Resume

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Big problems, simple solutions, collaborative teams, hustling and moving fast.

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Zira Technologies Inc.

Co-Founder & CEO

  • Currently building the future of work for 80% of the world’s workforces
  • Automation and AI technology to power blue collar workforces
  • Raised Venture Capital from leading VC funds in SF and NY
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Uber

Principal Product Designer

  • Currently leading design and product strategy on new modalities (bikes and scooters), Shared Rides (Uber Pool), and Vehicles.
  • Led design, product and strategy on Uber Assistant
  • Led design, product and strategy on in-app support
  • Led design on Internal Communications and Marketing Tools
  • Led design on In-App Communications Platform
  • Enterprise level software architecture
  • Responsible for research, design, prototype creation, testing and validation
  • Platform-based design thinking
  • Web, and Mobile Interaction Design
  • Team management + leadership
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Float Inc.

Head of Product Design

2015 – 2016
  • Lead on Brand Design, UX Design, Brand Identity
  • Project Management & Leadership
  • Web & Graphic Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Art Direction & Motion Design
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VINE DISTRICT

Head of Technology

  • Founding Team Member
  • Lead on Brand Design, UX Design, Brand Identity
  • Project Management
  • Competitive Research and Analysis
  • Recruited Technology Department
  • Managed Tech Resources and Lead on all technology decisions
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DEUTSCH LA

QA ENGINEER

2013 – 2015
  • Lead QA Engineer on various enterprise level projects
  • Provide UX, functionality and design insight
  • Draft test plans for internal and client test case tracking
  • Coordinated with client and service providers to conduct end to end testing
  • Load and Performance testing
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ADVERCRAFT

PRESIDENT & CEO

MARCH 2011 – PRESENT
  • New Business
  • Digital Strategy
  • Social Strategy and Community Management
  • Web Design
  • Project Management
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YAREVOO

FOUNDER & EDITOR IN CHIEF

2013 – 2014
  • Manage writers
  • Update Website design and layout to optimize views/clicks
  • SEO Optimization
    • Achieved over 40,000 unique impressions in the first two months of publication
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SMARTER SOCIAL MEDIA

Account Director

MAY 2011 – MARCH 2012
  • Led marketing team, while also managing social media account independently
  • Prepared and delivered comprehensive weekly and monthly reports to clients
  • Conducted media outreach campaign and media pitches that resulted in over $60,000 in free advertising for client with such hits as Yahoo.com, CNN, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal.
  • Composed service valuation reports that were instrumental in client retention
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

ASSISTANT TO THE COMPLEX MANAGER

MAY 2010 – AUGUST 2010
  • Handled FOIA Requests
  • Assisted with USGS Data Recording
  • Assisted with day-to-day management of California’s largest wildlife refuge complex

EDUCATION

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

BACHELOR OF THE ARTS

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (MAY 2011)
  • Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Concentrations: International Economy & International Politics and Security Studies
  • Dean’s List

SKILLS & TECHNOLOGIES

TECHNICAL
  • Advanced WordPress
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • jQuery
  • Swift
  • Google Analytics
  • Adwords
  • Adsense
  • Web Hosting
  • Apache JMeter
  • Load/Performance Testing
  • Basic Flash
  • Basic Ruby on Rails
  • Basic Java
  • Google App Engine
  • Xcode (iOS Development)
  • Basic Python
  • Postman
  • MySQL Workbench
CREATIVE
  • Expert Illustrator
  • Expert Sketch 3 UX/iOS Prototyping
  • Advanced Adobe Photoshop
  • Advanced InDesign
  • Basic After Effects
  • Omnigraffle
  • Pixate
  • JustInMind
  • Principle
EFFICIENCY
  • Expert Prototyping (iOS/Mobile & Web)
  • JIRA
  • Asana/Trello
  • Basecamp
  • Git
  • Bitbucket
  • Mastery in Microsoft Office (including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook)
  • Agile/Scrum/Kan Ban workflows

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