Probably outside in the garden

If you can’t reach me via technology, I’m probably outside gardening. Possibly with my partner, Bob. I may also be traveling to ski or visit friends and family across the globe.

I began my career designing new products and making technical art for video games. I spent 15+ years in San Francisco’s Bay Area working on emerging technology in big media and high tech companies with legacies in game-changing product evolution, like Apple, MTV, Amazon and Sony PlayStation. These were the kinds of companies with well documented industry-defining product innovation. I also drove new product development from zero-to-one in scrappy startups.  After many creative explorations as an iterative product manager, I kept gravitating towards systems-thinking and platform development.

Legacies of industry-defining companies in product innovation

After launching several digital products from zero-to-one, I began reflecting on innovation leaps that framed game-changing product launches. I focus on insights from products designed to educate, entertain and inform. Democratizing learning value provides a driving force throughout all my work.

Because I enjoy the craft of product design, development and management, I develop templates, techniques and talks to share with others along the journey.  I began cultivating my product community by mentoring and guest lecturing at the Product School in San Francisco and San Jose. For a couple of years, I spoke at The Product Event in San Francisco on Product Management & Innovation. I launched a Mentorship Program for PlayStation San Francisco on behalf of WiTS (Women in Technology @Sony) that continues to flourish. I spent a year leading the San Francisco chapter of  Women@PlayStation.

Towards the end of the pandemic, I made the leap from leading product management in the high tech startup culture of San Francisco to establishing innovation missions to revolutionize LEGO through the creative power of learning through play.

Legacy of learning through play at the LEGO Group

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