Timeline

January 14 1997Born in Saginaw, MichiganI was, by all accounts, a very cute kid.September 2015College: University of MichiganMajor: EconomicsMinor: Computer ScienceI joined Michigan Climbing Club my freshman year. I served the club as treasurer, vice president, and president.The year I graduated, we received official club sports statusand founded the first Michigan Climbing Team.I also started playing D&D in college.D&D remains one of my favorite hobbies today.I graduated in May 2019 with a B.A. in Economics.May 2019May 2017Internship: LevelUpPosition: Market Analyst InternI worked on the client services team to implement emailmarketing campaigns and generate performance reports.This is where I first learned about product management.This is also where I learned SQL.August 2017May 2018Internship: Rocket CompaniesPosition: Corporate Development InternI worked on their corporate development team toresearch potential investments and partnerships.Here I continued to learn more about product managementand decided to pursue full-time product roles after I graduated.August 2018January 2019XylaPosition: Delivery Lead (Part-Time)My first job in product taught me to manage a productbacklog and implement agile and scrum methodologies.July 2019Joined Xyla Full-TimeI expanded my responsibilities on the team.I shipped my first product—a marketing analyticsplatform that would become the core Xyla product.I also improved my python and SQL skillsand started learning TypeScript and AngularJS.July 2020Promoted to Product ManagerI added product discovery, user research,and rapid prototyping to my skillset.I took over as lead web developer for hello.xyla.ioand shipped several new product iterations.November 2020February 2021Rocket CompaniesPosition: Product Owner???