From building products to building the businesses around them.
My career has moved from product and program delivery into innovation, M&A, enterprise transformation, independent advisory, and embedded portfolio-company operations.
Embedded operating role inside a PE-backed loyalty SaaS business, working directly with the CEO and PE sponsor and driving execution across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success through dotted-line functional leadership.
Owned the operating layer for a ~$7.5M ARR business spanning 42+ accounts and 47 active client projects.
Designed and executed a 100-day operating plan with the CEO and sponsor, covering client stabilization, working capital, commercial standardization, and cross-functional delivery.
Rebuilt commercial, renewal, collections, and reporting governance, and produced the reporting used for investor, board, and lender updates.
Selected workFull detail on the operating layer, renewals, collections, and sponsor reporting. View case study
JI Solutions Group
Independent Consultant
March 2024 to Present
Independent advisory and embedded operating work across PE-backed, enterprise, and founder-led businesses.
Led a 30-day commercial, operational, and product diagnostic across a three-product SaaS ecosystem, ending in a go-forward platform recommendation for the founder.
Led a zero-to-one SaaS product build and commercial launch for a founder-led endurance coaching brand.
Accenture
Senior Consultant
October 2022 to March 2024
Advised Fortune 500 clients on strategy, product, and transformation initiatives, including Airbnb and Waymo.
Built partnership economics and value cases for Waymo's autonomous-mobility strategy at fleet scale.
Mapped and analyzed Airbnb's global booking funnel, sizing conversion opportunities against bookings and contribution margin.
Co-developed and pitched a custom innovation-hub offering with Business Development, defining the value proposition, operating model, and financial case.
Cognizant
Program Lead, Innovation and M&A Transformation (2019 to 2023)
2016 to 2023
Joined via the acquisition of Quick Left, a Boulder digital product studio. Promoted three times across product, program, innovation, and transformation roles.
Built and scaled Cognizant's LaunchPad innovation incubator, supporting ~16 ventures across four cohorts from validation through product development.
Integrated acquired ventures into Cognizant's operating model, standardizing product, delivery, and governance practices across post-acquisition teams.
Supported M&A diligence through business-plan, P&L, and OpEx analysis, translating findings into product roadmaps and post-acquisition priorities.
Earlier roles
Senior Agile Project Manager II, Capitalized Projects2018 to 2019
Senior Agile Project Manager I, Capitalized Projects2017 to 2018
Agile Project Manager I, Quick Left2016 to 2017
Managed end-to-end delivery of MVPs and production releases across FinTech, retail, and emerging technology, including scope, budgets, resources, and delivery planning.
Selected workSelected post-acquisition work included integration of a 30+ person London-based fintech organization across five product lines. View case study
Affiliations and credentials
Member
Association for Corporate Growth, Denver
Innovation Advisory Council
Vation Ventures
Credentials: CSPO, CSM. BA, Communication Studies, University of Montana.