Work Experience
- Founded and led Medium's growth team
- Tripled new customers in one year
- Drove an 8-figure increase in annual recurring revenue
- Launched a new premium subscription tier focused on supporting writers
- Worked directly with the CEO to develop our product strategy and roadmap
- Advised on org design and recruiting
- Reestablished product management at Medium
- Managed and mentored senior PMs and other contributors
Supporting and investing in exceptional early-stage founders.
- Brought audio to Medium, making millions of posts listenable
- Integrated Knowable (acquired by Medium) and continued to improve the product
Knowable is an audio-first app that helps you learn new things while you're on the go. We've developed a library of interactive audio courses with high production value, along with hundreds of courses developed by independent creators and experts on our platform.
Knowable raised a seed round with Andreessen Horowitz and other top investors before being acquired by Medium in 2021.
Acquired by Facebook
Acquired by Giphy in 2018.
Vidme was a video platform that focused on helping independent creators grow their audience and earn revenue through tipping and memberships. At its peak, Vidme was a top 500 website in the US with more than 25M monthly active users and over 6 billion pageviews.
I led the product, design, and engineering teams in developing unique user experiences geared toward helping creators earn money and grow their communities.
Vidme raised seed and series A rounds from top investors including Upfront Ventures, First Round Capital, SV Angel, NEA, Lowercase Capital, and MuckerLab.
Acquired by Room 214.
SocialEngine is a platform for building custom social websites and mobile apps. Thousands of companies and online communities have used it to build their own unique and independent social websites, including a range of well-known brands like Apple, NASA, Shell, MasterCard, and EA. This led to a thriving developer ecosystem supporting the platform with hundreds of third-party developers offering plugins and services to SocialEngine customers.
I founded the company from my dorm room and bootstrapped it to profitability and $1.5M ARR before it was acquired in late 2013. SocialEngine participated in the Techstars Boulder 2011 program.
Side Projects
Curate LA is a long-time passion project. It's a community-supported map and guide that makes the arts and culture of Los Angeles more accessible to everyone, with an emphasis on highlighting emerging artists from underrepresented groups.
Our website, mobile app, and editorial content reach 50K+ art lovers every month.
A (now defunct) open source map of LA's startup scene back in 2012. Read about it in the LA Times, The New York Times, Forbes.