Experience

The Cool Down

• United States
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  United States



75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Team Leader

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2021

  Savannah, Georgia, United States Managed a team of Special Operations soldiers, with first-line responsibility for the group’s combat proficiency, physical fitness, and general welfare. Recognized as the Ranger Regiment’s 2020 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for performance, professionalism, and leadership ability.

• Rifleman, Grenadier, Machine Gunner

  • Feb 2017 - Mar 2020

  Savannah, Georgia, United States Specialized in various weapons systems to facilitate the tactical operations of a Ranger fire team, including a combat deployment.

• Human Resources Consultant

  • Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

  Columbus, Georgia, United States In addition to combat role, drew on previous professional expertise in guiding executive-level effort to develop a data-driven model for the recruitment, assessment, and selection of Ranger candidates.



Bustle Digital Group

• Operations Director

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2017

  New York, New York, United States Designed, built, and implemented a data-driven cloud-based product suite to standardize workflow and track work load for the execution of on-site advertising campaigns, facilitating a company valuation of $200M by 2017 and subsequent revenue growth now exceeding $100M annually.

• Product Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  New York, New York, United States Built consensus among stakeholders across departments by implementing and managing integrated processes for workflow, communication, and strategic decision-making during initial development of the Bustle mobile app, site redesign of Bustle.com, and site launch of Romper.com.



Bleacher Report

• Spectator Sports
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Writer Management Director

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  San Francisco, California, United States Designed, built, and implemented an integrated data-driven system of educational literature, evaluation standards, adaptive communication templates, and cloud-based CRM products to hire, train, and supervise a team of 500+ sports writers producing up to 1,000 articles per day, driving an internal valuation more than double the company’s $200m acquisition price.

• Communications Director

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  San Francisco, California, United States Built consensus among stakeholders across departments while personally crafting site copy, corporate branding, user messaging, external marketing language, and internal training documents in preparation for a $200M acquisition by Time Warner in 2012.

• Managing Editor

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2010

  San Francisco, California, United States Designed and implemented an integrated data-driven system of educational literature, adaptive communication templates, statistical quality control loops, and cloud-based CRM products to hire, train, supervise, and strategically orient a team of 100+ copy editors responsible for up to 1,000 articles per day.