Nov 2015 – Jul 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · San Bruno, CA

• Product Lead for YouTube Go (Emerging Markets team)
• YouTube Go is an app developed especially for our users in emerging markets who often have lower end phones and limited data connectivity. YouTube Go is a standalone Android app built especially for these users in countries like Indonesia and India.
• Consumer Product Manager for YouTube Music
• Lead core client team for YouTube Music app to show off premium audio experiences including improvements on album, playlist, artist and offline experiences
• Lead player team and improved playback experiences
• Growth Product Manager for YouTube Music
• Led growth and analytics for the YouTube Music app since launch day (http://goo.gl/xHvCXN.) on both iOS (https://goo.gl/pXY6Ku) and Android (https://goo.gl/3CbCEF).
• Responsible for bringing users through all parts of the funnel from app install through onboarding and initial engagement to conversion to YouTube Red

Jun 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco

• Evented Mind is a video platform that teaches front-end software developers new open source technologies through interrogating source code, understanding the runtime system and encouraging users to make their own open source contributions. My focus is on designing and building our online platform (https://www.eventedmind.com).
• Designed and led usability studies with 50 subscribers, leading to the decisions to switch our technology platform, introduce annual billing and implement team plans for subscriptions.
• Led project to rebuild our video platform from scratch with my cofounder and our designer; wrote 40k LOC and launched a brand new site in just 3 months.
• Sample systems I designed and wrote: membership signup flow and integration with Stripe, secure video URLs API, and administrative pages allowing us to publish new items and edit content items.
• Instrumented MixPanel and Google Analytics to understand our user acquisition and built relationships with top referrers, resulting in joint marketing efforts.
• Partnered with other edtech companies.

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · 2 mos · San Francisco

• I was the instructor for a night-time course in front end web development. Over the course of ten weeks, I taught my 20 students an introduction to web development that started out with HTML, CSS and progressed to some basic JavaScript. We ended with building several games including rock, paper, scissors and a brief introduction to tools Bootstrap and Meteor.

Jan 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Conducted interviews with Meteor’s 50 largest production users and used findings to shape product roadmap.
• Identified Meteor’s largest production users and formed the customer advisory board, which guides Meteor on feature prioritization, new feature testing and requirements for large web applications.
• Researched and helped select the preliminary pricing model for Galaxy, Meteor’s commercial hosting product.
• Created partnerships with companies with adjacent technologies like MongoHQ and Mailgun

Jun 2011 – Aug 2011 · 2 mos

• Developed partnerships with hosting providers including DreamHost, A2Hosting, etc working directly with the cofounders.
• Designed the CloudFlare Certified Hosting Provider program and launched it at HostingCon, signing on dozens of new hosting providers

Dec 2007 – Jul 2010 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Product Management – APAC Monetization team
• Analyzed revenue drivers and developed strategies to improve monetization of search product in Japan. Worked as part of the APAC Monetization Product team to lead initiative to increase keywords with a cross-functional team (Sales, Finance, Training and Engineering) and significantly increase revenue.
• Assessed health of each country market segment and determined sales priorities to improve auction dynamics (increase keywords, increase bid, increase budget, opt into content, mobile, etc).
• Revenue Forecasting and Analytics
• Analyzed health of each country market segment and determined sales priorities to improve auction dynamics (increase keywords, increase bid, increase budget, opt into content, mobile, etc)
• Ran revenue forecasting and quota setting process, provided statistical top-down guidance on quarterly and 
annual revenue forecasts across APLA. Improved revenue forecast accuracy by incorporating more refined user 
metrics and advertiser behavior.
• Standardized account movement methodology globally and worked with team to run global forecasting summit

Jun 2006 – Nov 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Performed extensive financial modeling for buy-side and sell-side deals including: accretion/dilution, discounted cash flow, leveraged buyout, ability to pay, spin-offs, comparable company analysis, precedent transaction analysis, NOLs and interloper analysis
• Collaborated with senior management to develop detailed financial projections, conduct financial and operational due diligence and prepare process letters, fairness opinions, board/management presentations and business pitches
• Experience in various industries including: energy, utilities, industrials and media
• Transaction experience include: Exclusive advisor to Wheeling Pittsburgh on its $1.3bn merger with Esmark, Inc.; Exclusive advisor to Carlyle on its $1.5bn acquisition of PQ Corp; Advisor to Dresser, Inc. on its sale to Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Funds; Advisor to Tyco International Ltd. on its $528mm sale of Earth Tech, Inc. to AECOM Technology Corporation

Jun 2004 – Aug 2004 · 2 mos

Jun 2003 – Dec 2003 · 6 mos

• Developed sound and video editing for Scratch, a children’s programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu/).
• Created the “Narrator”, a tool that helps children to design videos and presentations.