Product Builder | Strategic Leader | Advisor ​>​ I help companies, teams, & leaders thrive

I'm a strategic, mission-driven product and business leader that helps companies develop high performing products, plans, teams and leaders to accelerate their growth and impact. I currently lead Product Strategy for AI education products at Stride and am Co-Founder of SparkWorks, a strategic advisory firm that accelerates companies by helping define their Product and GTM strategy, building and launching their products faster, and coaching their teams and leaders. Prior to Stride and SparkWorks, I led product, growth, strategic planning and innovation teams at College Board, CNN, AOL, Electronic Arts, and Sega, serving over 100M people. I’ve also founded and held senior roles at multiple start-ups. I believe teams, talent and culture are true superpowers for companies. I love building high-performing teams rooted in a "one team" culture of purposeful building, collaboration, curiosity, empowerment, and accountability. I thrive navigating change and shaping products and businesses to better serve users, drive growth and position companies for long-term success. Real impact happens at scale when teams combine the right culture, great data, insights, technology, and UX with high quality content, utility and community. Experience in: * Defining, building and scaling AI and data-driven. user-centered digital products (D2C, B2B2C, and B2B) * Product vision and roadmap definition, product innovation, business modeling, marketing planning * Building, leading and partnering with high-performing, empowered, cross-functional teams * Agile and Lean product development; continuous product discovery * Advertising, subscription and SAAS product experiences and models * Content recommendations, personalization, customization, and community products and platforms * Digital transformation, talent acquisition, development, and retention * Corporate M&A, business development, partner on-boarding, and strategic account management * Customer relationship management and community management * Start-ups: business planning, venture fundraising, board of directors participation, and exits * Speaking at industry events, start-up mentoring and guest lecturer at MBA programs Product Management | Product Strategy | New Business Expansion and Innovation | Strategic Planning | Agile Product Development | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Profit and Loss Management | Digital Transformation | Digital Media | Entertainment | AdTech | Personalization | Community Management