Uniquity Consulting

Providing management training workshops to improve employee engagement and innovation by developing more meaningful relationships with employees.
•      Created and facilitated management training program to improve employee engagement and innovation.
•	Conducted 30+ personal interviews to explore "adverse" personal experiences and laid the foundation for management training program. 
•	Conducted comprehensive research and certificate programs in diverse fields including DEI, operations, organizational behavior, neuroscience, and industrial and organizational psychology. 

Also acting as independent consultant providing business strategy and product management services.

Founder

Relativity

Acted as corporate segment product leader and needs evangelist. Coordinated with product teams to create alignment on priority use cases, customer value, and customer experience. Delivered strategic product solutions and recommendations. Identified and prioritized strategic product opportunities to drive commercial goals. 
•	Orchestrated company’s first 3-year corporate product priorities roadmap and commercial plan, synthesizing feedback from customers, product, marketing, sales, customer service, and service delivery. 
•	Conducted researched and provided recommendations to key stakeholders on technical and commercial impact of multiple product development options.  Recommendation was ultimately adopted. 
•	Analyzed the commercial and operational viability of product changes, influencing pricing decisions. Recommendations changed pricing decision-making and outcome. 
•	Developed and presented taxonomy for product services and opportunities to the executive team.
•	Delivered analysis of potential improvements to product development, sales enablement and targeted marketing content given product acquisitions and customer use cases.

Senior Product Strategy Manager, Corporate Segment

Ascent

Provided product vision, strategic leadership, and legal domain expertise for improvements for the regulatory compliance SaaS platform serving the financial services industry. Directed a team of 12 engineers and technical project managers to identify user stories and implement optimal user experience. Coordinated with executive stakeholders, sales, operations, design, technology, and QA to deliver valuable features and improvements to the SaaS application. 

• 	Used competitive analysis, domain knowledge, and market information to identify product mix and customer base. Streamlined product focus and sales strategy, resulting in a 3-fold increase in sales in 6 mos.
• 	Performed complete reassessment of SaaS application and composed phased implementation plan to enhance and reconfigure features.  Successfully, redirected and increased customer activity for competitive features in 6 mos. 
• 	Created and implemented Ascent’s current Product Planning Process and set quarterly goals for Data Product, SaaS application, Product Automation. 
• 	Facilitated API integration of Ascent data with IBM governance risk and compliance software.  
• 	Implemented user tracking and utilized customer usage data to inform product decision-making and balance stakeholder and individual customer demands.

Vice President of Product Management, Customer Application

Responsible for regulatory data product development and process, machine learning and automation, process improvements, and project management. Scaled a team from 2 to 19 people. Collaborated with Data Science to develop model accuracy, which helped to improve data quality, reduce cost of production, and improve schedule adherence. Decreased time for production of a standard regulation by 90% (from 3000 to 300 hours). 
• 	Successfully synthesized and formalized Ascent’s first process to extract data from regulatory documents and regulatory text. 
• 	Co-created machine learning models with data science team to replace manual data extraction via using domain expertise to improve algorithms and speed of data production.
• 	Enhanced the accuracy of Ascent’s customer facing questionnaire using ad hoc data analyses, resulting in 98% percent accuracy rate in predicting customer obligations
• 	Identified operational gaps and opportunities while conducting an on-site analysis of compliance process for a large Australian bank. Presented value to bank and Ascent stakeholders.
• 	Created product roadmaps, planned resourcing, and managed “Regulatory Data Production” team to execute on objectives with specified deadlines. Established and benchmarked against team KPIs.

Vice President of Data Product

allRise

Founder of legal startup providing attorney access to courtroom information and live updates. Responsible for market analysis, product development and testing, financial analysis, and business development. Accepted to University of Chicago’s 2014 Polsky Accelerator program including $10K in seed money.

•	Conducted in-person surveys, product testing, and target market, cost, and profitability analysis.
•	Facilitated 2-month product pilot resulting in 100 attorney sign-ups and traffic of at least 100 views/week.  
•	Created curriculum and trained college interns on how to record courtroom activity during pilot program.

Axiom

Provided contract management and review services for spin-offs, mergers, and divestitures in the commercial, banking, and oil & gas industries. In charge of project management, process management, and business development. Led weekly client progress calls with key decision-makers and advised on risks and mitigation opportunities.

•	Developed training and managed teams of 15+ to aid in completion of deliverables and client deadlines. 
•	Managed document collections workflow and achieved 90% decrease in issues in 3 weeks.
•	Achieved 99% rate of accuracy by initiating templates and Question & Answer logs. 
•	Created written protocols and quality control checks to ensure consistent process and output.
•	1 of 9 selected to participate in a training program for promotion to Project Manager.

Senior Reviewer (Contract Analyst)

Schiff, Gorman, Krkljes

Attorney practicing in civil litigation including personal injury and medical malpractice.

Attorney

Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Ltd.

Facilitated the creation of Standard Operating Procedures for the organization which were instrumental in the eventual company buyout by Provena Health System.

Assistant Administrator

Law Office of Michael C. Goode

Attorney practicing in civil litigation including torts, personal injury, breach of contract, medical malpractice, and employment law.

Law Clerk

I am a visionary and versatile leader from a nontraditional, entrepreneurial background. My journey through different industries and roles has given me a unique perspective and the ability to combine best practices from multiple disciplines to achieve the best results. I have an eye for big-picture strategy, systems thinking, and a track record of bringing order and practical solutions to chaotic environments.

As a product management leader, I worked to balance the needs of users with business growth and strategic planning. I owned the vision, strategy, and roadmapping for various initiatives and have a proven ability to use data to drive execution while also developing products that meet the market in user-friendly way.

My greatest commitment, and current focus, is helping managers increase employee engagement by embracing and developing the unique characteristics of the individuals on their teams.  

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