Enterprise GTM · Partner Ecosystems · 0→1 Platforms

I build the partner ecosystems that turn new platforms into businesses.

Enterprise GTM and partnerships leader who scales emerging-technology platforms from zero to one — building the partner programs, developer ecosystems, and go-to-market motions that make them grow.

// one platform, many partners
Built 0→1
Find My & Vision Pro
partner ecosystems
First partner network
Grown across business,
government & education
Hardware + software
Platform GTM, from
launch to scale
Strategy execution
Executive engagement
to hands-on delivery

I work in the ambiguous, zero-to-one phase — where a platform exists but the ecosystem around it doesn't yet.

My focus is the connective tissue between a new technology and the partners, developers, and customers who adopt it: defining who the ecosystem is for, recruiting and certifying the first partners, building the programs and tooling to scale them, and standing up the go-to-market motion that turns early traction into a durable business.

I've spent my career operating at the intersection of enterprise strategy and platform adoption — at Apple, Amazon, and Alarm.com, and as a consultant at PwC and Accenture. I move comfortably between executive strategy and hands-on program execution, and I'm at my best turning early platform bets into scaled growth engines.

Platform ecosystemApple · Find My

Opening Apple's Find My network to the world

Launched and ran the certification program that let third-party brands build directly into Apple's Find My network. I grew the third-party ecosystem from its first certified products into a broad, global network, with launches including the Louis Vuitton Nanogram Speaker, Specialized e-bikes, and insta360 cameras.

I also stood up a parallel certification track for Bluetooth silicon and SoC vendors — bringing chipmakers like NXP and Texas Instruments into the program so they could take Find My compatibility to the hundreds of brands they supply.

ecosystem growthglobal finding networksilicon certificationbrand & developer relations
0→1 ecosystemApple · Vision Pro

Standing up the enterprise partner network for spatial computing

Built the enterprise partner ecosystem for Apple Vision Pro from the ground up — recruiting, certifying, and enabling independent software vendors and system integrators, and scaling the network across business, government, and education.

The work spanned the full partner lifecycle: sourcing and qualifying partners, guiding developers from build through go-to-market, forging strategic partnerships across the developer and integrator landscape, and briefing Apple leadership on ecosystem direction, forecasts, and growth.

ISV & SI ecosystempartner program designdeveloper enablementexecutive engagement
Product → marketAlarm.com

Taking smart-home products from concept to category

As program lead reporting to the CEO of a connected-home subsidiary, I took products from concept and requirements through launch. The flagship — the Alarm.com Smart Thermostat — reached consumers nationwide and featured in a Super Bowl commercial.

I also led a go-to-market shift from selling individual devices to selling a full smart-home suite — a repositioning that drove a step-change in revenue.

national launchSuper Bowl campaignGTM repositioningsmart-home suite

A selection of products brought to market through the programs I've led — certified and enabled across Apple's Find My ecosystem, and launched as program lead at Alarm.com.

Louis Vuitton
Nanogram speaker
Find My
Specialized
Connected e-bikes
Find My
insta360
GO Ultra camera
Find My
Ember
Smart travel mug
Find My
Segway
Personal mobility
Find My
NXP
Find My silicon
Silicon certification
Texas Instruments
Find My silicon
Silicon certification
Silicon Labs
Find My silicon
Silicon certification
Alarm.com
Smart Thermostat
Smart home
2024 — Present
Global Enterprise Strategy & Partner Ecosystem Lead · Apple
Enterprise GTM and partner ecosystem strategy for emerging platforms.
2022 — 2024
Partnerships & Program Manager, Worldwide Developer Relations · Apple
Built and scaled the Find My third-party certification program.
2021
Senior Technical Product Manager · Amazon
MBA summer internship, Amazon compute technologies.
2017 — 2021
Senior Program Manager / Program Manager · Alarm.com
Connected-home product launches and go-to-market.
2015 — 2017
Management Consultant · PwC
Strategy and operations advisory for federal clients.
2014 — 2015
Business Analyst · Accenture
Process redesign across large-scale public programs.
Partner ecosystem strategy Platform go-to-market 0→1 program design ISV & SI ecosystem development Developer relations Certification & partner enablement Executive engagement Strategy & business cases Cross-functional program leadership
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
MBA — Marketing; Venture Capital & Private Equity Pathway
2022
The George Washington University
BA — Psychology
2014
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