Boardsi

Boardsi is disrupting the headhunter model in the Boardroom / Advisory space.
We connect and facilitate the process for Executives to obtain Board and Advisory roles.

With Boardsi, Executives work with innovative companies, startups, and non-profits
through any length of engagement from one-on-one phone meetings, to specific projects, to
formal advisory board positions.

Executive Advisor

Publisher, Touchwood Press

Writing books in the "50 Fun Facts" series I co-created.
Skills used: Writing, Researching, Editing, e-Book Design, Print Design, Social Media Ad and Video Production, AI platforms Chat GPT, Midjourney, and Tome.

Contributing Author

Impartner Software

-First on the Outbound BDR team of 12 to be promoted in Q4 2022
-Led BDRs in Annual Recurring Revenue Q1 2023.
-Stepped up during transitionary time by acting as the liaison between Marketing and Sales while onboarding new Sales and Marketing Operations teammates.
-Created and implemented cross-departmental Teams channel to drive social media engagement company-wide, while leading company in posts, likes, and shares.
-Chosen for special projects including professional development sessions on interactive video prospecting, and assisting marketing team at in-person events.

Sales Development Representative

Heretto

-Gained valuable real-world skills and experience in prospecting, cold calling, and email sequence authoring.
-Proactively set recurring meetings with remote sales and marketing colleagues and across all departments including C-suite and product team.
-Left role upon ramping because of unforeseen restructuring to sales org.

SV Academy

- Selected in top 2% of applicants for a program offered to high-potential individuals preparing for an SDR role in SaaS
- Rigorously trained (300+ hours) and assessed on sales development skills by instructional coaches and industry professionals
- Practiced and oriented self to SDR workflow and Emotional Intelligence skills

Sales Development Fellowship

Crystacular

Made living as freelance creative, educator, and community advocate.

Creative Director

Academy of Art University

-Served groups of international art students with customized training materials and group leadership.
-Advised art industry professionals on ESOL teaching methods creating higher efficiency classes
-Praised for versatility and value-adding work ethic

Academic Advisor & Instructor

SF English Skills

SF English Skills began as a private tutoring service for international English students, and then quickly expanded to include online English tutoring and educational video production. The videos are set in beautiful San Francisco locations and teach English skills in a clear, engaging and amusing style.

Educational Video Producer

Kaplan International English

English teacher to International students.
Levels Elementary through Advanced.
TOEFL test preparation.
Public Speaking Instructor and Course Designer

ESOL Teacher

KZSC Santa Cruz

Governing Board Member, Radio Show Host, Audio Engineer, Producer/Director/Actor in Radio Drama Productions
Winner of National Public Radio's "PRX Showcase" for original audio storytelling piece in 2008

Radio Producer

Experienced sales professional with proven record of prospecting, closing, creative outreach and leadership.

Sean McCandless

Abacus.AI

Abacus.AI is the world's first GenAI-assisted data science and MLOps platform. Providing a secure dynamic solution to the end-to-end LLM and MLOps flow.

The Abacus research team publishes regularly at NeurIPs, ICML, and ICLR solving inherent problems in AI and inventing new techniques to integrate with this state-of-the-art platform.

GTM • AI & ML Solutions Director 

-Business development for local and online organizations including real estate, artisan creations, and media production
-Brand and product marketing, website design, and ad platform management

Business Development Consultant

Snowflake

- Enterprise SDR NYC Metro: FinTech, FinServe, Tech, Supply Chain, Retail & CPG
- $5.3MM in pipeline generation and $2.5MM closed contracts attributed to me in five quarters
- Persona-based prospecting aligned with ABM derived insights from Bombora, 6Sense, Salesforce
- Nominated to lead SDR initiative for cross-departmental enablement for the N. American SDR org “Inside the Igloo”

Enterprise Development Representative

Perch Real Estate

-Lead generation and CRM management
-Proficient experience in Property Reports, Comparative Market Analyses, Contract Execution

Real Estate Broker

-Selected in the top 3% of applicants for competitive Business Development Fellowship offered to high potential individuals preparing for an SDR role in SaaS
-Trained and tested on cadences, workflow, social selling strategies, and sales tools, e.g. Salesforce, SalesLoft, Insideview, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Loom
-Rigorously trained in SVA’s Conversational Selling Methodology for SDRs
-300+ hours of classroom work and independent/group projects supervised by trainer and coaching team
-SDR challenges: nurturing coachability through growth mindset approach; building strategies for empathizing with prospects and challenging them through strategic questions; developing and practicing a natural, question-based sales call flow; writing personalized, actionable, clear, and empathetic prospecting emails; and strategically organizing daily tasks for effective results
-EQ challenges: developing self-awareness, developing empathy, understanding multiple perspectives, sustaining motivation through obstacles, giving and receiving feedback, and implementing strategies for self-regulation, particularly through experiences of rejection when prospecting

Sales Development Fellow

Talend

-Prospected hundreds of leads through a multi-channel approach, including cold calling, emailing, videos, and LinkedIn messaging; qualified Directors and Managers and closed them on attending an exclusive webinar event
-Collaborated and competed within an SDR team setting
-Built and refined call scripts; designed email campaigns; created prospecting videos
-Engaged actively in weekly performance reviews and coaching in a team setting with manager

Sales Development Intern

University of Glasgow

-Hybrid Research-Taught program in Theology and Religious Studies
-Focus on communication theory and phenomenology within Kierkegaardian rhetoric

Post-graduate Research Theology and Religious Studies

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

-API and data integration  operations lead with P44
-Developed LTL data-repository initiative, approved by SVP and handed off to IT
-Co-managing the Lowe's LTL start-up consolidation, Southeast US 
-Account operations for Amazon LTL freight, Southern California
-Co-managing the Thomas Scientific LTL start-up operation, International (Canada)

Customer Success Analyst: 3PL Operations 

Colorado Christian University

-Representation of the student body, voicing needs and concerns with the administration
-Bi-weekly Student Senate Meetings, monthly meetings with University President, student event coordinating

Student Body President

-Instructional and administrative responsibilities: LMS management, assessment creation, grading, student communication
-Lectures were developed and delivered semesterly

Teaching Assistant

Land Title Guarantee Company

-Provided HOA title research, validation, and execution
-Title Insurance Software and database proficiency

Closing Processor and Homeowners Association Support

Engaged in development as a human-centric endeavor. I enjoy utilizing my humanities background and incorporating storytelling as a way to explore solutions for people’s everyday lives.

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from CCU. As President of the Student Body, I led an initiative to re-invest 10% of the student budget into a scholarship competition, established bi-weekly meetings with the University President, and helped lead students in expressing their frustration with the University Administration. While in undergrad I studied abroad at Oxford UK for Philosophy of Religion, was a TA for introductory Theology and Worldviews, as well as other para-professional campus leadership positions.

An avid researcher I am published in the CLIO Journal of American Religious History in the entry for Hispanic Christianity. I contributed to the University of Glasgow Postgraduate conference for 2019 exploring Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology of art as a response to human divisiveness. An observer of Malcolm Gladwell, I wrote my undergraduate thesis on Gladwell’s rhetoric.

Though deeply interested in Phenomenology, Rhetoric, and Philosophy, I am very excited about where tech intersects with tangible objects and the limitless applications technology has in our future.

Having gotten a thorough taste of business development with the highest tech IPO in history, and working first-hand with some of the world's largest asset management firms in Financial Services, I have decided to prioritize being close to family and doing the necessary work of developing my skillset so I may pursue my dreams.

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