
Chief Operating Officer at Leadership Public Schools
San Francisco Bay Area

Chief Operating Officer at Leadership Public Schools
San Francisco Bay Area
I have been an entrepreneur, and "intrepreneur," a community builder, a strong team member and a transformational leader. I have helped to build both companies and organizations. I have been a senior executive in a startup software company, I have served as the senior internet strategist for a Fortune 500 firm And, I founded and led the internet practice in the 90s at a large consulting firm.
I have spent the last six years focusing on community service and philanthropic work around the needs of children and in education. It is possible to make positive change in the educational landscape and one of my most satisfying projects has been starting a new independent high school in San Francisco.
So now I have begun a new career stage working in the non-profit Education Management world as the senior business officer in a Charter School management company. LPS offers a college prep program to under-served high schoolers in some of the most marginalized communities in the Bay Area.
Most recently I have served as a consultant to start-ups. I have helped a number of software and services startups as a coach/advisor to the founders and CEOs. I help these companies with marketing strategy, sales, team development, communication, and customer access. I continue to provide occasion coaching and advice for start up founders and execs, but I am not taking on new clients.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
(Privately Held; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
September 2001 — March 2008 (6 years 7 months)
Trustee and Secretary of the Board for a new private science and religion high school in San Francisco's Presidio.
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
August 2001 — January 2007 (5 years 6 months)
Providing consulting support for founders and CEOs of start ups.
(Computer Software industry)
June 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 8 months)
Start up exec responsible for product introduction, and market strategy. Built the product marketing function and created the services function (training, implementation, & support)from scratch.
(Public Company; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 1999 — June 1999 (6 months)
Technology transformer and visionary. Drove the effort to include net-centic business models in overall corporate strategy.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1984 — January 1999 (15 years 1 month)
Systems consultant and advisor to many large and complex engagements. Founder and Director of the firms Internet Centers practice. Regional methodologist and lead technology recruiting executive.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1984 — January 1999 (15 years 1 month)
BA , Economics , 1975 — 1980