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Business and product strategy

I have experience leading product innovation, new market entry, strategic partnerships and business development. 
Core aspects of my work approach are to inspire teams to adopt borderless mindsets, and ensure customer empathy lies behind every decision.

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Skills

Agile

Agile Leadership

Agile Project Management

Business Case Design

Business Insights

Business Strategy

Change Management

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Digital Product Development

Digital Transformation

Growth Strategies

Modernization

Product Strategy

Open for

fulltime

Work Experience

COBBLE, IDK TONIGHT

2020-08 -

Workplace
Director of Product Development
Location

New York City, New York

Employement type

parttime

Early stage NYC-based tech startup focused on activity planning. Valued at 5M and user base growing 150%/ quarter. In my current role, I lead the product strategy, product team, and expansion to new markets. • Developed geographic expansion strategy for US cities aimed at capturing 5M users over 3 years; created company growth plan to align product and company growth with new market entry strategy • Analyzed user data, created psychographic personas, and mapped customer journeys to determine the optimum geographical markets expansion scenario and new market entry strategy

UNICEF

2020-06 - 2020-08

Workplace
MBA Intern, Strategy Consultant
Location

Geneva

Employement type

internship

• Advised organization on how to have a broader impact in Nepal by defining a framework and plan to engage private and informal enterprises. The plan has been implemented globally in the ‘Business for Results’ program • Prioritized UNICEF Nepal’s work in response to Covid-19 and defined an approach for UNICEF and the South Asia Chamber of Commerce to work with businesses across the region to support business and community resiliency

PUBLICIS SAPIENT

2016-05 - 2019-08

Workplace
Senior Associate, Product Manager
Location

Washington DC

Employement type

fulltime

Global consultancy firm for digital transformation and information technology with 5,000+ employees • Created modernization strategy for National Health Service Corps website with 1M users and on alignment with policy changes. Led 15 strategy workshops resulting in modernization plan used in winning $150M project bid • Managed three agile web development teams consisting of 14 team members generating $8M in annual revenue Conducted 50+ requirements workshops using prototypes and oversaw web development and client deliver

RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (R4D)

2012-02 - 2016-05

Workplace
Project Manager, Health Financing
Location

Washington DC

Employement type

fulltime

International development consultancy NGO with clients in 30+ countries and 70 employees • Managed joint learning network (JLN) activities for CEOs of national health insurance schemes of 22 countries across Africa and Asia; served as technical advisor and facilitated 10 JLN workshops on ‘expanding health access’ • Advised Senegal’s Ministry of Health on mobile money adoption to collect health insurance premiums. Conducted assessment of mobile money providers and created action plan adopted by the Senegalese government in 2016 • Conducted rapid assessment of health equity in health insurance coverage for the Government of Ghana; identified KPIs that led to new contract ($25k) to design a dashboard for Ghana’s National Health Insurance

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

2009-08 - 2012-01

Workplace
Research Coordinator, Health Policy
Location

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Employement type

fulltime

Global leader in international health research, program design, and policy design • Designed and ran three maternal health research projects. Results were published by Harvard and the United Nations and led to national-level policy changes by the Ministry of Health and nation-wide UNICEF campaigns • Led 16-person data collection team across hospitals in the Dominican Republic and conducted health system analysis to identify drivers for maternal death. Supported government in identifying health interventions

Academic Experience

IESE Business School -

 

2019.09 - 2021.06

Master of Business Administration, MBA in Management, Business

University of Toronto -

 

2005.09 - 2009.05

Bachelor of Arts, BA in Global Health