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Managing Editor @ The Spectrum From September 2007 to May 2008 (9 months) Parma, OhioEditorial Intern @ The Sun News From November 2008 to December 2008 (2 months) Managing Editor @ Southeast Ohio Magazine Managed the writers of the only student-produced regional magazine in the county. As part of my duties, I helped imagine and produce digital...

Managing Editor @ The Spectrum From September 2007 to May 2008 (9 months) Parma, OhioEditorial Intern @ The Sun News From November 2008 to December 2008 (2 months) Managing Editor @ Southeast Ohio Magazine Managed the writers of the only student-produced regional magazine in the county. As part of my duties, I helped imagine and produce digital content to accompany stories from the print issue. From September 2010 to December 2010 (4 months) Associate Managing Editor @ Backdrop Magazine OU's celebrated student-produced, student-interest magazine. I wrote stories for the magazine, maintained a weekly blog and took part in the planning of every issue. I helped organize and promote events to raise money for the magazine. I helped run the "Writer's Workshop", teaching our new writers how to produce magazine-quality material. From September 2008 to October 2010 (2 years 2 months) Editorial Intern @ Cleveland Scene I wrote stories for Scene Magazine, "Northeast Ohio's Only Alternative Newsweekly". In January 2010, I wrote the magazine's cover story. From June 2009 to January 2010 (8 months) Product Manager @ MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Product manager primarily focused on developing new features for MLB.TV. My primary areas of interest are building experiences impossible with traditional broadcast technology and seeking out iterative improvements that can yield big returns.Achievements:- Spearheaded and designed a multi-stage A/B test for paywalls which increased subscriptions by 80% over the control group.- Helped bring industry-first automated "Catch Up" feature to market and proactively led efforts to improve the play ranking algorithm and efficiently roll-out the offering to new platforms.- Navigated complex remote relationships with device manufacturers, engineering contractors and business stakeholders. From May 2017 to September 2018 (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaTechnical Program Manager, Social Products @ Twitch Twitch (acquired by Amazon in 2014) is the world's premier live streaming entertainment site. Centered primarily on gaming, the site has pushed an entirely new form of media creation and consumption into the mainstream. It's the forth largest consumer of bandwidth in the United States (behind only Netflix, Google and Apple).Responsibilities• Worked with engineering and design teams to create accurate schedules and identify dependencies.• Tasked with improving cross-team and executive-level communication.• Focused on how to improve the team's execution by improving processes and tools.• Removed roadblocks on projects as they occurred. From July 2015 to December 2015 (6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAssociate Project Manager, Software @ Jawbone Project manager specializing in all software products. Specializing in go-to-market activities and codification of software development processes.Managed products:• UP For iOS, Android, Android Wear and Pebble• UP Coffee• Drop (social music)• Jawbone app (speaker configuration)• UP for Groups (B2B corporate wellness)• UP Food Search (web app)Responsibilities• Tracked and communicated project status through executive reports and company-wide advisories.• Managed daily scrum activities and sprint planning for select cross-functional teams.• Led the development, testing and codification of constantly improving software processes.• Facilitated weekly stakeholder checkins for health and audio software.• Staged app store builds and marketing assets.• Published all new apps to the consumers. From March 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAssociate Project Manager, Global and Sustaining Programs @ Jawbone Project manager specializing in localization and sustaining programs. Working cross-functionally with specialists in all areas of the organization including product, design, engineering, operations, procurement, compliance, customer service, analytics and demand planning.• Managed the launch of over 100 unique product SKUs in 2013.• Owned the preparation and execution of MINI JAMBOX with support for 15 languages across Asia, Europe, South America and Australia contributing to a significant growth in international market share.• Wrote Jawbone's first formal processes for internationalized collateral development.• Managed, evaluated and forged new relationships with design, localization and material vendors.• Actively compiled scattered data points to develop improvements on existing products and processes. From February 2013 to March 2014 (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCEO and Head of Product @ Flare Code Founder, leader and head of product at an award-winning nine-person SaaS company offering quick, point-and-click construction of targeted mobile sites. • Directly involved in all high-level decisions.• Owner of product roadmap — directed and scheduled feature releases.• Managed and coordinated team of nine.• Conducted daily development and weekly all-staff meetings.• Often took on design and software development tasks as needed. • Led and conducted QA and user testing activities. • Closed initial sales and oversaw hiring of outsourced sales team.• Oversaw SXSW product launch and marketing activities. From December 2009 to December 2013 (4 years 1 month) Columbus, Ohio AreaPresident and Founder @ Ed2010 at Ohio University I started the Ohio University chapter of Ed2010, an NYC-based networking and mentoring organization for magazine industry students and enthusiasts. From April 2009 to June 2011 (2 years 3 months) Product Manager - Portal Ecosystem and Developer Platform @ Facebook Product manager in the AR/VR organization responsible for making Portal a great platform to publish to and develop on. Oversaw launch of Portal Apps on Portal TV with half of the top ten streaming apps in the US. Drove new media experiences like real time co-watching on device from concept to scaling. Menlo Park, CaliforniaTechnical Project Manager - MLB and NHL TV Apps @ MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Central coordinator for the flagship MLB and NHL apps on tvOS, Android and Fire TV. Achievements:- NHL for tvOS featured in the App Store's "Best of 2016" collection.- MLB for tvOS featured in the majority of Apple keynotes during my tenure.- Multiple App Store features, including MLB and NHL for tvOS in the App Store carousel on the same day.- First in the BAM Tech portfolio to bring many core features to tvOS including in-app alerts and custom video player.- Produced a standardized set of next-gen requirements and documentation for use across all MLB television apps. From April 2016 to May 2017 (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay Area