Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

• - Investing in seed to late stage startups across tech, life sciences, and enterprise

Mar 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Developer Infrastructure organization enables productivity by delivering products and solutions to thousands of engineers & employees within Facebook.
• This ranges from Developer Products (i.e., IDE's, Source Control, Relase Eng), Collaboration Products (i.e, Custom Video Conferencing HW/SW, Calendar, Tasks), Programming Languages & Mobile Runtimes (i.e., compiler optimizations), and Client Application Performance Products.
• Managed a large organization of Product Managers & Technical Program Managers spanning multiple domains. Managed managers with an organization size of 30+.
• Experience structuring an organization that optimizes for both strategy and execution. Grew teams taking into account team composition, building out gaps, and needed domain experience.
• Tracked industry and market trends to assess new and external technologies/products to solve problems at scale
• Helped the org shift from an engineering driven culture to product and design thinking with a focus on our users.
• Founded and launched Returnships at Facebook. Sponsor for Women in TPM.

Mar 2012 – Feb 2018 · 5 yrs 11 mos

• Over 6 years I've had the opportunity to work on multiple parts of the Facebook technology stack during our high growth years. This has ranged from working on consumer products to back end services.
• Part of initial launch team for Post Search
• Launched the first Look Back product for FB's 10th Anniversary
• Helped develop Ads ranking efficiency by using offpeak compute
• Drove capacity planning for all of Facebook's infrastructure needs during high growth years
• I managed the Performance & Capacity Technical Program Management team in Infrastructure, Engineering. Our team helped FB stay ahead of growth and future product needs. This includes everything from long range planning, product managing tools, driving efficiency, & performance for our largest products.
• Drove product roadmaps for automation and tooling software
• Managed individuals embedded in Product organizations (i..e, Ads, Feed, Search) to improve partnership between both Product & Infrastructure
• Partnered with Capacity Engineering to drive multiple programs for service life cycle. This ranges from new greenfield datacenter deployments, migrations and decoms, to efficiency. Built these processes to scale with company growth that also focused on improvements for our applications & products.
• Worked closely with software engineering teams to determine architecture and efficiency improvements to scale for our 1B+ user base. Programs include capacity planning, latency improvements, building automation tooling to test features and deploy new services
• Hired, mentored, and built highly successful teams during Facebook's high growth years

Jun 2017 – Jun 2021 · 4 yrs

• • This is an appointed position for the City. Advised City Council & the Mayor on enhancing multi-cultural experiences, building community, and beautification of the city through art.

Jul 2009 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Helped build and launch the first version of Apple's iCloud. Responsible for the engineering program & product management within Apple’s Internet Services Group (ISG). ISG supports cross-functional efforts throughout Apple's organization, including: iCloud, MobileMe, iTunes and other Internet based infra serving Apple's customer base.
• Launched the first version of Apple's iCloud. Helped build this product from a white board design to launching with over 20 million customers. Managed the entire phases from concept to public release at WWDC.
• Managed multiple product areas of varying scale and depth for applications on both mobile & web for FindMyiPhone, iWork, iMessage, iDisk, MobileMe, Apple Mail, iPhoto, Photo Stream, iCloud, Facetime, etc
• Managed numerous high visibility software product launches working with cross functional teams such as Engineering, Product Management, QA, Hardware and Support to align with Apple’s internet services strategy.
• Identified use cases and technical requirements and turned them into realistic and scalable architecture
• Partnered to help product strategy and feature roadmaps related to icloud infrastructure, including network, architecture, scalability and security
• Facilitated and managed incident reviews during high profile outages and maintenances. Able to lead and influence teams of 100+ engineers
• Guided architectural decisions based on product roadmaps and projected technology adoption
• Lead monthly vendor reviews with senior management to ensure related costs and performance is in Apple’s best interest

Dec 2007 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

• Responsible for supporting FIM’s business units on all aspects from product launches, budget planning & leading engineering teams. Business units include: MySpace.com, Fox.com, American Idol, Fox Digital Publishing Group (Fox TV Stations), FoxSports, AskMen.com, and IGN.com.
• Successfully managed product launches for 5 different business units (IGN, FoxSports, AskMen, etc)
• Helped define Technical Operation processes, SLAs, and customer level up-time based on business objectives
• Advertising Management Solution Strategy & Implementation: Primary responsibilities included working with business consultants, vendors, and EMEA executives to roll out Customer Relationship Management (CRM)/Order Management solution to help eliminate manual processes. Conducted discovery requirements sessions, created roadmaps, PRD's, documented business process flows, recommended configuration options, led user acceptance testing & A/B testing, and facilitated training sessions for Sales, Marketing, Ad Ops & Finance teams across 19 EMEA countries.
• Organized, led & summarized business requirements sessions. Translated functional business requirements into technical product recommendations
• Utilized data, market and customer research to continually improve platforms. Developed a product roadmap, product requirements document, and worked with software teams to meet milestones
• Worked with engineering and design teams to build out a platform based on customer requirements & insights
• Managed consultant resources to produce SOW, use cases, test scripts, and training documentation for roll out
• Made tradeoff decisions based on technical and business insights & experimentation

May 2006 – Nov 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Client 1: MGM, Sony, Fox Studios:
• In 2005 Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) was acquired by Sony in conjunction with Texas Pacific Group and Providence Equity Partners for their Home Entertainment and Television distribution. Accenture was brought in to manage the de-merger between the two studios and transfer the international theatrical distribution and worldwide home video distribution of MGM titles to 20th Century Fox.
• Client 2: Fox Interactive Media (Myspace.com, FoxSports.com, AmericanIdol.com, IGN.com)
• Involved in the initial strategic analysis of MySpace’s Digital Advertising Operations. Led stakeholder requirement gathering workshops to understand current “as-is” processes across global teams, advertising operations, and finance to identify competitive and innovative solutions for leading social media websites.
• Critically evaluated information gathered from multiple sources and decomposed high-level information into useful details
• Developed FIM’s implementation strategy including: assessing the opportunity, defining the vision and gaps; developing business cases and a roadmap to drive transformation across the company
• Drove product & technical development of ad management platforms
• Created and maintained the product requirements document for sales, advertising operations and finance
• Interviewed and analyzed 12 vendors and conducted a GAP analysis in order to determine best strategy for MySpace at the time of their exponential growth
• Participated in the design, build, launch and support cycles of the implementation phase. Responsible for defining all “To-Be” processes & documentation
• Helped define localization efforts for EMEA roll out of AdManagement platform. This ranged from understanding sales, revenue, legal policies, and tax implications.
• Conducted EMEA roadshow & trained teams across multiple offices