Senior Product Development + Production Leader |

Senior Product Development + Production Leader |

A patented creator building and leading teams to launch toys, games, theme park experiences, software products, and AR/VR & web3 technologies reaching hundreds of millions people across the globe

Thrive on solving complex problems by leveraging emerging technologies to create, build and launch immersive experiences and products and have been successful doing this, growing teams and building worldwide partnerships at: Disney, Meta, Unity, LeapFrog, & Yuga Labs

Product Innovation

I go after challenges and opportunities where I can help product, creative and technology teams unleash powerful products and features and have done this time and again throughout my career.

At Meta I led agile transformation driving a content production team to adopt a product innovation framework. I partnered with cross-functional teams to unlock and build new product features for Messenger and Instagram launching hundreds of Social AR Immersive Group Effects used in over a billion minutes of video calls yielding 80% increase in AR usage.

Program Excellence

I have a passion for building programs that allow teams to focus on their areas of expertise and have had great success running operations that have delivered an incredibly broad range of products to market.

As a Technical Project Manager for Walt Disney Imagineering I partnered with a Product Owner to roadmap, build and deliver robotic animation and show control software products used to drive theme park experiences at Disney Parks across the globe.

I built and managed software development programs as part of the build, deployment and launch of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Team Leadership

Throughout my career I’ve been building, managing and leading teams across the globe and find great fulfillment in helping and guiding individuals and teams to create, grow and launch.

As Director of Production for Disney Playmation Marvel Avengers I built and led a product and game development team of 30+, transforming to an agile workflow establishing predictable roadmaps and launching an award winning physical to digital play experience.

Expertise

  • Establish, mentor, grow diverse teams, unblock and help solve problems

  • Build collaborative partnerships and connect the dots.

  • Establish goals (OKRs), define roles (RACIs), capture outcomes (KPIs).

    Clear, concise, frequent written & verbal transparency.

  • Agile thinking and adapt best methodology for delivering success.

  • Create conditions to allow for decision making. Focus on ruthless prioritization to deliver the 20% that makes 80% impact.

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