Product Manager
2020 - PRESENTExodus Aviation- Took over the lead on delivering V1 of a bespoke B2B eCommerce platform, built on a SalesForce back end, which had been stalled for quite some time.
- Righted the ship in one month of part-time work and set them on track for a beta release one month later, with a cleaner UX and a new, agile process.
- Introduced new agile process using Asana, including bug management, user stories, backlog grooming, and weekly sprints.
- Collaborated with UX to completely overhaul the interface for greater usability and a clean, modern look.
Product Manager
2020 - PRESENTStay Group- Built a bespoke mobile digital concierge app from the ground up.
- Led product kickoff via discovery meetings, to gather all requirements and distill them into a clear roadmap.
- Set up Trello and general product management processes. Wrote all analytics specifications.
- Collaborated with UX to design flows and usability, and with tech to ensure alignment.
Co-founder
2016 - 2019BioSphère Naturel- Conceived and produced a new line of organic skincare, selling on Amazon EU and USA as well as its own website. Had the #2 best-selling anti-aging cream on Amazon France in 2018.
- Built a multi-lingual, multi-region eCommerce site from the ground up using WordPress, WooCommerce, and custom coding.
- Ran multiple advertising, sales funnel initiatives using Facebook, ManyChat, and Instagram to grow the business.
- Applied for and received trademarks in the UK and USA, requiring authoring of legal briefs and negotiation with a competing company to resolve trademark conflicts blocking approval in both countries.
Senior Product Manager, Flights
2011 - 2016Expedia- Executed agile A/B testing based on data-driven hypotheses with crisp success metrics in a CI environment. Improved NPS, retention, and CVR worldwide.
- Launched new ancillary features using MVP methodology. Coordinated across several geographic regions with varying market strategies and legal requirements to design a coherent, global solution.
- Introduced clean UX with smart filtering to surface key flight amenity and fare information to the end-user, joining millions of rows of GDS and transactional data.
- Designed new industry-wide data standards and APIs for ancillaries and branded fares, in partnership with ATPCo, Amadeus, and several major airlines. Developed the Expedia UX for customers to shop and purchase these new fares.
- Supervised a team of two product manager directs and coordinated five concurrent agile project teams.
Senior Program Manager, PPC Platform
2008 - 2011Expedia- Developed a proprietary SaaS PPC platform from the ground up, managing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual spending. Refined varying market requirements into a single coherent, global solution.
- Directed construction of an efficient keyword bidding algorithm using clustering logic and statistical modeling. Integrated millions of rows of Expedia transactional data with keyword performance data, enabling easy portfolio optimization at scale.
- Directed external development vendor in building the in-house platform from the ground up. Coordinated transition to 3rd party after the in-house platform EOL.
- Led the hiring effort to build an in-house team of two product managers and one QA lead.
- Performed extensive business process and workflow analysis and designed and developed custom dashboards.
Product Manager
2006 - 2008Redfin- Implemented a new SaaS app for buying and selling homes. Managed the cross-functional agile team to build. Partnered with agents and facilitated focus groups to centralize varying regional requirements into a single user experience.
- Defined the full specifications for the site-wide implementation of Google Analytics. Owned regular reporting on KPIs back to the business, up to the CEO.
- Conducted the vendor search and integrated a SalesForce CRM system as a back end into SaaS buy and sell tools.