Campaign Director

As a Strategic Advisor at WorkShelter, I specialize in driving the company's web strategy, enhancing analytics, and forging impactful partnerships. My role involves working closely with the leadership team to develop and implement strategies that boost our online presence, optimize client campaigns, and expand our reach through strategic collaborations.

Key responsibilities include:

 -Web Strategy & Analytics: Leading efforts to optimize our website and digital platforms, ensuring they align with our mission and effectively engage our target audience. I utilize data-driven insights to enhance user experience, increase traffic, and improve conversion rates.
 -Partnership Development: Building and nurturing strategic partnerships that align with WorkShelter’s values and business goals. I focus on identifying synergies with other organizations, creating mutually beneficial collaborations that amplify our impact.
 -Client Campaigns: Overseeing the development and execution of client camp

Strategic Advisor

Every Great Debater Needs A Great Foundation

Debate Academy Online is a platform that ensures students know what they need in order to compete in policy debate, using HD video, automated reporting, gamification, and more!

Founder, side project

Powering the next-gen foundation for Web3 collaboration, capital, and impact 🌐✨

At Accelerate, I'm creating the ultimate growth layer for the decentralized web. My vision blends AI, seamless UX, and strategic partnerships into a dynamic ecosystem where founders, contributors, and capital align effortlessly to build the future.

I've designed Accelerate from the ground up to deliver frictionless, intelligent matchmaking that drives powerful collaboration and real-world impact. Beyond funding, Accelerate serves as a universal platform to connect innovative Web3 projects with essential resources, strategic networks, and opportunities for global scale.

Core highlights:

    Crafted a bold, intuitive UX that makes complex collaboration feel effortless.

    Integrated advanced AI to unlock meaningful connections between builders, partners, and capital.

    Built deep, strategic relationships with leading Web3 ecosystems to amplify collective growth.

    Engineered a versatile, universa

Founder

• Drive the product strategy and execution of cross-functional squad, partnering with product design,   engineering, operations and other stakeholders to reliably ship product updates
• Leverage data to develop a deep intuition for what is important to our users, and use that to drive our roadmap, shaping the overall company strategy
• Prioritize against short and long-term value deliverables, making business focused tradeoff analysis

Technical Product Manager

Founder - Product - UX - Marketing

• Founded HelpWith.co to make skill-sharing more egalitarian and driven by local interactions
• Ran biweekly standups with developers as product lead for over 2 years
• Recruited over 3,000 service providers to our platform in 1 year, with no budget
• Utilized data-driven iteration to refine the UX and define feature roadmaps

Brand Consultant

Competitive Debate Instructor

The biggest and most economically innovative blockchain game in the world.

Working on product marketing, liveops, messaging, and overall UX optimization.
Some things I did:
-Produced engaging and complex live events, both within the app and extending into other interactive realms.
-Led messaging and player communications, ultimately managing an email list of over 300,000 unique players.
-Gathered user feedback and other data to create feature suggestions that improved the app in every way, from onboarding to nuanced incentive and gamification mechanisms.

During my tenure we saw monthly revenue more than 15x and daily active users pass 100,000.

Product and Live Operations

Efficient Product Strategy for an AI and Blockchain Enabled World

Contained Sprints
• Problem Identification: Pinpointing critical actionable areas in your product and design strategy.
• Solution Crafting: Developing custom methodologies to solve your specific problems.
• Launch and Validation: Guiding strategies from ideation through testing and launch planning.

Embedded Consulting
• Product Strategy: From MVP development support to finding product market fit.
• Go To Market: Launching in a data-driven manner to adapt and succeed.
• UX Strategy: Leveraging emerging technologies to ensure holistic usability.

Ecosystem Specialist | AI Strategy & Web3 Growth at Thrive Protocol

Driving AI-powered funding optimization, developer engagement, and ecosystem expansion at Thrive Protocol, a leading platform for Proof-of-Value funding in Web3. Thrive ensures that DAOs, treasuries, and contributors receive capital based on real, verifiable impact, rather than speculation.

Key Focus Areas:

-AI-Driven Treasury Management – Enhancing fraud detection, predictive analytics, and contributor scoring to make Web3 funding more efficient and scalable.
-Developer & Ecosystem Growth – Expanding Thrive’s integrations with DAOs, L1/L2 chains, and decentralized projects, onboarding top builders into milestone-based funding models.
-Decentralized Incentive Structures – Refining AI-powered reputation systems to better match high-value contributors with funding opportunities.

Thrive is at the forefront of automating and optimizing decentralized funding, ensuring that capital is allocated transparently and effectiv

Ecosystem Consultant

-Launched Sparkblox, a no-code NFT platform, driving user-friendly blockchain adoption and securing over $1M in funding.
-Forged strategic partnerships with key industry players, enhancing the platform’s credibility and expanding its user base.
-Conducted extensive user research and feedback sessions, leading to iterative improvements and a 30% increase in user satisfaction.
-Led the design and implementation of the platform's core features, optimizing for scalability and user engagement.
-Managed product lifecycle from concept to release, ensuring alignment with market needs and technological advancements.

Chief Executive Officer

Founder (side project)

Super Debate is more than just a debate club. We’re a movement, championing the art of intellectual discourse as a tool for community engagement, personal development, and social impact.

By creating a platform for people to engage in friendly yet competitive debate, we’re fostering a space for critical thinking, knowledge exchange, and public speaking skills development.

Building SuperDebate, competitive debate for adults. Former debate champion turned serial. founder.

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