Functional Skills

Business Development
Business Operations
Collateral Development
Contract Pricing / Negotiation
Finance Transformation
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
Investment Banking
Marketing Analytics
Operations Management
Procurement
Product Strategy
Revenue Growth
Sales Strategy
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Strategic Planning

Software Skills

Augmented reality

Sector Experience

Business Services
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Media & Entertainment
Technology
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks
Fortune 500

Experience

ByHeart Corporate Strategy & Development
VP Commercial Business Development & Strategy
3/2021 - 3/2025
Member of the senior leadership team, leading business and corporate development activities of the first product, ByHeart’s Whole Nutrition Formula launched in March 2022.
Developed and nurtured relationships with key content and brand marketing partners within the baby category and served as interim head of retailer partnerships, securing ByHeart’s first national retail rollout at Target and creating the formula category on Babylist, the leading baby registry platform.
Serve as key liaison with ByHeart’s R&D/ Innovation and Procurement teams on negotiating and contracting with suppliers for novel ingredient development and tech-enabled platform partnerships to support our product pipeline.
Led negotiation, acquisition and closing of ByHeart’s first canning facility (Cascadia Nutrition), to bring the final key link of the manufacturing chain in-house to become the first new vertically integrated infant formula manufacturer in decades.

Caliber Start-Up
Product & Marketing Consultant
9/2019 - 1/2020
Consultant for a seed stage online fitness company. Projects were focused on branding and strategic product initiatives.

Blue Apron Marketing
Head of Partnerships
6/2015 - 2/2019
Led all strategic planning, sourcing, contract negotiation and execution of sales and marketing partnerships to grow revenue and brand awareness for the core product from early growth through IPO. Project managed cross-functional teams including digital product, culinary, operations, finance, analytics and marketing.

Scholastic Other
Sr Director Business Development
8/2012 - 3/2015
Led business development and product strategy for Scholastic Media’s digital brand portfolio including new interactive app development, original video distribution, consumer marketing and licensing.
Negotiated and executed strategic product launches including Scholastic’s first mobile commerce app on iOS and Android in partnership with Qualcomm Vuforia augmented reality technology platform.

AOL Other
Director, Business Development & Business Operations
1/2011 - 7/2012
Director, Business Development
Negotiated and managed third party partnerships for AOL Advertising driving significant cost efficiency and revenue growth opportunities for AOL Rich Media products across the AOL publisher network.
Managed eCommerce and content partnerships with Amazon, Conde Nast, and Meredith Group.
Director, Business Operations for the Huffington Post Media Group

IDG Technetwork Operations
Business Manager
9/2009 - 1/2011
Business Manager for ad tech network. Responsible for closing the monthly books and managing salesforce performance.

NYSE Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Analyst
7/2005 - 7/2007
Provided key support and analysis to the leaderships team for the Archipelago and Euronext mergers.

Morgan Stanley Finance
Investment Banking
7/2003 - 7/2005
Investment Banking analyst in the financial institutions group.