PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Our team founded Spike because we were fed up with how broken eCommerce 'secure' check-out is (users either have sign-up for multiple digital wallets as each wallet is only available on a select number of sites, or pay with their raw credit card numbers). Fraud costs over $19 Billion each year because many end up doing the latter, using 'insecure' card numbers. Spike Pay is the worlds first secure digital wallet (we tokenize card numbers and require 2-factor authentication) that is accepted on every website from day one. Spike Pay also rewards credit card points to users who checkout with it, incentivizing them to pay securely every time, which reduces fraud costs considerably for card issuers and payment networks.   

Learn more at https://getspikepay.com

Four other students and I partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to build a tech solution for low-income people in rural India. Our goal was to create an easy, affordable and trusted way for these people to transform money from physical to digital and back, enabling them to become part of the digital economy. Our solution took the form of a chat-bot to pair users who needed physical cash with users who had physical cash (like the Lyft for Human ATMs). Our solution was built to work with the existing mobile money offerings, and meant to serve the "last mile," growing financial inclusion in rural India where traditional banking infrastrucure is unavailbable.

See press article here: https://bit.ly/2KYSd5g

Mohawk is a tech-product incubator leveraging A.I. to disrupt traditional eCommerce products. One of the major projects I led there as a Senior Product Manager was to design a more rugged and affordable 360° camera (duel opposing lenses), which has significantly more battery life and better portability than existing 360° cameras in market. We achieved this by having a modular design, separate battery (affixed to camera by proprietary water-tight connector), mobile application (for remote viewing and control of camera) and suite of accessories that would be sold alongside camera. This allowed it to be sold in both the action sports and smart home categories. 

See patent here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170102606A1/en

LinkBee was a tech start-up redefining the smart home with next generation Internet of Things (IoT) devices. As the director of Business Develop and Product, I drove the discovery, partnerships and design (alongside industrial design firm Tomorrow Labs) to create a next generation end-to-end smart-home platform. Centered around proprietary LED lighting with modular plug-in sensors, and custom wireless light-switches, the system would become the nervous system of the home: connecting and controlling other smart locks, thermostats, power meters, etc. With the LinkBee system, consumers could enjoy better health, more convenience, tighter security, and a meaningful energy savings.

TouchTunes is the leading in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform, featured in over 80,000 bars and restaurants. While a Product Manager there I took over as the lead for their flagship interactive TV product, AttractTV, and was able to deliver the first version feature complete in record time. We built AttractTV to be an exciting social marketing platform (rotating video content) to help venues drive dwell time by providing a unique and engaging social experience for their patrons. We designed it for customers to share their in-venue experiences through social media posts, while engaging with interactive content like trivia, pop news or bar specific events. It launched in over 2,000 venues engaging with a million people a month.

As a Product Manager at TouchTunes I launched Playdium, the next generation jukebox along with its operating system OpenStage 2 ('OS2'), a breakthrough platform that allows venues to select from a variety of Music Profiles. The system adapts over time to highlight the songs, artists and search results that are most relevant, boosting revenue and user experience for each venue. We partnered with industrial design firm Huge to ideate and design the interface logic and user interface. The platform was deployed to an existing network of over 20,000 locations, which represented over 2 million paid plays a week.

As a product analyst at TouchTunes I owned the design and development of the company's first standalone application, PhotoBooth, built for their flagship jukebox, Virtuo. We created the PhotoBooth experience to drive patrons to be spontaneous and capture groups together, and share their experiences with friends. The interface allowed users to quickly take 4 photos and then choose from a variety of photo frames, effects and multiple formats. Some venues also purchased a physical printer we also designed and built, so guests could take home printed photos. The product launched in over 12,000 locations.

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