Selected Work

Building ecosystems at scale.

150+ events architected. 15k+ builders engaged. Every engagement starts with a clear problem and ends with infrastructure that outlasts the event.

BeMyApp · 2025

Speaker Curation & Lead Operator · 2025

Sold-out conference at Fort Mason

AI User Conference at Fort Mason

Scale the AI User Group from monthly SF meetups to a flagship conference at Fort Mason — curated speakers, immersive experience, and production quality that matched the ambition of the community.

Conference ProductionSpeaker CurationCommunity GrowthAI Ecosystem
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NVIDIA · Google · IBM · Meta · Miro · 2024

Strategic Operator · 2023–2026

Engagement loops that outlasted the events

Enterprise AI Ecosystem Programs

Large-scale tech companies needed sustained developer engagement — not one-off events, but narrative arcs that connected product launches to real community momentum across the AI ecosystem.

Ecosystem StrategyDeveloper ProgramsEnterpriseNarrative Design

DataDog · 2024

Lead Operator · 2024

150+ builders participated

DataDog AI Agent Hackathon

Design and run a high-signal hackathon for 150+ builders focused on AI agents — attracting qualified engineers, not just curious attendees, and delivering a technically rigorous experience.

HackathonAI AgentsDeveloper EventsCuration
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Intercom · 2024

Lead Operator · 2024

$25k prize hackathon delivered

Intercom AI Hackathon

Produce a premium AI hackathon with a $25k prize pool that attracted serious builders and generated real product outcomes, not just demo-day theater.

HackathonDeveloper CommunityAIPrize Events
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Pipelex · 2024

Community Lead · 2024

60 qualified AI engineers in the room

Pipelex Developer Meetup

Attract 60+ qualified AI engineers — not just tech-curious attendees — for a focused developer meetup around LLM tooling and agent workflows.

Developer MeetupAI AgentsLLMQualified Curation
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BeMyApp · 2022

Event Producer · 2022–2025

15k+ builders across 80+ events

Scaling AI User Group from Zero

Build a developer community from launch — from the very first SF meetup through recurring monthly programming, a national workshop tour, and two large-scale conferences.

Community BuildingEvent ProductionDeveloper RelationsAI
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