
Internet product manager
San Francisco Bay Area

Internet product manager
San Francisco Bay Area
Currently a Product Manager at Zecco.com an entrepreneurial online stock brokerage based in Burlingame, CA.
Previously a management strategy consultant with experience serving clients in the USA, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Professional experience in the automotive, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, financial services, and medical devices industries, as well as the social and public sectors.
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Management strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Sydney, Australia
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
May 2008 — July 2008 (3 months)
Product Development and Marketing consultant
Deepened Zecco's understanding of its target customers through market research and quantitative analysis. Project primarily helped inform the prioritization of new features for product development while also informing corporate branding and customer targeting decisions.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
May 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 11 months)
May - August 2004: Cambridge, MA
June - August 2005: Frankfurt, Germany
September 2005 - May 2007: San Francisco, CA
May 2007 - March 2008: London, UK; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Johannesburg, South Africa
Sample project experience includes:
- Evaluating the opportunities and risks of a major joint venture between Russian manufacturing firms
- Establishing a new methodology for providing commercial insight into the clinical development of pipeline molecules for a major US biotechnology company
- Assessing the market opportunity for in-licensing a drug in a biotech client’s highest-priority disease area
- Developing a national growth and expansion strategy for a nonprofit client, including selection of markets for entry, development of an economic model, and analysis of organizational implications
(Management Consulting industry)
December 2006 — May 2007 (6 months)
Analyst at the Monitor Group's nonprofit strategy arm. Served nonprofit and philanthropic clients, while also supporting the development of intellectual property on the topic of Impact Assessment (measuring the social and political impact of social sector organizations)
(Partnership; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Georgetown University student organization providing pro-bono strategy support to DC area nonprofit organizations. Still active on campus today (~40 active members).
Founders and organizers of the annual Business Strategy Challenge, a nonprofit business strategy case competition hosted at Georgetown.
(Newspapers industry)
January 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Manager of the advertising and accounts office for Georgetown's flagship student newspaper (annual revenue ~$275K). Managed a 6 person staff.
(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 2003 — July 2003 (7 months)
January - April 2003: Global Marketing Intern
May - July 2003: Public Affairs Intern
Supported public affairs clients by collecting media mentions about issues of client interest, developed daily summaries of most relevant news events. Assisted in the “media training” of a client CEO, prepping for press appearance related to federal investigation.
Provided general administrative and website development support to APCO's internal global marketing team.
(Legislative Office industry)
January 2002 — May 2002 (5 months)
Provided general administrative support in the congressman's Capitol Hill office. Researched and wrote responses to unusual constituent correspondence (where form responses didn't exist). Gave tours of the Capitol building to constituents visiting DC.
BSBA , International Business & Small Business Management , 2001 — 2005
Spanish language minor
Study Abroad , Business (Spanish language instruction) , 2003 — 2003
Summer Study Abroad , Spanish language , 2002 — 2002