Functional Skills

Agile Software Development
Business Development
Product Marketing
Sales Enablement
Software Configuration Management
Operations Management
Production Planning
Innovation Management
Leadership Development
Organizational Culture
Product Data Management
Customer Service
Project Management
Software Asset Management
Operational Efficiency

Certifications

PMI-ACPPMI Agile Certified Practitioner
PMPProject Management Professional
PCCPProsci Certified Change Practitioner

Sector Experience

Business Services
Technology
Transportation & Logistics
14
years

Years of Experience

4/24

Member Since


Experience

 
recital Sales
Head of Business Development
04/2023 - 11/2023
• Supported CEO to raise seed funding & established sales and operational frameworks to provide a foundation for the growth of the business

Hootsuite Operations
Director of Program Management and Operations
08/2019 - 01/2023
• Acted as the right hand to the SVP of Program Management & Operations turning strategy into actionable
plans, running department meetings/town halls and representing the SVP at cross-functional meetings
• Built a PMO from the ground up. Established a simplified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) process and
quarterly planning across CTO, Product and Operations to prioritize and align business outcomes
resulting in significant (36%) performance improvements in release predictability and velocity
• Drove the end-to-end go-to-market for all major features and new product launches. Scope of work included strategic direction on messaging and positioning, as well as accountability for all engineering, product, product marketing, marketing and enablement activities, timelines and deliverables
• Streamlined the product planning, release & go-to-market (GTM) process connecting long-range plans to
product releases, product roadmaps and release communications. Responsibilities included the fi

Hootsuite Operations
Director of Product Strategy & Operations
03/2018 - 07/2019
• Acted as the right hand to the VP of Product Management to connect strategy to operations, facilitate cross-functional initiatives and lead organizational change at the project and program level
• Established KPIs and ran the operational reporting cycle to manage Product and Engineering performance to identify opportunities for eficiency gains, and drive efective resource allocation to enhance overall productivity. KPIs included: Feature release velocity and predictability, bug volume and time to close, service level objectives for system availability and product downtime incident hours
• Aligned historically disconnected product and GTM stakeholders, gaining agreement on ownership and deliverables for over 200 annual product releases
• Created, implemented and executed a product planning framework that established a monthly and
quarterly cadence for planning and delivery across all Hootsuite product & product marketing teams. Result was 100% on time delivery of monthly product a

Hootsuite Sales
Account Executive
08/2017 - 03/2018
• Analyzed Klue's customer base, sales data, market positioning and competitive landscape to identify ideal customer profiles and opportunities to expand Klue's value proposition with the existing product
• Collaborated with marketing to refine messaging and outbound prospecting to increase lead volume and marketing conversion rates

Enablement Marketing
GTM and Sales
12/2015 - 07/2017
• Established best practices and enablement programs, and trained Coupa internal teams and partners to successfully sell, implement and support Coupa CLM
• Developed and executed a playbook for transitioning acquired companies from standalone products to an integrated part of the Coupa Unified Suite
• Acted as a CLM subject matter expert for sales prospects and existing customers, with responsibility for ensuring alignment between the long term product vision, product roadmap and industry direction

Contractually Sales
Sales and Business Development
08/2014 - 12/2015
• Developed systems and collateral that reduced sales cycle times, systemized software implementations and reduced the efort required to support existing customers
• Developed a sales pipeline and sold the Contractually SaaS product to mid-market and enterprise companies in an environment where Contractually had no brand presence
• Managed sales, customer success and support from startup through to acquisition

Sales Prodigy Other
Co-Founder
08/2014 - 12/2015
• Raised venture capital to fund product development and company growth
• Managed the initial proof of concept for Sales Prodigy with Dell

iDE inCompass Innovation Lab Operations
Business Director
08/2013 - 08/2014
• Provided leadership and oversight for all initiatives and projects, ensuring strategic alignment with the social mission and goals of the organization
• Managed a culturally and professionally diverse team to successfully deliver complex projects for the European Union, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Canadian International Development Agency

Dell EMC Product Management / Strategy
Product Manager
07/2011 - 07/2013
• Led a team of software developers and non-technical staf to define and execute a product roadmap that supported direct and partner sales channels as well as an existing customer base
• Developed the beta version of a SaaS application that automated software code parsing and analysis for legacy application re-architecture projects

essDOCS Customer Service
Delivery and Support Manager
04/2010 - 06/2011
• Led the expansion into the North American market by successfully implementing essDocs for ExxonMobil
• Developed standard service oferings and supporting collateral that presented essDocs in a simple and easy to understand way
• Established systems and best practices that resulted in a 70% reduction in time to implement software for new customers