Leading technology organizations as a hands-on Chief Digital Officer & Chief Product Officer.

Hagerty
Chief Digital Officer & Chief Product Officer

Currently leading all technology organizations as the acting Chief Digital Officer & Chief Product Officer. Hagerty is the global leader in collector car insurance & the world’s largest paid automotive membership club.

Hagerty Debuts as a Publicly Traded Company on the New York Stock Exchange
MGM Resorts International
Sr. Vice President & Chief Digital Officer

Responsible for the adoption of consumer-facing digital innovation across the entire enterprise.

Starbucks
Vice President, Global Digital Products

Led all global digital products at Starbucks which include our consumer facing technologies which are world leaders in retail innovation and are responsible for millions of daily transactions and billions in revenue.

Starbucks
Vice President, International Products

Responsible for the adoption of consumer-facing digital innovation across the entire enterprise.

Starbucks
Vice President Digital, China

Established the core digital team in China to design, develop and launch the systems to support world-class consumer experiences.  Led a team to launch digital payments, digital loyalty and one of most the most popular iOS & Android brand apps in China.

Zapd
Founder: Instant websites from your iPhone

Founded Zapd as "the original iOS website builder," enabling users to create websites without the need for design experience or coding know-how. Was an Apple Editor's Staff Pick. Company was acquired.

Inkd
Founder: Marketplace for graphic design templates

Founded the first marketplace for buying and selling professional graphic design templates. Everything from business cards, letterhead, brochures and more. Company was acquired.

Imagekind
Founder: The first marketplace for art and photo prints

Imagekind was the first user-generated art and photo e-commerce marketplace. Imagekind allowed users to upload digital files and sell art/photo products within a vibrant e-commerce community. Imagekind was venture funded by Holtzbrinck Ventures, Crosslink Capital, European Founders Fund, and several prominent angel investors. I developed the initial business plan and led the platform's design and software development. Sold to CafePress, generating substantial returns for investors.

Scoutzie
YCombinator: Market for mobile designers

Co-founded this mobile graphic designer marketplace. Backed by Y Combinator, 500 Startups and SV Angel.

Mad Races
Co-founder: Mobile app for turning any activity into a global game

Co-founded this mobile app that allowed users to turn any activity into a distributed competition (time to ski a certain run or bike a certain route). Company was acquired by Betaworks in NYC.

Siemens Nokia
Vice President: Global communications company

VP Product Marketing at leading IPTV software company. Myrio develops middleware that powers IP-based television services.  Led efforts to drive developer ecosystem allowing set-top box vendors to deploy IPTV and interactive applications.

thePlatform
Vice President: Business Development

VP Business Development. thePlatform is a leading developer of content management and publishing systems for audio and video. Company was sold to Comcast and operates as a subsidiary.

RocketVox
Founder, Cloud Video Management

Founded one of the earliest distributors of streaming video content. Aggregated media from producers for Internet usage. Sold to thePlatform (a Comcast company).

RealNetworks
Pioneers of online audio/video streaming

RealNetworks is the online pioneer in digital audio, video and music delivery. Served as Marketing Director, Europe based in the United Kingdom. Company went public in 1999.

Spry/America Online
Original developers of the commercial web browser

Spry developed Internet in a Box. It was the first commercial product based on the original Mosaic browser source code. It was one of the most common methods of getting on the Internet in 1994. Company was acquired by CompuServe/AOL.