Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

• Glue Club is a leadership development community that helps you be better and feel better at work. We bring together mid-career leaders from all functions to trade hard-earned lessons, tackle real-time problems, and build the kind of trust that fuels great leadership. Learn more: https://www.glueclub.com/

May 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Joined the Lambda School team full-time for a bit.

Sep 2019 – May 2020 · 8 mos

• I acted as interim Chief People Officer and then interim Head of Marketing and Product

Oct 2019 – Sep 2025 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Jun 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos

• I partnered with the Cityblock co-founders and executive team, advising them on company building, people work, and scaling.

Jun 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Sold to NerdWallet in 2020.

Jan 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Palo Alto, California

• I helped Priscilla and Mark get the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative off the ground in it's first full year of operation and began to figure out how to turn their incredible, long-term vision into a daily reality.
• I managed all operations to support the work of CZI from People to Legal to Finance to process and framework building.

Oct 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs

Dec 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 3 mos

• I speak and advise on the messy, human parts of leadership that don’t show up in job descriptions — making decisions with incomplete information, managing through uncertainty, navigating power and accountability, and adjusting how you lead as the job quietly changes underneath you.
• I’ve led workshops and keynotes for companies like Stripe, Slack, WhatsApp, OpenAI, and DoorDash, and I advise founders and executive teams across consumer, B2B SaaS, fintech, climate, and healthcare.

May 2013 – Sep 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• I joined Quip three months before it launched in 2013 and built the business, from selling the first customers and running marketing for launch, to scaling the sales and marketing organizations over 3.5 years. I ran everything that was not engineering and product.
• Quip was purchased by Salesforce in August 2016 for $750 million

Mar 2010 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• I was asked to move into our mobile org to help run projects focused on our long-term mobile strategy. Over two and a half years, I became well versed in the mobile industry, educated Mark and our executive team about what our role could and should be, and built multiple products and programs. I created our strategy and adapted it, managed external partnerships, functioned as the glue between many different internal groups, and ran teams that grew from 2 people to over 100.

Jun 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos

• I helped define and build Facebook's external "hacker" brand. I worked with people across the company to create the brand and it's story, and then built programs and marketing to ensure the world understood what we meant by "hacker" and tie it to our employment brand.
• I built programs to strengthen the culture as our employee number tripled (500-1500) including the early versions of Facebook's performance management system; laying the foundation for the compensation/benefits systems; launching Facebook's employee engagement survey; and working with Mark, Sheryl, Lori, and the executive team to build out management, performance, and talent philosophies. I also helped rewrite the company values in 2009.

Sep 2007 – Jun 2008 · 9 mos

• I was then asked to work directly for the VP to help manage department of 150 people based in 25 regional offices. I identified and designed solutions to department needs and issues including organizing the department leadership team, internal communication and coordination, professional development programs, and resource allocation. I also facilitated communication with Google’s CEO and Executive Management Group.

Jan 2007 – Sep 2007 · 8 mos

• For the first six months, I helped manage multiple Google communication channels including the Google Blog family (60+ blogs at the time), Google’s press center, and the founder’s letter for the Annual Report. My favorite silly claim to fame was that I ghost wrote the DoubleClick acquisition post.

Sep 2005 – Dec 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos

• I helped edit, produce and market all Council publications.

Jun 2004 – Aug 2005 · 1 yr 2 mos

• I led groups of students on 14-60 day mountaineering and sea kayaking trips, while teaching a curriculum of leadership, communication, technical skills, first aid, and wilderness ethics.