Oct 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Remote

• As the Director of Strategic Planning and Operations within Product at GitHub, I steer the strategic direction and operational excellence for a $1 billion+ product portfolio. My role is central to evolving GitHub’s product operating model and implementing continuous planning processes that adapt swiftly to changing market demands. I take pride in owning and refining our strategic planning processes and initiatives, ensuring they are seamlessly aligned with Microsoft's broader planning cycles and GitHub's long-term objectives
• Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the strategic planning and execution for GitHub’s extensive product portfolio, driving initiatives that significantly enhance operational efficiency and foster product innovation.
• Establish and evolve the product operating model to maximize efficiency and effectiveness across the entire PDLC, adapting to new challenges and opportunities in the tech landscape.
• Implement and refine continuous planning processes, ensuring GitHub remains agile and responsive to both market trends, tech innovations, and customer & community needs
• Develop and evolve Semester Planning for Product in collaboration with Engineering and Design teams to ensure execution of GitHub’s product strategy
• Develop and refine the Rhythm of Business for Product organization identifying key forums, milestones, and operational processes
• Lead the development of OKRs working in conjunction with executive leadership to ensure alignment from top to bottom and across teams
• Lead analysis of OKRs, metrics, and data to track product performance and identify areas for improvement to enable data-driven decisions
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, revenue, customer support, and other teams to ensure alignment and effective execution of product plans
• Contribute to the development of best practices in project management, resource allocation, budget management, etc.

May 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

• Leading EPD (Engineering, Product & Design) Strategic Planning at GitHub, I specialize in driving operational excellence within the Product organization. My role involves closely aligning with Microsoft's semester planning, ensuring effective collaboration across Product, Engineering, and Revenue teams. I focus on implementing strategies that enhance operational efficiency and foster product innovation.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Drive execution of strategic programs and initiatives to drive operational efficiency and process improvements across the Product org
• Develop and evolve Semester Planning for Product in collaboration with Engineering and Design teams to ensure execution of GitHub’s product strategy
• Develop and refine the Rhythm of Business for Product organization identifying key forums, milestones, and operational processes
• Lead the development of OKRs working in conjunction with executive leadership to ensure alignment from top to bottom and across teams
• Lead analysis of OKRs, metrics, and data to track product performance and identify areas for improvement to enable data-driven decisions
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, revenue, customer support, and other teams to ensure alignment and effective execution of product plans
• Contribute to the development of best practices in project management, resource allocation, budget management, etc.

Oct 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr

• https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/sales/chief-of-staff-cro/
• Promoted from Staff EBA to CEO to CoS to CRO. The CoS role is a key leadership position on the Chief Revenue Officer’s team. Act as a trusted partner to the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to drive operational excellence and deliver repeatable business results. Serving as a partner to the CRO as a strategic advisor and executing cross-functional and cross-organization initiatives and activities supporting the CRO's strategy and vision in alignment with company values
• Focus on CRO's Success
• Priority Setting - ensuring the CRO is as efficient as possible and focused on the long & short-term goals and objectives of the company and CRO organization. Includes time management in partnership with CRO’s Sr. EA
• Advise CRO and CRO LT on priorities to ensure CRO’s time is leveraged effectively
• Act as a representative of CRO in various forums. Stepping in for CRO as needed (delegating tasks, meetings, projects, etc)
• Own and/or follow up on projects directly commissioned by the CRO, including driving due dates, next steps, and deliverables. Including organizational design & planning,
• Support the needs of the CRO Leadership team by surfacing and prioritizing critical issues for the CRO
• Partner with internal and external Communications to ensure content is in the CRO’s voice, maps back to the strategy, goal, and priorities of the business
• Prepare the CRO for critical meetings, including external and internal (curating material, providing context to the CRO in advance of meetings, etc)
• Connector; prioritize communications with the leadership team, E-Group, and overall company
• Advisor and confidant to the CRO. While considering the needs of the entire CRO organization without turf considerations
• Efficiency; CoS saves the CRO time, through delegation, prioritization, and giving the CRO time back to focus on the broader picture.

Oct 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs

• Manager of GitLab's EBA team and sole EA to GitLab's Co-Founder & CEO, CRO, and CFO
• Hire, develop and retain the function's EBA team by setting the strategy and prioritizing GitLab’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
• Own and proactively manage a complex, changing, high-volume calendar across multiple time zones. Ensure CEO and CRO are prepped for every meeting
• Run cadence of weekly staff meetings and other important meetings, including planning agenda, organization, and follow-up on action items, while infusing our company values throughout
• Responsible for coordinating cadence of Board of Directors meetings
• Plan events such as team off-sites, team building activities, and company kick-offs as needed
• Draft internal and external communications on behalf of the CEO & CRO
• Seamlessly coordinate extensive domestic and international travel, including air and ground transportation, hotel reservations, security, visas, and other travel documentation. Accompanying the Executive when necessary
• Assist the full life cycle of recruiting including booking interviews, liaising between the hiring team and the candidate, and coordinating onboarding of new hires
• Manage Executive's email inbox, including drafting internal and external communications on behalf of Executive
• Run and lead special cross-functional projects upon request

Sep 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Ramon, CA

• Senior Executive Assistant to the EVP, Cloud Operations
• Driving Operational Excellence, Strategic Alignment & Executive Enablement
• Optimized executive efficiency by managing a high-volume, multi-time-zone calendar, ensuring the EVP was fully prepared for every meeting.
• Led executive meeting cadence, structuring agendas, driving key outcomes, and ensuring follow-through on action items.
• Orchestrated quarterly leadership meetings and key department events, enhancing alignment and engagement.
• Spearheaded internal and external communications, drafting strategic messaging on behalf of the EVP.
• Oversaw high-priority cross-functional projects, stepping in as a strategic partner beyond traditional EA responsibilities.

May 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Ramon

• EA to Co-CEO's and President & Office Manager of NorCal HQ

Feb 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Executive Assistant to the CFO, VP of Solutions, VP of HR, VP of Marketing

Jun 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

Jul 2008 – Jul 2012 · 4 yrs