Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area · Hybrid

• As Startup Advisor for MLT, I focus on fostering the next generation of diverse leaders in the startup ecosystem.
• Guide the MLT Startup Careers initiative, in partnership with Pivotal Ventures, to identify, train, and place talented professionals in early-stage startups.
• Build connections and community among MLT alumni working as startup founders, investors, and employees, driving a vibrant and inclusive startup ecosystem.
• Developed curriculum and programming for Google TEC Innovate 2024, an initiative empowering aspiring innovators through education and training.

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · College Park, Maryland, United States · Remote

• Re-designed and modernized the curriculum for EMEN 4800, focusing on tech startups and new product development, resulting in a 90%+ student approval rating.
• Explore the aspects of a startup and technology entrepreneurship with seniors in the Engineering Managment school, covering marketing, fundraising, and product development.

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• WNCP AI is a boutique consultancy specializing in AI strategy, AI-driven marketing, and AI proof-of-concept development.
• We partner with nonprofits focused on technology, career development, and equity, as well as Series A+ startups looking to scale their AI initiatives.
• As the Managing Partner, I lead the firm’s mission to empower organizations by helping them harness the transformative power of AI. This involves crafting tailored strategies, enabling impactful marketing campaigns, and building prototypes to test and validate AI opportunities.

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Remote

• Re-designed and modernized the curriculum for EMEN 4800, focusing on tech startups and new product development, resulting in a 90%+ student approval rating.
• Explore the aspects of a startup and technology entrepreneurship with seniors in the Engineering Management school, covering marketing, fundraising, and product development.
• Took a break from teaching at two different schools in 2024 to focus on building WNCP and my role at my alma mater, University of Maryland.

Jan 2022 – Aug 2022 · 7 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Savvy Wealth is a Series A venture-backed fintech startup changing how modern financial management is done. Savvy Wealth acquired my company, Wealth Noir. I joined Savvy Wealth as Head of Product and Employee #8.
• First product manager and employee #8 at Series A wealth management FinTech defining a new technology forward standard for advisory.
• Drove discovery user research, using Figma, with inaugural 10 financial advisors resulting in closing Savvy Wealth's first financial advisors and AUM through acquisition.

Nov 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• I worked inside of Citi Ventures (Citibank's Venture Capital arm) as an Entrepreneur in Residence focused on driving innovation from inside of the bank. AS an EIR in the D10X (Discover 10X opportunities) program, my team focus on Citi's Global Function organizations to find to create new large and differentiated businesses to be spun out and funded independently.
• Led machine learned multi-bank Anti Money Laundering initiative.
• Developed product and business strategy for internal hiring program created in support of immediate hiring needs created by consent order by finding internal needs, conducting user interviews, and engaging with stakeholders to obtain resources and funding.
• Worked with senior stakeholders at Citibank including CIO and CFO to help find, incubate, and accelerate new ventures inside of Citi's existing business based on market analysis.

Dec 2019 – Aug 2020 · 8 mos · Valencian Community, Spain · On-site

• Pivoted Camillion from a social media video app to a remote-friendly video-based corporate communication app in response to COVID-19 and a changing business environment
• Brought new analytical and metrics-based approaches to product development at the company, including OKRs, data visualization with Amplitude, and A/B testing

Jul 2018 – Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Global

• Victoriam Consulting Group is a boutique consulting company offering Product Management and Digital Marketing services.
• We use our experience and to deliver real results for the problems facing our clients. We've worked for several financial services, tech, and non-profit companies to improve grow users, improve product metrics, and revamped online lead generation funnels and systems to bring our clients more revenue and/or users. We are experts in growth marketing, digital advertising, and product strategy.

Aug 2017 – Feb 2022 · 4 yrs 6 mos · United States · Remote

• Wealth Noir was a financial media startup targeting high-income professionals focused on generational wealth and financial freedom and working with top teir financial partners.
• Successfully expanded Wealth Noir's media reach to over 100k monthly views within the first year to drive product discovery in finding product-market fit with early MVPs.

Aug 2017 – May 2018 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

• /dev/color is a YC-Alum non-profit. In my first role as a product manager, I worked to ensure our programs and platforms are achieving our goal of transforming Black software engineers into industry leaders.
• As Interim Director of Program Operations, I oversaw the strategy and execution of our keystone program, A* and flagship conference, Color In Motion. I focused on keeping quality high while growing the program's membership. I moved to Valencia, Spain in 2018. This meant stepping down as Director and joining the Advisory board.

Nov 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Oakland, CA

• Advised the executive team on product strategy and product-related hires. Mindblown Labs at the time was a financial education app aimed at helping high school students learn financial literacy in an engaging and interactive way.

Feb 2014 – Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

• 2016-2017: Ads Measurement (Cross Channel Measurement, Marketing Mix Models, X-channel attribution)
• 2014-2016: Location & Entities (Crowdsourcing & Places Machine Learning)
• Transitioned Facebook Location Graph's classification system to a machine-learned AI model improving accuracy and recall by over 50% collectively.
• Developed multi-channel brand advertising measurement products, enabling advertisers to optimize campaigns and contributing to increased advertiser satisfaction.
• Utilized data-driven decision-making to align product development with user needs and business goals, enhancing overall product effectiveness.

Jul 2013 – Feb 2014 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• I help companies launch mobile products and make informed decisions based on data. I work with engineering, product, design, and user acquisition to create a realistic and optimized strategy for launching products and worked to help mobile products succeed.
• Specialities Included: Mobile Analytics, Roadmapping, Building Engineering Teams, Creating Structures to Help Engineering Teams Succeed

Jul 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

• • Led two games (Super Slots & Tiny Castle). Managed headcount, developed and executed against the roadmap, lead communication with product leadership within the company. Worked as part of the Family Guy: The Quest For Stuff product team.

Feb 2012 – Jun 2012 · 4 mos · Greater Boston · On-site

• Worked with the monetization team to implement new features and provide recommendations for MocoGold, the premium currency used on MocoSpace.

Feb 2012 – Apr 2012 · 2 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Worked on 4 person team focused on One97 & Paytm's mobile advertising strategy in India. PayTM is a unicorn media giant in India. Our team was a small part of their early success.
• Ideated and researched mobile advertising products for the founder of this Indian Tech Unicorn early in its existence.

May 2011 – Aug 2011 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

• • Launched monetization in Zynga Poker Android, becoming #1 Top Grossing Game withing 6 weeks of launch.

Jan 2011 – Feb 2011 · 1 mo · Greater Boston · On-site

• Worked on finding a developing partnerships with small regional mobile phone providers, such as Mint Mobile pre-acquisition.

Aug 2006 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Modeling, Simulation, Wargaming & Analysis Team
• Associate 2009-2010
• Worked with IRS on civil related projects. Obtained Secret-Treasury Clearance.
• Senior Consultant 2008-2009
• Led team of 7 in design and development of Shore Force Investment Model (SFIM) web application for a Naval client, a project valued at over $700K. Birthed from initial model creation in MS Access and later developed into a java based modeling appliction.
• Consultant 2006-2008
• Analyzed naval facility data, resulting in creation of Shore Force Investment Model.

Jun 2005 – Aug 2005 · 2 mos · Baltimore, Maryland, United States · On-site

Jun 2004 – Aug 2004 · 2 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Jun 2003 – Sep 2003 · 3 mos · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area