Professional Experience

Product Manager

Inspyr Solutions (AppleTV+)

Apr 2024 - Oct 2024
  • Spearheaded the development of enhanced roles and permissions within an internal CMS, enabling scalable user management and improved content workflow in an in-house pre-production, development, and contract tracking system
  • Collaborated with stakeholders across multiple business teams to ensure that features within the roles and permissions product met specific business requirements and long-term goals
  • Conceived solutions for user permissions management and an enhanced assigning workflow within existing processes and CMS tools
  • Assimilated both comprehensive documentation and nuanced, institutional knowledge of internal studio processes, enabling integration and contributions to team objectives

Product Manager

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Jan 2023 - Nov 2023
  • Owned and managed the strategy for CMS features to implement enhanced news alerts and expanded user admin features through Auth0
  • Collaborated with business managers, software engineers, and stakeholders to ensure the applications met their needs from a functional and technical perspective
  • Created roadmaps to illustrate the product vision, and user journeys, stories, and wireframes to build product requirements
  • Tracked and communicated project status to stakeholders, as well as defined and prioritized deliverables

Product Manager

Warner Discovery

Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
  • Worked with design, development, and QA to drive project development of new features to streamline editorial curation workflow and improve tool efficiency for the HBO Max CMS
  • Developed requirements for tooling solutions on the HBO Max app for "multi-SKU" cohorts, including AVOD and branded ad campaign curation
  • Defined and tracked KPI targets on metrics, delivery, and quality for the CMS using a combination of internal quantitative and qualitative data from Looker, Airtable, and surveys
  • Spearheaded initiatives and processes to improve the product development lifecycle, including format and data validation and UI components foundational work
  • Led the launch of a web-based tool to preview specific content curations across different SKUs, regions, devices, age groups, and A/B testing on the HBO Max app, a tool that reduced curation workload for producers by over 40%

Technology Manager

Fox Digital Consumer Group

2017 - 2019
  • Operating within the Product Engineering team, oversaw new and ongoing technical direction of product development and maintenance for customer-facing streaming apps on Apple devices (tvOS/iOS)
  • Managed technical solutions for multiple teams of vendors, including external app developers and third-party service providers, extending to ad tech, analytics, and video operations
  • Worked on project scoping in accordance with product roadmaps and translated product requirements to technical specifications
  • Coordinated with internal departments and service providers on enhancements to the backend API, which combined video for streaming, schedule data, and show information

Technology Manager

Sony Pictures Television

2011 - 2017
  • Led data governance efforts for Sony's 80+ international channel websites, partnering with InfoSec and legal to identify and resolve vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with GDPR regulation
  • Collaborated with analytics teams to integrate data insights into product development processes
  • Defined and determined technical solutions for integration of third-party applications with underlying components of the company's Drupal CMS platform, focusing on security, templatization, and automation
  • Managed technical integrations on multiple projects at once, often involving integration across different platforms: desktop responsive/mobile-first sites for browsers, mobile apps, and OTT
  • Led and defined the technical direction and requirements of projects, including vetting potential vendors, collaborating on SOWs, RFPs, auditing DRM contracts, and managing product development and launches

Core Competencies

Product & Technical Skills

Product StrategyCMS DevelopmentUser ManagementAPI IntegrationData AnalyticsKPI TrackingTechnical RequirementsAgile/ScrumGDPR ComplianceAuth0Content ManagementStreaming Platforms

Leadership & Management

Stakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipProject ManagementVendor ManagementCross-functional CollaborationStrategic PlanningProcess ImprovementDocumentationRequirements GatheringProduct Roadmapping

Education & Certifications

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Scrum Alliance

2024

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism

University of Arizona, Tucson