show less



ideas42

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Director, New Ventures

  • Jun 2017 - Feb 2021

  Co-designer and founding lead of the ideas42 Venture Lab; a startup studio that designs, pilots, and spins out behavioral science powered, enterprise software businesses across industry verticals. Our portfolio: > In Class Today: Working with K-12 school districts to help reduce student absenteeism. - Revenue: ~$2M in revenue this school year, on track for $5M next year - Impact: Eliminated ~350,000 absences this school year at 25 different school districts, on track to eliminate more than 1M next year > Nickels: Working with post-secondary education institutions to reduce student loan default rates - Status: Pilot programs launching this summer with three post-secondary institutions > Vergil: Working with State and City Governments to reduce prisoner recidivism - Status: Two pilot jurisdictions secured Show less



EveryDay Labs

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim CEO

  • Nov 2017 - Jul 2018

  In Class Today is the first portfolio company for ideas42 Venture Lab. I served as the interim CEO of In Class Today, during which we closed an angel round of investment, refined our sales and delivery strategy and hired a permanent CEO to lead the business through the next phase of growth. In Class Today is the first portfolio company for ideas42 Venture Lab. I served as the interim CEO of In Class Today, during which we closed an angel round of investment, refined our sales and delivery strategy and hired a permanent CEO to lead the business through the next phase of growth.



Opower

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP, Product Management

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2017

  Member of our R&D leadership team responsible for defining and prioritizing all key product investments, including committed and vision roadmaps for our 200+ person R&D organization. My final major project at Oracle/Opower involved assembling and managing a cross-functional team to design, and bring to market our next generation cloud digital self-service product combining Opower's digital cloud experience and Oracle's on-premise Customer Information System.Prior to our acquisition by Oracle, I led a 55-person team, including our User Experience, Analytics, Product Localization, Knowledge Management, and Professional Services Product Management teams. As a product leader, I conceived of and brought to market multiple new product lines, including an integrated, multi-channel Rewards experience, which was our fastest growing product line in 2015. I also led a key cross-functional effort to make changes to our product that resulted in $13M per year savings in COGs and a corresponding 10% improvement in our Gross Margins. Completely redesigned our product localization process to ensure our products continued to elicit the target emotional reactions from customers across the globe from Japan -> Italy and beyond. Show less

• Senior Director, Consumer Marketing

  • Aug 2010 - Jan 2013

  Led a team of 13 designers, front end developers and content experts responsible for the design and delivery of integrated marketing experiences leveraging the Opower platform on behalf of our utility clients Drove our company learning agenda through the conception and execution of 100's of randomized control trial experiments designed to improve our core product outcomes; energy efficiency and customer satisfaction.



AFL-CIO

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Online Mobilization Coordinator

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2010



Wired for Change

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Cofounder and Partner

  • Mar 2005 - May 2008



Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• History and Public Policy Teacher

  • 2001 - 2004

  Designed and taught the first Senior Public Policy Thesis course for seniors at a start-up Charter School. Designed and taught the first Senior Public Policy Thesis course for seniors at a start-up Charter School.



The Harker School

• San Jose, CA

• High School Economics Teacher

  • 1999 - 2000

  Developed and implemented the sophomore economics curriculum for a new High School in San Jose, CA. Developed and implemented the sophomore economics curriculum for a new High School in San Jose, CA.



Saint Ann's School

• Brooklyn, NY

• Mathematics Teacher

  • 1997 - 1999

  Taught high school algebra, geometry, statistics and economic game theory as well as fifth grade math. Taught high school algebra, geometry, statistics and economic game theory as well as fifth grade math.