Experience

The Zone Global

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Unreasonable

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Unreasonable Mentor

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Supporting growth-stage impact companies to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

• Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2023



New York University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Adjunct Professor at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University teaching Design Thinking and Creative Problem Solving Adjunct Professor at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University teaching Design Thinking and Creative Problem Solving



DreamYard Project

• Bronx, NY

• Board Member

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  DreamYard collaborates with Bronx youth, families and schools to build pathways to equity and opportunity through the arts. MISSION DreamYard programs develop artistic voice, nurture young peoples’ desire to make change and cultivate the skills necessary to reach positive goals. We believe that young people in the Bronx need a continuous set of supports to help them towards positive outcomes as they navigate their educational pathway. We have every expectation that through offering sustained and meaningful supports our youth will develop the necessary tools to become creative and engaged citizens, life-long learners and the leaders and innovators of the 21st century. Show less



Fjord, Part of Accenture Song

• United Kingdom
• Design
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Global Design Lead, Fjord Evolution & Accenture Development Partnerships

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

  As the Global Lead for Fjord Evolution, I lead a team that builds cutting edge design capabilities for Fjord to better serve our clients and ultimately have meaningful impact on business and society. As the Design Lead for Accenture Development Partnerships, Accenture's social impact arm, I help integrate human centered design into all engagements with ADP's 100+ clients consisting of NGOs, bilateral & multilateral organizations, emerging market governments, and socially-minded companies. Show less

• Design & Innovation Principal Director — Fjord Evolution

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  Fjord Evolution’s mission is to ignite a culture of continuous learning and sharing across Fjord. My responsibility is to ensure that our studios are constantly evolving—staying at the forefront of design and bringing the best thinking and methods to solve our clients' most complex challenges. In addition, I led the strategy for a global transformation of Accenture consulting—leading a multi-year project to develop a new process, methodology and way of working that is now being rolled out to the entire firm. This new way has transformed the nature of Accenture and been instrumental in driving innovative work for clients around the world. Show less



R/GA

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategy Director

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2014

  Responsible for leading strategic engagements with companies in multiple sectors including Technology, Consumer Products and Finance. Projects included product and service innovation as well as brand experience strategy. Responsible for leading strategic engagements with companies in multiple sectors including Technology, Consumer Products and Finance. Projects included product and service innovation as well as brand experience strategy.



SYPartners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Strategist

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2012

  - Facilitated workshops with senior executives—resulting in the formation and activation of long-term transformational strategies - Conducted global ethnographic analysis—identifying shared characteristics and pain points in the employee experience in order to codify corporate culture for Fortune 50 company - Developed a scaling model to teach and share a common way of marketing across the globe - Helped conduct large-scale trainings by developing content, assisting in facilitation, and conducting post-event analysis to improve, package and scale thinking Show less



Interbrand

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant, Strategy

  • Sep 2009 - Sep 2010

  - Led and supported strategy development for Fortune 500 companies with an emphasis in technology sector - Designed and conducted design research for the launch of a rebranding initiative for a Fortune 50 company - Designed and developed innovation strategy for an internal crowdsourcing initiative - Led the evaluation of a brand's possible entry and expansion into developing markets - Helped in the development of the innovation and digital strategy offerings for Interbrand - Acted as recruiting liaison for Interbrand in minority organizations Show less



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern, Customer Marketing Manager

  • May 2008 - Sep 2008

  • Built business case for entry of new product to U.S. market based on industry and market analysis • Recommended product position and price segmentation based on assessments of the competitive landscape; presented results to Senior Vice-President of Philips USA • Created business case for Hispanic-focused marketing for all Philips Consumer Lifestyle • Built and presented strategy for implementing social media marketing • Conducted internet marketing analysis resulting in the implementation of improvements to digital strategy • Helped build case for possible acquisition based on web, journal and industry research Show less



Scripps Institution of Oceanography

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Web Operations

  • Nov 1999 - 2007

  – Led research, design and UX for multiple applications including digital asset management systems, content management systems, digital collections, and other specialized scientific applications – Led digital communications strategy and served as advisor to communications on all strategic initiatives – Directly supervised 7 employees consisting of programmers and designers – Served as digital expert for over ten departments–advising on all aspects of digital development and strategy – Launched monthly electronic magazine saving over $500K annually as well as more than tripling audience – Designed and developed over 30 websites using technologies such as PHP, xHTML, mysql, Unix, Cold Fusion Show less



The Art Institutes

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty

  • 2005 - Dec 2006

  Taught web development and project management to design and multimedia students Created websites for local non-profits Taught web development and project management to design and multimedia students Created websites for local non-profits