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North Carolina State University

Campbell University

VP of Workplace Design and Remote Experience // Guinness World Record-holding storyteller  -  Startup advisor  -  Speaker

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Darren brings over 16 years of organizational design, communications, and operations expertise across software engineering and technology sectors. Darren leads Andela’s remote work experience and future of work growth efforts internally, while also supporting talent and client fluency in remote work principles. Darren is featured in The Forbes Future of Work 50 and cited by CNBC as an Oracle of Remote Work.

More details: <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230206005188/en/">https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230206005188/en/</a>

Andela

VP, Workplace Design and Remote Experience

Serving as a senior advisor and consultant for startups and multi-national corporations alike. Expertise in media relations, content creation, product management, messaging, social influence, and improving efficiency within a business.

Past clients include: Samsung, OgilvyOne, CreativeLive, <a href="http://Soda/Reviews.com">Soda/Reviews.com</a>, SnapPower, Wool&Prince, Plugfones, Sike Insights, Gable, Twelve South, GWC, Gogo, Knock Twice, Thrillist, Thrive Consulting, GearPatrol, SwiftKey (pre-Microsoft acquisition), NextWorth Solutions, Bonnier Corporation, Citi, BGR, KeepGo, McKinsey & Company.
            

    
    

    
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Page 52 Consulting

Founder & CEO

Named an “oracle of remote work” by CNBC and featured in The Forbes Future of Work 50, I serve as GitLab’s Head of Remote.

-  Established GitLab as a remote work pioneer in mainstream press, driving 3 billion annual
impressions (up 500% YoY) worth over $5M in advertising equivalency value
-  Codified GitLab's remote-first operations, scaling from startup to the world's first all-remote organization to IPO in October 2021 [NASDAQ: GTLB]
-  Authored The Remote Playbook, the definitive guide to operating remotely, and drove over 150,000 global downloads (<a href="https://learn.gitlab.com/allremote/remote-playbook">https://learn.gitlab.com/allremote/remote-playbook</a>)
-  Launched TeamOps: GitLab's remote work operating model that helps teams maximize productivity, flexibility, and autonomy by managing decisions, information, and tasks more efficiently (<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/teamops/">https://about.gitlab.com/teamops/</a>)
-  First-ever host of a public listing day livestream at NASDAQ (<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/history/#watch-the-video-of-gitlabs-listing-day">https://about.gitlab.com/company/history/#watch-the-video-of-gitlabs-listing-day</a>)
-  Interviewed in over 50 outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and CNN
-  Co-developed organizational design case studies with Harvard Business School and INSEAD
-  Co-instructed Remote Team Management certification on Coursera (<a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/remote-team-management">https://www.coursera.org/learn/remote-team-management</a>)
-  Advised Dropbox, Vistaprint, Cleveland Clinic and others on their remote transformations

A visionary in organizational design, I lead at the intersection of people, culture, operations, marketing, employer branding, and communication. I build and scale remote teams and chart remote transformations. I advise and invest in global startups and serve as a remote work transformation consultant. I serve multifaceted teams across people, operations, and marketing functions.
            

    
    

    
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GitLab Inc.

Head of Remote

With over a dozen years in senior-level roles across media, communications, and marketing, I work alongside the founding members and our expanding editorial, product, social, and design teams to shape coverage strategy, as well as cover features, news, and reviews in the mesmerizing world of travel.

As a Delta Million Miler, I lead TPG's expansion of Delta Air Lines coverage, securing exclusive access and delivering innovative reporting on the airline's newest launches (Airbus A220, A330-900neo, biometric terminal, branded boarding). I am leading a key editorial integration initiative within Red Ventures, TPG's parent company, as RV expands its audience reach.

As the integration lead, I work closely with cross-functional teams across Red Ventures, including social, SEO, audience and editorial to grow traffic and conversion for our cards business. I also manage content planning, mentoring, training, recruiting and talent evaluation.

Having explored all 50 U.S. states, nearly 50 countries, and countless National Parks across the world, I’m passionate about experiencing new cultures and immersing myself in places unknown, while leveraging TPG’s global platform to enable as many of my fellow global citizens as possible to do likewise.

The Points Guy is the leading site devoted to helping its 7+ monthly million readers around the world maximize their travel and stay up to date on travel news.
            

    
    

    
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The Points Guy

Senior Strategist/Writer

With over a decade spent as a journalist, I bring a genuine connection to the media we seek to build partnerships with. My approach to public relations begins with a heart of service: it’s my job to help journalists do theirs. By serving their needs and facilitating two-way dialogue, I’m able to deliver angles never before presented while using critical media feedback to steer our business to greater heights.

As Director, Product PR with our Global Communications group, I manage and execute media, influencer, and public relations planning for all consumer-facing areas of the business. I also serve as counsel to our business groups on product planning/positioning, launch events, and media engagement. Within the Global Communications organization, I serve as a storyteller for the brand, targeting key initiatives on broader corporate narratives as well as contributing to our blog, social media impact, press release generation, product reviews, event planning, and pitches.

For over 50 years, Dolby Laboratories has been dedicated to advancing the science of sight and sound. We focus on complete solutions that revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. We emphasize quality and we prize integrity, earning the trust of our partners and customers. We also believe in giving back to the communities where we do business.
            

    
    

    
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Dolby Laboratories

Director, Global Communications

As TechRadar's global editorial lead, I drove double-digit growth in affiliate revenue (e-commerce) and site traffic. I led a site-wide initiative to redefine TechRadar's consumer-facing brand and internal mantra, focusing our areas of core content to uniquely serve our product-focused readership.

Technology is having an enormously positive impact on societies and economies that have long been underserved, and we’re ideally positioned to explain how products and innovations we love are transforming our planet.

At TechRadar, we're expanding our impact by becoming the go-to publication for reviews and tutorials on how to best utilize the technology that surrounds our lives. We’ll explore breakthrough events and uncover stories that would otherwise fly beneath the radar. We’ll be behind the scenes and ahead of the next big thing, informing and entertaining an audience that’s hungry for advice from those who live and breathe in this space.

As the Source for Tech Buying Advice, TechRadar is expertly positioned to engage with an audience that's already in the buying funnel. 80% of our readership arrives on the site as part of the research phase for technology goods, and 26% go on to buy.

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Future plc

Global Editor-in-Chief, TechRadar

I worked with a variety of teams to build workflows and strategies that resonate in the world of brand publishing and communications. The core of all that we do is genuineness. If a story is not genuine, consumers will see through it. I had the pleasure of working with designers, editors, writers, marketers, and all manners of clients.

I've created and hosted editorial workshops for the likes of State Farm, General Motors, Capgemini and Samsung. I've advised companies such as Nike, Sonos, Motorola, Verizon, EyeLock, Tata Communications, and Magic Leap on product launch strategies at both independent events and on stages as large as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). My goal is to bring a humanized touch to communications and marketing, shredding the inauthentic and self-promotional in favor of real content from real people with real passions.

I’ve always believed in the power of communication, and the incredible impact that a well-told story can have. Stories are everywhere: they unfold in the course of a college football season, and they build in tension as expectations rise and companies react. Technology has evolved in the years that I’ve been covering it.

While people previously accepted all manners of technology just because it improved their lives in some small way, today’s society expects much more from their watches, phones, computers, cars, and kitchen appliances — it’s no longer good enough for a gadget to work, it has to work well. The world has become saturated with hearing what technology can do; the only message that matters is why.
            

    
    

    
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Weber Shandwick

Senior Vice President, Editorial Strategy

Author of 'iPad Secrets' [2012] and 'iPhone Secrets' [2012]

John Wiley and Sons

Author

Engaged with various McKinsey teams who were representing various clients that needed expertise from the field of consumer electronics. I researched and reported on consumer trends, usage in technology, and upcoming technological shifts that could impact future product roadmaps.

McKinsey & Company

Freelance Consultant

Nortel Networks

Supply Chain Analyst

During my seven years at Engadget, I served as Senior Editor, Editor-at-Large and Managing Editor. I've written well over 20,000 articles for the site, earning a Guinness World Record as the most prolific professional blogger along the way. I've crafted and refined the site's style guide, and have trained dozens of new recruits.

I've been responsible for site communications (internal and external), design changes, prioritization of user feedback, and working across site departments to ensure platform compatibility with mobile and apps.

My focus has been, and always will be, the team. I surrounded myself with amazing colleagues, and together, we accomplished amazing things.
            

    
    

    
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Murph, Darren