Experience

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  Sports illustrated for kids, time inc.

  Jan 1991 - Aug 1995

  Deputy, page makeup

  Executed day-to-day page makeup of Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine. Included every aspect of monthly magazine production—page construction, story-fitting, quality control, and final approval. Member of new projects team, built original SI for Kids website.

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  Discovery communications

  Aug 1995 - Jan 2005

  Director, interactive creative development

  Created new media production department, recruited and managed staff responsible for producing award winning Discovery.com—one of the most popular Internet sites. Led company’s production through maturation of Internet, from development to deployment, during rising investment to cost-containment; adopted new methods, technologies and processes staying at the forefront of a rapidly advancing industry.

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  Washington city paper

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2008

  Director, new media

  Provide vision, develop strategy and recruit staff for WashingtonCityPaper.com, the interactive, hyperlocal and ad-driven digital platform in the challenging newspaper industry. Following purchase in 2007, refocused editorial and technology groups to produce and build R&D revenue-generating projects across 6 newspapers in 3 of the top 10 newsweekly markets.

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  National public radio

  Apr 2008 - May 2014

  Senior project manager, digital media

  Led first implementation of Scrum and Agile iterative methodologies during NPR’s comprehensiveredesign of NPR.org. Led, as ScrumMaster, the run, grow, transform approach to productdevelopment and innovation; proven success fostering communication, transparency, and adaptationcreating a high level of efficiency, productivity, and collaboration during product expansion fromdesktop to multiple form factors. Experience with Lean hypothesis-driven Scrum product development.

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  National geographic

  Jun 2014 - Apr 2017

  Lead the Digital Product, Scrum Master, and Project Management teams for award-winning National Geographic’s digital platforms. Focused the Product team on consumer experience, usability, performance on all digital platforms, and problem definition and market research. Improved collaboration of Design/UX, Tech, Product, and Editorial teams by implementing a collaborative and cross-functional approach using Agile, Lean, and SAFe frameworks. Transformed the small Digital Producer team and streamlined content production by distributing the CMS and production tools to magazine and digital content teams. Show less

  • Digital Product & PMO; Dep GM Digital

    Apr 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Director, Digital Production

    Jun 2014 - Apr 2015
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  Npr

  Aug 2017 - now

  • Senior Project Manager, Content Operations

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Senior Supervising Editor, Digital Dev.

    Mar 2019 - Oct 2020

  • Supervising Editor, Digital Development

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Manager, Digital Development

    Aug 2017 - Mar 2018