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Over 25+ years, I’ve helped companies scale, led transformational growth, and learned that the best business breakthroughs happen when you put people first. My award-winning experience spans Fortune 500 giants to fast-growing startups, and what remains constant is a focus on building sustainable success through exceptional talent, customer-obsessed culture, and strategic innovation—including being an early AI whisperer harnessing emerging technologies.

As the former CEO of Houseful and former Chief Marketing Officer at OJO, I shaped two of the real estate industry’s most innovative platforms. Under my leadership, Houseful was twice named to HousingWire’s Real Estate Tech 100—recognition I’m particularly proud of because it reflected our team’s commitment to innovation that solved real consumer problems, not just technology for its own sake.

My career has taken me from the scale of Amazon, Microsoft, and Pearson to the entrepreneurial energy of OJO and beyond. I excel at intersection of commercial impact and customer value—whether I’m designing high-performing organizations, steering companies through pivotal growth inflections, or guiding executive teams through market-defining strategic decisions.

Today, I partner with founders, executives, and leadership teams navigating their most critical growth challenges. Engagement can be strategic, ongoing, or via brief high-impact advisory touchpoints. Through Intro, I offer snack-sized strategic consultations that cut through complexity to deliver actionable insights—the kind that come from having built, scaled, and transformed businesses across multiple industries and market cycles.

My experience and passion extends across many areas—from serving on the board of international nonprofit Miracle Foundation and advising social enterprises in Mexico and Nigeria, to lecturing on brand and product management at The University of Texas McCombs School of Business, where I previously chaired the Master of Science in Marketing Advisory Council.

As a member of the Fast Company Executive Board, I contribute to conversations about the intersection of business, design, and innovation. And because I believe entrepreneurship comes in many forms, I founded House Arrest Goods—a small-batch culinary finishing salts company that let me experiment with bringing something beautiful and unexpected into people’s everyday lives.

If you’re ready to accelerate growth, navigate transformation, or build something extraordinary—let’s explore what’s possible.

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