Jan 2025 – Feb 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Led Notion’s startup marketing strategy and team, expanding the startup program into a global growth engine. Drove top-of-funnel growth, brand awareness, and community engagement through campaigns, content, partnerships, and events.
• Built and scaled global founder-facing platforms (event series, podcasts, video) reaching thousands of founders worldwide.
• Launched the company’s first dedicated newsletter, The Startup Stack, growing to 150k+ subscribers in <8 weeks.
• Drove campaigns and storytelling that position Notion as the operating system for startups.

Aug 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Scaled Notion’s startup program globally, driving adoption and engagement through programs, partnerships, and events.
• Led and scaled strategic global partnerships with top VCs, accelerators, SaaS platforms, and other startup ecosystem players.
• Designed and produced flagship founder events and content series featuring leading startup founders that became core to Notion’s startup brand.
• Expanded adoption through global playbooks, community programming, and ecosystem initiatives.

Apr 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Built Notion’s startup program from 0 → 1, leading strategic partnerships across AMER.
• Forged partnerships with top accelerators and VCs to embed Notion at the earliest stage.
• Established the foundation for what is now a global growth program.

May 2023 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• VITALIZE Angels, run by VITALIZE Venture Capital, is a diverse angel investor community, focused on investing in pre-seed startups in The Work Revolution, defined as people-first, data-driven, category-defining businesses in the future of work.

Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 · 3 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Developed and launched a new educational program for emerging fund managers and Angel investors.

Mar 2021 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr

• Summit connects and inspires a community of today’s brightest leaders. Through a series of invitation-only events, Summit fosters a global community of entrepreneurs, academics, athletes, artists, astronauts, authors, chefs, engineers, explorers, philanthropists, spiritual leaders, and scientists to affect positive change in the world.

Dec 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Founders Embassy is the world's first accelerator designed exclusively to induct international and immigrant entrepreneurs into the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Founders Embassy's mission is to democratize access to Silicon Valley for the most talented international founders that lack the privilege of insider connections and resources needed to leverage the skills they already have in order to build world-class companies.
• Unlike typical accelerators and incubators, Founders Embassy focuses on elevating, inspiring, and educating international and immigrant founders by offering them unprecedented access to Silicon Valley through its immersive acceleration programs, impactful events, and thought leadership - all without any exchange of equity.
• foundersembassy.com

Dec 2015 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Designed and implemented all aspects of programmatic initiatives to support the Canadian startup ecosystem through mentorship, investments, and partnerships. Produced over 50 global programs and events, ranging from intimate dinners to large-scale conferences for startup founders, VCs, and industry thought leaders.

Feb 2012 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Managed planning and execution of all core events and external engagements for the Office of the CEO, including both national and international speaking engagements, fundraising events, and industry gatherings. Developed and managed a private hospitality and entertainment hub for the Fortune 500 CEO’s and VIP’s during the Super Bowl XLIX in 2015 in Phoenix, AZ.

Nov 2010 – May 2011 · 6 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Provided administrative support for the Accounting Department Chair and faculty at the College of Business. Organized and coordinated on-campus events.

Mar 2009 – Aug 2009 · 5 mos · Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Region, Russian Federation

• Organized events for the local soccer team and its partners, including but not limited to special meetings, conferences, and speaking engagements.