Experience
Education will teach you what to do. Experience will teach you what not to do.
01. CAREER
Head of Product / Chief Innovation Officer
Led product strategy, innovation, and cross-functional teams. Oversaw productization of enterprise datasets. Served as technology advisor and implementor, focusing on agentic development methodologies.
VP of Product
Managed entire product for traveler and partner sides. Improved site performance and conversion. Led 25+ software engineers transitioning legacy PHP to React and Node.
Co-Founder & CEO
Passion project handed off to team; currently serves on board.
Senior Product Manager
Oversaw post-booking traveler experience across mobile, web, and property owner portals globally and multilingually. Spoke at 12+ conferences.
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Mobile SaaS for property management. Sold to HomeAway/VRBO.
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Mobile development firm creating 250+ iOS/Android applications. Early AppStore presence. Sold in 2015.
Director of Application Development
Telecom inventory management tool for Fortune 500 clients.
Senior Software Engineer
Medical documentation interfaces, web services, HL7 certifications.
Manager of Application Development
Managed 30+ person offshore team for web-based transcription application.
Senior Developer
Web application for medical professionals.
Developer
Voice-enabled Electronic Medical Record application.
02. EDUCATION
University of Illinois
Mechanical Engineering
Top 3 nationally
Northern Illinois University
Engineering
Straight-A student; designed custom packaging via Solidworks
University of Colorado Boulder
Engineering
21 credit hours freshman year