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Jun 14, 2022

8 Lessons from my Mentors at Google

After 6 years at Google, here are 8 things I’ve learned that make me a better person, manager, and contributor.

8 Lessons from my Mentors at Google

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Sep 30, 2025

Building for Lasting Impact: A Google Product Manager’s Change Management Playbook

Three lessons from nearly ten years of evolving Google from the inside.

Building for Lasting Impact: A Google Product Manager’s Change Management Playbook

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Feb 5, 2025

Unspoken Benefits: Three Life Lessons from Nine Years at Google

How applying lessons from work into my personal life

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Feb 9, 2024

I tasted the future of EV charging and it was delicious.

Electrify America’s newest, indoor charging concept reimagines the electric vehicle experience for the better. And I love it.

Rivian R1T charging inside of EA’s latest charging concept, a coverted auto garage with many chargers and lougnes

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Feb 11

How to Survive (and Thrive) in Executive Presentations

Lessons from a Google Group Product Manager on effective, impactful communications to important, busy people

How to Survive (and Thrive) in Executive Presentations

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Oct 24, 2025

14 Years of ‘Fall Day’: Creating Autumnal Whimsy in San Francisco

Why a Fall-obsessed East Coast transplant created a cozy tradition — and how a neighborhood bar made it iconic

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Oct 2, 2025

Welcome to the October Curse!

Feeling extra busy at work this Autumn? It’s not just you — and there’s an annual reason why.

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Aug 16, 2025

Universal Epic Universe: Striking a Near Perfect Blend of Thrills and Theming

Part one of an exhaustively detailed, deeply opinionated review of America’s first, massive ground-up theme park in decades

Universal Epic Universe: Striking a Near Perfect Blend of Thrills and Theming

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Feb 12, 2025

Thank you so much for the feature!

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Jun 12, 2024

Your Rivian Isn’t A Cell Phone

With Gen 2 arriving later this year, here are some thoughts about managing your satisfaction during rapid EV iteration.

Image of a Gen 2 next to a Gen 1 with the text, “Should Gen 1 Owners be Upset about Gen 2?”

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Community Management strategist & EV lover | Culture Technology Lead @ Google | Excitable Geek | Lover of spectacle | I write about my passions

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