Deeply technical product leader with 15+ years’ experience driving product strategy, shaping user
experiences, and delivering complex data and cloud solutions. Skilled at interpreting the story in the
data to guide cross-functional teams, expand product capabilities, and deliver customer-driven
outcomes for industry-leading organizations.

Experience

Principal Product Manager – Kibana Shared UX

Elastic, Remote – WA | Mar 2020 – Dec 2023

  • Developed shared components and services for navigation, schema and content management,
    sharing, search, usage metrics, reporting, notifications, and personalization.
  • Standardized navigation, terminology, UX components, and management features across all
    products, ensuring consistent experience for Elastic users.
  • Improved the reporting service to scale to the needs of both larger customers and new capabilities.
    Led two cross-functional squads and collaborated with design, engineering, and product teams to
    develop reusable services and UX components.
  • Implemented Asynchronous Search, ad-hoc data views, and runtime fields, facilitating long queries,
    dynamic schema evolution.

Senior Manager/Staff Product Manager – Data Platform

Tableau, Seattle, WA | Mar 2014 – Jan 2020

  • Directed the strategy and vision for data sources and security; three teams (~25 engineers, 3 PM
    reports), collaborating across engineering, as well as with marketing, partners, and customers.
  • Expanded the connector portfolio by 150% and introduced the Tableau Connector SDK, adding 20+
    third-party integrations in the first year and bolstering Tableau’s market reach and Gartner position.
  • Built strong relationships with global sales and field teams to identify market demands and secure key
    sales deals by expanding secure and high-performance data connections.
  • Created the SAP Task Force to optimize HANA performance, establishing strategic partnerships and
    advancing integration capabilities tailored for enterprise clients.
  • Developed a modular connector framework, reducing connector development cycles by 50% and
    decreasing defect rates by 20%.
  • Standardized authentication—including SAML, SSL, OAuth, Kerberos, and SSO—for on-premises and
    cloud platforms, minimizing support overhead and accelerating enterprise deployments.
  • Managed the Extract API, Web Data Connector API, and Tableau Data Visualization Tool (TDVT),
    enhancing Tableau’s extensibility and ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-quality integrations.

Technical Project Manager – SharePoint Portals

Blue Rooster Inc., Seattle, WA | May 2013 – Apr 2014

  • Directed large-scale SharePoint builds and migrations for enterprise clients (ExxonMobil, Long Island
    Jewish Medical Center, MGM Macau), improving content governance, workflows, and multilingual
    experiences.
  • Managed cross-functional teams, aligning developers, stakeholders, and QA resources to deliver
    customer-centric portals that enhanced collaboration and operational efficiency.

Senior Program Manager, SharePoint/Office

Microsoft, Redmond, WA | Dec 2007 – Dec 2012

  • Designed and implemented the shared Office Ribbon for iPad, balancing user needs with platform
    constraints.
  • Used data-driven decisions to optimize document support and 64-bit library usage, reducing
    performance overhead and enhancing application stability.
  • Directed registry and clipboard emulation efforts, ensuring seamless cross-platform Office
    functionality.
  • Designed and implemented Excel PivotTable animations and led SharePoint service pack rollup
    efforts to stabilize BI features.
  • Partnered with SQL team to integrate RSS feed support for Excel Services and spearheaded iPhone
    client design for Office Insights.
  • Enhanced PerformancePoint touch-support for iPad, improving mobile usability and accessibility.
  • Created the calculated KPI language and UI, enabling richer analytics and flexible data modeling.
  • Created the PerformancePoint SDK, empowering partners and developers to extend reporting and
    filtering functionality.

Education

Boise State University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Graphic Design | 2005 – 2009

Skills

  • Languages & Query: Python, C, JavaScript, Swift, SQL, MDX, DAX, KQL, BigQuery
  • Cloud & Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Analytics & Design: Tableau, Power BI, Kibana, Figma, Fullstory, LaunchDarkly
  • Methodologies & Tools: Agile (CSPO), JIRA, Aha!, A/B testing, User-Centered Design (UCD)
  • Leadership: Cross-Functional Team Management, Strategic Partnerships
    Personal Projects & Interests

Skilled maker and carpenter, building gadgets, home automation devices, and furniture; equally
comfortable wielding a laser cutter or a tractor, though thankfully not at the same time.