Experience

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  Infinite World Studios

  • Producer

    • Apr 2022 - Present

    I work with clients such as Carnival Cruise Lines and Caesar's Palace to launch immersive digital guest experiences. As a producer, I am the point person ensuring seamless communication between teams, the removal of blockers, integration of customer data, and appropriate expectation setting until delivery.

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  Think in Ink Consulting

  • Founder and Lead Project Manager

    • Jun 2020 - Present

    At Think in Ink, I help clients identify and leverage user data and storytelling to build products that launch them through phases of pivot, growth, and startup. My approach to product development is this: your customers are the smartest people in your company. I build products based upon market research, user empathy, experiential consistency and internal business collaboration and alignment.

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  Chief

  • Member

    • Mar 2022 - Oct 2022

    Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for the most powerful women executives to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them.

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  Hive9

  • Austin, Texas

  • Head Of Product

    • Oct 2018 - May 2020
    • Austin, Texas

    Built out a product team, UX and user research function to ideate and build new product features to ramp up a B2B SaaS startup.

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  argodesign

  • Austin, Texas Area

  • Senior Producer

    • Aug 2017 - Sep 2018
    • Austin, Texas Area

    Product ideation, development and launch. End-to-end project management, client relationships and market research.

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  XO Group Inc.

  • Austin, Texas Area

  • Senior Product Manager

    • Sep 2016 - Sep 2017
    • Austin, Texas Area

    Disruptive monetization strategy and data-driven product development.

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  SpareFoot

  • Austin, Texas Area

  • Product Manager

    • Oct 2014 - Sep 2016
    • Austin, Texas Area

    - Built and grew new consumer product offering 50%.- Led B2B product strategy and product team.- Directed and executed usability tests, A/B tests, and client and consumer surveys.- Conducted market research to shape supply-side company initiatives.- Created holistic strategy for defining and surfacing business’ core metrics.- Oversaw re-architecture of SpareFoot’s data model.- Promoted twice, from Senior PM to Group PM to Director.

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  STX Next

  • Austin, Texas

  • Project Manager

    • Jan 2013 - Oct 2014
    • Austin, Texas

    • Managed the first US Office of STX Next.• Doubled the American customer base in 1 year.• Created and managed sales team for acquiring new business.• Developed and implemented product roadmaps for web and mobile applications and IT services.• Trained product managers in roadmapping, user stories, and agile methodologies.• Managed offshore software development teams; implemented scrum and agile best practices.• Developed and implemented structural, process, and cultural improvements inside the offices.

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  SolarWinds

  • Project Lead

    • Dec 2011 - Dec 2013

    Project lead for SW's custom implementation of Netsuke, which supported all major business units from sales to customer service to marketing. Collected requirements, prioritized, created roadmaps, collaborated with design, development and business stakeholders, and led product launches.

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  Northeastern University

  • Doctoral Student

    • May 2007 - May 2009

    •Created, planned, and taught 3 weekly history recitations.•Researched, wrote, revised, and/or published nearly 100 historical papers in two years. •Presented papers at academic conferences, both in the United States and overseas. •Guided a group of college seniors in writing their history capstone papers. •Recipient of the 1st Northeastern University Graduate Excellence Award.