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Professional Experience

ABI Research

Research Director

May 2019 - May 2025

  • Led a cross-functional team of 5+ analysts creating qualitative and quantitative research on emerging technologies including market/trend databases, forecasting, visualizations, competitive positioning, and technical analysis

  • Owned three strategic product lines generating $700K+ annual recurring revenue, with hands on contribution for $2+ million annual revenue, through evidence-guided prioritization, roadmap management, and resourcing

  • Built zero to one Extended Reality (XR) research product lines in competitive and evolving market, increasing revenue from $0 to $500k+ per year in recurring revenue while balancing priorities against existing product

  • Thought leader speaker at 3+ engagements per year, including 5,000+ attendee keynotes and 1:1 internal executive client events, strengthening company and personal branding while securing 2-3 new clients per engagement

  • Expert media and press communicator with 1,000+ media hits per month across CNN, Bloomberg, WSJ, Forbes, Wired, and CNET, distilling complex research insights into creative storytelling across diverse audience types

  • Collaborated with internal marketing, sales, customer success, and other analyst teams to identify unexplored cross-team opportunities, creating 5+ novel project kickoffs per year and streamlining communication across roles

  • Authored 30+ research products per year by conducting 100+ technical, financial, and operational fact-finding interviews per year, sustaining a 100% on-time delivery rate and less than 10% deliverable abandonment rate 

  • Supported 100+ direct B2B and B2C clients in SaaS, cloud, consumer tech, enterprise platforms, and AI solutions, synthesizing research and strategic opportunities to senior stakeholders leading to client renewal rates over 85%

  • Mentored and trained 30+ team members and colleagues in quant/qual analysis, interviewing, sales, focused writing, and time management, leading to rapid client embedding and 50% reduction in content revision cycles

Research/Senior/Principal Analyst (Service Manager) April 2017 - May 2019

Arizona State University

Research Lab Leader

December 2011 - May 2014

Education

Arizona State University May 2014

  • Bachelor of Science, Psychology | Barrett, the Honors College | summa cum laude GPA: 3.90

  • Honors Thesis: Human Computer Interaction and Gamification for Behavioral Reinforcement

Skills & Competencies

  • Technical: database administration, data modeling, Excel, Hubspot, Qualtrics, Salesforce, Tableau, Trello

  • Management: cross-function collaboration, go to market planning, mentorship, product management, product marketing, roadmap development, team leadership, training

  • Competencies: competitive strategy, copywriting, data forecasting, public speaking, qualitative research, quantitative research, storytelling, technical writing, trend analysis