Professional Journey
Professional Journey
Over nearly a decade in video streaming and product operations, I've evolved from technical analysis to product ownership to building the systems that enable entire product organizations. My journey reflects a consistent theme: helping cross-functional teams navigate complex technical challenges and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Career Evolution
My career has been shaped by organic growth through increasingly complex roles—each building on technical foundations while expanding into process design, strategic alignment, and organizational enablement.
Core Strengths Developed Throughout My Journey
Bridging Technical and Strategic Domains
Translating between engineering complexity and business objectives. Whether defining product requirements, creating technical roadmaps, or coordinating cross-functional initiatives, I bring clarity to ambiguous spaces and help teams align around shared goals.
Process Design & Optimization
Building frameworks that enable teams to deliver consistently—from agile implementation to roadmap planning to measuring what matters. Focused on creating systems that respect technical constraints while driving efficient delivery.
Technical Product Ownership
Deep experience partnering with engineering teams across video infrastructure disciplines. Skilled at understanding complex technical requirements and turning them into user-facing value at the intersection of technical architecture and product strategy.
Effective Leadership & Accessibility
Creating environments where varied perspectives drive better outcomes. Developing accessibility programs and best practices that ensure products serve all users while fostering cultures of open collaboration.
Professional Experience
Vimeo (via Livestream acquisition)
March 2016 - September 2025 | Brooklyn, NY → New York, NY
Program Manager, Product Operations (2023 - 2025)
Joined newly formed Product Operations team to build frameworks and processes that enabled product and engineering organizations to deliver consistently and align on strategic outcomes.
Key Contributions:
- Built roadmap frameworks and visibility systems that created clarity across cross-functional initiatives and product portfolios
- Partnered with business operations, product, and engineering leadership to drive organizational alignment around key objectives
- Established processes for measuring and communicating progress on complex, multi-team initiatives
- Acted as "PM for PMs"—creating the operational infrastructure that allowed product teams to focus on building great products
Technical Product Owner / Manager, Video Delivery (2018 - 2022)
Partnered with engineering teams across video infrastructure disciplines to turn complex technical requirements into user-facing value. Focused on the intersection where technical architecture meets product strategy.
Key Contributions:
- Collaborated with engineering teams on video playback and infrastructure initiatives spanning encoding, transcoding, packaging, storage, and delivery systems
- Supported engineering goals including adoption of new video encoding standards (AV1, HEVC) and standardization of infrastructure across ingest and delivery pipelines
- Developed frameworks for measuring video delivery performance and informing technical prioritization decisions
- Coordinated cross-functional initiatives to integrate analytics capabilities into core video platform
Technical Product Owner / Manager, Live Products (2017 - 2018)
Managed product integration of Livestream's technology into Vimeo's platform following acquisition, aligning Live product features with Vimeo's existing technology stack and product vision.
Key Contributions:
- Led product strategy for integrating Live streaming functionality into Vimeo's OTT offering
- Coordinated cross-team collaboration between legacy Livestream and Vimeo engineering teams
- Defined product requirements for engagement features and statistics capabilities in Vimeo Live
- Developed communication frameworks that bridged different organizational cultures and technical approaches
Program Manager & Release Management (Livestream, March 2016 - 2017)
Led release management and program coordination for API team, ensuring smooth deployment cycles and cross-functional alignment during pre-acquisition phase.
Key Contributions:
- Managed release calendars and coordinated deployments across platform and API services
- Collaborated on technical specifications for multi-regional, resilient distributed video pipeline
- Supported technical product planning for Livestream's first public-facing API
- Developed documentation and processes that improved team coordination and release reliability
Blackmagic Design
Melbourne, Australia (2012 - 2015)
Early career in video technology and professional equipment development provided technical foundation and analytical skills that inform product thinking today.
Key Contributions:
- Served as technical liaison between product and engineering teams for video hardware and software products
- Developed modular testing frameworks for rapid iteration and quality assurance
- Conducted competitive analysis on emerging video formats and technologies to inform product strategy
Sony Centre Melbourne
2010 - 2012 | Melbourne, Australia
Early experience in technical sales provided valuable customer perspective and business context that informs product thinking and stakeholder communication today.
Key Contributions:
- Served as technical resource for staff and customers on professional video and display technology
- Developed business relationships within corporate display markets
- Built understanding of customer needs and emerging technology trends
What This Journey Has Taught Me
Every role has built on the previous, creating a unique perspective on how to bridge technical complexity with strategic outcomes:
- Technical depth matters: Understanding the engineering challenges enables better product decisions and builds trust with technical teams
- Process enables creativity: Well-designed systems don't constrain teams—they free them to focus on solving problems
- Clarity drives alignment: The most valuable skill is often translating between different perspectives and creating shared understanding
- Broad thinking wins: Better products come from varied perspectives and environments where everyone can contribute
I approach each new challenge with curiosity, systematic thinking, and a commitment to creating solutions that deliver real value for users and teams alike.