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Résumé · Product Management · Updated June 2026

Thirteen years of shipping

Product leader across financial services, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. Agile and Waterfall, execution and design, with a habit of learning the customer’s job well enough to be mistaken for one of them.

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Seasoned product leader with a proven ability to assimilate new information and technology quickly and hit the ground running as an articulate, personable transformation champion. Broad experience delivering technology-based solutions for top institutions in North America as well as a Fortune 50 aerospace and defense leader. Deep expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodology, with a persistent focus on user experience and design across every channel. Also the sole proprietor of Stonehaven Home Improvement, a craft business with $6M in sales.

Raytheon Technologies

Portfolio Manager of Advanced Technologies · Charlotte, NC · June 2018 – present

Portfolio and product manager across construction, retail, and aerospace programs: strategy, vision, product requirements, and the translation of customer voice into deliverable outputs.

Collins Aerospace

Manager of Product — Supply Chain and MRO · Charlotte, NC · June 2018 – present

Lead the digital transformation of the Supply Chain, Supplier Portal, and MRO technology ecosystem, internal and external facing, for both military and commercial lines of business.

Ally Financial

Manager of Digital Product — Mobile, Ally Invest · Charlotte, NC · Aug 2016 – June 2018

Challenged to deliver a digital transformation of the Ally Invest mobile app after Ally’s acquisition of TradeKing. Built and led the team, created the roadmap with voice-of-customer feedback and key business goals, and presented it to executives and stakeholders every two weeks.

The stories behind these numbers 13 clicks to 5 · 600,000 customers, one button · The first thing I shipped wasn’t software

Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group

Senior Consultant · Project Manager · UX Designer · Senior Business Analyst · Charlotte, NC · 2013 – 2016

Consulting across digital transformation, business analysis, operational improvement, process design, and technology delivery for major financial institutions, including Fortune 100 retirement service providers and a top-five U.S. regional bank. In a Fortune 100 engagement, supported a major branding and web-portal merger involving 71 functionalities: ran daily scrum calls, created senior management reports, increased story production by more than 300%, and wrote over 100 user stories with less than a 1% defect rate. For a top-five U.S. regional bank, supported an operational review following a merger by helping review 21,795 loan histories; the effort identified exceptions, cleared the majority of reviewed loans, and saved the client more than $4 million in projected customer reimbursements.

VectorVest Inc

Financial Analyst · Charlotte, NC · Oct 2010 – July 2013

Hired directly by the CEO after volunteering to help move donated furniture for a local nonprofit. Started answering phone calls from customers who needed technical help and consistently delivered a world-class customer experience to investors using our software. Prepared and analyzed in-depth financial reports to determine trends and areas of investment opportunity. Ranked first in the company for long-term retention, converting leads into loyal paying customers, and was promoted four times for innovation and performance.

Education & credentials

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