Profile
Ten years leading across premium retail and enterprise technology. I build partnership programmes and operating models where commercial value and human impact are measured on the same page, and I run them with the discipline of a business. From September 2026: full-time MBA at Trinity College Dublin. Open to advisory and project work during the MBA year, and available for full-time Director-level partnership, programme, and commercial strategy roles in Ireland and Europe from August 2027.
Experience
Commercial Strategy and Programme Manager, Microsoft
Consumer Channel Sales · May 2022 to September 2026
- Created and led the Foundation Partner National Board, the operating model for Microsoft's partnership with the Best Buy Foundation inside a roughly $3B partner relationship: a nine-lead volunteer board delivering $1.08M in programmatic value, 30 workshops, and four flagship experiences across 26 Teen Tech Centers in FY26, reaching 659 young adults.
- Grew hands-on programme delivery from 11 to 31 centres and took the model international, delivering Create with Copilot with Best Buy Canada and World Wide Technology in English and Quebec French.
- Led My Cause My Cleats, an NFL activation aligning four organisations in six weeks: 16.3M broadcast viewers and $450K in earned media value.
- Launched Type Cover for a Cause, a teen-designed Surface product sold at Best Buy: over $300K in committed in-kind marketing value and an $80 per unit incentive structure, closed inside a 6 to 8 week cycle.
- Delivered Microsoft's flagship Bring Your Family to Work Day for 8,800+ attendees on a $157K budget, then wrote the global playbook that scaled it to 20+ locations reaching 13,000+ people.
- Built the partnership governance framework, including a centralised performance dashboard and standardised reporting, saving roughly five hours per person each month.
- Commercial record: moved a multi-region portfolio from 20th to 4th of 60 regions; separately drove a Mid-Atlantic district to 5th nationally, manager attested.
Store Manager, Coach
June 2018 to May 2022
- Directed a $10M+ premium retail operation with full P&L accountability and a team of more than fifty, sustaining profitability through coaching and KPI discipline.
Associate Store Manager, J.Crew
November 2015 to June 2018
- Led a team of more than seventy in a high-volume store, growing sales 14% in the first nine months and 27% year over year.
Education
- Full-time MBA, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School, September 2026 to 2027 (in progress)
- BA, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Mason University, 2010 to 2014
- Advanced Studies in Vocal Performance, Governor's School for the Arts, Norfolk, 2008 to 2010
Recognition and credentials
- Microsoft Global Hackathon Award winner, November 2023
- Microsoft Advertising Certified Expert (Search, Display and Video, Retail Advertising), October 2025
- Languages: English (native), Russian (A2)