Product Leader

 
 

Experience

Senior Product Manager; AWS Training & Certification

AWS Training & Certification is the industry leader for cloud education.

Sept 2022-Present

Senior Product Manager, Head of Product Inclusion & Accessibility; Indeed

Indeed is the world’s number one job search engine.

Aug 2018-Sept 2022

Director of Product; Paysa

Startup mission was to move money in favor of employees through interviews, negotiations, and company reviews.

Apr 2017-Aug 2018

Program Manager; Apple

While known for their technologies, Apple also runs the third largest culinary operation in the state of California.

Sept 2014 - Nov 2015

Director of Product Management; Walmart Labs

Walmart was focused on competing with Amazon and created new division, WalmartLabs, to create new digital products.

May 2011 - May 2013

Senior Product Manager; Kosmix

Kosmix was a tech lab specializing in vertical search engines and real-time data analysis.

Aug 2006 - May 2011

Resume available upon request

Portfolio Review also available

 

Unique Qualities

Voracious Reader

I read on average 50 books a year, and am somewhat old school in my belief that empathy begins with exposing yourself to the lives and stories of other people. A healthy love of reading constantly expands my mind.

Artificial Intelligence

At Paysa and Kosmix, I worked with data scientists and mechanical learning. This has given me early exposure and application of artificial intelligence in the products I managed.

People Manager

I have been building and managing teams before I ever worked in technology. Unlike many individuals that excelled in their job function and fell into people management, my management skills preceded any technical expertise I have acquired.

Physical & Digital Design

My background before technology included work in floral design, costume design, fashion design, and interior design. Physical objects, colors, and textures were foundational to my design education, and were applied seamlessly into my product roles. I frequently played the role of User Experience Designer in addition to Product Manager in most of my jobs.

 

Community Engagements

Afro Tech Presentation, “Archetypes of Inclusion”

2020

Designing for Safety in Digital Products” Review

2021

Change.org Presentation, “Intro to Product Inclusion & Accessibility”

2022

Advisory

Accessibility Advisory; Pave

Jan 2020-Present

Product Advisor; Benhamou Global Ventures

Jan 2021-Jan 2022

Product Advisor; BloomBright

Jan 2018-Jan 2020