BS in mechanical engineering at Olin College; Design Impact (MS Mechanical Engineering) at Stanford
Worked for a tiny startup in Ghana (interactive digital communications for non-profits & governments) ; then a medium-sized startup in Mali (agricultural equipment and services for smallholder farmers); now at DISH networks helping start both a user research program and an emerging technologies/innovation program in within the engineering arm of the company
From Oregon originally, but wherever I am you'll often find me exploring the outdoors, camping, skiing or surfing really really poorly.
Understanding the needs of rural Americans living in areas unserved by broadband internet providers (and the rapidly changing state of rural internet access)
Tripling sales of seed-planting machines by developing a repair and insurance service, redesigning the sales strategy around the needs of farmers just breaking into mechanization, and adapting the physical product to work for 3 new crops
Why I think product managers is both non-profit and for-profit contexts can learn from each other
How I approach user research for emerging technologies, that potential users may not yet have direct experience with
Where do I fit
Mixed methods user research, primarily generative & tilted towards qualitative methods
Product manager that always wants to understand the full context of the project and technology we're working with
Willing to dive deep into knowing enough about a product's technical elements to carry on a useful conversation with engineering and tech leads
Love working on small, cross-functional teams