Notion! Notion is an infinitely customizable blank canvas of ultimate power. 

Notion's greatest advantage is also it's biggest weakness. That's where I come in.

As the GTM Lead @ Optemization, I specialize in helping companies in hyper growth mode scale effectively without letting their workspace become a "dumping ground" for scattered info, links, meetings notes, and outdated docs that no one can trust. 

Optemization is an Ops Design consultancy focused specifically on the adoption of Notion. 

That could mean large migrations onto Notion, improving current workflows, creating custom automations and integrations, or auditing what you're currently working with.

If you've made it this far and want to learn more, here's some resources that can help:

Our all-in-one Notion template built for early-stage startups

https://optemization.com/hivemind

(Make sure to duplicate it)

Notion's Eleven - A free online course exploring the fundamentals of building an effective Notion workspace for teams of all sizes:

https://optemizations.notion.site/Welcome-to-Notion-s-Eleven-317a0fd26bf24d0295504e4cab1eba83

AND, my last offer is if you ever want to about anything related to Notion, I'm your guy 😎 

Lastly the fun part. My Special Skills include:

🏆 3x Cornhole Champion 🏆 
🏅 3x Dodgeball Champion 🏅 
👨‍🍳 Former Food Cart Owner 👨‍🍳 
🥩 Steak Off Champion 🥩 
🐔 Notoriously known as “The Chicken Man” 🐔

Skyler Birk-Stachon

Vanessa Jupe

Leva

Leva is a wellness platform reimagining how we support working parents, because parenthood shouldn't mean career penalty or burnout.

Key Highlights:
◆ 60% improvement in retention for parents at employers using Leva
◆ 85% ongoing use after 6 months (high engagement)
◆ 65% exclusive breastfeeding at 12 weeks in a clinical trial (vs. 45% nationwide)
◆ 10× ROI 
◆ Award-winning, multi-service platform supporting lactation, mental health, sleep, nutrition, and career reintegration.

I founded Leva to close the gap in maternal and family support, especially during postpartum and the transition back to work. Our platform delivers personalized care through expert coaching, mental health services, and digital tools that help families thrive and employers retain top talent.

Founder and CEO

I help mission-driven companies modernize their digital experiences and scale with clarity, empathy, and intentional strategy. Drawing from 20+ years of executive product leadership at large, international companies, I partner with teams to bridge vision and execution, with a strong bias toward action and impact.

Consulting focus includes:
◆ Digital transformation strategy & product roadmapping
◆ AI/ML Implementation 
◆ Customer experience redesign & go-to-market planning
◆ Tech stack evaluation & vendor recommendations
◆ Team structure, roles & capability building
◆ Executive alignment & change management

Digital AI Strategy Consultant

Clearcover

◆ Introduced new ways of working that delivered strategic alignment on roadmaps across the enterprise 
◆ Delivered mix shift to profitable segments through machine-learning technology (+$290 ARPU)
◆ Led servicing and mobile efforts to increase retention, delivering 4pp better than the goal
◆ Through engaged leadership, increased employee satisfaction scores by >7pp 
◆ ‘Best’ Award: 2022 Comparably Best Product and Design Team

Senior Vice President of Digital Business

H&R Block

◆	Created vision and product strategy for online business unit 
◆	Managed product roadmap for large portfolio, using creative thinking to solve problems
◆	Leveraged excellent communication skills to explain complex business and technical concepts 
◆	P&L responsibility for >$400M business  
◆	Delivered +60% revenue growth in only three tax seasons, exceeding financial goals
◆	Led double-digit client growth in 2019 and 2020 – largest client retention growth ever
◆	Transformed the organization thru automation, AI, user-centered research and design
◆	Automated the tax preparation experience – ideation, design and pilot in production in 8 months which enabled clients to do their taxes 34% faster
◆	Created culture of hypothesis-driven experimentation, bringing in tools and processes to increase testing
◆	Delivered new two-sided marketplace product line (+86% revenue growth in year 2)
◆	Hired first technical product managers to deliver machine learning platform/infrastructure model
◆	Established cross-enterprise leadership team of Product, Engineering, and Design to collaborate on product development best practices and roadmap alignment 
◆	Analyzed data and metrics to drive business results and impact; taught team to do the same
◆	Partnered with CEO, CTO, and CMO
◆	‘Best’ Awards: Business Insider, Nerd Wallet, CNET, PC Mag

Vice President, Digital Products and Services

USAA

◆	Built 20-person team that delivered sales growth (2016 +22%; 2017 +18% YoY) 
◆	Led redesign of dotcom/mobile, increasing conversion by over 50% 
◆	Led move to agile methodology reducing cycle time by 25%
◆	Led research/design for new product; received multi-million-dollar funding stream
◆	Leadership awards (‘top talent’ and mentoring)
◆	‘Best’ Award: JD Power

Executive Director of Digital Investment Products 

I build systems that don’t just work for people — they fight for them.

As Founder & CEO of Leva, I lead a platform that helps companies retain working parents through a blend of digital innovation and personalized human care. We close the gap between workplace policy and lived experience, because parenthood shouldn’t mean career penalty or burnout.

I also partner with organizations on AI and digital product strategy — helping leaders cut through complexity, accelerate results, and build solutions that stick. Drawing on 20+ years as an executive in product management and design, I’ve led initiatives generating hundreds of millions in revenue while building inclusive, high-performing teams.

What drives me: Turning systemic challenges into measurable wins. I believe workplaces can be both people-first and performance-driven — and that bold leadership is the bridge.

Core values: Freedom, integrity, continuous learning, joy.

If you want to create cultures and products that retain top talent, deliver innovation at scale, and reflect the world we want to live in, let’s talk.

Senior Vice President of Product and Design

I grew up in a tiny town outside of San Antonio, TX where everyone stayed close to home.
Generations of my family lived on the same road. 
Most people from my high school didn't go off to college, or go to college at all.
That was the whole world I knew.

And then at 26 years old, I moved to New York City.
It was a culture shock in the best possible way.

Suddenly, my friends were first-generation Americans from Vietnam, Poland, Thailand, and Colombia. 
Their families came from all over the world.
Their “normal” was visiting parents working in Saudi Arabia or navigating multiple cultures at once.

New York showed me that the world is so much bigger than the one I was raised to imagine, and that you can build a life far beyond the geography that shaped you.

I still consider San Antonio home in a way that no other place ever will be, but my experience of moving away and living in NYC really showed me how much more is possible. 

The world becomes a lot more interesting once you give yourself permission to step outside the bubble you were raised in.

Follow for more stories and insights from 101 Ways Out.


#NewBeginnings #GlobalLiving #101WaysOut #Freedom #RedefiningSuccess

"Execution will always outpace strategy." - Patrice Poltzer

That is going to be my new mantra. Why? 
Overthinking slows so many people down and sometimes kills action altogether. 
The best strategy in the world is worthless if it sits on a shelf.
Let's go!


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If you aren't following Patrice, you should be! She is an award-winning ex-TODAY Show producer who became a storytelling coach and co-founded MyStoryPro AI, where she helps founders and creators turn their human experiences into magnetic brand narratives.

Where do you get stuck more? On the worry or the execution? 


#Overthinking #Productivity #101waysout

Stills from our podcast interview - two smiling women on screen with a blue background. Text says "Execution will always outpace strategy." The quote is attributed to Patrice Poltzer.

What would it take for you to believe it's possible?

MYTH: If you leave corporate, you’ll burn bridges and start from scratch.

REALITY: In my research for 101 Ways Out, the opposite was true for almost everyone.

People didn’t burn bridges. They leveraged them.

What actually happens when high performers leave:
→ Former employers become fractional clients.
→ Former peers become your referral network.
→ Boundaries become clearer, and all of your relationships get healthier.

Most people don’t leap into the unknown. They leap into the networks they built inside the system they outgrew. If you want more stories and data like this, follow along. 


#CommunityBuilding #Entrepreneurship #FutureOfWork #101WaysOut

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