EDUCATION
42 USA, Fremont CA, November 2016- Present
A self-paced coding program based on peer-to-peer learning. Learned C programming and the Command Line.
The College of New Jersey, (TCNJ), Ewing NJ, 2010- 2014
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing,
Minor in Communication Studies
WORK EXPERIENCE
Communications Lead, OpenOakland,
Oakland, CA, February 2018- Present
Product Marketing Manager, Tanoshi, Fremont, CA, April 2017- October 2017
Coding Instructor and Tutor, WhizKidz Computer Center, San Jose, CA, April 2017- August 2017
Inside Account Manager, SHI, Somerset, NJ, July 2014- August 2016
PROJECTS
Amicus: A chatbot that saves immigrants money on initial lawyer consultations, Startup Weekend Oakland
Lovely Rita: Insight into Oakland’s Parking Citations, Code for America: OpenOakland
SKILLS
INTERESTS
42 USA, Fremont CA, November 2016- Present
A self-paced coding program based on peer-to-peer learning. Learned C programming and the Command Line.
The College of New Jersey, (TCNJ), Ewing NJ, 2010- 2014
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing,
Minor in Communication Studies
WORK EXPERIENCE
Communications Lead, OpenOakland,
Oakland, CA, February 2018- Present
- A communications plan consisting of outreach strategies for working together with the City of Oakland and the General Public about the work that OpenOaklnd does and strengthening community ties.
- Serving on the Steering Committee to ensure operations run smoothly and tough decisions are made in the proper, urgent timeframe they need to be addressed.
- Create and oversee project succession plans for all projects incubated at OpenOakland.
- Redesign product messaging to better target customer personas.
- Optimize web pages to increase search traffic and decrease load times.
- Analyze Social Media metrics against conversion goals.
Product Marketing Manager, Tanoshi, Fremont, CA, April 2017- October 2017
- Customized product messaging around market research and user questions.
- Created tiered pricing for Kickstarter Rewards.
- Increased newsletter sign-ups by 50% with automation and email marketing plan.
Coding Instructor and Tutor, WhizKidz Computer Center, San Jose, CA, April 2017- August 2017
- Created Scratch demos to teach basic coding concepts.
- Brought child up to speed with 1st grade math and reading.
- Sent weekly progress reports and suggestions of fun learning activities to parents.
Inside Account Manager, SHI, Somerset, NJ, July 2014- August 2016
- Won $2 million+ in renewal contracts for Adobe VIP and CLP agreements, Microsoft Select Plus.
- Project lead for successful roll-out of 500,000+ headsets to client offices.
- Won an Enterprise Sales Trip to Miami for closing the most deal registrations. Over $7,000 in backend payouts.
PROJECTS
Amicus: A chatbot that saves immigrants money on initial lawyer consultations, Startup Weekend Oakland
- Created slide deck and wrote product requirements for the MVP.
- www.getamicus.co
Lovely Rita: Insight into Oakland’s Parking Citations, Code for America: OpenOakland
- Product Manager for user-friendly parking citations app.
- Wrote the product roadmap and am working with Data Scientists to demystify data.
SKILLS
- HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C, Bash, User Research, Storytelling, SEO, Prototyping, SQL
INTERESTS
- Rock climbing, record collecting, roadtrips