Harvard Business School

The University of Texas at Austin

EPM at Apple

Engineering Program Manager for Apple Maps.

Apple

Los Gatos High School

Home & School Club Board Member

Advocate and coach for a new inbound product marketing process staffed by regional PMM's. Defined and trained PMM's on their role of gathering customer input and delivering that in a meaningful way to product teams. Contract project completed when self-led teams became self-sustaining.

PayPal

Inbound Global Product Marketing

MoneyStream is a cloud-based consumer financial service providing a fully connected experience on web and mobile - users can connect banks, biller, credit cards and other financial institutions and MoneyStream automatically detects bills, puts them on a calendar, sends reminders and gives users a forward-looking view of their money. This is the first financial service which shows everything in one place and helps you plan for the future. MoneyStream powers both the consumer software and the back-end categorization and aggregation platform. 

Under my leadership the team 
- grew the user base from a handful of users to over 40k
- released native iphone and Android apps
- increased NPS scores from negative to mid-50's
- provided proof points allowing our CEO to secure series A financing from a strategic partner
- built a proprietary aggregation platform 
- achieved 30-day and 90-day engagement levels unheard of in the personal finance industry

MoneyStream

VP of Product

VP Product & Client Services at this social media app-building platform developer. 
Worked closely with top tier companies like Universal Pictures, Nickelodeon, Intel, Hyundai, Salesforce, Statoil, Outside Magazine, New Belgium Brewing and more to develop and execute social campaigns. 

Led partnerships with Facebook, as a Preferred Developer, and LinkedIn, as a Certified Developer. 

Responsible for product development and roadmap; introduced a robust Agile scrum process to the company.

Friend2Friend

VP of Product Management & Client Services

Brought marketing and social media techniques to clients such as NetApp, Omni-ID, and Friend2Friend.

Insight & Ingenuity.com

Social Media Consultant

Weightcircles.com was a social networking website for people who want to lose weight and keep it off. I founded the company in 2006, raised angel funding in 2007, built a team, and developed a highly active social community. 

- pitched and raised $100k in angel funding
- built community of 6,000 highly supportive members with amazing stories and enthusiasm for Weightcircles, with 30,000 blogs and an average of 8 pages per visit and 8 minutes on site
- kept cost per member acquisition under $2
- received mentions in Newsweek, Women's World, and other media

Weightcircles.com

CEO and Founder

Consulting to senior executives in high technology companies such as NetApp and Lam Research in a wide range of functional areas including marketing, sales, operations, and legal. Independently managed client projects as well as developing and closing new business. 

The Results Group is a fantastic resource for product development, supply chain, and system implementation projects.  Visit their site at www.resultsgroup.com.

The Results Group

Consultant

Built an operations management consulting firm serving technology companies like Coherent, SanDisk, NetApp, and Acterna. 
•	Projects spanned many cross-functional areas including market analysis, customer service, sales ops, forecasting, warehouse management, returns processing
•	Sourced, negotiated, closed, and executed all my own business opportunities. Executed all my own marketing, positioning, and business development, including building a website in the early days
•	Merged with The Results Group to accommodate more sales than I could deliver

GVC Solutions

8-year career in operations mgmt for this disk-drive manufacturer: 
•	Led supply chain initiatives with major computer companies such as Dell, HP, Apple, Compaq, and IBM.
•	Responsible for Order Management and Planning for North American Region
•	Led ERP transition from ASK ManMan to Oracle

Gillian Verga